Archive for August 1, 2007

Irony of ironies: Linux gets “stacks” feature before Leopard

Timon on the AWN forums has posted a preview of a still *work in progress* plug-in for Avant Windows Navigator that gives Linux users similar features to Stacks from the upcoming OS X release.

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PS3 To Get DVR Functions, Digital Tuner In 2008

Maybe they’ll throw a washing machine in too.

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IBM saves $250 million consolidating Linux servers on to mainframes

Talk about eating your own dog food. IBM today will announce it is consolidating nearly 4,000 small computer servers in six locations onto about 30 refrigerator-sized mainframes running Linux saving $250 million in the process. The 4,000 servers that IBM will replace by making this change will be recycled by IBM Global Asset Recovery Services.

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Pentagon to Implant Chips in Soldiers’ Bodies

The government started trying to track us by implanting computer chips in our bodies.

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iPhone Reverse Engineering Opens New Door to Total Unlock

The iPhone Dev Team keeps closing up on their total unlocking target: they just announced that they have reverse-engineered the software which controls the iPhone’s radio communications. The team has now a new way to search for the key to make the JesusPhone work with other carriers…

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‘No UK demand’ for Linux laptops

A spokesperson for Acer told ZDNet.co.uk that the company had “no plans” to sell any Linux-based systems in the UK. Dell’s Linux-based systems are still not available in the UK, but the company suggested earlier this month that the situation would change soon.

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Microsoft releases Remote Desktop for Mac 2.0 beta

The Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft has made good on its promise for an RDC update, and has issued a 2.0 beta today as a Universal Binary. As a bonus, the Mac BU has also released an update to the Office Open XML file format converter that has improved conversion of Word documents.

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Brando Releases First iPhone User-Replaceable Battery

It seems that Brando has been the first off the block to supply a replacement iPhone battery for just $20. So, can someone tell this guy Trujillo, he of the Apple-shaped lawsuit, about this? More details about what you get alongside the battery after the jump.

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ATT + iPhone int’l. roaming data horror story = $3K bill

Caveat Emptor…

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Acer about to offer Ubuntu pre-loads?

Powered By, Ubuntu Linux…

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No surprise here….Microsoft hates the iPod…(Pic)

And they post it on their main site!!!

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Top 5 Most Addicting Apps/Services

Services that are addicting are doing their job correctly, engaging their users. Do you ever find yourself using the same application or website for an extended period of time? Of course you do, below I have outlined…

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