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  • Chrome and Chromium: small golden rules to get the perfect browser !
    bet that when you turn on your PC, one of the first programs that you start is your Browser .Indeed, many say that the browser that we have installed in our computer show a part of us! There is, therefore, who prefer Opera: a browser elegant and very particular, for those who prefer the aesthetics at the practicality, there are those who, following the mass chose the Firefox browser, which has won a great battle against IE in a recent past. And finally there are those who prefer the speed, stability and efficiency, and they choose Google Chrome or Chromium !
  • Interlaced Support For Intels Linux Graphics Driver
    Daniel Vetter of Intel has published a new patch-set to enable interlaced support within their DRM kernel driver...
  • 5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 1/27/12
    This week we look at how to hire a security genius, the advantages of using HTML5 and how Agile adds more discipline to the development process.
  • Adventures in Self-Publishing, Chap. 8: Designing the Interior of your Book
    Last week we talked about how to design covers for books - eBooks, soft cover books and hard cover books. But how about the interior of your magnum opus? 
  • The ACTA Fight Returns: What Is at Stake and What You Can Do
    The reverberations from the SOPA fight continue to be felt in the U.S. (excellent analysis from Benkler and Downes) and elsewhere (mounting Canadian concern that Bill C-11 could be amended to adopt SOPA-like rules), but it is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that has captured increasing attention this week.
  • Introducing Ask Ubuntu Lens for Unity
    The Ask Ubuntu Lens is a Unity Launcher plugin that allows you to search information about Ubuntu on the askubuntu.com website. This Lens also allows users to search other stack exchange sites, via Filter Results.
  • 8 Best Free Android Launchers
    The Android platform is arguably one of the most flexible mobile operating systems in the customization stakes. Almost every part of the Android interface can be modified to meet the requirements of the user without having to gain privileged control (often referred to as root access). Customization extends far beyond simply changing the wallpaper, sounds, and widgets.
  • KDE Commit-Digest for 8th January 2012
    In this week#039;s KDE Commit-Digest:Aurorae goes QML, ClientGroup becomes scriptable in KDE baseCalligra sees work on footnotes, all interactive painting tools are threading-friendly; Kexi introduces Simple User Feedback AgentRekonq adds about:tabs, an easy method to manage rekonq tabsread more
  • id Softwares Main Linux Game Developer Resigns
    Timothee Bessett, the id Software developer that was responsible for porting many of id Softwares popular games like Doom 3 and Quake 4 to Linux, has resigned from the popular game company...
  • Facebook IPO on Wednesday?
    Circle the wagons, folks.  If you believe the hype-makers, it will be the end of the world as we know it when the widely rumoured Facebook IPO hits the streets on Wednesday February 1st.  Or will it?
  • The balkanisation of Twitter?
    You might have become used to the idea that what you see on Twitter is at least potentially the same as every other Twitter user following the same people and entering the same search terms. But that's about to change.
  • Internode aligns new-estate FTTH prices with NBN
    Internode is offering Internet service to residents of more than 20 greenfields sites around the country. The plans match the company's NBN-based offerings.
  • World Wide Web community fights back against iOS and Android
    As mobile applications running under proprietary platforms - iOS, Android, Windows, etc - proliferate the World Wide Web community has a vision to build equivalent functionality into the browser specifications so that application writers will have access to a much wider community without 'lock in' to any one platform.
  • Windows 7 migration process has a few holes
    A company named Zinstall is attempting to plug a product by the same name which is used for PC migrations in businesses. But in the accompanying document, which provides details of the process, there are surprising lacunae.
  • 21% of information workers use Apple products: report
    Surveys by a major analyst firm reveals that Apple products are becoming common in the workplace, and that enterprises plan to buy more Macs.
  • Telstra's competitors call for wholesale ADSL to be regulated
    Telstra's major competitors, from Optus downwards have been unanimous in calling on the ACCC to regulate Telstra's wholesale ADSL service.
  • No refuge from US Patriot Act
    "Patriotism," said Oscar Wilde, "is the last refuge of the scoundrel," but it seems there may be no refuge for personal or corporate data from the reach of the US Patriot Act: even when the data are held in Australia.
  • webOS going open source in September
    HP has revealed the timetable for the release of webOS under an open source licence. Open webOS 1.0 is scheduled to appear in September.
  • Twitter Censorship in Some Countries Spurs User Protests
    Users express their displeasure with Twitters decision to block content in some countries, such as pro-Nazi content in Germany. - A new rule imposed by Twitter that would see certain comments from particular countries censored is drawing the ire of many Twitter users. Twitter has said it could block a Tweet in a country where what was being said is illegal in accordance with that countrys laws but the rest of the world would ...
  • GE to Shutter Centricity Advance EHR Software for Small Practices
    GE has announced it will fold its cloud Centricity Advance product for small practices into its flagship Centricity Practice Solution. - GE Healthcare has announced it will discontinue its Centricity Advance electronic health record (EHR) application for small practices as of June 30. Centricity is GE's EHR platform used by both physician practices and hospitals. It incorporates medical, pharmaceutical, financial and administrat...
  • Alfresco Team Simplifies Collaboration
    Alfresco Team is a package of powerful collaboration tools that can be quickly deployed for a small workgroup or pilot project, but one which can easily scale to fit ones needs. It works well with the Alfresco Mobile tools for Apple iOS, which themselves open up entirely new ways for businesses to capture and use images and sound. Alfresco Software is attempting to address the small and mid-range customer with Alfresco Team, based on the Alfresco Enterprise architecture used by nearly 2,000 businesses, including Home Depot, Michelin and the United Kingdoms National Health Service. It can be deployed in a traditional premise-based environment running Linux or Windows, or on an Amazon EC2 instance. Alfresco Team offers solid enterprise-class content management features including version tracking and granular user access. Coupled with the Alfresco Mobile tools for iOS, which allow the capture of audio, still images and video, Alfresco Team offers a first-class collaboration environment that meets the budget of the smallest organization. Alfresco Team Makes Collaboration Simple - ...
  • ATandT CEO Airs FCC Grievances During Earnings Call
    On AT&T's quarterly earnings call this week, CEO Randall Stephenson spoke about the FCC decision, presenting his companys position in arguably the most sympathetic light since its March 2011 bid for T-Mobile. - AT amp;T CEO Randall Stephenson offered lengthy commentary on his feelings toward the Federal Communications Commission during the carrier's Jan. 26 fourth-quarter 2011 earnings call. AT amp;T's initial response to the FCC report detailing its decision to block AT amp;T's proposed purchase of No...
  • Facebook Going Public Feb. 1: WSJ Report
    If this event, which had been projected (apparently incorrectly) by several financial analysts to happen later this spring, does indeed take place, it will easily be the largest IT IPO in history. - The Wall Street Journal, citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the situation, reported Jan. 27 that Facebook will file for its long-awaited initial public offering of stock on Wednesday, Feb. 1. If this event, which had been projected (apparently incorrectly) by several financial analysts to...
  • Fujitsu, ServiceMesh Expand Cloud Offerings
    Fujitsu and ServiceMesh have a new partnership that looks to brings more public and private cloud offerings to their enterprise customers. - Cloud platform vendor ServiceMesh has forged a relationship with Fujitsu, giving ServiceMesh customers access to Fujitsus global, on-demand cloud computing footprint. ServiceMesh's customers will now be able to build hybrid cloud instances, which can be optimized to deliver IT services at lower cost...
  • Verizon LG Spectrum Gingerbread Phone Sports Eye-Catching HD Touch screen
    Verizon Wireless Jan. 19 began selling its first new significant Android smartphone of 2012, the pretty LG Spectrum, which costs $199.99 on contract. LG hasn't pumped out many smartphones in the U.S., but this Android 2.3 Gingerbread handset is a beauty, boasting a 4.5-inch True HD IPS (in-plane switching) 16.7M Color TFT touch screen with 1,280-by-720-pixel resolution. This is the same technology LG uses for its HD televisions. Combine this viewing experience with the phone's Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 1.5GHz dual-core chip on Verizon's 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, and it's easy to see how this little machine can be a multimedia powerhouse for video consumers. To wit, the phone comes with HD access to ESPN's ScoreCenter app, which offers scores and highlights. It also provides Netflix access and the SmartMovie HD app for shooting and editing HD video. Check out eWEEK's hands-on tryout of the LG Spectrum in this slide show. - ...
  • Google Earth Meets Google+, Includes Seamless Imagery
    Google Earth 6.2 includes integration with Google+, allowing users to share Earth imagery with their social network Circles. Also, the images are seamless and more easily searchable. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) continued its wholesale integration of Google+ with its existing applications, launching Google Earth 6.2 with the capability to let users share their virtual images with their contacts on the social network. Google Earth 6.2 includes the option to let users share a screens...
  • MacWorld 2012: Innovation Abounds, as Usual
    MacWorld 2012 opened Jan. 26 in downtown San Francisco, and, although it is always one of the most interesting IT shows each year, this time it doesn't have quite the same panache as it has in the past. Attendance appears to be down somewhat, and there aren't nearly as many vendors showing their wares as in previous years. One of the main reasons for this is that Apple itself no longer participates; in fact, this is the third year since the mothership has pulled out of the event, which is staged by IDG World Expo. However, there are still plenty of relevant and imaginative products and services to see. Here in this slide show are a few of them. MacWorld 2012 continues through Jan. 28. (All photos by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK.) - ...
  • Weekend Project: Take Control of Vim's Color Scheme
    Vim's syntax highlighting and color schemes can be a blessing, or a curse, depending on how they're configured. If you're a Vim user, let's take a little time to explore how you can make the most of Vim's color schemes.
  • Fedora Relocates Operating System Under /usr/
    All files previously stored in the Linux distribution's /bin/, /sbin/, /lib/ and /lib64/ directories will shortly be moved to equivalent sub-directories in /usr/...
  • GlusterFS Advisory Board Established
    Red Hat has established a GlusterFS Advisory Board to promote the technical development of the distributed file system.
  • Announcing The Lima Open-Source GPU Driver
    There's still one week until the work will be officially announced, but the open-source "Lima" open-source graphics driver project has surfaced...
  • FFmpeg 0.10 Freedom Released
    Version 0.10 of FFmpeg adds several new encoders and decoders, as well as new filters and tools. The latest stable release also closes 15 security holes...
  • More Automation With AutoKey
    The more I use AutoKey, the more I believe it to be an essential piece of software for the Linux desktop. If you happened to miss my last article about it, AutoKey is a system-wide service that allows you to easily set scripts to run when certain key combinations are pressed. AutoKey also lets you set text shortcuts for longer words or phrases.
  • Merged Executive Committee Proposed for the JCP
    With JSR 355, Oracle and the Java Community Process plan to create a central executive committee that will combine the current committees for Java SE/Java EE and Java ME development...
  • Unity Desktop, Nux Get Upstream OpenGL ES 2.0
    Linaro developers are nearly done with their milestone of upstream support for OpenGL ES 2.0 with Compiz, Nux, and Unity. This will allow for the Unity 3D desktop to work on more mobile devices and other cases where only GLES support is available...
  • id Software's Main Linux Game Developer Resigns
    Timothee Bessett, the id Software developer that was responsible for porting many of id Software's popular games like Doom 3 and Quake 4 to Linux, has resigned from the popular game company...

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