Microsoft releases (crap) LiveCam drivers for Windows Vista
Activewin reported that Microsoft finaly released Vista drivers for their LiveCams. The download site first asks for Language, OS and LiveCam type, then you can download a 117 MBSurprise file!
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25.1.2007 The Wait Is Over: Ubuntu 7.10 Is Here
As promised, Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released a few minutes ago, and it's my deepest pleasure to introduce you guys to the new features to be found in this version of Ubuntu (which is based on the GNOME desktop environment) and also to the features from Kubuntu (same as Ubuntu, but based on the popular KDE desktop environment).
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18.10.2007 Ubuntu 8.10 Released
After six alphas, a beta and a release candidate, Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it's my greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Intrepid Ibex.
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30.10.2008 Ubuntu 9.04 Review
Ubuntu is a community-developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work, Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email apps, to web server software and programming tools.
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21.5.2009 2007: a world without Microsoft?
Here's a little thought experiment to take into the New Year. Not as difficult as Schrodinger's Cat, but thought provoking nevertheless. Imagine that you woke up tomorrow to a world without Microsoft.
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1.1.2007 Dells Mini packs Ubuntu, XP
Dells Inspiron Mini 9 now available and Dell is pushing the netbook is available on its site. Meanwhile Vodafone is going to sell the Mini in Europe.
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4.9.2008 Ubuntu 9.04 Boots in 21.4 Seconds
There are only two days left until the third Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) will be available
(for testing), and...
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13.1.2009 Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate published
The Ubuntu project has published a release candidate, or final testing version, for the upcoming 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope version of its popular Linux distribution.
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17.4.2009 Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Ubuntu Linux
In past we have covered Windows 7 Transformation pack for Windows Vista & Windows XP as well as Mac OS X transformation pack for Windows XP now here is Windows 7 Transformation pack for Ubuntu Linux for those users who want to enjoy Windows 7 and want to give fresh look to their Ubuntu Linux.
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21.10.2009 Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses
Over the past few days Ive been thinking quite a bit about the differences between Microsofts latest Windows 7 and Canonicals Ubuntu 9.10.
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30.10.2009 Microsoft takes on the free world
Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Fortune's Roger Parloff reports.
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14.5.2007 Games and Gamers -- Potential World Changers
Suzanne Seggerman, co-founder and president of Games for Change, and Jeff Bell, Microsoft corporate vice president, discuss the companies' commitment to explore ways that interactive gaming can impact important social issues.
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11.6.2007 Gates no longer the richest man in the world?
Bill Gates appears to have been dethroned as the world's richest man. But based on his past comments, he probably isn't disappointed.
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4.7.2007 Windows 7 begins to release to the public across the world
Right now, it's October 22nd in some parts of the world, and Microsoft has begun releasing Windows 7 across the world at various launch parties and events.
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22.10.2009 Linux Matches Windows 7 Release With Ubuntu 9.10 RC
Canonical on Thursday made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7.
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25.10.2009 Storm Worm botnet could be worlds most powerful supercomputer
Nearly nine months after it was first discovered, the Storm Worm Trojan continues to surge, building what experts believe could be the worlds most powerful supercomputer.
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6.9.2007 World of Warcraft Patch 3.10 Released and Available for Download
Blizzard is really working hard to keep all those 11 million of subscribers to World of Warcraft happy and busy.
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15.4.2009 World of Warcraft WoW Edition Free Download
Addicted to Peggle Extreme that available for free on Steam? PopCap Games
, the developer of Peggle series of casual action video game, has teamed up with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of World of Warcraft (WoW), to release a special Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition, available for free download at no cost.
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19.7.2009 Authorities Order BitTorrent Pirate to Move from Ubuntu Linux to Windows
Scott McCausland, aka sk0t has seen better times, but as it appears, he is all out of luck lately. For McCausland it all went downhill with an illegal download of Star Wars: Episode III over a peer-to-peer file sharing network.
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25.8.2007 MSN woos World Cup advertisers with all-star line up
MSN has signed 5 international footballers, including Michael Owen and Ronaldinho, to provide exclusive content for MSN users throughout the 2006 World Cup competition taking place in Germany.
MSN has created a number of football-themed advertising opportunities, letting advertisers link their brand with these players.
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26.11.2005 Windows Vista hit retail stores in New Zealand ahead of the world
Retail stores in New Zealand will kick start the worldwide launch of Microsoft Windows Vista by making the new operating system available at retail stores from midnight on 29 January 2007.
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29.1.2007 Samsung Announced Worlds First 32GB DDR3 Memory for Server Market
Samsung, the famous memory chip maker has just unveiled a next generation DDR3 memory module that packs with high density.
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19.6.2009 Surf The World For Free WiFi Radar & WiFi Tools
Surf The World For Free WiFi Radar & WiFi Hack Tools ( Snip The WiFi Sopt , Brake Its Security , And Surf The Universe ) Surf The InterNet Freely Charged.
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29.3.2007 Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was a work in progress. That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 New iPhone 3.0 OS available
A revised operating system for Apple's iPhone is now available, adding functionality such as system-wide search and cut-and-paste to the popular handset.
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17.6.2009 How to install another OS on your PS3
Who'll get the last laugh now? They said the PS3 sucks, is late, is too expensive, isn't worth it, isn't a bargain. Well, look at it now! It's shaping up to be something worth its weight in news.
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13.11.2006 Vista Most Secure OS
Microsoft has applauded Vista from the get go as the most secure Windows platform, but according to a comparison put together by Jeff Jones, Security Strategy Director in Microsofts Trustworthy Computing group, the status quo is also valid for rival operating systems.
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23.6.2007 Windows 7 can learn from OS X
An Apple user's take on what Windows 7 needs to succeed. Our hands-on Windows 7 pre-beta review shows that things are looking promising for Windows 7.
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28.11.2008 Windows 7 to go: New portables for the new OS
Exciting, innovative notebooks and netbooks are being built around Microsoft's latest operating system. Here's a preview.
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15.10.2009 Next OS X rumored to feature new GUI
Mac OS Xs Aqua has matured very slowly over the last few years. It seems like many OS X users are tired of Aqua and ready for a new revolutionary GUI to compliment and enhance the experience of using a Mac.
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13.12.2006Torvalds pans Apple with 'utter crap' putdown
Apple's much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways worse than Windows Vista, says the founder of the Linux open source project,
Linus Torvalds.
Torvalds was in Melbourne last week for the linux.conf.au conference and was invited to pass judgement on OS X
versus Windows Vista in a wide-ranging interview.
"I don't think they're equally flawed - I think Leopard is a much better
system," he said. "(But) OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is
scary."
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06.02.2008Canonical licences 'satanists' selling Ubuntu-esque t-shirts
There are, of course, many Linux distros based on Ubuntu out there (Shift Linux was, for a time, one of them). Among the religious derivatives, we
have seen the Ubuntu Christian Edition, the Ubuntu Muslim Edition, and the Ubuntu Satanic Edition. Normally the Ubuntu spirit of mutual
respect keeps most people happy, but, according to their website, the developers of the Ubuntu Satanic Edition had run into trouble with Canonical,
the company that oversees the Ubuntu distro, over what might be called an "image" issue, but what could have proved to be a "freedom of religion"
publicity nightmare for Canonical. Why?
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22.06.2009Acer installing Linux on notebooks, but not Ubuntu
Acer did not preinstall the
Ubuntu Linux distribution on a
batch of Aspire notebooks for
sale in Singapore, but instead
is installing a different
version of the open-source
operating system, local
dealers said.
Memory World (S) Ltd. is
selling an Aspire 5107Z
notebook with Ubuntu
installed. Priced at S$999
(US$660), it comes with a
1.73GHz Intel Core Duo
processor, a 15.4-inch screen,
1GB of DDR2 (double data rate
2) memory, an 80GB hard disk,
and a one-year international
warranty.
While Memory World's
offer has attracted attention
outside Singapore for the use
of Ubuntu on a notebook, Acer
did not ship these notebooks
with the Linux distribution
preinstalled, said Ignatius
Beh, a Memory World sales
executive.
"We actually installed it
ourselves," Beh said. Acer
shipped the notebooks to
Memory World with another
version of Linux installed, he
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01.08.2007Ubuntu Studio 7.04 Released
Ubuntu Studio is a
multimedia editing/creation
flavour of Ubuntu. It’s
built for the GNU/Linux audio,
video, and graphic enthusiast
or professional.
The Ubuntu Studio team is
proud to announce its first
release: 7.04 for Intel
i386-compatible processors.
With this release, which you
can download for DVD in little
over 860 MiB, we offer a
feature that is somewhat
reminiscent of Ubuntu Server:
on installation, you can
choose between the Audio,
Graphics or Video tasks; and
choose also to install a
number of plugins, which for
this release is mainly aimed
at audio production.
We have endeavoured to
keep as many of our packages
in the standard Ubuntu
repositories as possible.
Certain packages, such as
wired and our art packages,
are kept in an external
repository and fully up to
Ubuntu packaging standards. Be
aware however, that this is
only a temporary solution and
we will be pushing all our
packages into Ubuntu for the
next release...
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13.05.2007Wubi arrives: a look at Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5
The Ubuntu development community has
announced that
the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing
new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is
scheduled
for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
<...> One of the most significant new features added in alpha 5 is
support for Wubi, a new installation mechanism that makes it easier for Ubuntu and Windows to coexist on the same computer. Wubi provides a complete
Ubuntu installer that can be run in Windows from the Ubuntu Live CD. It installs Ubuntu into a folder on the Windows file system and sets up a boot
menu so that users can choose between Windows and Ubuntu when the computer starts.
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24.02.2008Ubuntu's latest OS not so Gutsy
Ubuntu fanboys have been crying into their beers after discovering internet connection problems with Canonical's latest open source Linux
distribution operating system, dubbed the Gutsy Gibbon.
The latest version (7.10) of the increasingly popular free OS, which
launched last week, was punted to the masses by Ubuntu as being "delivered on a stable, easy to use and learn platform".
But
one reader contacted El Reg telling us that he had no choice but to revert back to Ubuntu 7.04 to get his computer working online, because of issues
with IPv6 implementation and DHCP-handling.
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24.10.2007Ubuntu: No negotiations with Microsoft in progress
Ubuntu founder Mark
Shuttleworth has provided a
lengthy response to the
ongoing rumors of negotiations
between Microsoft and Ubuntu:
Theres a rumour
circulating that Ubuntu is in
discussions with Microsoft
aimed at an agreement along
the lines they have concluded
recently with Linspire,
Xandros, Novell etc.
Unfortunately, some
speculation in the media
(thoroughly and elegantly
debunked in the blogosphere
but not before the damage was
done) posited that Ubuntu
might be next.
For
the record, let me state my
position, and I think this is
also roughly the position of
Canonical and the Ubuntu
Community Council though I
havent caucused with the CC on
this specifically.
We
have declined to discuss any
agreement with Microsoft under
the threat of unspecified
patent infringements...
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17.06.2007Improved Windows interoperability in Ubuntu
A proposal has been created by Scott Richie, an Ubuntu MOTU, that Wine be included in the Main repository of Ubuntu. This does not mean the Wine would
be installed by default but instead that, on clicking an executable file, the user would be prompted if they want to install Wine. An automatic
install would follow, similar to what is already done for codecs in Ubuntu. The proposal comes after realising that only 37% of Ubuntu users had
installed Wine with only a third of these using it according to PopCon. Having previously been too unstable in its beta versions, Scott Richie
believes Wine is now mature enough for inclusion in the distribution.
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15.12.2008Linux 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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04.12.2008Dell to Ship Ubuntu 7.10 on Desktops and Laptops
The PC vendor will ship the new Ubuntu Linux desktop on its PCs later this year.
Ubuntu 7.10 arrives Oct. 18, and not long after
that Dell will start shipping that version of the Ubuntu Linux desktop on its laptops and desktops.
"We will offer Ubuntu 7.10
preinstalled on our systems soon," said Anne Camden of
Dell corporate communications, in
an e-mail interview. "For customers who are interested in updating their existing Ubuntu systems, we advise them to visit the
Ubuntu 7.10 page on our wiki, which will go live
after the
official launch."
Dell isn't ready yet to give a shipping date. "As with any OS release, Dell needs to take the time to
qualify the final code on our systems for optimal interoperability," Camden said.
winbeta.org - 18.10.2007
Chrome OS leaks onto the internet
Just days away from an event at Google where the company will reveal more about one of their rumored and now confirmed projects - Chrome OS, package
files and pictures have leaked showing the operating system (or at least the browser part of it) running on top of a Ubuntu install with themes and a
new logo. The files that leaked were hosted on a public Google server, and were found by Living in a Google World earlier this week. The Operating
System which is very unstable (as expected) was leaked for only a few hours, and then taken down - but not before some users got copies of the files.
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neowin.net - 16.10.2009
Ubuntu on Atom: coming soon to a subnotebook near you
Ryan Paul: During OSCON last week, I met with Canonical's Pete Goodall to discuss the company's strategy for Ubuntu in the mobile market. Although
he could not tell me any specifics regarding plans for upcoming Ubuntu-based subnotebook products, the word is that good stuff is coming soon. He
seemed very enthusiastic about emerging opportunities for Ubuntu in the mobile space.
winbeta.org - 28.07.2008
HP creates easy-to-use Linux software for netbooks
In a move that might help boost netbook sales on the Linux side, at least for itself, Hewlett-Packard has released a custom version of Ubuntu for its
own Mini 1000 Mi Edition. The new software reportedly sports a custom GUI that's geared more for media and connectivity applications than your usual
PC fare.
At boot-up, Mi users are greeted with a screen presenting a Web search engine; a list of favorite Web sites; shortcuts to their
music and photos; a settings manager; and a Start New Program button. If you click on the button, you'll get separate tabs for Internet, Media,
Utilities, Work, Play, and "All" applications. Because the OS is based on the Hardy Herring edition of Ubuntu, it should be able to run just
about any Ubuntu app...
betanews.com - 06.02.2009
Ubuntu Netbook Remix previewed
Linux powers many of the low-cost subnotebooks that have emerged recently, but few of those machines run Ubuntu (the standard version of it, at
least). Chalk it up to Ubuntu's system requirements or the unfriendliness of its user interface to small displays, the fact remains: the most popular
Linux distribution isn't getting any love in one of the hottest markets right now.
To turn things around, Canonical announced last week that it's cooking up a "Netbook Remix" version of Ubuntu tailored
specifically to these machines. Today, we see the folks at Phoronix got their hands on a pre-release version of the OS, and they've posted their impressions here along with a good number of
screenshots.
winbeta.org - 10.06.2008
Microsoft Demos DigiDesk workstation of the future
A desk has never been so
fascinating before, but not a
lot of desks comes with a
touchable surface and heads-up
display. It's safe to say,
Russ Burtner's desk kicks the
crap out of every other desk
out there, including those
irresistible IKEA desks. Of
course, this desk doesn't
come disassembled or with an
instruction manual, and
there's only two in the
world, but it's Microsoft
Center for Information Work's
latest innovation demoed at
the Convergence 2007
conference in early March
appropriately named
"DigiDesk" - a Microsoft
trend for giving cool products
crap names.
neowin.net - 07.05.2007
Wikipedia adopts Ubuntu for its server infrastructure
The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the user-driven Wikipedia project, is in the process of migrating its servers to the Ubuntu Linux
distribution. Wikimedia's move to Ubuntu is part of an effort to simplify administration of the organization's 400 servers, which previously ran a
mix of various versions of Red Hat and Fedora.
Ubuntu has achieved an unprecedented level of success in the desktop Linux market,
but the distribution has been slow to gain acceptance on servers. Wikimedia's adoption of Ubuntu could help increase the distribution's visibility
in the Linux server market and demonstrate its viability in large-scale deployments.
winbeta.org - 10.10.2008
Former Linspire CEO Switches to Ubuntu
The sincerest complement a Linux distribution can get is when the onetime CEO of a rival Linux company switches to that distribution. That's exactly
what happened when Kevin Carmony, former CEO of Linux desktop distributor Linspire, publicly announced that he's switched to Ubuntu.
Carmony, who left Linspire in late July, announced his switch to Ubuntu in the Ubuntu Forums on Oct. 17. In his note, Carmony wrote: "Now that
I'm no longer the CEO of Linspire, or under any obligation to use that particular distribution, I thought I should take some time and look around at
all the distributions and decide which one was right for me and my PC. In addition to already being quite familiar with Linspire and Freespire, I also
looked at Novell/SUSE, Red Hat/Fedora, PC Linux, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu."
His decision? "Well, after all my research, I have to
tell you, it was an easy choice. Ubuntu! I'm excited for the new release in a few days, which I will use to replace the
many Linux desktop and laptop PCs I own (five)."
winbeta.org - 19.10.2007
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 off -- still managed to draw a crowd...
betanews.com - 08.08.2008
Ubuntu 8.10 officially launches Thursday
Canonical today announced that the 8.10 version of its popular Linux distribution Ubuntu will be available for free download on Thursday, October 30...
betanews.com - 28.10.2008
No Microsoft-Ubuntu Deal in the Works
Don't expect a patent deal
between Microsoft and Ubuntu
Linux distributor Canonical
anytime soon. CEO Mark
Shuttleworth says he won't
pay for something he thinks
has no legal merit...
betanews.com - 19.06.2007
