Just like Microsoft has taken the blowtorch to Vista to produce the lightning- quick Windows 7 ... Ubuntu has picked up its own game
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Security - It's Not Just For Geeks
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Ars Technica has an excellent series of articles about user security and why it's important for you to take security seriously, and why it's not just one of those "silly little things" that you leave for the geeks to worry about.
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Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?
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Despite a bevy of questions—looming competition from Oracle, takeover rumors and a weak economy—Red Hat appears to be humming along.
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New Firefox Icon: Iteration 1
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This is a draft icon rendering for Firefox 3.5, subsequent iterations will be posted every 24 hours or so.
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Ubuntu 9.10 Off To A Great Performance Start
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The first alpha release for Ubuntu 9.10 was made available yesterday and while it does net yet integrate Plymouth or any other new features, it has picked up a few new packages. Most prominently, Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 features the Linux 2.6.30 kernel and GCC 4.4.
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USENIX 2009 is coming up!
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The 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX '09) will take place June 14-19, 2009, in San Diego, CA.
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Beryl back from the ashes
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Wake up all at Compiz as Beryl is alive and kicking !Wake up all at Compiz as Beryl is alive and kicking !
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BackTrack 4 - Hacking galore
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We have already had three articles on Linux forensics. This is the fourth. Today, we will review another high-end, security-oriented distribution, BackTrack.
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Nexuiz: Amazing first person shooter game
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If you love first person shooter games then you will enjoy Nexuiz. It is a fast paced game. The graphics are very good. You have a lot of weapons to choose from and can blast anything you see in sight.
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ODF with no excuse
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Reports start to appear in the press about the ODF support quality enabled by the Service Pack 2 inside Microsoft Office 2007. I could say that I’m not surprised,
but I somewhat had also expected the contrary. Unfortunately it seems we have here a poor implementation of ODF. If further reports confirm it (and I have no serious doubt they will),
Routers use Linux for proximity marketing
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Libelium is shipping two Linux-based WiFi and Bluetooth routers that deliver proximity marketing services. The outdoor-mountable "N-Vio" and indoors-only "N-Vio Lite" devices offer public WiFi access, as well as Bluetooth or WiFi-based interactive marketing services, says the Zaragoza Spain-based company.
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Ubuntu is the Linux Usability Leader
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With the first release in 2004, Ubuntu established itself as one of the most user-friendly GNU/Linux distributions available. Since then, each release has reaffirmed this reputation, although recent versions have coasted a little.
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Linux Talks, Windows Walks
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While Italian generic newspapers desperately advertise Windows 7 as a good alternative to Linux (yeah, right, who switches to what ?), Microsoft shoots itself in the foot by imposing limits on the hardware a Netbook can use to ship Windows. No wonder they found themselves sucking the socks of Canonical
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Access Your Apps and Docs Remotely with FreeNX
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The ability to control your primary machine remotely can come in rather handy when you need to access your documents and applications using your netbook or laptop. While you might be tempted to go with a solution based on the popular VNC protocol, you should keep in mind that it has two serious limitations: it's both insecure and slow.
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Retro Gaming via the Internet
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About 20 years ago (shudder) I would often spend a Sunday afternoon playing Spectrum and Amstrad games with my good mate Keith. There was a small selection of games we'd play pretty often including some of the Julian Gollup games - Rebelstar, Rebelstar Raiders, Laser Squad and so on.
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