Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex released

The Ubuntu Community has released it's latest 6 months cycle version of the increasingly populair Linux distribution: 8.10 code named the Intrepid Ibex! This new release contains some state of the art technology...

Nova Spivack: "Web OS" Midde-Ware Will Transform the Cloud Into Your Personal...

"Nova Spivack: "Web OS" Midde-Ware Will Transform the Cloud Into Your Personal Distributed Desktop October 27 2008 / by Alvis BrigisCategory: Information   Year: General   Rating: 4 Hot New To facilitate more efficient interaction with data and services...

Dell working without Windows.

Dell has recently announced a development that will allow their users to access emails, surf the web, read documents and extend their laptop battery life from hours to days.How are they doing this?  By cutting...

Motorola Confirms Android Plans

Motorola has announced that it's firmly on the Android train. No, not a RAZR-bot, but the Google mobile platform.I still thought they were moving toward Linux for all of their smartphones, but it looks like the U9...

Google's Android coming November

For the past year, the Mountain View organization has been developing 'Android' – a phone OS that would operate on many handheld devices – and were just approved by the FCC for production. The first device to...

Move Your Business from Windows to Linux

"Windows Vista debuted to muffled applause, followed by lackluster sales. Up until June 30, cash-strapped businesses looking to avoid the cost of upgrading to new Vista-compatible hardware could still purchase trusty Windows XP. Now, however, Windows XP is available only as a...

Openmoko: Linux to Go

Tired of your mobile's interface? Want to astound your friends with your custom mobile software and be the hit of cocktail parties? Now you can! The Openmoko Linux-driven handset is about to hit the market, albeit...

Software Option Doors Thrown Open By Cellphone Hardware Giant :: Symblogogy

"Smartphones as represented by the Nokia "N" series pictured here, are getting a software structural boost with the formation of an "open-source" foundation based on the Symbian OS software platform. Image Credit:...

LINUX expanding through magazine distributions- reverse acronyme's are endpoi...

recently LINUX has expanded rapidly: magazine distributions, low-end PCs like the OLPC and the EEE, and also in the embedded sector (internet radio, java based mobile phones use at least the GPL license). there...

MS users Screwed Again? Hackers Gain System-Level Access To Vista

This article is more appropriate for Jordan, Cynthia Yoo or other NowPublic geeks and techies. It is presented here in it's entirety, and comments on how Linux-savvy users can use one of that OS's distributions to take control of a third person's Vista run computer. The...

LINUX CAMP batteling M$ for a while now...

now, i have at home three LINUX distro's sneaked in via PC magazines. however, i do not use them. here just what i found today (excerpt) "Apr. 19, 2007In Beijing, Bill Gates announced this week that Microsoft's "Unlimited Potential" initiative will now include offering a...

'$100 Laptop' Project Teams With Microsoft

The One Laptop Per Child project has undergone all kinds of trials and tribulations, both in terms of its price and functionality, and its public perception.OLPC has long been wary of trying to integrate a Microsoft...

Microsoft to Limit Features of Low-cost Laptops; Is Microsoft Losing to Linux...

"As you See, from one side Microsoft is offering Windows XP in a very cheap price for low-cost laptops and UMPC devices to fight with its rival Linux free OS and from the other side, Microsoft puts lots of terms and limitations for this category because it is trying to push...

is wikipedia violating human rights?

first  i want to explain why i am against wikipedia.i also want to let people know that i am not alone.recently wikipedia was called "the largest distributed bureaucracy in the world".i am against them,...

the truth about PENGUINS!

the truth about PENGUINS! NOT from WIKIPEDIA. Penguins - Monogamous for a year Penguins are termed as monogamous animals. When they fall in love the couple stand breast to breast with their heads thrown back,...

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