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Ubuntu attracts the lion's share of LinuxWorld's smaller crowds

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:03:38 -0400

Ubuntu attracts the lion's share of LinuxWorld's smaller crowds: Even though attendance was a bit sparse during this year’s LinuxWorld Conference & Expo when compared to previous years, the Canonical booth — where the latest Ubuntu Linux software was being shown…

LinuxWorld shows off the latest data center-in-a-truck

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:03:39 -0400

LinuxWorld shows off the latest data center-in-a-truck: Talk about your portable servers. Rackable Systems brought its ICE Cube Modular Data Center to LinuxWorld, demonstrating how companies can literally ship their data centers from city to city, even…

Toshiba doubles its embedded flash capacity to catch up with Samsung

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:03:39 -0400

Toshiba doubles its embedded flash capacity to catch up with Samsung: Thumb drives and portable music players may continue their rapid capacity increase, thanks to #2 flash supplier Toshiba introducing 32 gigabit chips this fall. It’s a big gamble, though, for a…

IBM VP urges open source devs to make Linux less like Windows

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:03:38 -0400

IBM VP urges open source devs to make Linux less like Windows: If Linux is going to make bigger inroads on the desktop, developers need to stop cloning Microsoft Windows and instead produce more unique user interface designs, according to Bob Sutor, IBM’s VP of…

Merged Sirius XM sees growth for sat radio, despite low stock price

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:03:28 -0400

Merged Sirius XM sees growth for sat radio, despite low stock price: Sirius XM shareholders shouldn’t be too glad right now about Sirius’ merger with fellow satellite radio provider XM, admitted company CEO Mel Karmazin, who later said he had been expecting court…

Put new life into Windows XP

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:08:05 -0400

Put new life into Windows XP: August 7, 2008, 10:31 AM - Computerworld - Microsoft may have given up on Windows XP , but that doesn’t mean you have to.

Could open source be the solution to the e-voting debacle?

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:03:29 -0400

Could open source be the solution to the e-voting debacle?: The chaos from the 2000 presidential election in Florida, and subsequent e-voting controversies, has left voters skeptical. So a former engineer from Intel and Borland has designed a new, open system…

Report: BitTorrent cuts staff by 20 percent

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:03:28 -0400

Report: BitTorrent cuts staff by 20 percent: Twelve of the company’s 55 employees, which constitute its sales and marketing departments, have been laid off, according to a report which first appeared in Valleywag.

How did Dell get 'carbon neutral?'

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:03:28 -0400

How did Dell get 'carbon neutral?': To become the first “carbon neutral” computer company this week, Dell took steps ranging from buying “green” energy in the Round Rock, Texas area to investing in a Madagascan forest, according to a…

What's behind AT&T's Synaptic 'cloud' initiative?

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:06:15 -0400

What's behind AT&T's Synaptic 'cloud' initiative?: The term “cloud” as a metaphor for parts of the network that users don’t need or want to comprehend, may have been coined by AT&T’s own labs. So when the company said this week it’s entering the…

IPhone feature could enable Apple to kill apps remotely

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:06:15 -0400

IPhone feature could enable Apple to kill apps remotely: A developer has discovered code within the iPhone 2.0.x firmware that appears to allow Apple to blacklist apps, which could result in their removal from the iPhone without user interaction.

Report: Unhackable e-passports hacked within minutes

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:06:14 -0400

Report: Unhackable e-passports hacked within minutes: Tests by The Times of London indicate that new passports aimed at curbing forgeries and claimed to be unhackable can be cloned and pass as legitimate documents.

Prospects for DVB-H mobile TV dimming even with EU mandate

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:05:17 -0400

Prospects for DVB-H mobile TV dimming even with EU mandate: There is one standard for digital mobile TV in Europe, as the European Commission decided five months ago. Despite that, service providers are still opting for their own methods instead, and even the…

Samsung, Microsoft in Talks to Speed up SSDs on Vista

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:08:37 -0400

Samsung, Microsoft in Talks to Speed up SSDs on Vista: Samsung isn’t just pushing the envelope in storage capacity of SSDs , it is also working with software makers to boost SSD performance on operating systems.

Media Alert: Visit NBCOlympics.com on MSN and Watch the Summer Games You Want, When You Want

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:33:28 -0400

Media Alert: Visit NBCOlympics.com on MSN and Watch the Summer Games You Want, When You Want: Watch more than 3,500 hours of live and on-demand video powered by Microsoft Silverlight technology.

XP Won’t start after installing the VistaBoot program: OK I intalled the VistaBoot program...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:55:02 -0400

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USB ports not working (x3) Packard Bell EasyNote MZ35: My usb ports have stopped working and do...

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:55:02 -0400

USB ports not working (x3) Packard Bell EasyNote MZ35: My usb ports have stopped working and do no.. http://tinyurl.com/69ah4o

Autodesk Introduces Mudbox 2009 Digital Sculpting and Texture Painting Software

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:07:50 -0400

Autodesk Introduces Mudbox 2009 Digital Sculpting and Texture Painting Software: Autodesk, Inc. today launched Autodesk Mudbox 2009 software for 3D modelers and texture artists working on entertainment and design projects.

LinuxWorld: IBM bundles middleware on Linux systems

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:07:28 -0400

LinuxWorld: IBM bundles middleware on Linux systems: August 6, 2008 IBM on Tuesday said it wants to free desktops from Microsoft software, announcing an alliance with Linux vendors to preload its middleware on Linux distributions.

Olpc Xo-1 WinXP edition: slow start-up but shows promise

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:07:09 -0400

Olpc Xo-1 WinXP edition: slow start-up but shows promise: After Microsoft and the OLPC project made their OS deal official, we all knew Windows XP was going to end up on the XO-1 notebook.