February 3, 2006
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Photoshop? The application most people want, at this date, to be ported to Linux from Windows is Photoshop? Color me surprised! When Novell Inc. started its survey of what applications people wanted ported to Linux, both Novell CoolSolutions site editor … Continue reading
January 30, 2006
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Corel Corp. may have given up on bringing WordPerfect to Linux, but that doesn’t mean Linux users have to give up on running WordPerfect on Linux. A reader recently wrote me to say, “One of the things that keeps me … Continue reading
September 12, 2005
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In a real shift, eBay, as is evidence by its purchase of Skype, wants to not just help you auction off your old stuff, but it wants to become your Internet phone company as well. Good luck, guys. When eBay … Continue reading
August 19, 2005
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The executive leadership of Mambo, a popular open-source content management system, and the systems developers find themselves at odds on the organizational future of the project. Earlier in August, Miro International, an Australian firm that owns some of the copyrights and trademarks … Continue reading
April 22, 2005
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Like it or lump it, your staffers are using instant messaging. For years, no one has cared about managing IM (instant messaging). But security risks such as the Kelvir worm, which temporarily put Reuters IM out of business; IM-based phishing … Continue reading
September 21, 2002
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Somehow, some way, people who are new to Linux have gotten the idea that Linux has limited IM choices. Since the Unix family was the first to have popular IM clients (with “talk” leading the way), that’s more than a … Continue reading