Multimedia and IT news, 05.08.2008

Linux

20 Most Nimble and Simple X Window Managers for Linux

Tech Source From Bohol: "One of the best ways to speed up your Linux deskto (...)

Linux

The Linux File System

IT Wire: "In my last article I talked about working with shortcuts in Ubunt (...)

Linux

The Software Patents Situation and How It Affects Free Software

Boycott Novell: "One of the bigger developments last week was Mozilla's dec (...)

Linux

Can Ubuntu Linux Close the Digital Divide

The VAR Guy: "Untangle is scheduled to host an Ubuntu Linux Installfest fro (...)

Linux

Why Sharing Matters More Than Marketshare to GNU/Linux

Free Software Magazine: "Thirty years of proprietary software thinking have (...)

Linux

The PS3 is More Than a Toy With Fedora

IBM Developerworks: "Fedora 7 installs on the PS3 out of the box, with the (...)

Linux

10 Icons Sets to Customize Your GNU/Linux Desktop

Cats Who Code: "Some days ago, I wrote a post about 30 gnome themes to enha (...)

Linux

88% of YouTube is New and Original Content, Professor Says

Groklaw: "If you watch it, you'll find out why fair use matters, what it ma (...)

Linux

7 Uses of GParted Live

Linux Haxor: "We all fill up our hard-drives from time to time, but thanks (...)

Linux

OpenGL Benchmarking On Linux Reaches New Heights

Phoronix: "Running Lightsmark 2008 on Linux with a modern graphics card is (...)

Linux

gDesklets - Desklets for your Desktop in openSUSE

SUSE and OpenSUSE: "gDesklets is another great tool like Google Gadgets for (...)

Linux

New Linux Foundation Meeting for End-Users

Practical Technology: "The meeting will be held on October 13 and 14th at t (...)

Linux

Tech Spying Tools: Feeding the Cancer Within

LinuxInsider: "...she e-mailed photos of herself in a bikini to a married c (...)

Linux

Mandriva Spring 2008: The New Definitive Linux

Tech Republic: "I’ll just lay this out right from the beginning: Mand (...)

Linux

Enterprise Router Runs Open Linux OS

Linux Devices: "Vyatta has spun a branded hardware "appliance" version of i (...)

Linux

Linux set to dominate MIDs

DeviceGuru: "The Linux OS, in the form of Moblin, LiMo, and Maemo, looks re (...)

Linux

The Updated OSP and Free Software Interoperability

Brendan Scott's Weblog: "The OSP provides the assurance that Microsoft will (...)

Linux

Postfix Virtual Hosting With LDAP Backend Dovecot On Ubuntu 804 LTS

HowtoForge: "I've been running with a MySQL backend for virtual hosting for (...)

Linux

Working With Shortcuts in Linux (Ubuntu)

IT Wire: "When you install an application, in most cases it will show up so (...)

Linux

dnstop: Monitor BIND DNS Server (DNS Network Traffic) From a Shell Prompt

nixCraft: "How do I find out and view current DNS queries such as A, MX, PT (...)

Multimedia

DivX to Present at Canaccord Adams Growth Conference (Business Wire)

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Multimedia

Activision Publishing Ships Little League(R) World Series 2008 for Wii(TM) and Nintendo DS(TM) (PR N

Activision Publishing, Inc. announced today that Little League® World Serie (...)

Multimedia

Electronic Arts: Growth is Coming (at Seeking Alpha)

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Linux

Review: OpenOfficeorg 240

ZDNet: "OpenOffice.org has no equivalent to Outlook. However, there are fre (...)

Linux

Build Your Own Fedora Re-spin

Linux Format: "Why would you want to do this? By the time a distro has been (...)

Linux

MS-OOXML: A Format Without a Future

IT Pro: "Microsoft's problems with OOXML just won't go away. MS-OOXML was s (...)

Linux

Five Things Linus Torvalds Has Learned About Managing Software Projects

CIO: "Linus Torvalds needs no introduction in operating systems or open-sou (...)

Linux

Kill Bill It Will Open New Vistas

Moneyweb: "How is it possible that the whole computer can be so dependent o (...)

Linux

Linux Rescues KVM Rack Gear

Linux Devices: "According to Opengear, datacenters and enterprise computer (...)

Linux

How to Prevent a Coffee Shop Wi-Fi Attack

Datamation: "When you point your Wi-Fi interface at a local wireless access (...)

Linux

Why Did Javascript/AJAX Mop the Floor With Java, Flash and Silverlight

Free Software Magazine: "...Java applet were famous for crashing peopleR (...)

Linux

Linux Laptop, Make or Buy

ZDNet: "My recent call for a Linux laptop drew a lot of response and severa (...)

Linux

Avant Window Navigator (AWN) Mac OS like Dock in openSUSE

SUSE & OpenSUSE: "Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a dock-like bar which sit (...)

Linux

Cybercrime and Politics

Help Net Security: "...Internet-based risks are a serious concern as they c (...)

Multimedia

Toronto FC Star Maurice Edu Named the New Face of EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 09 (Business Wire)

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that Toronto F (...)

Multimedia

Stay Away From Midway (at Motley Fool)

There are better ways to invest in the video game (...)

Multimedia

2K Play and Nickelodeon Announce Dora the Explorer Debut for Wii(TM) (Business Wire)

NEW YORK----2K Play, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, I (...)