Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 01.09.2009

Linux

Linux File Permissions

Ian's Thoughts: "If you can't access some of the files on your very own Lin (...)

Linux

Learn Linux, 101: Text streams and filters

IBM Developerworks: "This article gives you an introduction to filters, whi (...)

Linux

The Global Conference on Open Source will be held in Jakarta on October

GCOS: "Since the signing of Indonesia, Go Open Source! Declaration on June (...)

Linux

Slackware goes 64-bit

Desktop Linux: "The Slackware team released version 13 of its venerable Lin (...)

Linux

VMWare or Xen Depends on Your Fluency in Linux

EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: "You hear it all the time: Xen is not ready to (...)

Linux

Five messages to never trust in your e-mail box

Sure, it's Secure!: "I love Dr. Gregory House. As a journalist, I can reall (...)

Linux

Can Ubuntu 910 Outperform Mac OS X 106

Phoronix: "Now that we have tested Mac OS X 10.6, we are seeing how its per (...)

Multimedia

Auto Sales On Tap (at Forbescom)

This is a transcript of the Market Update: Outlook (...)

Multimedia

Apple to host music event next week (at FTcom)

Apple on Monday announced that it will hold a media event on September 9 in (...)

Multimedia

[video] Auto Sales In Focus (at Forbescom)

Cash For Clunkers expected to boost August sales. (...)

Multimedia

3D Systems Acquires Key Desktop Factory Assets (GlobeNewswire)

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Multimedia

Beatles, Stones, Super Mario: big autumn for games (AP)

With a little help from the Beatles, Super Mario and price cuts from Sony a (...)

Multimedia

[video] Game-Changing Hero Is Poised to Rule [13 min] (at MarketWatch)

ActivisionBlizzard knows videogaming, and its management believes that the (...)

Linux

Convert various media formats to Vorbis in Linux

Ghacks: "Over the past month I have made it my goal to stop using the propr (...)

Linux

Linux File Ownership

Ian's Thoughts: "You can change the owner and group of a file or a director (...)

Linux

Weekly Ten: HTML 5 Starts Looking Real, ultimate Linux flight simulator, Arduino based synthesizer

Tech Source From Bohol: "The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has revealed it (...)

Multimedia

paidContent - Google Tests Videos In Search Ads (paidContentorg)

In a bid to win over entertainment advertising dollars, Google is testing o (...)

Linux

Vine Linux 5 Review

Desktop Linux Reviews: "Today I snagged Vine Linux and thought it would be (...)

Linux

Kernel Log: Coming in 2631 - Part 5: CUSE, USB 30, FireWire networking and the rest

The H Open: "Linux 2.6.31 will support USB 3.0, although the corresponding (...)

Linux

XDMCP over SSH for Linux and Windows

Ruckman.net: "So you have a XDMCP server set up and operating on your LAN b (...)

Linux

Why Cron Is Better Than a String Around Your Finger

Tip of the Trade: "I've occasionally found it useful to set up reminders to (...)

Multimedia

National K-20 Leadership Group Proposes New Model of Student Progression, Highlights Dual Enrollment

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Linux

Game Over for Sony and Open Source

Open Enterprise: "I've never really liked the company Sony. On the computer (...)

Linux

Loading Xen via GRUB2 on top Ubuntu Karmic Server (alpha 4)

Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris: "Due to GRUB2 doesn’t allow (...)

Linux

Bash Shell Scripting Online Course

BeginLinux: "This course is in a series of mini-courses to help you with Ba (...)

Linux

Next for Sainthood KDE Developers

Blog of Helios: "KDE Devs...bless your over-worked. under-appreciated heart (...)

Linux

OLPC Deployment in the Greek village of Sminthi

Free Software: "The last two days I’ve been attending the Software Fr (...)

Linux

Command Line Cheatsheet

Ian's Thoughts: "I explained some of the keyboard shortcuts I use and she a (...)

Linux

Multiple Home Pages with Google Chrome

FOSS Boss: "Anyway, one really cool feature I missed from Firefox was the a (...)

Linux

How to monitor your Red Hat Cluster using Python and SNMP

Linux Dynasty: "As you all know, monitoring is a vital part of any environm (...)

Linux

Multi-booting over the internet

The H Open: "Many operating systems can already be booted over the net, esp (...)

Linux

Fedora 12 adds Moblin technology!

Moblin Zone: "The Fedora Linux project has integrated Moblin technology for (...)

Linux

Staying Power

Eleven is Louder: "What are the real threats to open source software?...Fro (...)

Multimedia

[video] Guitar Hero Founder Takes On Beatles, Recession (at TheStreetcom)

New York, -- Kai Huang, founder of Activision's Guitar Hero, introduces the (...)

Multimedia

Video game sales boost Vivendi (at FTcom)

Vivendi, the French telecoms and entertainment group, on Tuesday reported a (...)

Multimedia

3D Systems buys Desktop Factory assets (at bizjournalscom)

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Hardware

HP Ups Its Focus on Desktop Virtualization

Beefed up blade servers now have the speed needed to run up to 800 virtual (...)

Hardware

Netbooks Growing Twice as Fast as Notebooks

The tiny portable PCs are finally finding some mom (...)