Archive for February 8, 2007

The NTFS read/write driver for linux (aka ntfs-3g) reach RC1

After months of successful testing, after being adopted by hundreds of thousands of users, ntfs-3g reach a point when the most critiques the driver receives is its BETA status.
So here come the 1st Release Candidate of ntfs-3g.

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GMail finally public (really, this time)!

Get your 2Gb (and increasing) mail space….

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New Beryl Plug in Drag and Drop between viewports

In Beryl trunk there is a new plugin allowing drag and drop of windows between viewports while seeing all viewports.

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Court Awards Wrongly Sued Woman Legal Fees From The RIAA

Slowly, but surely, the courts are figuring out that there are some problems with the RIAA’s legal strategy of suing thousands upon thousands of people based solely on an IP address where they think infringing material is available.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hands-on PS3

IGN gets hands on time with Oblivion for the PS3 and gives some intresting impressions.

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Xbox 360 Achievement Rewards Confirmed

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Rewards program that provides incentive for earning gamerscore. If gamers complete “Xbox Rewards Challenges”, they can win a variety of prizes, including t-shirts, Contra for XBLA, Fuzion Frenzy 2 and 200 Microsoft Points.

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Real-Life Master Chief Suit For Sale!

Help the poor guy out — will ya? | “Troy was unable to find any buyers interested in mass producing what was projected to be a $2,000 piece of equipment — reportedly leaving him broke and facing eviction… So far there hasn’t been a single offer on the badass Trojan, and with a starting bid of only $1,000.”

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Microsoft Supports OpenID

Have you heard about OpenID? The simple idea that your web address is one form of identity, just like your email adddress or even your physical address? Well, back in December, we mentioned how OpenID has been gaining momentum like crazy, but today, things just went to a whole new level.

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New Beryl Plug in: Group Tab

Watch as miniature mock-ups of windows are put into a Group Tab, this group is then on a single rotate-able window in The Beryl Desktop. Very useful feature found nowhere else. Must see video.

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RIAA thinks Jobs’ open letter was to license FairPlay

Steve Jobs’ open letter about DRM and music yesterday definitely got a lot of tongues wagging, but there’s one group that might want to re-read what he wrote. Our old friends at the RIAA issued a response today lauding Apple’s offer to license FairPlay. The problem? Jobs didn’t offer to license fairplay, in fact he said it would never happen.

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Amazing miniature telephoto lens for your camera phone

Engineers built an origami-like folding of the telephoto lends with an intricate mirror system so you can have a zoom lens on your phone.

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8 killer Thunderbird extensions

File messages in a flash, customize keyboard shortcuts, weed out duplicate messages automatically, supercharge the search field and more with these 8 must-have enhancements for Thunderbird.

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