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  • June 2008

    • Microsoft Should Throw a Rock Through Its Windows

      New York Times  |  Jun 29, 08 9:50 AM CDT

      Microsoft Should Throw a Rock Through Its Windows

      (Newser) - The window on Microsoft’s operating system agility has closed, and to fix it, Randall Stross argues in the New York Times , the tech giant needs to start from scratch. Windows “has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame,” Stross says, and it “seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.” More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • Microsoft Windows  • Windows XP  • Linux  • Mac OS X

  • May 2008

    • One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      Internetnews.com  |  May 17, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      (Newser) - Now that Microsoft has signed on to the One Laptop Per Child initiative—aimed at getting low-cost PCs to kids in poor countries—its Windows XP operating system is again getting a new jolt of life, reports InternetNews.com. The project originally used only free, open-source software such as Linux, but sales were slow because of little enthusiasm from government clients over the system, the New York Times notes. More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • open source  • One Laptop Per Child  • Windows XP  • Linux  • Nicholas Negroponte

  • April 2008

    • Computer Brainiac Guilty of Wife's Murder

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 29, 08 4:03 AM CDT

      Computer Brainiac Guilty of Wife's Murder

      (Newser) - A brilliant California computer programmer was found guilty of murdering his estranged wife yesterday—despite the fact that her body was never found. "I've been the best father that I know how," shouted Hans Reiser, 44, after the verdict, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . His wife's blood was found in Reiser's car and home. "We have a body. We just don't know where it is," the prosecutor told the jury. More »

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      murder  • Linux  • body  • guilty verdict

  • January 2008

    • Wiki Survey Aims to Find Out Who Posts — and Why

      CNET  |  Jan 25, 08 2:45 PM CST

      Wiki Survey Aims to Find Out Who Posts — and Why

      (Newser) - Wikipedia wants to know more about its anonymous authors and has launched a worldwide survey to find out who they are, how much they post, and what type of people go from casual browsers to active contributors. In a first for the site, the survey will attempt to unearth authors' real identities, CNET reports. More »

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      Egypt  • Wikipedia  • Firefox  • survey  • Linux  • anonymous  • Citizendium

  • November 2007

    • Snap Together Devices Could Revolutionize Electronics Biz

      Discovery Channel  |  Nov 14, 07 3:02 AM CST

      Snap Together Devices Could Revolutionize Electronics Biz

      (Newser) - A line of electronic devices that snap together like Legos could revolutionize the consumer electronics industry. Discovery News reports a New York software developer came up with the system, which is open source, so that numerous innovators can contribute new devices. A hub called a Bugbase contains the basics electronics. Up to 81 devices, called Bugmodules snap on the base. More »

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      consumer electronics  • Linux

    • Google to Unveil Open-Source Phone Software

      CNET  |  Nov 3, 07 1:05 PM CDT

      Google to Unveil Open-Source Phone Software

      (Newser) - Google is set to unveil Android, a mobile phone software platform based on open-source technology which could be a bellwether for an industry sea change, news.com reports. A press conference next week is expected to unveil the platform and give specifics on its collaborators, dubbed the "Open Handset Alliance." Surprisingly, it may include most of the major cellphone tech firms. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • Verizon  • Sprint  • open source  • Google phone  • Linux

  • October 2007

    • CEO Stakes Sun's Renaissance on Freebies

      BusinessWeek  |  Oct 5, 07 5:32 PM CDT

      CEO Stakes Sun's Renaissance on Freebies

      (Newser) - Sun Microsystems’ latest CEO has an interesting strategy for getting profit out of the beleaguered tech giant—he's giving stuff away. “There’s value in volume,” says Jonathan Schwartz, who has made free Sun's Solaris operating system, microprocessor blueprints, and Java code. So far, so good: Schwartz turned 2006 losses of $864 million into a $473 million profit. More »

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      Sun Microsystems  • Linux

  • August 2007

    • File-sharing Felon Forced to Use Windows

      ZDNet  |  Aug 24, 07 6:36 PM CDT

      File-sharing Felon Forced to Use Windows

      (Newser) - An individual convicted of operating an illegal BitTorrent site shut down by the FBI will be forced to either make the switch from Linux to Windows or give up his computer altogether, ZDNet reports. Scott McCausland had previously been a user of the Ubuntu OS, a popular open-source Linux variant, with which his probation-mandated monitoring software isn't compatible. More »

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      file sharing  • Windows  • BitTorrent  • Linux  • felon

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