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Talkback A female hacker I know was at a hacker conference when another female hacker walked up and asked (in a very rude tone), "so, are you actually a geek, or just a scene whore?" She spat back "I had...
RE:Newham CIO sheds light on Microsoft relationship
Blog Comment (quote) Signatories of the MoU, which included Steel, agreed to advocate the relationship between Microsoft and Newham. (unquote) Isn't this an obvious and a serious conflict of interest in the...
RE:Dream Linux 3.5 - An Excellent New Release
Blog Comment Hello Jamie! Congratulations on getting a distro running smoothly on the HP2133! As a fellow owner I'm more than familiar with all the driver problems etc. Will you be making your own .iso public?...
JavaMites: Next Generation Mobile Security Threats
Blog JavaMites: Next Generation Mobile Security Threats Author: Eric Everson – Founder, MyMobiSafe.com As you may be familiar, upwards of 86% of mobile devices are now Java-enabled. This mass scale...
Linux automotive alliance squares up to Microsoft
News A new alliance among automakers and technology providers called Genivi aims to build a Linux stack that will provide a common architecture for automotive infotainment systems
RE:Free needle in a haystack
Blog Comment can i suggest for a DAW that the best open source DAW (proven by musician hype and Computer Music Magazine) is actually called LMMS (http://lmms.sourceforge.net/) it uses an intuitive interface...
Linux Foundation takes over Linux.com
News The not-for-profit group will now look after the Linux resource site instead of previous host SourceForge, and intends to make it a place for the community to collaborate
EC ends full-time antitrust monitoring of Microsoft
News The European Commission is scaling back its checks on whether the software maker is complying with a 2004 ruling to share interoperability information
Dream Linux 3.5 - An Excellent New Release
Blog I got interested in the new release of Dream Linux (3.5) because it is supposed to make it easy to create your own customised ISO boot image. I thought that if I could get it set up and configured...
Well Behaved Vista
Talkback Very funny :) I run vista on a nice new laptop and everything is stable and fast. It hosts music software such as ableton + all the plugins and runs open office like a dream...All prefetching is...
Don't have to miss Vista
Talkback You don't have to "miss" Vista. You can do what I have done, take out the disk and lay it on the table next to your computer. Nice and safe, and REMOVED from the computer, where it can't do any...
Free needle in a haystack
Blog The plan is to do some voluntary work at the local youth centre, and in the process slip in some Free Open Source Software on the computers. I'll be teaching the young people about how to build a...
Killing Microsoft.
Talkback Android poised to "kill Microsoft" is a bit harsh, and out of step with reality. There are too many countries, and local governments locked into MS's monopolies. They are not going to change...
Effective Monopoly
Talkback I wonder exactly which planet ofcom are on. Fibre has the potential for vastly greater bandwidth than either copper or wireless. How would there be effective competition? I guess they also think...
Pirate Bay trial draws to a close
News Defence lawyers in the Pirate Bay trial make their final arguments, after prosecutors call for jail time for the defendants
Android set to take Linux to the mainstream
Analysis Google's Android operating system with its free licence and big-vendor backing is poised to 'kill Microsoft' on several fronts, according to one analyst
Cheap broadband to prevent BT fibre 'monopoly'
News Communications regulator Ofcom says cheap mobile broadband and existing fixed services will keep BT from running a fibre monopoly
RE:Does Facebook rot your brain? Obviously not, but...
Blog Comment Hiya Roger, What I’m alluding to is the fact that the Facebook phenomenon tends to create an emotional ‘need’ in users whereby they feel compelled to keep their profile up to date in order to...
