As winter blows itself out and spring blossoms, Microsoft's troops are digging in to provide compelling new features and updates for its Bing search engine.
As winter blows itself out and spring blossoms, Microsoft's troops are digging in to provide compelling new features and updates for its Bing search engine.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 10.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware"
For Canonical, there may well be a silver lining in cloud computing that could finally lead the company to Linux profitability as it looks to convert users of the free product to a premium version.
<b>Linux User & Developer: </b>"The first three months of the year were defined, in the technology sector, by some very scary numbers. Just feast your eyes on some of these."
<b>eWeek:</b> "Exclusive: A legal dispute between Microsoft and an open source company in Argentina raises questions about the availability of desktop Linux in other countries, experts claim."
Search giant and Small Business Administration forge partnership to deliver an array of online tools and training programs for small firms to thrive online.
<b>NixCraft:</b> "There are some misconceptions that shell scripts are only for a CLI environment. You can easily use various tools to write GUI and/or network (socket) scripts under KDE or Gnome desktops."
<b>LinuxPR:</b> Fluendo S.A. announces its first webinar entitled "Solving the Legal Puzzle of Linux Deployments" aimed understanding the legal implications o0f Linux deployments.
<b>Packt:</b> "We will begin by creating the terrain for the underwater environment. In the sequel of the article, we will learn how to add vegetation, pebbles and corals. After which we will discuss how to add distant terrains, lighting effects and finally composition."
Saying it has discovered a new type of "click fraud" scam, Microsoft warns users and puts pay-per-click thieves on notice that it's got their number, filing a pair of lawsuits to head off the new scheme.
<b>Cyber Cynic: </b>"The first thing you'll notice with Google's new beta of its Chrome Web browser is that it's faster, much faster, than the last version."
The Republican National Committee is leveraging open source VoIP tech for its election-cycle polling and organizing efforts, but the final results aren't open to the public.
<b>Linux Journal:</b> "Part 1 of this series introduced arpeggiators in general and profiled the QMidiArp application. This week we conclude our survey with a look at two more arpeggiators for Linux musicians: Hypercyclic and Arpage."
Search giant and Small Business Administration forge partnership to deliver an array of online tools and training programs for small firms to thrive online.
<b>Linux Pro Magazine:</b> "Radio Free Deutschland: For Document Freedom Day, March 31 2010, a couple of European radio stations were granted awards for using open standards."
<b>Serverwatch:</b> "Linux servers now represent 18.4 percent of all server revenue, up 4.3 points over the same quarter last year. Unix server revenue declined 29 percent from a year earlier."