Hi All, From the Old Grey Lady. When American forces in Iraq wanted to lure members of Al Qaeda into a trap, they hacked into one of the group’s computers and altered information that drove them into American gun sights. When President George W. Bush ordered new ways to slow Iran’s progress toward a nuclear [...]

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Hi All, I run Linux and open source for the security issues. I’m thinking about taking this up. Run Secure – these guys use it. Security-Enhanced Linux As part of its Information Assurance mission, the National Security Agency has long been involved with the computer security research community in investigating a wide range of computer [...]

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Hi All, I’m sort of a computing geek. I run Linux, but like the idea of running any operating system, but Vista not. This reminds me. I should call H-P and get a copy of XP. Technology Trends.  Newsletter.  Web Resources.  Blogs.  Twitter.  Virtualization Information. Virtualization is the biggest trend in technology today. Technology executives [...]

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Hi All, This one is showing up everywhere that I look… Robert Clay Allison (1840 -1887) was one of the most ill tempered, violent, and psychotic killers of his era. This is his epitaph. Obviously, the wild American west, was indeed wild.

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Hi All, Run Linux, Run Open Source, Run Free! And, save some money! That’s good news, because as the recession takes its toll on IT budgets, a new study suggests that companies can save $387 billion in development costs by using open-source software. Talk about a stimulus. Black Duck Software arrives at the $387 billion [...]

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Hi All, This proves how far Microsoft will go to get people to forget Vista, say analysts. April 27, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp.’s decision to give some Windows 7 users a tool to run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine may have been necessary to convince people to upgrade, but it could create support [...]

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Hi All, Twitter and its effects can be very, very wrong – if not deadly. (CNN) — The swine flu outbreak is spawning debate about how people get information during health emergencies — especially at a time when news sources are becoming less centralized Some observers say Twitter — a micro-blogging site where users post [...]

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OMG, Look, he actually is still alive. The CEO of Microsoft. I found Steve Balmer’s homepage. I ran across him on the internet … I was not really looking, but he popped-up. Imagine that. His Bio… “The fifth [computing] revolution is about more than personal empowerment and social interaction; we literally will get the tools [...]

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Hi All, Do you want to try Linux? Guides are freely available everywhere on the internet. Where do I go? HowToForge – it makes everything that much simpler. Oh, the pleasures and simplicity of Linux and the network of global supporters. Want to see what you get? This tutorial shows how you can set up [...]

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Hi All, It is all about the latest release of Ubuntu 9.04 – named Jaunty Jackalope. If you are not familiar with the naming patterns here you are not one of us! But one day you will be part of us – resistance is futile. LOL! Everything has stopped and Jaunty is the news in [...]

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Hi All, Ever been disturbed while sleeping / napping with crank calls? Credit dead? As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting out,” and which opt outs we think are the most important. This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from [...]

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Hi All, News – either Linux and open source is important to me. I run Linux, run open source, and run free! My Firefox Homepages(s) have a whole bunch of traditional news sources e.g. Linux, BBC, Reuters, CNN, etc. I’ve been following Slashdot and Lifehacker for years. Has there ever been a comparison made between [...]

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Hi All, Who uses Twitter? It seems so limited. I blog, do web sites, and forums running Linux and all that open source goodness. As explained Twitter is the Short Message Service (SMS) of the internet. Twitter seems to be a cross between texting and internet relay chat e.g. IRC. Fast, furious, and every one [...]

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Hi All, Microsoft failed to report a profit for the first time in 23 years as a public company! Weak PC sales aren’t the reason. I don’t really sorry for the folks in Redmond. I played software engineer for them for far too long. Too much money for very little return versus my time spent [...]

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Hi All, I love these Linux – free – distributions. I’m running one of them. Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind Ubuntu Linux, released version 9.04 on Thursday. Ubuntu is known for its quirky animal-named Linux releases, and this one has the nickname of “Jaunty Jackalope.” The “Jaunty” release includes new versions for netbooks, desktops [...]

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Hi All, I’ve been running Linux forever, and here is the newest: “Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is free to download from Thursday 23 April. Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR). Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition delivers [...]

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Hi All, It seems that Microsoft may be facing tough times. Who cares? I run Linux, and all that open source goodness. It is all free and very, very open to competition. Free is Good! We run the world from an open source view. With this CEO are you not surprised? Do you have a [...]

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Hi All, Here’s another reference why “Linux Is Gold”. And why Linux, and open source rule! Kiddies – study the lessons learned today. H-Online [a spin off of a major German daily] reports on a gold trader managing over 15 tonnes of gold, worth $660m, with a platform built on open source tech. BullionVault operates [...]

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Hi All, I get shivers from the year 2025 – deja vu? Or can it be Presque vu , or perhaps Jamais vu? I’m stunned – I should have seen this coming by the year 2025. This from some one that has been there. That is the year 2025. The latest version of the Linux [...]

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Hi All, Microsoft (M$) really does hate Netbooks! In one of the worst marketing moves for an upcoming operating system I can ever recall, Microsoft has said that it will limit to three the number of applications people can run simultaneously on many Windows 7-equipped netbooks. I can’t think of a better way to kill [...]

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