October 29, 2009
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he U.S. government has long used open-source. Beowulf, the popular Linux-based clustering and super-computer program, for example, got its start at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Under President Obama, open-source software though is showing up in more and more places. … Continue reading
October 8, 2009
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Do you want to know why I hate patent trolls? Let me tell you about Eolas Technologies. This company claims that it creates and markets technologies. It doesn’t. Eolas, like other patent trolls, has taken an obvious idea, somehow managed … Continue reading
July 8, 2009
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At last. At long last, there’s a real challenger to the Windows desktop, and its name is Google Chrome OS. Why is Google Chrome OS going to be real trouble for Windows? After all, technically, desktop Linuxes like Fedora, openSUSE, … Continue reading
July 5, 2009
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If you were lucky enough, as I was, to go to a technically-advanced school or work for a high-technology company in the 70s and 80s, you had Internet access. For most of us though the only way we had to … Continue reading
June 18, 2009
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Opera Software’s announcement that it’s going to bundle Unite, an easy-to-use Web server with content-sharing applets, with the Opera 10 Web browser sounds great — at first. Upon closer inspection, though, there could be some real security headaches. For now, … Continue reading
May 19, 2009
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Boycott Novell is one opinionated site. If you think I’m pro-Linux and hard on Microsoft, you haven’t been reading Roy Schestowitz, who makes me look as mild as a May day. Boycott Novell, which was founded in 2006 in reaction … Continue reading