Dell is working with Novell to certify their corporate client products for Linux, including OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations. The plan was made after the feedback by users at recently launched Dell IdeaStorm.
The most of the users at Dell IdeaStorm showed their interests in open source solutions like Linux and OpenOffice. As [...]
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Dell – Pre-Installed Linux options
February 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Desktops, Laptops, Software
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Digital readers – A challenge to Adobe from Microsoft!
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Software
In a direct challenge to Adobe, Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that three major news publishers — Associated Newspapers Ltd., Forbes Inc. and Hearst Corp. — are planning to develop their own digital reader applications using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) display technology.
In a war of digital readers, Microsoft is using its Windows Presentation Foundation technology [...]
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Applications that have earned the “Certified for Windows Vista” logo
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Software
Microsoft has published a list of applications that have earned the “Certified for Windows Vista” logo or the “Works with Windows Vista” logo.
As per microsoft: “The “Certified for Windows Vista” logo is a compatibility designation for applications and devices that have passed a rigorous testing program on computers that are running Windows Vista. The technical [...]
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Firefox 2.0.0.2 is now released!
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Software
Firefox 2.0.0.2 is now released!
Bugs fixed for Firefox 2.0.0.2: ~159 in total, ~21 crashers, 2 memory leaks and 4 privacy-related bugs.
source: mozillazine
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Microsoft would want anyone to buy Windows Vista OS?
February 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Software
After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system.
Yet Microsoft is making it hard for Mac owners and other potentially influential customers to adopt the software. Microsoft says the blockade is necessary for security [...]
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Sony PS3 gaming devices pre-installed with Linux
February 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Gaming, Software
Linux distributor TerraSoft is accepting pre-orders for Sony Playstation3 gaming devices pre-installed with Linux, alongside the PS3’s native gaming OS. Sony’s Playstation3 does not run Linux as its standard OS. However, the device’s Cell BE processor has been supported in the mainline Linux kernel since late last year, and TerrSoft has offered a version of [...]
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Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion
February 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Software
Microsoft was ordered by a federal jury Thursday to pay $1.52 billion in a patent dispute over the MP3 digital file format, the technology at the heart of the digital music boom.
If upheld on appeal, it would be the largest patent judgment on record.
The ruling, in U.S. District Court in San Diego, was a victory [...]
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Avaya plans to link its IP Office product to Google Apps
February 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Software
Avaya said on Thursday that it will develop communications solutions for small business that combine Google’s updated Apps Premier Edition suite of Web applications with its own IP telephony technology.
Avaya plans to link its IP Office product to Google Apps Premiere Edition. The combined solutions, which Avaya will sell through its network of resellers and [...]
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Nova Media updated its iSync phone plugin
February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Cellphones, Software
Nova Media updated its iSync phone plugin to add support for new mobile phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Version 3.3.7 of the plug-in features iSync support for Nokia E65 and 6300 phones as well as Sony Ericsson’s V630i offering.
The iSync synchronization software from Apple matches up Address Book and iCal data between your phone [...]
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Adobe and Photobucket announced free access to video editing tools
February 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Software
Adobe and Photobucket announced a partnership to integrate Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology directly into the Photobucket user experience, giving 35 million Photobucket users direct, free access to world-class digital video editing tools.
Delivered as a lightweight Adobe Flash® application and built using Adobe Flex™ software, Adobe web-based video remix and editing technology is [...]
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