<b>The Register:</b> "Duke University in North Carolina is where Usenet began, and today the institution is shutting down its Usenet server. The college cites "low usage and rising costs" for the decision."
<b>Linux Devices:</b> "Earlier this month, an Adobe employee told Apple to go screw itself over its new restrictive developer policies for the iPhone 4.0. Now, Adobe says, it's moving on, officially focusing its Flash technology on Google's Android and other competing smartphone platforms."
<b>Linux Tech.net:</b> "Uoti Urpala, one of the core developers of mplayer, maintains a forked branch of mplayer that contains a lot of interesting patches that are not (yet) included in the main svn repository"
<b>The Register:</b> "Dell has told a Linux-loving Reg reader that he can't receive a refund on the copy of Windows 7 that shipped with his new Dell netbook because it was bundled with the machine for "free""
Commission officials remain adamant that the current privacy regime isn't working and have harsh words for vendors like Google. They also remain coy about action they will take following Wednesday's third and final privacy workshop.
Commission officials remain adamant that the current privacy regime isn't working and have harsh words for vendors like Google. They also remain coy about action they will take following Wednesday's third and final privacy workshop.
<b>Opensource.com:</b> "It's not often that I find something in the comments on a major news site that's more interesting than the original article. But that's exactly what I just came across--and it's a comment about comments."
<b>Myce:</b> "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted his company is looking to expand outside of China due to the country's disappointing stance on software piracy that runs rampant within its borders."
Distro-hopping is easy and fun. Linux users distro-hop to solve problems and to try new software. But is it necessary? Haven't most Linux distributions reached a state of polish that makes distro-hopping unnecessary? Brian Proffitt wonders if distro-hopping shouldn't be discouraged.
Gmail hopes to tame social networking with Buzz, a new feature that the company claims gives you more control and security over tweets and real-time feeds.
Online auction giant says its "Garden by eBay" is a way to open up its innovation process to testing and feedback by users. First up: a streamlined search feature.
Recent studies may have you thinking that it’s time to give up the blog and focus on Twitter or Facebook. But don’t be rash. Search engine optimization is a major benefit of keeping a business blog.
<b>Ubuntuland:</b> "Puredyne is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution aimed at creative people. It provides a number of creative applications, alongside a solid set of graphic, audio and video tools in a fast, minimal package."
<b>LWN.net:</b> "[Esfera] The Ubuntu "Ayatana" mailing list is discussing a proposal from Pablo Quiróor a new user interface element to put in the upper right corner of windows which has been recently vacated on Ubuntu systems."
Running a large network is never going to be cheap, but if you can cut unnecessary expense, you should. Here are 18 no-cost solutions, ranging from operating systems to hosted services that can help you pare costs without compromising on performance.
<b>Linux.com:</B> "This month marks the one-year anniversary of Linux.com in its newest form. A year ago, we built the site based on your rankings of features on IdeaForge. Today, we want to hear how you're using Linux.com and what is most useful"
<b>Katonda:</b> "Microsoft Bing has many flaws, but this one seems to be the most outrageous one. If you try to search for OpenOffice on Bing, it will not show you the actual OpenOffice.org website but will show pages from random websites like OpenOffice.com or other non-OpenOffice.org websites."