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P2P makes positive contribution
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Bordeaux 1.6 Released with improved Application support
Steven Edwards of the Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.6 today. Bordeaux 1.6 comes with added support for Google's Chrome Web Browser, Google Earth, Google Picasa, Trillian and Apple's Safari Web Browser. Additionally, Cellar support has improved; you can now delete and install into an existing Cellar. IE6 now installs java, shockwave and latest flash.
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CodeWeavers Valentines day Sale
Valentine’s Day was created in ancient Roman times in honor of St. Valentine, a priest who sacrificed his life for the gift of love. Today, this amorous holiday is still celebrated throughout the world by star-crossed lovers and romantics alike.
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The semantic web as an operating system: with users and permissions!
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In the near future, the semantic web data will be precisely tagged and thus a whole lot easier to find. This will further spur the trend of the web and global society becoming tight networks that are increasingly interdependent and transparent. Do we have to sacrifice anonymity on the web in order to retain trust for collaboration?
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Simulate This - City Building Tycoon Game Reviews
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Welcome to a Free Gamer special! People often accuse the Free software and open source game sphere of lacking depth, that there are few good games. In 2009 Free Gamer is dedicated to dispelling this myth.
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Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 again
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Mozilla has delayed the third beta of Firefox 3.1 for the second time this month, a company executive said on Thursday, citing troublesome bugs in the browser's new JavaScript engine as the reason.
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Colemak Keyboard Layout - Better Than QWERTY, Better Than Dvorak
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Colemak was designed after the QWERTY and Dvorak layouts were designed. In fact, of the three, it’s the only keyboard layout that was designed after computers were invented. Colemak is free and licensed under the Public Domain
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 Released
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"The sixth minor update to Mozilla Firefox 3 has been released. Firefox 3.0.6 fixes security vulnerabilities, improves stability, improves the ability for scripted commands to work properly with plugins and resolves a handful of other small bugs..."
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Finding and using free fonts
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Free fonts have been released under a variety of licenses. As the Free Software Foundation points out on its license page, standard FOSS licenses like the GNU General Public License (GPL) are not really designed for fonts.
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Both AbiWord and KOffice were originally built for GNU/Linux, but both now have versions for Mac OS X and Windows as well. Both these FOSS programs have a Mail Merge function you can use for letters, labels, envelopes.
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Good reasons not to use IE
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If you're using IE, then either you don't care or you don't know about all the vulnerabilities that IE has.
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FSFE launches Free PDF Readers campaign
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The Fellowship of the Free Software Foundation Europe is proud to announce its latest initiative: pdfreaders.org, a site providing information about PDF with links to Free Software PDF readers for all major operating systems.
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Linux also affected by hole in Ralink's Wi-fi driver
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The flaw discovered in Ralink's Wi-fi drivers for Windows last weekend also affects the Linux drivers – as already suspected. Attackers can exploit the hole to crash a computer remotely or possibly even inject and execute arbitrary code. Debian has released new packages for the rt2400, rt2500 and rt2570 models, but the packages need to be compiled by the user for the time being.
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Karaoke Software for Linux
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Asians, especially Filipinos, really love to sing. I can easily say this because in our country, it’s normal to see karaoke machines at the malls, restaurants, bus stations, prisons, mental institutions, and even on the streets.
Read more »Lincity-NG 2.0 released
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LinCity-NG is a city simulation game. It is a polished and improved version of the classic LinCity game. In the game, you are required to build and maintain a city. You can win the game either by building a sustainable economy or by evacuating all citizens with spaceships.
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