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Topix - Mac osx  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 21:40

Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home USD b10000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has been at the center of a week's worth of controversy about the security ...


 

Mobile browser showdown: Archos 5 vs. iPhone 3G vs. Nokia N810

Topix - Linux  Sat, 10/18/2008 - 09:05

Browser bakeoffs are never without a certain amount of controversy , but we're sort of into Pocketable's latest comparison since the three devices on the bench represent three very different points on the ...


 

Peru To Be First To Put Windows On OLPC Laptop

Slashdot: Linux  Wed, 09/17/2008 - 04:32

Da Massive writes "The government of Peru will run the first ever trial of the One Laptop Per Child association's XO laptop running on Windows XP.


 

Peru To Be First To Put Windows On OLPC Laptop

Slashdot: Linux  Wed, 09/17/2008 - 04:32

Da Massive writes "The government of Peru will run the first ever trial of the One Laptop Per Child association's XO laptop running Windows XP.


 

Vista vs Linux -- Has the Penguin Got the Power?

Linux Today  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:02

New Zealand Herald: "Linux versus Windows is the stuff of near endless controversy. Linux lovers trash Windows for being slow, unreliable, insecure and overpriced, whilst Windows bigots accuse Linux of being hard to use and clunky."


 

Palin's lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses - AP

Topix - Unix  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 06:56

The lawyer for Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, is moving swiftly to head off the controversy known as ``Troopergate.'' With the country's attention focused on Palin ...


 

Vista vs Linux - has the penguin got the power?

Topix - Linux  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 23:55

Linux versus Windows is the stuff of near endless controversy. Linux lovers trash Windows for being slow, unreliable, insecure and overpriced, whilst Windows bigots accuse Linux of being hard to use and clunky.


 

Google on Chrome EULA Controversy: Our Bad, We'll Change It

Linux Today  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 08:01

ars Technica: "Google's new web browser Chrome is fast, shiny, and requires users to sign their very lives over to Google before they can use it.

Today's Internet outrage du jour has been Chrome's EULA, which appears to give Google a nonexclusive right to display and distribute every bit of content transmitted through the browser."


 

Fluendo Walks the Line Between Free and Proprietary Codecs

Linux Today  Fri, 08/15/2008 - 08:32

Linux.com: "Despite all its advances, GNU/Linux remains weak in its support for proprietary audio and video codecs.

Because these codecs are often encumbered by patents, distributions must choose either to include support of questionable legality or else exclude it altogether.

In the middle of this controversy sits Fluendo..."


 

KDE 4.1 Rocks the Desktop

Linux Today  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 14:00

Linux.com: "KDE 4.1 was finally released to the public today. After all the controversy since the release of KDE 4.0, I'm happy to announce that KDE 4.1 simply rocks."