Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 04.02.2010

Linux

Size Can Matter: Throughput Performance with a Disk-Based Journal - Part 4

Linux Magazine: "Turning from Metadata performance to throughput performanc (...)

Linux

Configure or Remove ETags in Apache/HTTP

GeekRide: "ETag is a validator which can be used instead of, or in addition (...)

Linux

Google Issues Nexus One Software Update

InternetNews: "Over-the-air update adds new features to Google's first bran (...)

Linux

Codesion Emerges from CVS

Developer.com: "There was a time when CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) do (...)

Linux

Jane Silber Interview

The Fridge: "This Ubuntu Women interview in the Women of Ubuntu Series is w (...)

Multimedia

Blackboard Q4 Beats; Guidance In Line; Stock Dips (at Barronscom)

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Multimedia

THQ Realigns Studios To Emphasize Digital (paidContentorg)

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Multimedia

Blackboard 4Q profit jumps on revenue boost (AP)

Educational software maker Blackboard Inc. said Wednesday that its fourth-q (...)

Multimedia

THQ Inc posts 3Q profit on lower costs (AP)

Video game developer THQ Inc. on Wednesday reported a profit for the third (...)

Multimedia

THQ FY Q3 EPS Misses; To Cut 60 Jobs; Stock Spikes (at Barronscom)

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Multimedia

THQ swings to profit on cost cuts, game sales (at MarketWatch)

THQ Inc. says that it swung to a profit for the December quarter thanks to (...)

Multimedia

THQ swings to profit for third fiscal quarter (at MarketWatch)

THQ Inc. said Wednesday afternoon that it swung to a profit for the Decembe (...)

Multimedia

THQ Reports Fiscal 2010 Third Quarter in Line with Guidance; Reaffirms Second Half and Full Year FY1

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.----THQ Inc. today announced financial results for the (...)

Multimedia

Blackboard Inc Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2009 Results (PR Newswire)

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Multimedia

THQ Announces New Digital Studios (Business Wire)

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.----Reflecting its increasing emphasis on digital distr (...)

Multimedia

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Hardware

Intel Debuts Long-Awaited Quad-Core Itanium

Built on a mix of old and new technologies, Intel's latest processor is aim (...)

Hardware

New Benchmark Shows Off Server Energy Usage

With IT focused on cutting costs -- as well as making their technology more (...)

Hardware

Big-Screen iMacs Plagued by Shipping Delays

Reports of the demise of Apple's 27-inch iMac have been greatly exaggerated (...)

Linux

Why Ubuntu server installations will surge in 2010

IT World: "While desktop Ubuntu shines as the leader among Linux distributi (...)

Linux

Managing sound in Ubuntu 910

Ghacks: "In this tutorial I will show you which tools to use to help troubl (...)

Linux

Ten more essential Python tips

Linux User and Developer: "Following on from the popularity of our Ten esse (...)

Linux

Linus Torvalds is listed amongst #8220;The 100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time#8221;

I’ll go, my writings will live: "Linus Torvalds is listed amongst  (...)

Multimedia

THQ Inc F3Q10 (Qtr End 12/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

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Multimedia

Blackboard posts higher earnings, taps CFO (at bizjournalscom)

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Multimedia

Blackboard, Inc Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

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Linux

How to configure maximum performance storage space for Debian GNU / Linux on IBM

Linux Blog: "The IBM DS 8300 Data Storage Systems are multi millions dollar (...)

Linux

Save Sita Sings the Blues from the Flash format: can you convert FLA

Free Software Magazine: "There’s only one sad thing about this for fr (...)

Linux

CodePlex Foundation Picks Paula Hunter as Executive Director

Standards Blog: "As you may recall, the CodePlex Foundation indicated in Ja (...)

Linux

Kuhn: I Think I Just Got Patented

LWN.net: "Indeed, the process described is so simple-minded, that it's a wa (...)

Linux

Nokia N900 Linux tablet reviewed

SmartPhone Daily: "Nokia’s N900 is not a phone, OK. Well, it is a pho (...)

Linux

The Top 7 Best Linux Distributions for You

Linux.com: "There are various approaches to answering this question. The br (...)

Linux

Two Nifty Features in digiKam 110

Scribbles and Snaps: "Hot on the heels of digiKam 1.0, Gilles Caulier annou (...)

Linux

Linux Newbie : Why grep almost never yields something productive

Linux Experiences: "Every Linux newbie hears about power of grep sooner or (...)

Linux

GNOBSD - killed by GUI-is-for-wimps hacker culture

Distrowatch: "Stefan Rinkes, a big fan of OpenBSD, had decided to make an e (...)

Linux

Hacking for Fun and Profit in China#8217;s Underworl

NY Times: “Microsoft and Adobe have a lot of zero days,” he sai (...)

Linux

Symbian OS goes open source

Smartphone Daily: "Symbian has annouced that it has completed the migration (...)

Linux

Phase Change Memory: The Next Big Thing in Data Storage

EnterpriseStorageForum: "Phase change memory (PCM) — an emerging non- (...)

Linux

Fresh Version of Linux Mint Offers Tweaks and Updates

Linux Planet: "When we last reviewed Linux Mint, it received high marks for (...)

Linux

Sun CEO Schwartz resigns on Twitter

Computerworld UK: "Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Su (...)

Linux

Hands-on: new single-window mode makes GIMP less gimpy

ars Technica: "The venerable GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is under (...)

Linux

The Greatest KDE Distro Ever: An Early Look at openSUSE 113

Linux Magazine: "This week the first milestone release of openSUSE was made (...)

Linux

Linux upgrades the easy way

Cyber Cynic: "I've been re-assembling my office-all 28 computers of it. I d (...)

Multimedia

BioShock 2: Secret Messages, Packages and Telegrams (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

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Multimedia

THQ shares climb after quarterly results, outlook (AP)

Shares of THQ Inc. jumped Thursday after the video game publisher predicted (...)

Hardware

Intel Talks Ways to Further Speed CPUs

At ISSCC, taking a close look at cutting-edge processor technologies is not (...)