Archive for February, 2011

PC World – Mozilla on Friday rolled out what appears to be the last beta release of its Firefox 4 open source Web browser software.
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There’s been a time-sucking monster slowing down my poor little netbook. I call it “Java the Hut.” Yes, I’m…
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For those of us who love Ubuntu, it was both distressing and perplexing to read Bruce Byfield’s recent blog post entitled, “Ubuntu: Where Did the Love Go?” Growing concerns and criticisms about Ubuntu’s relationship with the open source community at large are Byfield’s focus. Chief among them “the gap between the expectations created by Ubuntu and Canonical in their early days and their …
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Sun’s former CEO says “Google today would be running on Solaris” but for Sun missteps and Oracle’s acquisition.
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PC World – Sony is pretty annoyed with those hooligans
hacking its beloved PlayStation 3. So annoyed, in fact, that they’ve involved law enforcement: On February 23, PS3 and Linux hacker graf_chokolo said the local police and a Sony representative raided his house.
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