Apr
16
2009
A Microsoft blogger says that the Windows operating system has achieved dominance in the netbook market. The statistics, however, are less definitive. Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, says that Linux still has strong prospects on little laptops.
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Apr
16
2009
What’s new in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 9.04 RC? Well, not much has changed since the beta release, only various software updates and many bugfixes. This Release Candidate has the brand new GNOME 2.26.1 desktop environment, which brings lots of fixes and a few improvements.
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Apr
16
2009
Internet revolt worked! Time Warner cancels capping plans….. for now.
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Apr
16
2009
Gartner has released a preliminary report detailing U.S. and worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter of 2009. The report pegs Apple’s U.S. market share in fourth place among vendors at 7.4%, down from 8.0% in the fourth quarter of 2008. More importantly, the report shows a slight decline in market share over the year-ago quarter, when Apple he
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Apr
16
2009
Following yesterday’s business card giveaway kick-off, I thought it would be appropriate to show some more beautiful cards from Card Observer. This time we’re going to look at those cards that are both minimal in color scheme and design elements. This minimalism in design is what makes these business cards so beautiful and effective.If you
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Apr
16
2009
Sun Microsystems appears to be down to its last option as far as a white knight is concerned, but the problem is, that knight has gotten on its horse and ridden away.
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Apr
16
2009
In this article, you will find a collection of excellent navigation techniques that use the CSS to provide users with an impressive interface.
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Apr
16
2009
Isn’t there something about conflict of interest and not having the CEO of a strong, direct competitor on your board? We’ve already seen the soft underbelly of the Schmidt-Apple relationship when Google caved to Apple and dropped multitouch from the G1. What will Google do for Apple as the netbook market heats up?
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Apr
16
2009
The release candidate of Ubuntu Linux’s latest version, Jaunty Jackalope, Ubuntu 9.04 is almost out and it’s looking like a good one. Here are the five best things you’ll have to look forward to in this release.
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Apr
16
2009
Digg is making several more changes to DiggBar, the controversial part URL shortener-part toolbar that users see when they visit a link from Digg, or via a short URL that has been shared elsewhere.
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