December 5, 2007
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It’s been over a year since Linspire announced a free version of the CNR (Click’N’Run) software management system for its own Linuxes — Freespire and Linspire — as well as others, such as Ubuntu, but the project is finally open … Continue reading
October 12, 2007
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Who says you have to give up all your Windows programs to use Linux? Not CodeWeavers, with its latest version of CrossOver Linux 6.2. With this new version of CrossOver Linux, you can run more Windows programs on Linux than … Continue reading
August 31, 2007
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n what promises to boost video quality in desktop, mobile, and embedded devices, Adobe announced that it has added H.264 support to its popular Flash Player software. “Flash Player 9, Update 3 beta,” available for download from Adobe’s Labs website, … Continue reading
August 30, 2007
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The day is fast approaching when the comment and voting period for ISO/IEC DIS 29500, the draft ISO specification based upon Microsoft’s Office Open XML formats, will either be approved or not. As Sept. 2 comes closer, Microsoft appears to … Continue reading
July 9, 2007
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The combination of Google and Postini is exactly what CIOs need for their corporate e-mail systems and what Microsoft doesn’t offer. When you think e-mail servers and service, do you think POP/SMTP and MAPI? Or, do Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA come … Continue reading
July 2, 2007
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One of the most chilling concepts of George Orwells novel “1984” is “Newspeak.” In Newspeak, the language is constantly being cropped of words that might lead to “thoughtcrimes.” If you control the language, the logic goes, you control what people … Continue reading