Dell should offer Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE
... with an understanding of what to expect. I recommend that Dell does NOT use Linspire or Freespire for their first Linux PCs. That may surprise many of you reading this. Why ...
Re: Site statistics
I have updated the Forum_Statistics wiki page with data from 07/07/07.
I have added new pictures and especially one following Frank remark.
Amazing 90% of members have less than 5 posts.
Regards
Michel
Former Spammer: 'I Know I'm Going to Hell'
"Ed," a retired spammer, built a considerable fortune sending e-mails that promoted pills, porn and casinos. At the peak of his power, Ed says he pulled in US$10,000 to $15,000 a week, storing the money in $20 bills in stacks of boxes. (Read on Source)
El Tour comienza a decidirse en la primera etapa pirenaica
Después de la dura contrarreloj de ayer en Albi, no hay descanso para el pelotón del Tour...
A Tribute To Tarik Glenn
As football draws ever closer, I am sure many of you saw a report that and Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Tarik Glenn has decided to hang it up after a stellar 10-year professional career. Although Glenn himself has yet to confirm this, conventional wisdom suggests this isn't a ploy to get a new contract (as someone comments in that USA ... (Read on Source)
Lovelock urges ocean climate fix
A quick global warming fix using pipes in the oceans is proposed by scientists James Lovelock and Chris Rapley.
Microsoft unveils revamped Zunes
Changes include a complete overhaul of the device's software and a redesign of Marketplace, which will offer 1 million unprotected songs.
Photos: Round two for Zune
Bungie Savors Flexibility After Microsoft Split
The Halo 3 creator plans to stick to its guns -- Xbox 360 development, a project with Peter Jackson -- even as it relishes being freed from "the Microsoft way."
IBM Mashes Up Enterprise Apps
Big Blue now has a starter kit for companies that want to integrate Web 2.0 features with their core business applications.
Web2Summit Launchpad: Realius, Tripit, SpiceWorks
The six Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad companies have taken the stage. They are each only here because they received funding from a VC firm. They were selected and critiqued by (Read on Source)
Web Hosting News: UK E-Commerce Sites Error Riddled
It has been reported that companies are losing more than 300m in lost sales through sites underperforming. UK e-commerce sites are jeopardising more than
Blogger Adds Email Subscriptions For Comments
When commenting on a Blogger blog, you don’t want to have to leave the page open in your browser, refreshing until someone replies to your comment. Instead, subscribing to those comments will let you leave and get a notification when someone talks back, but until now, Blogger only offered Atom feed subscriptions, which are [...] (Read on Source)
Linden Lab Selects Parature On-Demand Customer Support Software
Creators of Second Life deliver revolutionary customer support to their virtual residents. (PRWeb Oct 29, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/TG92ZS1DcmFzLUNyYXMtTG92ZS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Pilot Whales Are "Cheetahs of the Sea," Study Finds
 | Short-finned pilot whales have been observed making high-speed chases after prey at great depths, the first time such behavior has been seen in deep-diving mammals. |
Embryo Biopsy Does Not Affect Early Growth And Risk Of Congenital Malformations In PGD/PGS Babies
A study of 70 singleton babies born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening has shown that the procedure does not adversely affect their early growth and risk of congenital malformations, according to new research.
Novell's Linux Build Service Goes Open
... to make it easier to build packages for multiple distributions, including Red Hat and Ubuntu. But it's not just a tool designed to help the open source community: The ...
Lenovo IdeaPad G430 Rumors
Word on the street has it that the upcoming Lenovo IdeaPad will come with the following features and specifications :-
- 14.1" WXGA display
- 2GB RAM
- 160GB hard drive
- Vista Home Basic
- DVD burner
- NVIDIA 256MB GeForce 9300M GS
- Wi-Fi connectivity
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Referee awards game to opposition after late charge by Nacional
It's been a miserable opening weekend for some of the Mr Bigs in Spain and Italy with AC Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid all tasting defeat. Too late: the referee forfeits the match over a 60 se (Read on Source)
The week in Kit: Netbooks über alles, with chips on the side
Netbooks, gadgets, and gizmos abound this week on Kit, along with price cuts from AMD and new chips from Intel. Samsung displays were hot news, but OLED technology, unfortunately, remains tantalizingly out of reach.
The BA Festival of Science: "Science in science fiction films is a bit silly"
Posted by Katrina Charles, BA Media Fellow My first day at the festival started early with press conferences, watching the British (and international) science media in action. I took a bit of time out to go and see some of... (Read on Source)
Intel's Six-core Dunnington Chip Hits the Market
Intel is shipping its latest Xeon chip, the six-core Xeon 7400.
Google: Now we are 10
As Google turns ten it looks to its next decade
Installing Debian For The Faint Of Heart
... ultimate challenge, I decided to remove Gentoo Linux from my trusty laptop and install something ... initial install setup using a plain vanilla kernel image and assuming you have a normal ...
MOVING ON
IT'S good to know Jennifer Aniston isn't taking John Mayer too seriously. Just days after they had a cozy dinner at LA's Tower Bar, Aniston was seen eating there with hot Brit (and Anna Wintour fave) Gerard Butler. "They were very affectionate to...
Three LCD Makers Plead Guilty in Antitrust Probe
Three corporate guilty pleas in a long-running Justice Department antitrust investigation sent white-collar lawyers scrambling Wednesday to figure out what it might portend for other companies, and for individual executives. Federal prosecutors announced big fines for price fixing in the LCD computer and television screen industry. South Korea's LG Display got hit hardest, agreeing to pay $400 million in what the government described as the second-biggest antitrust fine ever.
Video: Countdown to 'World of Warcraft' midnight mania
It's the biggest massively multiplayer online game in the U.S World of Warcraft is a computer game phenomenon, so what should we expect when its latest incarnation goes live at midnight? CNET News' Charles Cooper sits down with Daniel Terdiman on this edition of the Daily Debrief.
Chicago Cubs = Playoff Disaster - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 Calgary Herald | Chicago Cubs = Playoff Disaster St. Louis Post-Dispatch - By Jeff Gordon After re-signing with the Cubs for a cool $52 million, Ryan Dempster explained why the Small Bears tanked in the playoffs. Cubs still after Peavy Cubs go 'Ster crazy |
Touchscreen Phones and Mobile Apps: Fitting Hand in Glove
Touchscreen phone users are discovering that much of the fun in their devices stems from applications -- those little nuggets of convenience, amusement and distraction available for download on the slightest whim. A good example is Google's newly updated Mobile App for Apple's iPhone, which has been generating a lot of buzz for one main reason: voice search.
Europe to get cybercrime alert system
To be built by Europol, the system will pool reports of crimes such as ID or financial theft online, and spot and track illegal activity, from across the 27 EU member states.
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