Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 05.06.2008

Linux

Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice

Seeing Through Windows: "If Google really wanted to deliver a knockout punc (...)

Linux

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 Hits the Web

internetnews.com: "Mozilla has released Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 for e (...)

Linux

Acer Bets Big on Linux

iTnews: "The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost u (...)

Linux

Free Softare Magazine: Composer, A Potential HTML Based Word Processor

"Rosalyn Hunter writes about using Composer as a stand-in word processor. I (...)

Linux

How To Be a Good (and Lazy) System Administrator

Linux Journal: "If you're anything like the average System Administrator, y (...)

Linux

Kernel Space: Using the Firmware Loader for Static Data

LinuxWorld: "Some device drivers need firmware to load into the hardware at (...)

Linux

Upgrading to Slackware 121

Linux.com: "Pat Volkerding and the Slackware team released the latest versi (...)

Linux

Shell Script To Monitor Disk Usage On Linux and Unix

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to take a look at a simpl (...)

Linux

Workrave: Combating RSI the Free Software Way

Free Software Magazine: "I doubt if anybody would argue that performing the (...)

Linux

LINdependence 2008--The Way It Is Supposed to Work

Blog of Helios: "But Rolf Pedersen is going to do something pretty cool. He (...)

Linux

openSUSE 11: Ubuntu Killer

Tech Source From Bohol: "I have been an avid openSUSE user in the past as i (...)

Linux

5 Reasons Why JBoss Founder Marc Fleury is My Hero

Socialized Software: "There is a funny thing about commercial open source s (...)

Linux

Astronomy Domine

TuxDeluxe: "The similarity between the two is that Astronomy, like computi (...)

Linux

Are Your Firefox Extensions Proprietary Software

Command Line Warriors: "However, it seems that not a lot of people think ab (...)

Linux

Tracking Kernel Oops

KernelTrap: "'The http://www.kerneloops.org website collects kernel oops an (...)

Multimedia

System 3 and Activision Set to Unleash Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli for PLAYSTATION(R)3 system,

SANTA MONICA, Calif.----Activision, Inc. announced today that it has signed (...)

Multimedia

EA and Crytek Announce Development of Crysis Warhead (Business Wire)

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Maximum freedom, maximum explosions and maximum Psy (...)

Multimedia

The Sims Label Announces The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack and The Sims 2 Apartment Pets Excl

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----The Sims™, an Electronic Arts Inc. Label, tod (...)

Multimedia

EA Confirms Acquisition of Social Network Rupture (at Seeking Alpha)

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Multimedia

Activision Rocks with Upcoming Guitar Hero Release for Metallica (at Seeking Alpha)

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Multimedia

Convera(R) Reports Results for the First Quarter Ended April 30, 2008 (PR Newswire)

Convera Corporation - www.convera.com - a leading provider of vertical sear (...)

Multimedia

[$$] The Game Turns Serious (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

With New Game, a Master Departs Tomonobu Itagaki, one of Japan's most famou (...)

Multimedia

Corel(R) WinDVD(R) 8 Receives DTS-HD Master Audio(TM) Certification (Business Wire)

TAIPEI, Taiwan----Corel Corporation , a leading developer of graphics, prod (...)

Multimedia

[$$] TTWO Preview: Next Game Is Getting ERTS to Up Its Bid (at RealMoney by TheStreetcom)

Analysts expect the company to report earnings of $1.13 per share on revenu (...)

Multimedia

Earnings Preview: Take-Two (AP)

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. reports earnings fo (...)

Multimedia

EA makes deal with FTC to wait on Take-Two deal (Reuters)

Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc said on Wednesday it agreed with the F (...)

Multimedia

Corel and Right Hemisphere Partner to Bring Complete 3D Technical Illustration Solution to Market (B

OTTAWA and PLEASANTON, Calif.----Corel Corporation , a leading developer of (...)

Multimedia

IGA Worldwide Announces Multi-year Deal with EA as Exclusive Dynamic In-Game Advertising Partner for

IGA Worldwide , the leading independent in-game advertising network today a (...)

Multimedia

Electronic Arts buys ThreeSF for undisclosed sum (AP)

Electronic Arts Inc. said it has purchased gamers' social network ThreeSF I (...)

Multimedia

After Earnings Miss, THQ Is Quietly Moving Higher (at Seeking Alpha)

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Multimedia

EA Announces Kung Fu Panda Game for Mobile Phones (Business Wire)

LOS ANGELES----EA Mobile™, a division of the Electronic Arts Inc Casu (...)

Hardware

AMD Finally Offers a Notebook Platform

Puma will be its first platform built specifically for notebooks, combining (...)

Hardware

New VIA Chip Ready to Take On Intel, AMD

The Nano processor is competitive with low-end offerings from the big names (...)

Hardware

Server Sales Remain Brisk in Q1: IDC

Despite widespread predictions that virtualization would dent the server ma (...)

Hardware

Despite Challenges, Server Market Grew in Q1

Even with virtualization on the rise and an economic slowdown, the need for (...)

Hardware

Itanium Group Aims for Mainframes

With a powerful new chip on the way, the Itanium Solutions Alliance is look (...)

Hardware

VMware Shores Up Its Position

Focuses on ecosystem, thin clients and Sun. (...)

Hardware

Why Are AMD Systems Prone to SP3 Problems

It's not AMD's fault. Multiple fingers are pointing to a key OEM that may h (...)

Hardware

Gates Sees Boom Ahead in Home, Business Touchscreens

Before a summit of global business leaders, Microsoft's soon-to-retire chai (...)