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REVIEW: EEE LAPTOP PC SHREDS THE RULES "Taiwanese computer parts maker Asus obviously didn't get the memo..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,fhts,8osx,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LINUX PC MODELS MULTIPLY AS VISTA STRUGGLES "Until recently, Linux PCs were about as easy to find in stores as a vinyl record..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,9iak,i8sm,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE GENTOO FOUNDATION IS NO MORE, BUT GENTOO LINUX WILL LIVE ON "I, and many Gentoo users and fans, have just found out that the Gentoo Foundation ceased to exist a few weeks ago because the current trustees failed to renew and file mundane NPO paperwork in New Mexico..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,8460,j9v1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r/-------------------------------------------------------------------
HOW TO TURN INTO FREE SOFTWARE SUPPORTERS PEOPLE WHO COULDN'TCARE LESS "Every other month we see a piece explaining 'how to convert grandma to Linux.' Forget about converting grandma or anybody else to personally use Free Software as your highest priority..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,l0ot,k9pw,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THE LINUX DESKTOP PARADOX "With the innovations in the release of KDE 4 this week, the pundits are at it again. This time, one could argue that KDE 4 is among the most advanced desktops--for any operating system, let alone Linux.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,b9kk,7ncj,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OBOOE MAKES A NOISE ABOUT OPEN SOURCE "One of the reason that open source has yet to make a huge impact on business in Europe is that there are relatively few ways that it can make its voice heard.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ayau,iv0h,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE TOOLS: A GOOD COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH ASPERGERS SYNDROME "Of course, the stereotype of the computer programmer with Aspergers Syndrome is overblown..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,l6li,4row,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
IS OPEN SOURCE THE ANSWER TO SOFTWARE PIRACY? "Ever since the dawn of commercial software, piracy has been a problem without a realistic solution that meets the needs of both the software vendor and the end user..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,brqf,gr0i,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FREE AND OPEN SOURCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE--OPENPROJ "The folks at Projity sent me a note on Friday about reaching the 200,000 download mark for their open source project management software, OpenProj..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,j2t8,805p,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
HANDS ON WITH THE XO SUGAR OS "Although I still haven't been able to get my hands on an XO for a serious review, thanks to the joys of VMWare, I was able to give the Sugar OS a good test drive tonight..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,gzfw,fmje,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE BRINGS A SPAM-FREE LUNCH "Can open source compete with the big boys? When it comes to spam, is there a free lunch...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,q5,8oij,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
NETWORKING SCALABILITY ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE SERVERS "Much has been written about networking performance, optimization, and tuning on a variety of hardware, platforms, and operating systems under various workloads..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,h20g,hc66,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
A BASH SCRIPT TO DOWNLOAD ENTIRE PICASAWEB ALBUMS "Google restricts the download of entire PicasaWeb albums to users of its proprietary (and Windows only) software Picasa. A fairly simple Bash script can do that and even more..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,mb4w,a14n,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INSTALLING LINUX OVER NETWORK (NO CDROM DRIVE) "The problem--although it does not concern all of us--is not taken from outer space. It actually exists even in case of modern laptops, like Thinkpad X61, which lack a CD drive to save on weight..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,9a3x,17hz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
FIND THE ITEMS YOU WANT WITH GNOME DO "The wealth of applications on a modern Linux system is phenomenal, but sifting through screen after screen of menu items is no fun..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,b6nr,5r4,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SPLASHTOP RUNNING ON PROTOTYPE ASUS NOTEBOOK "DeviceVM's SplashTop, a product we had named as one of the greatest Linux innovations in 2007, is sharing a booth this week at the Consumer Electronic Show with ASUS..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ldgm,3z2d,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
AUTOMATING FIREFOX WITH IMACROS "Do you have some mundane task that you have to do regularly through a Web browser? Are you a developer who wants to automatically test the interface of your latest Web application...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,lyve,9j9i,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
EU OPENS TWO NEW INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST MICROSOFT--ONE INVOLVINGOOXML "Regulators in the EU today announced that they are opening two new investigations against Microsoft, this time focusing not on peripheral functionalities like media players, but on the core of Microsoft's business..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,3nl,4krm,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
GENTOO 2007.1 CANCELLED, FOUNDATION & NEWSLETTER DISCUSSED "This morning Christina Fullam states that it was decided just before Christmas to cancel the 2007.1 release and roll all the effort into Gentoo 2008.0 since there was little possibility of getting a well-tested 2007.1 release out before 2008..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hpbx,99mg,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
SAMBA'S TRIDGE CLUSTERS CODE AND CROWDS "Author of and contributor to the Samba file server, Andrew Tridgell, talks to Computerworld about Samba and his upcoming Linux.conf.au talk..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,cs0l,jx5s,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
THAT'S A SIGNPOST UP AHEAD Rob Weir's comprehensive roadmap of the JTC1 process to date leads off this mix of news and opinions about February's standards vote. Next stop: The OOXML Zone.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,9640,jwuy,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r/-------------------------------------------------------------------
IBM EDGES CLOSER TO CREATING AN OPEN-SOURCE JAZZ VERSION "IBM today opened its Jazz.net open-source community to anyone who wants to provide feedback on the technology, which is intended to help improve collaboration among software development teams..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,cjyb,7x36,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LIKEWISE EXTENDS ACTIVE DIRECTORY'S EMBRACE TO MAC AND LINUX "Likewise Enterprise and its open-source sibling, Likewise Open, enable administrators to manage Linux, Macintosh and Unix machines through Microsoft's Active Directory and Group Policy..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,epwf,ib5s,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN SOURCE ON THE BIG SCREEN: MATT EBB TELLS TALES OF ELEPHANTSDREAM "Lead artist from Elephants Dream speaks about what it is like to make your own open movie using open source tools and the power of the community..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,jq39,df93,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
LOOK TUX, NO WIRES "When Kim Hawtin, like many other young Australians, went to London in 2000 to work. he never knew that he would be introduced to one of the abiding interests of his life while there..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,chyt,ug1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERVIEW: MICHAEL MEEUWISSE "Michael Meeuwisse started Project VGA in September of 2007. The project aims to develop a simple, low budget, open source, VGA compatible video card available this year..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,4y9v,lunj,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r
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