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Judge to SCO: shut up and pay up (IT Blogwatch roundup)

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 11/22/2008 - 06:26

Welcome to a special IT Blogwatch EXTRA: as Richi Jennings watches the "final" judgment in the SCO vs. Novell saga.

Not to mention how Firefox reacts to pop-ups...


 

UnBox 9 - Parallel Worlds

Topix - Linux  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 21:44

That's more like it, and actual box. This time, SNOW had dusted the box left by the UPS man on the porch, as a light snowfall has settled over the city these last three days.


 

The Start of your Journey as an Entrepreneur

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 12:37

When one thinks of the word "entrepreneurship", images of business start-ups and people in business suits come to mind.


 

Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” Mock-up Designs

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 11/11/2008 - 17:59

The next Ubuntu release codenamed "Jaunty Jackalope" won't arrive until April of next year, but some people are already creating mock-ups of its desktop theme.


 

Speeding Up DNS Access In Regions With Very Low Infrastructure

Linux Today  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 13:35

HowtoForge: "Let's say you are on an expensive satellite link that can barely provide enough bandwidth for your company's Internet access and you will want to do whatever you can to get as much as possible out of this link.

Moreover, occassionally you lose power from the utility company, long enough for your UPS to run out."


 

Start-ups placing faith in the cloud

Topix - Linux  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 03:47

Start-ups stand in a good position to benefit from new technology developments such as the cloud, small-business directors said at a roundtable this week.


 

Funny Mozilla Bugs - Open Source Humor

Linux Today  Sat, 11/01/2008 - 22:02

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Notice that that this bug (Bug ID 95849) links to, at least, two other funny bugs (Bug ID 360323 and Bud ID 60455).

My gut says, if you just keep following the "dependencies" and "follow-ups" you'll find plenty of additional laughs :)"


 

Hey, Dad...Can I have Linux back?

Linux Today  Wed, 10/22/2008 - 12:31

ZDNet Education: "My oldest son, creator of flame wars, finally discovered that you can only surf to the nether regions of the Internet so many times before even Vista business succumbs to malware.

His computer an unusable mass of pop-ups, spewing traffic over our network actually asked me tonight to reinstall Linux for him."


 

Hey, Dad...Can I have Linux back?

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 10/22/2008 - 08:53

My oldest son, creator of flame wars, finally discovered that you can only surf to the nether regions of the Internet so many times before even Vista business succumbs to malware.

His computer an unusable mass of pop-ups, spewing traffic over our network actually asked me tonight to reinstall Linux for him.


 

OpenOffice Hits 3.0: Can It Challenge Microsoft?

Topix - Linux  Mon, 10/13/2008 - 18:30

Latest release ups the feature count, but Microsoft still isn't worried about the open source world's alternative to Office.