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What Bugs Newcomers About Linux [Linux] (Lifehacker)
Gary Parkinson, editor of BBC 5's Wake Up to Money show, takes his first dive into Linux and reflects on what keeps him from loving it—terminal commands, iPod problems, and, of course,...
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Dell outs Mini 9: Ubuntu Linux netbook for $349 (MacNN)
Dell today is revealing the full details of the Inspiron Mini 9, its first netbook. The 8.9-inch portable once rumored as the Inspiron 910 shares a similar design to larger Inspirons but, apart from the smaller screen, uses a 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip and Ubuntu Linux to significantly shrink its size without significantly affecting its responsiveness or its feature set. The system weighs just ...
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Getting to grips with Linux (BBC News)
One punter offers his views on coming to grips with an alternative to Windows.
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Life with Linux (BBC News)
The ups and downs of converting to open source
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First Look: Google Chrome, open-source browser (MacNN)
The latest entry in the browser wars is GoogleÃs Chrome, an open source project with a special emphasis on speeding up JavaScript performance. Although a beta of the browser is only available for Windows (Mac and Linux versions are coming soon), the browser already promises a handful of features to separate it from its competitors....
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Chrome browser gains new EULA, security warning (MacNN)
Google's newly-launched Chrome browser -- currently Windows-only but expected to launch soon for Mac and Linux -- is already taking some serious criticism, according to various groups. An initial concern was Google's end-user license agreement (EULA), which effectively claimed the right to use anything posted online via the browser, raising issues of both privacy and intellectual property. This ...
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Chumby: Fun, Functional, Squishy (TechNewsWorld.com)
Never let it be said that I don't listen to readers. In April, after I favorably reviewed a wireless product that elegantly displayed baseball scores, Don wrote: "How could you recommend that, especially at the price of $200 for a unitasker? This isn't worth $20 for what it does. What a joke. Please check out Chumby for a slightly cheaper and much more functional alternative."
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MacDailyNews - Where Mac news comes first (Mac Daily News)
Beleaguered Windows PC box assembler Dell "is trying to sell its computer factories around the world, a move to sharply overhaul a production model that was long a hallmark of the PC giant's strategy but is no longer competitive," Justin Scheck reports for The Wall Street Journal.
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Working with Windows and Linux, playing with the Mac (CNET)
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Working with Windows and Linux, playing with the Mac -- Google Insights data suggests that we enjoy our Macs for more than we enjoy Windows and Linux. You don't really need an iPhone 3G --The iPhone 3G is popular because people want it. And after a few weeks of using it, they realize quickly that they really didn't need it. IBM tests ...
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Posts published by Matt Richtel (New York Times)
Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 game console. The base model will sell for $199, making it cheaper than the $249 Nintendo Wii. TiVo and DirectTV are playing together again.
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