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Keeping temp folders clean

...that Cron runs it every hour. The contents of the script are: /usr/bin/tmpwatch --mtime 7d /home/myaccount/.wine/drive_c/windows/temp Yep... Read more

8 December, 2011

openSuSE 12.1 Released

It has been a long development cycle, with a lot of very hard work by the developers, leading to the release yesterday... Read more

17 November, 2011

Simple yet powerful backup solution for Linux user data

...disable = no # flags = IPv6 socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/bin/rsync server_args = --daemon log_on_failure += USERID } This makes xinetd... Read more

24 June, 2011

Out with Windows 2000, in with Fedora 14, part 2

Recently I wrote about another Windows to Linux migration that I recently tackled. This is the followup after the... Read more

15 March, 2011

openSuSE 11.4 Released (Updated)

As I mentioned a few days ago, this is going to be an interesting and exciting time in Linux distributions, with a lot... Read more

10 March, 2011
Ten ways to stop novice users quitting Linux

Ten ways to stop novice users quitting Linux

...follow these steps: Open up a terminal window. Issue the command sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh. You will probably have to enter... Read more

28 September, 2010 by Jack Wallen

Inkscape: remove all guides

...extension in inkscape, simply sudo copy the .py and .inx files to /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/). As Lars Behrens, the immediate beneficiary, states: “This is... Read more

8 June, 2010
BBColors 1.0.1

BBColors 1.0.1

...some location in your shell's PATH; a typical location would be /usr/local/bin/ or /usr/bin/. bbcolors is a hack that works by... Read more

7 December, 2011
CoMa X 8.3

CoMa X 8.3

...Fax-Job-management (Client-Server-operation) Support for the Elsa MicroLink Office & USR 56k (Pro)Message(Plus) modem Self-Mode(read fax and voice & configuration... Read more

15 September, 2011
SysInfoTools PDF Split 2.0

SysInfoTools PDF Split 2.0

...size or any number of pages. This tool provides full flexibility and usr control in terms of how the PDF file should be split and... Read more

24 December, 2010

Xerox slaps USR with patent suit

Xerox Corporation has accused US Robotics (USR) of stealing its handwriting recognition technology for use in its PalmPilot products... Read more

1 May, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones

IBM Pilot PDA clone skips UK for now

...US, the device is a thin re-working of the hot-selling USR product. The only differences are cosmetic; most notably, the IBM flavour is... Read more

24 September, 1997 by Martin Veitch

MS to reveal Pilot-like handheld tomorrow

The design is expected to be a challenger to 3Com-USR's smash-hit PalmPilot. Microsoft declined to comment except to confirm that... Read more

7 January, 1998 by Martin Veitch

A Year Ago: US Robotics unveils Net video package

...Kai's Power GOO. Also included is Asymetrix Digital Video Producer and USR's own RapidComm Video H.324 software communications software Read more

26 November, 1997 by Garret Keogh

56K modems could get even faster

US Robotics(USR) confirmed today it plans to ship its x2 modems in February, probably... Read more

7 January, 1997 by Martin Veitch

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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...

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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...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Smilig Eddie

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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...

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Jack Schofield

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

20 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...

20 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

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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

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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....

23 hours 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...

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