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Hivision Shows Off Sub-$100 linux Mini Laptop [umpc]
china's hivision has debuted a linux-based laptop that makes the olpc seem ridiculously expensive. for $98, you get a mips-based processor, 1gb flash storage, 3 usb ports, ethernet, an sdhc card...
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The linux Laptop Goes To School - Zdnet Blogs
someone else, in this case, is my daughter robin (right). she did her first review for me when she was 3. i sat her on my lap in front of a huge pc and she checked out some learning software. she has gotten bigger, and the computers have gotten ...
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Frugalware linux 0.9 Introduces An Abundance Of Changes - Softpedia
the frugalware team has announced today the ninth stable release of their linux distribution. frugalware 0.9 (codename solaria) is now available for the i686 and x86_64 architectures, and brings 6,400 changes, among which there are 2,279 updated ...
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"green" Integrated Pc Runs linux
— aug. 28, 2008 — tangent announced a fanless, linux-compatible pc that runs on 24 watts and tucks neatly behind its 17-inch display. the evergreen 17 is available with a 1ghz via eden, 2gb sdram, and either a 160gb hard drive or a 64gb solid-state drive (ssd), says tangent. ...
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Vector linux Partners With Sqi To Provide Support Infrastructure
sqi is providing and hosting their incident manager software, a ticketing system specifically for paid support customers, as well as a blowledge base available to all vector linux users. in addition to providing the software for the knowledge base they are assisting with content creation. the new vector linux website which was unveiled in july is also hosted by sqi.
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Development Engineer - Windows Desktop Application Software - Flight Global.com
the ideal candidate will have several years design experience working within a multithreaded real time environment on windows platforms. main responsibilities will be developing user applications to manage large amounts of real time data, graphically ...
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Bill And Jerry, Chrome And The Next linux Generation - E-commerce Times
some linux bloggers spent the week kicking around ideas for attracting the next generation of computer users to linux, while others were simply distracted by the nonsensical commercial microsoft put out on thursday featuring highly paid spokesperson ...
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Google's Chrome Browser Heads Toward linux And Mac
while the current beta edition of chrome currently runs on windows only, open source developers -- including some from mozilla -- are now working on getting google's new browser to operate on linux and mac, too.
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Intel Acquires linux Distro Developer
— aug. 28, 2008 — "poky linux" and matchbox developer openedhand announced that it has been acquired by intel corp. the u.k.-based embedded linux services team will join the intel open source technology center, and will focus on moblin development for mobile internet devices and other mobile devices.
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Hp's 'end Run' Around Windows - Msn Moneycentral
the carefully crafted ecosystem of tech companies built around microsoft's windows operating system is showing signs of strain. hewlett-packard (hpq), a longtime microsoft ally, has quietly assembled a group of engineers to develop software that ...
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Cirrus Tech Shared Hosting Plans Updated With Windows Server 2008 And ... - Pr.com
markham, canada, september 10, 2008 --( pr.com )-- following the release of windows server 2008’s on their dedicated server plans, cirrus tech has announced that they have updated their windows shared hosting plans with windows server 2008 in ...
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Lenovo Confirms Ditching linux
a day after it denied ditching pre-installed desktop linux , pc giant lenovo has confirmed to stephen vaughan-nichols of practical technology that "customers will no longer be able to order lenovo thinkpads and thinkcentres with pre-installed linux via the lenovo.com website."
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Are linux Programmers Getting Too Fat?
techcrunch50 company fitbit (which demoed its health activity monitoring device live as well) put up this slide to underscore its point that obesity is a growing problem, particularly in the geek world. the slide shows how the distribution of t-shirt sizes at the linux symposium has shifted towards the xl and xxl side of the scale. i'm convinced. linux programmers need fitbit.
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Faritec Raises Stable Financing  - Business Day South Africa
technology company faritec announced two moves yesterday just hours ahead of the expected release of its financial results this morning, by finalising an acquisition and restructuring its debts. one move has seen it raise r100m from investors in the ...
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Red Hat Makes Buy For Kvm--but Vdi Too - Cnet News
last week's big virtualization news was red hat's purchase of qumranet for $107 million. by way of brief background, qumranet has two overlapping, but somewhat independent, technology sets. the first--for which it is probably best known--is kvm , an ...
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Would You Buy A linux Desktop?
i think a lot of us are open to linux on the desktop. quick, free, frequently updated, etc., etc...we know the standard reasons to look at linux-based pcs. while laptops reign supreme for consumers and many business users, there are still many good reasons to purchase desktop computers...
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linux Space Cube Ready For Blast-off
— aug. 28, 2008 — japanese manufacturer shimafuji is readying a two-inch cubed computer that runs red hat linux on 1gb of flash.
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Now, A Virtual Korset To Stop Killer Computer Viruses In Their Tracks - Thaindian.com
washington, september 10 (ani): tel aviv university researchers have written a unique software program called the korset that can stop computer viruses from wreaking havoc on the servers running on linux, the operating system used by the majority of ...
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10 Reasons To Stick With Vista And Forget linux - Itwire.com
windows vista is in the news again, thanks to the incomprehensible start to the new campaign featuring gates and seinfeld, but also because of the growing threat to windows vista posed by different flavours of linux, xp and mac os x. but none of ...
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linux Today - Finding Overlapping Matches Using Perl's Lookahead Assertion Matching On linux
"if you just up your game a little, you begin to see the power of regular expressions in perl, and - every once in a while - find yourself in a state of utter confusion.
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