Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 02.12.2008

Linux

Save the Libraries -- With Open Source

Linux Journal: "...the places where books are stored -- especially those th (...)

Linux

Windows Market Share Drops to 15-Year Low

TG Daily: "Even worse, market research firm Net Applications now estimates (...)

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EFF to Fight Against Telecom Immunity in Tuesday Hearing

Electronic Frontier Foundation: "On Tuesday, December 2, at 10 a.m., the El (...)

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Scottish Open Source Awards 2008

Red Devil's Blog: "I WAS honoured recently to be asked to help judge this y (...)

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Steam Linux on the way Left 4 Dead carries Linux binaries

ars Technica: "Though some will protest that its DRM system is detestable, (...)

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New Computer Prize Draws Linux Fans to Raffle

Blog of Helios: "Welcome to the first annual HeliOS Project Christmas Raffl (...)

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HowSoftwareIsBuiltcom interview - Adam Williamson

How Software is Built: "The biggest new feature is that we are using KDE 4 (...)

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MySQL Founder Warns 51 Not Ready

Linux Magazine: "MySQL founder Michael "Monty" Widenius warns in his blog a (...)

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Even More Madcap Manpages - Linux and Unix Laughs

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, while out trudging through the wastel (...)

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Harvest Comes After the Seed is Planted

17LAmp.net: "Opening new markets, forging new friendships and strengthening (...)

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OpenLDAP Quick Tips: OpenLDAP Logfile Analysis

Suretec: "Here's the 14th tip in the "OpenLDAP Quick Tips" series and today (...)

Linux

The Useful Uses Of Mod Rewrite

HowtoForge: "Mod rewrite is a part of apache servers that can rewrite reque (...)

Multimedia

MVP Network, Inc Launches Free Software for Charity Online Golf Tournaments (Business Wire)

ST. LOUIS----MVP Network Inc. , developer of interactive sports video games (...)

Multimedia

A Very Fresh Prince (at Forbescom)

Ubisoft learns to let its games breathe. (...)

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Its Open Season for Gamers With the Launch of Deer Hunter 3 Mobile (Business Wire)

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3D Systems to Unveil Higher Strength 3-D Printing Material At EuroMold 2008 (GlobeNewswire)

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Multimedia

Blackboard Inc to Present at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference (PR Newswire)

Blackboard Inc. today announced that Michael Chasen, president and CEO and (...)

Multimedia

Video Game Misfires (at Forbescom)

Not every videogame is recession proof. And some publishers are learning th (...)

Linux

iPhone Linux Hack: What It Means

Business Week: "iPhone hackers have just managed to replace Apple's own ope (...)

Linux

On Holidays, Hot Air and the 7 Horrors of Linux

Linux Blog Safari: ""The Gartner Group claim is the sort of watered-down st (...)

Linux

Virus Hits Nearly 75 of Systems on Afghanistan Military Base

Zero Day: "Earlier this month we saw the military ban the use of USB drives (...)

Linux

Keeping Tabs on Your Network Traffic

Linux.com: "One of the first things I do upon installing a Linux distributi (...)

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Managing IT: Changing Our Minds (About Everything)

Datamation: "We need to change our minds about eve (...)

Linux

Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Steams Ahead

OStatic: "This week brings some interesting new reports on open source adop (...)

Linux

Testing Fedora 10 KDE Edition

An alien's viewpoint: "My experience with Fedora has not been bad at all. I (...)

Linux

WFTL Bytes! for Dec 1, 2008: Linux is all Wrong, Microsoft is Nice Now, Intel Baffled by Success

WFTL Bytes!: "This is WFTL Bytes!, your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news sh (...)

Linux

Microsoft on the Outer of Schools Funding

Australian IT: "Tomorrow, all eyes will be on the NSW government tendering (...)

Linux

Non-Free Blobs in the Linux Kernel

TechRepublic: "Jack Wallen comments on the debate that's broken out about t (...)

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Keeping It Light

New York Times: "THE netbook could be considered the Honda Fit of computing (...)

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Recent Firefox Extensions for Tab Addicts

Linux.com: "Now, despite the need to rewrite many extensions to make them c (...)

Linux

StudioDave Does A Hardware Review And Meets Ubuntu 810

Linux Journal: "Alas, after years of travel and abuse the Omnibook's hard d (...)

Linux

Vibuntu 10: A Customized Version of Ubuntu for Visually Impaired Users

Softpedia: " Vibuntu is a Linux distribution based on of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intr (...)

Linux

Mandriva Falls on Bad Days - Again

IT Wire: "The global economic crisis is taking its toll on many technology (...)

Multimedia

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC Now Available In Stores and for Digital Down

NEW YORK----Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Soft (...)

Multimedia

SkillSoft Introduces Innovative Learning Products Designed to Help Organizations Weather Challenging

NASHUA, N.H.----SkillSoft PLC , a leading SaaS provider of e-learning and p (...)