Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 02.02.2010

Linux

Puppy Linux: Your new best friend

Ghacks: "On occasion I have a need for a tiny, lightning fast Linux distrib (...)

Linux

The best way for Adobe to save Flash is by killing it

Uncompiled Thoughts: ""But Flash is the only way to deploy a consistent cro (...)

Linux

The Alexandria Project, Chap 3: I just HATE it when that Happens

Standards Blog: "Our story so far: Security expert Frank Adversego has bee (...)

Linux

Advice on building a Linux box

Ghacks: " I get a lot of questions on Linux hardware: “What’s (...)

Linux

5 Linux Speed Tips

Linux Planet: "There are many ways to do the same tasks in Linux, which is (...)

Linux

7 of the Best Free Linux Calculators

Linux Links: "the calculators featured in this article are significantly mo (...)

Linux

Oracle Begins Picking Its Sun A-Team

Serverwatch: "Now that the Sun acquisition is a done deal, Oracle has begun (...)

Hardware

Low-Cost iPad Parts Could Help Apple Cash In

Analyst adds up cost of components in iPad and sees Apple in line for a hea (...)

Linux

What Can We Learn from Gift Economies

The Oil Drum: "Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a so (...)

Linux

PC Security Tips for Corporate Executives

eSecurityPlanet: "The recent attacks against Google and other companies hig (...)

Linux

iPad Parts May Yield Tidy Profits for Apple

Hardware Central: "Apple's recently launched iPad could yield a tidy profit (...)

Multimedia

Vivox pulls in $68M in venture backing (at bizjournalscom)

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Linux

Tyan S2915 n6650W S2927 n3600B

Phoronix: "Over the years at Phoronix there have been reviews on many Tyan (...)

Linux

What bothers me about the Ubuntu-Yahoo deal

Ubuntucat: "What bothered me is that the decision was made soley with regar (...)

Linux

Open Source Web Conferencing for Distance Education

bigbluebutton: For University or Colleges looking to offer a high-quality l (...)

Linux

How big are your icons

Dedoimedo: "Sometimes, you come across sites where the icons are simple hug (...)

Linux

Answer to Linux is communist comments on Linux Today

Stop: "A few weeks ago I was finally able to put down an English version of (...)

Multimedia

UFC® 2009 Undisputed Reaches Platinum Hits and Greatest Hits Sales Milestones in North America (B

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.----THQ Inc. and Zuffa, LLC today announced that UFC® 2 (...)

Linux

Miguel de Icaza speaks

Linux User and Developer: "Miguel de Icaza is a polarising figure amongst l (...)

Linux

The Great Oracle Experiment

Open Enterprise: "For the first time, we get to see what happens when a com (...)

Linux

The Good and Bad of Ubuntu Tweak

WorksWithU: "I’ve long heard good things about Ubuntu Tweak, but neve (...)

Linux

Microsoft IE Slips, Chrome Tops Safari

Datamation: "According to the latest browser market share figures, Microsof (...)

Linux

Not All Copyright Assignment is Created Equal

Bradley M. Kuhn : "I've written about this before, and recently quit using (...)

Linux

Firefox Mobile Is Out But Only For Maemo

Netstat -vat: "Developing a browser for mobile devices is no easy task, jus (...)

Linux

Study: > 21 of German PCs run OpenOffice

The H Open: "According to Webmasterpro.de, a German IT service provider, th (...)

Linux

Video editing in Linux: a look at PiTiVi and Kdenlive

ars Technica: "While Linux still lacks a direct competitor to tools like Ap (...)

Linux

Linux made me feel dumb

Locutus is us: "It's true. Linux made me feel dumb. It is not a nice feelin (...)

Linux

openSUSE 113 Milestone 1 Ready for Testing

Softpedia: "This first development version is distributed as a KDE4 and GNO (...)

Linux

Microsoft/Novell: Breaking Down the Coupon Numbers

IT World: "This struck me as a very interesting figure, because after firin (...)

Multimedia

Game Industry Veteran David Haddad to Lead Guitar Hero Business Unit (PR Newswire)

Activision Publishing, Inc. announced today that David Haddad, Chief Operat (...)

Multimedia

Textbook move: Ex-Yahoo exec becomes CEO of Chegg (AP)

A former Yahoo executive is taking over as CEO of online textbook rental se (...)

Multimedia

Cheggcom Names Daniel Rosensweig As President and Chief Executive Officer (PR Newswire)

Chegg.com, the No. 1 online textbook rental company, today announced that i (...)

Multimedia

Chegg Names Former Yahoo COO Rosensweig CEO (paidContentorg)

Former Yahoo COO Dan Rosensweig is leaving Activision after less than a yea (...)

Multimedia

2K Games Puts BioShock® 2 Fans in Rapture with Midnight Openings and Exclusive Pre-order Characters

NEW YORK----2K Games announced today its nationwide Return to Rapture with (...)

Multimedia

2K Sports Announces NBA® 2K10 Has Sold Over 2 Million Units Worldwide (Business Wire)

NEW YORK----2K Sports announced today that the hugely popular and #1 sellin (...)

Multimedia

Vivox Gets $68 Million Funding for In-Game Voice Services (paidContentorg)

Vivox, a Framingham, MA-based provider of voice services for online games, (...)

Hardware

Air Force Taps PS3s for Low-Cost Supercomputer

The end result of using off-the-shelf hardware could be one of the fastest (...)