United Devices merges with Chicago company Univa.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 438 days ago (http://www.statesman.com)
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United Devices, perhaps best known for its work in building a massively distributed computing platform used by consumers to run calculations for researchers to treat diseases such as cancer, has rece read more »
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Linux’s Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 438 days ago (http://ptech.allthingsd.com)
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Walt Mossberg says that while Ubuntu Linux is easier to use than Linux has ever been, its still not for everyone. Read on for his detailed thoughts on the matter. read more »
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Mozilla president kicks Ballmer, trashes DRM, quotes SpidermanOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 438 days ago (http://uk.techcrunch.com)
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Mike Butcher interviews Mozilla Europe President Tristan Nitot and ranges across issues such as Microsoft's role in slowing internet development, Ballmer's role in slowing Microsoft opening up, DRM read more »
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Still no new Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 test builds.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 437 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
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Mary Jo Foley writes about the lack of beta releases from Microsoft on the hoped for Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008...The latter to include the first CTP of Viridian hypervisor technology. read more »
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Lawsuit charges open-source license violation.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 437 days ago (http://www.infoworld.com)
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The Software Freedom Law Center is suing Monsoon Multimedia on behalf of the BusyBox developers, who licensed their software under the GPL. This is believed to be the first court case where open sour read more »
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Exchange 2007 memory and hardware configuration best practicesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 437 days ago (http://searchexchange.techtarget.com)
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Serdar Yegulap offers an overview of the best practices for hardware configuration on Exchange 2007 servers. read more »
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The LXer Interview: Benedikt Meurer of XfceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 437 days ago (http://lxer.com)
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Scott Ruecker offers an interview with Xfce Linux Desktop developer Benedikt Meurer. read more »
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Mac OS X version of OpenOffice slated for next SeptemberOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 437 days ago (http://www.computerworld.com)
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A Mac OS X version of OpenOffice is expected to be available in September of 2008, around the same time that OpenOffice.Org 3 will be released. read more »
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