April 30, 2008
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KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), Linux’s own baked-in virtualization program, has been gaining popularity. Now, Qumranet, the company behind KVM, is releasing a commercial virtual desktop called Solid ICE based on KVM technology. Solid ICE is designed to run multiple virtual … Continue reading
April 29, 2008
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Oh come on! Today, April 29th, was when Microsoft was at long, long-one more time with feeling-long last was going to release Windows XP SP3. But, now, thanks to a ‘compatibility issue’ between the latest update and Microsoft Dynamics RMS, … Continue reading
April 28, 2008
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Years into its legal wars against Linux, SCO gets another chance to go to court on April 28th. However, the case at hand, one last attempt to show that it, and not Novell, owns Unix’s copyright isn’t the case, SCO … Continue reading
April 27, 2008
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New comers to Linux sometimes think that Ubuntu sprang forth from Linux as a totally new creation, the next generation of Linux. Old-hands at Linux know better. Now, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, sets the story … Continue reading
April 25, 2008
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I hate Vista, but since one of the things I do is track operating systems, I keep it running on one (1) system. One of the things I find remarkably disagreeable about this junker of an operating system is that … Continue reading
April 23, 2008
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People have been in a tizzy over recent executive changes at the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) project, but its founder, Nicholas Negroponte, in an e-mail to the group’s members on April 23rd wrote, “As we reach out to engage … Continue reading