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Linux versus Windows Pricing
Take that Netbook XP users!
If you own a netbook with XP installed, it’s time to install Linux. Take that Netbook XP users! “Microsoft late last week said it won’t patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed Sept. 8 in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.” “We’re talking about code that is 12 to 15 [...]
Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word | Microsoft – CNET News
“A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement.Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction that “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products [...]
Microsoft’s Vision of the Future (Parody)
Vision of the Future Link More Videos at IGN.com
Why not Microsoft Software?
Here’s an article I found entitled: "Why I hate Microsoft" It pretty well states why the author hates Microsoft and you should too.
Windows Naming Conventions Clarified
Major Minor Version Version RTM Name 1 .01 Windows 1.01 2 .03 Windows 2.03 .1 Windows 2.1 .11 Windows 2.11 3 .0 Windows 3.0 .1 Windows 3.1 .1 528 Windows NT 3.1 .11 Windows for Workgroups .5 807 Windows NT 3.5 .51 1057 Windows NT 3.51 4 .0 950 Windows 95 .0 Windows 95 OSR2 [...]
Bump Top
Bump Top I like the direction this is going, but maybe a a more realistic looking space is needed. Like an entire room complete with file cabinets (storage), a desk area where the effects shown in this video can happen, a TV where videos are displayed, a Stereo Rack where audio/music is [...]
Sockstress vulerability
Explaining the “New” TCP Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service (DoS) Attack “The best advice I have right now is don’t allow anonymous connections. Make whitelist so only certain IP addresses can come in,” Lee said, acknowledging the impracticality of that for a Web server or mail server or virtually any other TCP-enabled device. “There’s [...]
Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
Cloud computing is a trap <snip> The concept of using web-based programs like Google’s Gmail is "worse than stupidity", according to a leading advocate of free software. Cloud computing – where IT power is delivered over the internet as you need it, rather than drawn from a desktop computer – has gained currency in [...]
Comparison shopping 2008-09-30
Dell Inspiron 530N Ubuntu 8.04 with DVD Playback Unit Price –> $1,238.00 <– Dell Inspiron 530 Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit Unit Price –> $1,459.00 <– The Details Reference: http://dellazoid.dyndns-server.com:7777/comparison-shopping-2008-09-30.php
