April 9, 2009
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f you visit MLB.com and look to see if you can watch baseball games over the Internet, you’ll be informed that you’ll need Windows or a Mac to watch them. Wrong. Any modern Linux desktop distribution will let you keep … Continue reading
March 17, 2009
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Two Cow jokes started out as a spin from the introductory economic example of the limits of a barter society. For example, if you have two cows and want chickens, you need to find someone who’s willing to trade an … Continue reading
March 4, 2009
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Sure, it’s handy being able to run Internet Explorer or Microsoft Office on Linux or the Mac thanks to WINE and Crossover Linux and Mac, but you know what’s even cooler? Running WoW (World of Warcraft) or Guild Wars on … Continue reading
February 13, 2009
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When I first looked at Moonlight, Novell’s open-source version of Microsoft’s Sliverlight, I liked it, but I didn’t really see much of a point to it. Silverlight, Microsoft’s latest answer to Adobe Flash, isn’t used in many sites. What I … Continue reading
February 11, 2009
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f you’re like me, you don’t like proprietary video and audio codecs. Be that as it may, some sites, like NBC’s Olympics site, use Microsoft’s proprietary Silverlight streaming technology. Until recently, if you were using Linux that meant you couldn’t … Continue reading
January 6, 2009
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DRM (Digital Right Management) has been a thorn in the side of music and video lovers for years. Now, Apple, after wheeling and dealing with the major music companies, is killing DRM off for good in iTunes. You should now … Continue reading