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Laptops Without Windows - is it possible?

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

TechWorld Open Source has found out what routines PC manufacturers have, for the buyer who wants the money back for Windows, in the case they’re not interested in using it. The investigation revealed that some companies have a plan for this and some don’t
Dell
After a phone call to Dell, where the question was delivered to […]

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OpenSolaris Out In Beta - Here is the ISO

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Yesterday we all learnt that Sun’s secret “Project India” would get the name openSolaris. Right now the ISO files are finally out on public servers ready to be snatched, I am currently downloading them to see what Sun’s so called “Linux killer” has to offer.

OpenSolaris is Sun’s response to Ubuntu 7.10, openSUSE 10.3 and Mandriva […]

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KDE 4 Beta out now

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The team behind the next version of KDE has released the beta 4. When we see the screenshots it’s clear that KDE 4 is in the game with one of the more aesthetically appealing interfaces. Curious people can download an openSuse based liveCD to experience the new desktop.

The interface in KDE 4 is significantly […]

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RFID-chip in School Uniform Tracks the Students

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Students that skip school aren’t the ideal kid for parents and teachers. A way to get to these slackers is to install a RFID-chip in their school uniforms, in this way you can see whether the student is located in the class room or not. The method is currently tested in a school in Doncaster, […]

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FreeBSD 7.0 beats Linux in multi-core systems

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Two years have past since FreeBSD came out with a new version, but don’t think that the development has halted just because of this long period. Soon it’s time for the launch of FreeBSD 7.0 which offers ton of new things. According to tests performed by FreeBSD, the new version will beat Linux when it […]

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