i'm typing this in AbiWord on a Mac. Think about that for a moment and why i do this. i personally don't want to support any business/government that is exploitative, monopolizing, materialistic, commercial (in the sense of ego-aggrandizing advertisement), or unbalanced. If...
(Note: This article was originally written for a Korean newspaper.)The short answer is: Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux, an open source operating system. However, you might be wondering what this means?...
created by talentedchimp | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 251 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Sony has announced that a firmware upgrade will no longer allow gamers to install operating systems such as Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu on their PlayStation 3 consoles due to security concerns. Firmware 3.21, to be...
created by Jacob Zinn | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 601 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
A few days ago, Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation published an op-ed to the GNU project's website, in which he criticized the copyright views of the Swedish Pirate Party, which had recently succeeded...
opinion by raynevandunem | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 421 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
News was originally posted on Engadget. Click here to share your thought on Geeks Worldwide. Peek always has been a company for the people, with its suits sitting down late last year to listen intently to input from users regarding hacks and tweaks. Now, the outfit's looking...
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Some interesting changes are maybe on the horizon. If this deal happens maybe lot will happen in the software era as Sun has a lot of software in its hands, like Java and MySQL and Solaris to name a few. Lot of...
created by pgaliba | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 245 views | 28 recommendations | 5 comments
SFU Surrey is an extremely modern campus focused on technology, with students specializing in a variety of fields including Mechatronics, Interactive Arts, and Computing Science. With such a strong technological student base it would be expected that our campus would provide...
Google Earth has just launched "Google Earth 5.0", a wonderful new ocean program said to eventually document the entire ocean floor. It also features historical images and incredible details of Mars. ...
created by Mary Richard | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 4618 views | 39 recommendations | 6 comments
Apple collected 9.6% of web traffic in December, again beating its own market share record. While Windows remained dominant, its share of the market is continuing to erode. "Net Applications' December results...
created by Rachel Nixon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 218 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
"One of the most exciting aspects of the PlayStation 3 is that it allows users to install an alternative operating system. You can't overwrite Sony's GameOS or access privileged resources, but you can run your own applications on the new Cell Broadband Engine processor --...
created by nirajan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1745 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
The Ubuntu Community has released it's latest 6 months cycle version of the increasingly populair Linux distribution: 8.10 code named the Intrepid Ibex! This new release contains some state of the art technology...
created by eluxzen | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 603 views | 4 recommendations | 6 comments
"Nova Spivack: "Web OS" Midde-Ware Will Transform the Cloud Into Your Personal Distributed Desktop October 27 2008 / by Alvis BrigisCategory: Information Year: General Rating: 4 Hot New To facilitate more efficient interaction with data and services...
created by mielles | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 89 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Motorola has announced that it's firmly on the Android train. No, not a RAZR-bot, but the Google mobile platform.I still thought they were moving toward Linux for all of their smartphones, but it looks like the U9...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 137 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
For the past year, the Mountain View organization has been developing 'Android' – a phone OS that would operate on many handheld devices – and were just approved by the FCC for production. The first device to...
created by Jason Sanders | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 377 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Dell has recently announced a development that will allow their users to access emails, surf the web, read documents and extend their laptop battery life from hours to days.How are they doing this? By...
created by mchawk | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 864 views | 28 recommendations | 14 comments