Archive for January 6, 2008

Stop Wine From Beating Your Windows Apps With The Ugly Stick

Applications running with Wine don’t have to look so appalling! Ubuntu 8.04 is planned to have usability improvements for Wine, among these improvements is a theme for Wine applications that matches the GTK theme. Can’t wait until April?

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Nmap for Beginners - Network & Port Scanning made easy

Network Mapper - Nmap usage help for starting administrators - all basic switches and scanning techniques explained

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Linux Commands Line

The most complete and updated list of commands on linux - over 350 commands divided into argoments!

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Sony BMG Lets the Music Play

The last of the major labels finally throws in the towel on DRM, and prepares to fight Apple for valuable download revenues

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A Little ‘Intel’ on Apple’s Next Move

Wondering what Steve Jobs will announce in his Macworld keynote on Jan. 15? The newest chips from Apple’s sole supplier offer some intriguing hints.

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Apple antitrust suit alleges monopoly over music, players

Apple is accused of maintaining an illegal monopoly over the online music, video, and digital music player markets in yet another lawsuit.

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7 Craziest Conspiracy Theories

Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations are claims that some or all elements of the Apollo Moon landings were faked by NASA and possibly members of other involved organizations. Some groups and individuals have advanced alternate historical narratives which tend, to varying degrees…

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Dell’s ‘Crystal LCD’: The supermodel of monitors

Dell isn’t exactly known for its cutting-edge fashion, but it’s definitely creating a buzz for the New Year with its “Crystal LCD” monitor. To look at the flash ad on Dell’s site, you’d think it was a new Mercedes that was being rolled out.

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Passenger jets now have anti-missile devices

Tens of thousands of airline passengers will soon be flying on jets outfitted with anti-missile systems as part of a new government test aimed at thwarting terrorists armed with shoulder-fired projectiles.

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Interview: Why Warner Went Full Throttle With Blu-ray

Warner announced earlier today it was 100 percent Blu-ray. We just talked a bit with Warner about some of the whys behind the decision. In a sentence: Because the format war is killing regular DVD sales on top of hurting sales of both HD formats.

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Microsoft Sued Over Xbox Outage

Three Texas residents filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of themselves and others who have had trouble connecting to Xbox Live in recent weeks.

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