October 17, 2008
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Boy, I wish I’d been at Gartner’s Symposium ITxpo in Orlando, Fla. this year. That way I could heard with my own ears, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tell an audience of high-level business people that if they want to wait … Continue reading
September 22, 2008
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Sun has released the first update to its recently purchased desktop virtualization program, now called Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0. While not a major update, it does bring improved performance and 64-bit operating system support to the popular open source virtualization … Continue reading
September 19, 2008
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Well, at least our eyes won’t have to suffer through watching those painfully inept Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld ads anymore. Microsoft is canceling them. I’m going to say something you never expected to hear me say: “Thank you Microsoft.” … Continue reading
September 17, 2008
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CodeWeavers, best known for making its CrossOver programs that use WINE to run many popular Windows applications on Linux and Mac OS, has just released a proof-of-concept version of Chrome that runs on Linux and Mac systems. The free CrossOver … Continue reading
August 26, 2008
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Want to know a dirty little secret? We, Linux and open-source users, love Apple’s devices. Of course, that’s not true of all of us. I’m sure Richard M. Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, wouldn’t be caught dead with … Continue reading
July 29, 2008
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Likewise Software has released a new, open-source version of its eponymous AD (Active Directory) program for integrating Linux, Unix and Mac systems into AD. Likewise Fall includes two main features. The most important, LWIS (Likewise Identity Services) enables you to … Continue reading