Archive for August, 2008
Posted in August 23rd, 2008
http://www.nraila.org/obama/
The presidential primary season is finally over, and it is now time for gun owners to take a careful look at just where apparent nominee Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During the primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of support for “sportsmen” or unfounded claims of general support [...]
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Posted in August 20th, 2008
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/04august08_2009hd_vrod&touring.htm
By Dirck Edge
Beautiful Sonoma, California was the staging area for our test of several 2009 Harley-Davidson models. Our focus was on the significantly redesigned touring bikes and the stunning new V-Rod Muscle.
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Posted in August 19th, 2008
Don’t diss the PC, man.
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Posted in August 19th, 2008
Vista may be what Microsoft sells, but XP remains popular. August 18, 2008 (Computerworld) More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, a performance and metrics researcher said today.
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Posted in August 18th, 2008
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation.
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Posted in August 11th, 2008
gOS–a company known for its debut in the US$199 Wal-Mart gPC and Netbooks–announced the details of gOS 3 Gadgets, the newest version of its Linux OS for consumers.The main feature of gOS 3 Gadgets is its ability to instantly launch Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, allowing users access to more than 100,000 Google Gadgets [...]
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Posted in August 11th, 2008
If this has any validity to it then it’s INCREDIBLE NEWS!!!
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Australian scientists are hoping to cure leukemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis after their breakthrough discovery of how to stop killer blood cells growing. The team has unlocked the secrets behind the protein which controls the way the blood cancer cells spread when it is damaged [...]
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Posted in August 8th, 2008
At the LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, a 451 Group analyst said that companies are adopting free, community-driven Linux distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS. We look at what this means for the commercial Linux landscape and the future of Ubuntu.
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Posted in August 8th, 2008
A fast, fast-booting, implementation of GNOME aimed at netbooks and older hardware has emerged, and shows “a lot of promise.” LXDE has already stacked up a heap of distribution partners.
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Posted in August 7th, 2008
I’ve been using this beta on one of my testing laptops and I’ve been very impressed thus far. Installation was a snap, just like Ubuntu. Give it a shot if you like Google’s stuff.
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If you haven’t heard of gOS yet then you’re missing out. Its an Ubuntu based version of Linux that relies heavily on [...]
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Posted in August 6th, 2008
A nice resource for new and intermediate Linux users. Also a great magazine.
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Posted in August 6th, 2008
Excellent news for Linux lovers around the world.
For the first time, IBM and leading Linux distributors Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat will join forces globally with their hardware partners to deliver Microsoft-free personal computing choices with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony in the one billion-unit desktop market worldwide by 2009.
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Posted in August 4th, 2008
A promising looking entry into the EEEPC market segment. GAME ON!!!
Lenovo (former IBM OEM manufacturer) also entered the fast growing Netbook market with their Ideapad S10. Like the Eee PC 1000 this Netbook also features a 10-inch widescreen LCD. In the US it will be available with Windows XP Home & at other parts of [...]
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Posted in August 3rd, 2008
Looks great I can’t wait to get one of the new EEEPC’s for using while I’m on the road. I’ll put Ubuntu on it as soon as I get it.
A modified version of the latest Ubuntu for the EEEPC.
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Posted in August 3rd, 2008
The latest OpenSuse brings out SUSE from the dark.
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Posted in August 3rd, 2008
Another follow up from a previous posting.
Only a week after the bad press coverage regarding the Linux-related bugs in a number of motherboards released by Foxconn (Which turned out to be the AMI BIOS that several board makers use), Foxconn is the first vendor out with a publicly released test patch that fixes the bulk [...]
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Posted in August 1st, 2008
Just a warning note: Read the install file and the README before using this to save you from wasting time.
Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISP’s and firewalls. It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you [...]
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