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Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

...for the installation to run a sound check, you would hear Linus Torvalds say: "Hello. This is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux, Linux." I... Read more

8 April, 2011 by Jack Wallen

Lawyer: Android may be open to Linux copyright issues

...said. The view that this assumption is incorrect is shared by Linus Torvalds, creator and chief architect of the Linux kernel, who stated in 2003... Read more

18 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Latest Linux kernel debuts with Google technology

...very well", according to Herbert. The release was not without incident. Linus Torvalds, main architect of the Linux kernel and its creator, pulled up contributors... Read more

3 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Success is in the future of open source software

...article from Wired Magazine about the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds. The article portrays him as a family man, yet when it's... Read more

28 March, 2012

Linus says "absolutely nothing" changes in Linux 3.0

Linus Torvalds, the man behind the open source Unix-like Linux operating system kernel... Read more

30 May, 2011
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

...improve response to user input during high load times. According to Linus Torvalds, these changes in kernel 3.2 should be quite apparent to end... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

...to really make the silicon fly, even though Transmeta did hire Linus Torvalds. The story doesn't end there. Transmeta sued Intel for intellectual property... Read more

4 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Linux 3.3 brings Android code back into the fold

...having been brought back into the fold for the first time. Linus Torvalds announced the release on Sunday, on the Linux kernel mailing list. New... Read more

20 March, 2012

Sorry Vim, my brain's too small

...tool that works for me. This absolutely screams user error but as Torvalds says himself about Linux distributions "ease of installation has actually been one... Read more

6 December, 2011

Leave Richard Stallman alone

Free software pioneer Richard Stallman gave a talk in London yesterday, on the topic: "It's free software and it gives... Read more

4 November, 2011

What "free" means with Open Source software

...to develop and fix software by having the code publicly available. Linus Torvalds came along in the early 1990's and developed the Linux kernel... Read more

3 August, 2011

Open Sauce and McSoft Fries (An Intro to Buss. Models)

Hi With the news that Microsoft (actually CPTN, owned by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC) tried to run off with the... Read more

17 May, 2011

Linux turns 20, the future is bright

...Zemlin, director of the Linux Foundation acknowledged the 20 years since Linus Torvalds began development of the Linux kernel. Jim also made a few other... Read more

19 April, 2011

Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds

...practices in the world of software development. The addition of the Linus Torvalds' Linux kernel to the GNU project in 1992 formed the GNU/Linux... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

The Top 20 'Technology Elite' on Twitter

...the web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, and would-be-immortal inventor Ray Kurzweil. As a keen Twitter user... Read more

11 March, 2011

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

3 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

6 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

14 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

17 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

19 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

19 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

19 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

21 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

22 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

23 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

1 day ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths