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ProxMox: The High-Performance Virtualization Server for the Rest of Us ... (Read full text)
<b>Between the Lines:</b> "What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers...?"

Symbian Acquired; Open Sourced ... (Read full text)
<b>Roundup:</b> News from Europe this morning reveals Nokia has purchased the Symbian and is open sourcing the embedded OS. Pundits are already wondering what this means for Linux and Android.

JVM-Based Languages Grow In Popularity ... (Read full text)
When Sun Microsystems first unveiled Java in 1995, it was hard to define. That's because Java has several parts: It is, of course, an object-oriented programming language. Java is also a standard (or multiple standards, including mobile, standard, and enterprise versions) that defines the language, as well as the libraries that a programmer can expect to have available with each version. Finally, Java is a "virtual machine" (the "JVM"), a software environment on which Java programs execute. You can only run Java programs if yo [...]

Firefox 3 Download Day ... (Read full text)
Help the best web browser on the planet to set a Guinness record.

Flash Player 10: Dazzling Effects, Better Performance, Runs on Linux ... (Read full text)
<b>Wired:</b> "Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player 10, which promises better performance, improved text handling, custom photo effects filters and native 3D animations..."

Eee PC Face-Off: Eee PC 701 vs. Eee PC 900 ... (Read full text)
laptopmag.com: It's finally here. The eagerly -awaited ASUS Eee PC 900 has touched down stateside after several agonizing weeks of reading overseas techies chronicle their experiences with the mini-notebook. So we decided to pit our fresh-out-the-box Eee PC 900 against the original Eee PC 701 (both with Xandros Linux) in a knock-down drag-out. Also: Asus Eee PC 900 is a ripper not a rip-off: review Advertisement: read more

Mark Shuttleworth: The Art of Release ... (Read full text)
markshuttleworth.com: An update on the long term plans for Ubuntu release management. 8.04 LTS represented a very significant step forward in our release management thinking. As a result, we can commit that the next LTS release of Ubuntu will be 10.04 LTS, in April 2010. Advertisement: read more

ASUS Eee PC 900 (Linux) ... (Read full text)
laptopmag.com: This $549 mini-notebook addresses its predecessor’s drawbacks by including a larger, higher-resolution 8.9-inch screen and more storage space. We tested the Linux-based version, which comes with a 20GB solid state drive. Add in an improved 1.3-megapixel webcam and a multi-touch capable touchpad, and you have the makings of a successful, albeit more expensive sequel. Advertisement: read more

New Powerset Search Tech Gets Your Drift ... (Read full text)
Powerset, a new Internet search engine company, has launched a proof-of-concept salvo in the search engine war -- a natural language processing engine that attempts to understand the meaning behind a search phrase and the text it's searching against. Instead of returning a long list of results that simply contain the key words a user enters, Powerset attempts to unlock the meaning encoded in ordinary human language.

Running a Business on Desktop Linux ... (Read full text)
<b>DesktopLinux:</b> "How many are self-employed in the United States? No one knows for sure, but estimates range around twenty million..."




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