Windows-based Eee PC to outsell Linux version - Another blow for Linux
Newsflash from ASUS - the company is predicting that the XP Home version of the Eee PC will outsell the Linux-based version by 3 to 2.
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13.3.2008 Computer after accident
Usage of second-hand computer
Internet Computer Names
I had a very exciting chat with some beta users today where, for the first time, we talked about a feature I am very excited about that we are calling Internet Computer Names.
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24.8.2006 Super Personal Computer
Tyan Computer has announced its latest TyanPSC T-650 series personal supercomputers powered by Intel’s 50-watt quad-core Xeon processors. Tyan targets the TyanPSC T-650 series towards office environments. The new TyanPSC T-650 is a 5-node cluster with 40 CPU cores per system.
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22.3.2007 Cray Computer Founder Joins Microsoft
Microsoft confirmed on Friday that Burton Smith, formerly the chief scientist for Cray, would be joining the company as a technical fellow. Smith will work to expand Microsoft's efforts in parallel and high-performance computing, and would report to chief technical officier Craig Mundie.
Smith had worked with Cray since its inception as Tera Computer Co. in 1988. He has also published several works on issues regarding parallel computing. "As microprocessor technology continues to evolve over the next decade or so, we're going to see the capabilities of a supercomputer cluster on the desktop which will require a different software architecture," Mundie said. "Burton will be investigating how to develop software to benefit from the opportunities which multi-core multiprocessors will present."
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9.12.2005 10 Biggest Computer Flops of all time
Over the years, computers have changed the way we live today! In order to get us there, many hardware and software companies have pushed the envelope to create what we use today.
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22.10.2006 Vista encryption 'no threat' to computer forensics
Security advances in Windows Vista are unlikely to frustrate cybercrime investigation, according to a leading computer forensics firm.
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2.2.2007 The Ultimate Windows Vista Computer Design
Fest your eyes on the Ultimate Windows Vista computer design concept. The image included on the left, as well as the ones at the bottom of this article are a part of the Carbon Design Group’s portfolio.
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17.9.2007 The Windows 7 11-Second Boot and the Computer That Made It Possible
Windows 7’s evolution compared to Windows Vista is undeniable, and the lucky few that so far have had access to the RTM bits of the latest Windows client can confirm this.
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18.9.2009 Computer Maker Files Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft
Computer maker Tangent has filed a federal antitrust suit against Microsoft, accusing the software maker of anticompetitive behavior that forced it to overpay for the Windows operating system.
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23.2.2006 Microsoft's new OS Vista spurs computer sales
US sales of computers carrying Microsoft's new operating system Vista soared in the week after it was launched, defying the expectations of analysts who gave Vista lackluster reviews.
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10.2.2007 Windows Vista at 1 year: A computer maker's view
I've been working for a while on an upcoming story coinciding with Windows Vista's first year on the market, and I've talked with a variety of people who have been using and working with the Microsoft operating system in different ways.
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30.1.2008 Microsoft: The Windows OEM License Dies with Its Computer
Licenses for Windows come in various flavors from Retail to Volume, but perhaps the most common of all is provided by original equipment manufacturers together with operating systems preloaded on new computers.
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17.6.2008 Fix Windows 7 Does Not Start After Force Shutdown of Computer
No Microsoft operating system is bug free and it starts getting uncovered as more and more users start using it.
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10.10.2009 Home Computer Restore CD [Dual Boot] BETA now available
The Windows Home Server team would like to invite you to download a BETA version of the "Windows Home Server - Home Computer Restore CD (Dual Boot)" from Microsoft Connect at http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer.
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6.4.2008 PC login Now - How To Change a Windows XP Limited User Account Into a Computer Administrator
One of the place that I work at has a few hundreds of computers and it is shared by students.
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12.7.2008 Shutdown Genious 2.2.8 - Automatically Shutdown Computer
Automate your PC shutdown, power off, log off, lock work station, hibernate, stand by or screen save etc. It can be started without the user having to login to the machine.
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27.6.2008 Home Computer - Home Network - Home Server
In the 1960s & 70s the idea of a home computer was unheard of outside of science fiction circles. Before the late 1980s home networks were unheard of.
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2.12.2007 What Microsoft has that Linux
Microsoft has seven "Microsoft Across America" trucks cruising the country, visiting Microsoft Partners at their request to show off the latest Windows wonders. At last count, there were exactly zero (0) "Linux Across America" trucks.
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15.8.2006 The Linux phone
With thousands of phones in the market, companies are looking for ways to cut costs to give the users the best overall experience, along with a cheap price tag to attract a user base.
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9.2.2009 Why Windows is less secure than Linux ?
Windows is inherently harder to secure than Linux. There I said it. The simple truth.
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15.4.2006 Lenovo To Shun Linux
Computer maker Lenovo will not install or support the Linux operating system on any of its PCs, including ThinkPads and a series of new notebooks, the company said this week.
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5.6.2006 $300 Linux Computers
AMD64-based desktop systems will be offered for $300 to consumers. How? It is because of a partnership between Britt Systems and Technalign. To keep the price so low, BrittSystems will ship the computers with a version of the Linux operating system.
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16.7.2006 15 Years of Linux!
15 years have passed since Linux appeared. On August 25th 1991, Linus Benedict Torvalds has announced the world about his new operating system:
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26.8.2006 Microsoft: 'Linux owes us'
In comments confirming many of the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has claimed that the Linux OS (operating system) infringes on his firm's intellectual property.
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18.11.2006 Gates on Vista, Linux and more
Bill Gates is pretty confident that when he spots an emerging technology, it will emerge. Exactly when that happens, though, is sometimes a question mark.
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18.11.2006 Microsoft threatens Linux again
I was waiting to come from Ballmer's threats against Linux on IP grounds last week never materialised, so it is time to do it myself.
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25.2.2007 The Linux lesson Windows needs
Gartner analysts are running about in Las Vegas, hair on fire, shouting that Windows is collapsing. Or about to collapse. Or something.
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11.4.2008 Can Linux beat the bloat
Linus Torvalds shocked the crowd (well, the group) at LinuxCon this week with three words.
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25.9.2009Nero Linux moves ahead with HD DVD, Blu-ray support
During the CeBIT computer show in Hannover, Germany, Nero announced plans to launch Nero Linux 3.5, which now promises to run on Linux subnotebooks
with smaller screen resolutions...
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06.03.20085,198 Linux, Windows OS Flaws
in 2005
The United States Computer
Emergency Readiness Team
released its year-end summary
of computer vulnerabilities.
While Windows is regarded as
the most insecure operating
system, the US-CERT found four
times as many vulnerabilities
specifically related to Unix
and Linux...
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04.01.2006Linux comparison: Introduction and Ubuntu
Introduction I have toyed around with Linux on and off for the last few years, mostly with Ubuntu. My first experience of Linux was Ubuntu. At first
it was a bit scary, with me wondering if my CPU would implode should I type the wrong command. The more I used Linux though, the more I learnt about
my computer. This is why I think anyone who finds computers and technology interesting, should give it a go. And what better time to do so than now?
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04.12.2008Google Desktop Search goes Linux
Google has
launched a
beta version of Google Desktop
Search for Linux in a sign
of encouragement by the search
giant for Linux on the
desktop.
Google
Desktop allows people to
search the Web while also
searching the full text of all
the information on their
computer, including Gmail and
their Web search history.
Because the index is stored
locally on the computer, users
can access Gmail and Web
history while offline.
Google Desktop for Linux
was written natively and uses
Google's own desktop search
algorithms, not existing Linux
search applications such as
Beagle, a company
representative said. Only
computers with x86 processors
can use the software. It
supports the Debian 4.0,
Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10,
Novell Suse 10.1 and Red Flag
5 versions of Linux, and uses
either the KDE and GNOME
graphical user interfaces. ..
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28.06.2007Microsoft Holding Its Ground
on Office for Linux
Some prominent figures
in the Linux community believe
that as enterprises increase
their use of Linux on the
desktop, Microsoft Corp. will
be forced to consider offering
a version of Office for
Linux???or at least make its
software more interoperable
with open-source desktop
productivity
suites.
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When the [Linux desktop]
market share gets to a certain
point, Microsoft will, just as
it did with Apple [Computer
Inc.] in the past, make Office
available on Linux," Open
Source Development Labs Inc.
CEO Stuart Cohen told eWEEK in
a recent interview.
"I'm sure they
have done the work and that
they know what the market
numbers need to be for that to
be financially viable for
them. I really think that when
enough of their enterprise
customers' office workers,
help centers, IT and
engineering departments are
running Linux on the desktop
and interoperability really
becomes an issue, they will go
and listen to their
customers," he said,
acknowledging that he has no
evidence of any willingness on
Microsoft's part to allow
Office to run on top of Linux...
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06.09.2005App Support Holds Back Desktop
Linux
A study released earlier this
week by the OSDL Desktop Linux
Working Group indicates that a
general lack of application
support is holding back Linux
from making inroads into the
desktop market. E-mail was
rated as the most critical
application to computer users...
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01.12.2005$199 Linux PC a Success at Wal-Mart
A $199 Linux-based PC from Everex has proven to be quite a success at Wal-Mart, with the computer selling out online and at most store locations.
Reviews have also been overwhelming positive, with one buyer calling it "a wonderful first computer for anyone."..
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13.11.2007Sun accommodating Linux in Solaris
With an incremental update to its Solaris 10 OS, Sun is extending the platform's virtualization capabilities to accommodate Linux and Solaris on the
same computer.
Sun will add to the Solaris Containers capability, which has bolstered server usage by allowing for multiple
instances of Solaris on the same server, said Dan Roberts, Sun director of marketing for Solaris. With Solaris 10 8/07, being announced Tuesday, users
can run Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS Linux, and Linux applications via Solaris Containers for Linux Applications.
"You can
now consolidate your Solaris and Linux apps onto one chassis," Roberts said. Solaris Containers debuted in Solaris 10 two-and a half years ago.
Virtualization, Roberts noted, has become a popular way to get more out of servers that had been running commonly at only a 10- to
15-percent utilization rate. ..
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11.09.2007Marvell SheevaPlug crams Linux PC into a power adapter
Marvell's plug-in computer consumes one-tenth the power of a regular home media server PC and runs most Linux distros.
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25.02.2009Linux: Coming soon to a Windows laptop near you
The Linux Foundation's
Jim Zemlin
provides an interesting twist on the most cutting-edge Windows machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and others: they're all running Linux.
No, he's not talking about dual-boot systems. (OK, kind of.) Instead he's talking about "fast boot," which an increasing number
of computer manufacturers are delivering via Linux-based solutions from DeviceVM and others. Resource hound that it is, Microsoft apparently needs
some help from Linux getting started from the once "cancerous" Linux.
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31.10.2008Linux.com won't be a news site, but instead a place for Linux
As first reported by " target="_blank">my
friend and colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at Computerworld yesterday, probably the most important domain name that a Linux-associated
entity could ever want, Linux.com, was sold by SourceForge, and is now in the hands of the Linux Foundation.
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05.03.2009Shift Linux: A New Direction
Since its incarnation in 2006, Shift Linux has had an ambitious team behind it. We have always strived to be "more than just another linux
distribution", a goal which has never been more important than it is now. Over the next little while, Shift will be reborn and redefined, moving
farther away from traditional Linux roots, and into something newer. Linux will always be our core, but on top of that, we need to use new
technologies, both those that exist and those which we can only imagine, to build something fresh. Today, Shift Linux will move forward. We have
several new goals that are being set. First of all, Shift needs to be streamlined.
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23.11.20085 User Tips for Configuring Your Hardware in Linux
I have heard lots of complaints about configuring hardware in Linux distributions. This argument has had lots of merit in the past, but with each new
distribution or release, managing hardware has become much easier. With
Ubuntu, the most
popular Linux distribution to date, the developers have spent an incredible amount of time adding drivers and apps to help you configure your
computer. I offer these tips for configuring your hardware as examples of how easy it can be. Please remember that each computer build and its
configuration may be different, so these are general guidelines. Usually there are forums dedicated to each distribution where users and developers
can interact and solve specific issues.
Research Your Hardware. Just like with Windows, if you use Windows you need hardware that is
supported by Windows. Wireless cards are the same for Linux. In most cases, it is black or white. Linux supports it, or it doesn’t. You can find
most hardware information
HERE. For laptop support,
sites include:
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31.08.2008HP joins the Ubuntu Linux bandwagon
HP's Linux support will no longer be limited to Red Hat and SuSE Linux. Through a new partnership with Canonical, HP is becoming one of the latest in
a series of huge IT players to hop aboard the Ubuntu Linux bandwagon...
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18.02.2009Cuba launches Linux distro to combat Windows
The Cuban government has launched its own Linux distribution, dubbed "Nova", this week as it attempts to drive up the use of Linux in the country,
and to lead the country away from what it views as U.S. dominance. According to Reuters, Cuba sees the use of Microsoft's operating system as a
potential threat, because "U.S. security agencies have access to Microsoft codes." Until May last year, citizens of Cuba were not allowed to own a
computer, but when PCs went on sale, they came pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP, despite the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba.
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13.02.2009Techs and execs collaborate on Linux apps
In more and more Linux deployments at banks and brokerages, the business side of the operation is getting heavily into the act. Collaboration is
becoming the keyword, and suddenly Linux developers find they're being joined by executives...
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02.04.2008HP Releases its First Linux-powered Laptop
At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at the University of Texas Supercomputing Center April 8, Hewlett-Packard announced the release of its
first Linux-powered computer to be sold in the United States, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC running Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack
1.
HP was expected to offer a Linux desktop, and now it has finally done so. It’s not, however, the Linux desktop that many users
expected. Instead of being a general-purpose consumer system or business PC, the Mini-Note is meant for the education market.
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10.04.2008HP to Ship Linux PCs in Latin
America
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard
plans to sell PCs running
Linux across 37 countries in
Latin America, and has
selected Mandriva to provide
the open source operating
system. Mandriva says it will
work with HP on sales, support
and marketing in all Latin
American territories,
including Brazil, Argentina
and Mexico...
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19.01.2006New release of Linux kernel presents major changes
Linux expert Linus Torvalds announced in his blog on Wednesday that Linux kernel version 2.6.25 has been publicly released, with changes to WiFi
support, file system management, and virtualization...
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22.04.2008Microsoft patents: Linux to become VFAT-free?
In light of the recent Microsoft-TomTom VFAT lawsuit and its subsequent settlement, Linux users have been wondering what Microsoft's intentions
with regard to the presence of VFAT functionality in the Linux kernel might be. The Linux Foundation continues to maintain that Microsoft's VFAT
patents are not valid. And of course the United States is one of only a small handful of countries that even recognise software patents. However,
according to CNet, the Linux community has recently been taking steps to work around the entire VFAT patent issue. But what is the nature of the VFAT
patents, and how can Linux bypass them?
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