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- Linux green activists unite!
- Linux enthusiasts are really good at pulling together for the good of the community, so here's hoping they'll be into the Installfest-for-Schools, a green tech event that is going to be held by LinuxWorld and Untangle come August. Here's the idea: Volunteers at the tradeshow will install...
- Tags: Green Technology, Linux Enthusiast, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Product Marketing, Software, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
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- Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7
- You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA X10 Google Android device
- 8GB8GB? definitely not enough in 2010. especially for a media centric phone with a 4" screen. 32 GB will be pretty standard by then. what is it with these companies that they are so cheap with storage?iphoneand isn't it amazing how all these shiny new phones are exact copies of...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, XPERIA X10, Apple iPhone, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown
- iTunes? Quicktime?Let's see--- his tests were largely based on running two Apple apps. And imagine this! The Apple apps did better on Apple hardware. What a surprise!Not.Come on, guys. That's not a benchmark. That's an ad.Of course it is an adwhat else did you expect from a fan boy?Seriously, iTunes...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple-hardware, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Microsoft's Midori: Who's on the all-star roster?
- that's by no means a' who's who' listMore likely a 'who's he' list.These guys are no match for FOSS and Linux in particular.Rather than failing to reinvent the wheel, they should just adopt Linux and do themselves a service for doing the right thing.Before you make yourself look any more...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NT-kernel, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- OpenSource World kicks off with sparse crowds, nothing-new keynote
- there are 2 reasons1.Most OSS advocates who are conservative real Americans, are exercising their constitutional rights by protesting Obama's crazy health care 'reform'.2.Some M$ agents outside the building are taking pictures and writing down license plate numbers in order to scare people who think that their name might end up...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Is anyone WOWed by desktop wallpapers any more? Microsoft thinks so!
- Is anyone WOWed by desktop wallpapers any more? Microsoft thinks so!I agreeAs I have said before, I'd love to see Microsoft start advertising features of Windows and not the eye candy."What can Windows do for you?"This is Apple's trickApple puts a lot of effort into eye candy. Same as MS....
- Tags: Desktops, Eye-Candy, compiz-fusion, WOWed, desktop wallpaper, desktop, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- Why Apple's new ad campaign is genius, and why Microsoft can't win as 'PC'
- Why Apple's new ad campaign is genius, and why Microsoft can't win as 'PC'Good Article I'm a PC and I don't like the Apple ads. Mostly because they poke fun at the stereotypical "geek", which is me and it wears on me. Nonetheless Apples strategy is...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, NOW IT, Apple Inc., advertisement, PC, Microsoft Corp., new ad campaign, ad campaign, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Microsoft's Apple deja vu all over again
- Microsoft's Apple deja vu all over againI agree, DavidIf Microsoft weren't worried about the competion Apple is giving them especially in the consumer sector, you wouldn't hear a peep out of them about Apple. But the fact that Ballmer is getting his licks in at Apple tells me they're getting...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, PC, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- Wood, Arrows, and motivation
- A comment by frequent contributor Roger Ramjet from last week: Free Databases There are many free databases to choose from: Firebird, Ingres, Postgres, and MySQL to name most of them. Most of the "best" developers and the largest community are behind Postgres. MySQL...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Stagnation, Motivation, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Homebrewing isn't dead yet
- Jason Perlow wrote a really funny yet oddly touching piece this morning about homegrown enthusiast PCs. These are the souped up computers that bigger geeks than most ZDNet bloggers spend lots of money on to achieve better frame rates, faster video editing, or whatever it is you do with...
- Tags: PC, Computer, Moore, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Ice, Swine, and Sun
- Ice, Swine, and SunRudy you can't polish a turd!You bang on about how Sun is the only tech company that has any solutions that work. Your blog description reads "A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris". That is misleading..no it's a lie...
- Tags: Blogging, Operating systems, blog, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, SWINE, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-03-07
- Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yes
- Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yesGetting excited about a browser or an OS???? Why?Those should be just mature very reliable tools. The excitment should be in the things they allow you to do without getting in your way. I bet that at one time you were...
- Tags: Web browsers, open source, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, open-source developer, punk, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-03-02
- Vista or Windows 7? Just get rid of XP, Microsoft tells users
- Vista or Windows 7? Just get rid of XP, Microsoft tells usersWith SP1, Vista (64-bit) has been quite nice.Win7 has promise, but having been burned by Microsoft's effective ditching of the promises made for Ultimate (retail, not OEM), I'm going to be hard pressed to upgrade and go through all...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, netbook, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-11
- Reviewing Windows 7
- Reviewing Windows 7Please...Please Murph...Spare us your "review" of anything Microsoft related. You were the one that told us that Windows "doesn't use real threads", so please spare us from giving your uninformed opinion. It was worth less than $0.02.Please stick to OSes that are becoming more irrelevant with...
- Tags: Operating systems, WINDOWS USERS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- 10 things Linux does better than OS X
- 10 things Linux does better than OS XGreat Blog entry. I submitted it to Digghttp://digg.com/apple/OS_X_is_buggy_unusable_and_not_as_good_as_Linux1 thimg?Apparently spell checker isn't one of them. ;)Get some help, dudeBefore you blow a gasket.Not sure what you are refuting but......article is about things that Linux does better than OS X, and not about which...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- Do we all need 2 computers?
- Do we all need 2 computers?Glad you took advantage ...... of the seed program with Acer. :DWindows XP preinstalled, but that can be helpedI saw on the specifications page, that they have Windows XP preinstalled. Not a good choice in an Ed Tech environment, I think. However, that can easily...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, computer, laptop computer, Ubuntu, UNetbootin
- Discussion threads 2008-12-18
- DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project
- DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner projectWow, that sucksAs an avid Media center user/enthusiast this comes as a big blow for the platform. Personally it doesn't affect me as I live in Canada and don't get Direct TV. However, as heavy user and big fan of the Media...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, OTA HD, Media Center PC, DirecTV, OCUR, Media Center tuner
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Office 14: The (near) silence is deafening
- Office 14: The near silence is deafeningthanksMy egregious typo is gone. Thanks, Anton! mjeekI doubt that Microsoft has been leaking information in frightened tones about Office 14. "... eek ..." indeed. And even "eke" implies the Microsoft staff concerned are finding out only little by little about their...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 14, silence, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Digging into the Silverlight 2 announcement
- (Update: It also looks like you can grab the final bits as of 12:01 this morning: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0) After listening to the Q&A from the press conference today recording here, digging into some of the details, and reading some of the commentary on various blogs, there are a...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Eclipse, Numbers Game, Linux, Java Development Tools, Microsoft Development Tools, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
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