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- GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation
- I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...
- Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals
- Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- What the DoD now says about open source
- I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October
- Today Canonical announces the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu 9.10 brings changes small and large that all have a common purpose - to...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- VA now loves its VistA software
- In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels
- If only it was for Firefox......but still astonishing results!Could this be the start of hybrid browsers? Will there be a FF version?irrelevantNobody uses IE 7 or 8 because of security.Making a bad product worse is not what windoze users need.This shows again the virtues of FOSS vs proprietary software.Corporate IT...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Open source does not work well for bad guys
- Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...
- Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Harvard study leads liberal pushback
- And passing this would be the "first shot" of the next civil war..Passing rubbish like this is whats going to ultimately make this country fall. The federal government, under the 10th Ammendment, has no business telling their citizens that they [b]must[/b] have health insurance. That is a state right and...
- Tags: Financial Planning, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, commy, insurance, Harvard, hospital
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Linux, Digital Music, Digital Media, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- (Microsoft trains Best Buy Linux assassins)
- despair?Are MS in despair?..Linux has better hardware support than windows.They forgot wine too. This disgusts me. The day Gates comes near me and holds out his hand expecting me to shake it is the day I rip it off.Keep in mindThat the users that these best buy employees will be...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Best Buy Co. Inc., wine, Microsoft Corp., Best Buy Linux, Best Buy Linux assassin, assassin
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- News to know: E-readers; Web OS and IT; VMware; Cisco
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dion Hinchcliffe: How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business Oliver Marks: Course Credits as a...
- Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web, Virtualization, Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, E-books, Open Source, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source?
- Don?t forget Skype for SIP ;)Skype for SIP also offers interoperability with other communications systems - there's more about how it works on our website:http://www.skype.com/go/sipRE: Will new Skype owners deal differently with open source?An equally important question is, will Skype deal differently with their users? Will they stop treating...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, VOIP, MagicJack, open source, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Microsoft lover Citrix as heroine of the open source cloud
- Nobody "walked" from VMworld - that's a mythNeither Citrix nor Microsoft "walked" from VMworld. Citrix is there exhibiting and drawing crowds that overwhelm the puny 10x10 booth to which VMware has restricted it, and despite not being allowed speaking slots on the main program, are speaking in Intel's and AMD's...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft-lover, open source, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Xen.org: Stop the forking. Forrester: About time
- Xen.org, the open source community behind the leading IaaS cloud computing hypervisor finally made a bold move today by stepping up to the plate of delivering a complete open source virtual infrastructure for cloud platforms. Prior to this release, Xen.org had been content to manage and maintain the core Xen...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Xen, About Time Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Xen.org, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- News to know: VMWare; White House; Google Books; Skype; Apple vs Android
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: VMware to step up data center automation game Sam Diaz: White House not equipped to hold keys...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Richard Koman, White House, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Digital Cameras, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards
- Never mindI was going to put something here, but I felt that I would simply be attacked for pointing out that Bush and Obama are more alike than they are dissimilar with regards to personal freedoms.It might just be possible...... that after Obama was sworn in he was shown classified...
- Tags: Obama, Bush, new safeguard, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-28
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