We're only Human after all: a review of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon: Page 1

Good overview of the new Gutsy Gibbon Ubuntu distro... I'm happily running this on my primary home PC... I've just about forgotten about Microsoft at this point...

We're only Human after all: a review of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

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The Associated Press: Latest Additive at Gas Pumps: Google

Google maps from your gas station? Makes sense to me -- go to the gas station to ask for directions -- why not just ask the pump :-) It's a manly excuse to get directions... "I'm not lost honey -- I'm just getting gas and looking for a place to eat".

The Associated Press: Latest Additive at Gas Pumps: Google

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BetaNews | Canada's Sympatico Admits to Net Filtering

Grrr -- ISPs can suck sometimes (they often do). It seems that dear Bell Symatico has been limiting bandwidth to P2P protocols... You might get 800++KB/s when pulling something off of download.com but if you're pulling the latest Linux distribution from bittorrent, then you might only get 30KB/s.

Another example of big brother!

BetaNews | Canada's Sympatico Admits to Net Filtering

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HP unveils Windows Home Server systems

HP uncovers their Home Server! I was on the MSFT beta for this product. It is VERY good! Easy to use and setup. I have an RTM copy and will be installing it over my current RC build that I have in production. If you don't have the stomach to setup one of these types of servers using OpenSource Software, then I would certainly recommend you pick up either an HP device or one from another OEM that has signed on with Microsoft.

HP unveils Windows Home Server systems

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Microsoft Watch - Desktop & Mobile - Android: What Are You to Google?

I don't know that I agree with Joe Wilcox on this one... It's some Google bashing for being too similar to Microsoft -- saying that Google is arrogant. I think that Google is trying to do something VERY difficult -- they are trying to sustain neck-breaking growth. How are they doing this? Well, the PC market is a few 100 million a year... the cell phone industry is a few billion a year (unit counts not dollars). Uhm, what's wrong with that?

Microsoft Watch - Desktop & Mobile - Android: What Are You to Google?

Disclosure: I own Google (GOOG) stock.
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Bink.nu | Microsoft IT numbers!

We all know that Microsoft is a big company with deep pockets... check out their IT statistics... WOW!

Bink.nu | Microsoft IT numbers!

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Ubuntu to get visual refresh with Hardy Heron

Discussions on the new look and feel for the next release of Ubuntu... I hope they keep improving on the excellent work they've done so far!

Ubuntu to get visual refresh with Hardy Heron

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BetaNews | Seagate Settles Suit Over 'Gigabyte' Definition

What's in a GB? You might be able to score some cash or maybe some backup services if you've purchased a Seagate drive in the last few years... Seagate is settling a suit over how big is a GB (decimal view or geeky view as a power of 2)

BetaNews | Seagate Settles Suit Over 'Gigabyte' Definition

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[OC]ModShop - Enable Hidden Boot Screen in Windows Vista

Enable the Vista "Aurora" boot screen instead of the stupid Windows 2000 styled Vista bootup screen.

[OC]ModShop - Enable Hidden Boot Screen in Windows Vista

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Canadian Study: Piracy Boosts CD Sales | TorrentFreak

The gist of it is that if you pull down music from the internet, you will be encouraged to buy "cool" music that other people have never heard of.

Canadian Study: Piracy Boosts CD Sales | TorrentFreak

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Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like A Mac - Mac4Lin Project Documentation | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Cool step by step walk-through on how to turn your Linux box into a Mac -- at least appearance-wise :-)

Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like A Mac - Mac4Lin Project Documentation | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

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More gnashing of teeth after Microsoft update brings PCs to a standstill | The Register

I think this is the 3rd time that Microsoft does something like that (that we know of) -- this time, it's pretty bad. It seems they've forced down Windows Desktop Search on several machines - this tool then launches into mass-indexing-mode which obviously has an impact on the user's experience with their systems... OUCH!

More gnashing of teeth after Microsoft update brings PCs to a standstill | The Register

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Companies Add Concierges to Retain Staff: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Back in the good 'ole days before the tech bubble burst, there was a lot of good times and interesting perks. This is very reminiscent of those days but I think large companies might be doing things a bit more responsibly this time...

Companies Add Concierges to Retain Staff: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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Architect Fantasy » Blog Archive » Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) Pragmatic Visual Presentation Critique

A very well written article about some of the shortcomings in Ubuntu 7.10... for most, this are not very noticeable but for the long-term user these make sense.

Architect Fantasy » Blog Archive » Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) Pragmatic Visual Presentation Critique

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Meet Your Future Employee

This is a fascinating article about Generation Y (born 80's to late 90's). You MUST read this if you're in IT... Really good insight into the "new way of thinking".

Meet Your Future Employee

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Wolfram 2,3 Turing Machine Research Prize: News Release

For those of you interested in Computer AI -- you might be interested in this article about the Turing machine :-)

Wolfram 2,3 Turing Machine Research Prize: News Release

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Humans not evolved for IT security - Security - www.itnews.com.au

Short article on how our brains are not setup to assess security risk... fascinating but true.

Humans not evolved for IT security - Security - www.itnews.com.au

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Rico Clusters: An Alternative to Mind Mapping - lifehack.org

I've been a long time fan of mind mapping -- "Rico Clusters" are a variation on the subject. Pretty neat stuff that will help you dump ideas on paper (real or electronic) and then process / filter the output in order to find emerging trends / ideas.

Rico Clusters: An Alternative to Mind Mapping - lifehack.org

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Official Google Blog: Free IMAP for Gmail

This was quite a talked about story today -- You'll now be able to use Thunderbird (or other email client) to access your GMail account via IMAP -- cool stuff!

Official Google Blog: Free IMAP for Gmail

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Neowin.net - Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants

Poor guy's journey through Dell support... I've had a very similar and painful experience with a monitor I purchased through them last xmas. NEVER AGAIN.

Neowin.net - Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants

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