A few weeks ago, Google announced that Chrome OS will be ready for release this fall. Like many Google products, Chrome OS is designed to be a game changer. There are no desktop applications, as we typically think of them. Instead, the entire user experience happens within the browser. Naturally, some people think this is ridiculous while others see it as the natural evolution of technology.
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Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available
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Today, Mozilla is happy to release Firefox 3.6.4, the latest security and stability release for Firefox, used by nearly 400 million people around the world to browse the Web. This release provides crash protection for Windows and Linux users by isolating third-party plugins when they crash.
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Holding Your Linux Consultant Accountable
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Beyond the actual service of solving your technology issues immediately, Linux consultants should do two extra things that provide you with the best return for your investment. These two issues make the difference for your company in the long run.
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Microsoft Advertises Patent Scare in GNU/Linux, Using Novell
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Microsoft issued and spread another wave of propaganda yesterday, calling for more companies to sign patent deals like Novell's
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Researcher Builds Mock Botnet Of 'Twilight'-Loving Android Users
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A word of caution to any Android users who downloaded an app over the past weekend promising pictures of the next Twilight film: Next time, your obsession with vampires might just turn your phone into a zombie.
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Framework for Legalising Software Patents in Europe Falls Over, So Why Does Canonical Join the OIN?
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Canonical, the EU-based company which produces the "Ubuntu" GNU/Linux distribution, joins the Open Invention Network just as the "EU patent" seemingly collapses
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50 Great Open Source Apps for Education
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The educational community has discovered open source tools in a big way. Analysts predict that schools will spend up to $489.9 million on support and services for open source software by 2012, and that only includes charges related to operating systems and learning management systems.
Read more »Mozilla, Opera, and Flock Release VP8 Ready Browsers
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The latest wares of three popular browsing applications were released this week reflecting a changing Internet. Open formats are taking center stage at Mozilla, Opera, and Flock as lock-in (or freeze-out), security concerns, and performance issues fuel the drive toward the VP8 video format.
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Install Latest Empathy in Ubuntu From PPA [Lucid, Karmic]
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Empathy is the default IM client in Ubuntu starting from Ubuntu version 9.10 Karmic Koala. Though Pidgin was in many ways a favorite for a lot of people, Empathy has always been the better alternative for me. And it is good to have Empathy by default in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx".
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Thunderbird 3.1 is available
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Thunderbird 3.1 -- free software email client, based on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform, was built by a community of passionate contributors, experienced developers, security experts, localization and support communities, and thousands of active testers. Thunderbird, as a messaging system, is uniquely positioned as the tool that users can use to integrate as many of their communications as they want.
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Virgin America Runs Massive Workloads on Linux
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Virgin America's Ravi Simhambhatla is delivering a keynote at this year's LinuxCon North America. He will be giving us the CIO view on how to sell the value of open source internally when cost isn't the only driving factor.
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Midgard2 10.05.1 "Ratatoskr" LTS released!
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Lodz, June 22nd 2010 -- The Midgard Project has released the first maintenance release of Midgard2 10.05.1 "Ratatoskr" LTS. Ratatoskr LTS is a Long Term Support version of Midgard2 Content Repository.
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How The ATI Catalyst Driver Has Matured Since The RV770 Launch
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The Catalyst driver has certainly matured over the course of two years in speeding up the OpenGL performance with this hardware along with bringing new features to their proprietary driver, but it is not exactly smooth sailing.
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Become a typeface pro with Fontmatrix
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Casual computer users often give little thought to fonts, but once you starting working on design, you soon begin to appreciate the positive effects a good typeface can have on branding and marketing. The trouble comes when you start to collect more fonts on your system than you can keep track of in your head. The solution is a good font manager, like the open source Fontmatrix.
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Text editing with Nano made easy
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Nano supports syntax highlighting. Nano supports text justification. And yet, Nano is so much easier than Emacs or Vim. Discover the hidden power of this versatile command line text editor - you may never want to go back to the GUI again!
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