Apr
4
Ubuntu 10.10 to be Codenamed Maverick Meerkat
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With the launch of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) slated for release later this month, the programming team felt the time was right to release a few teaser details for version which will carry the codename Maverick Meerkat. Founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed in a blog entry today that since 10.04 was a long-term support release, the [...]
Jan
31
Maximum PC Blog Postings – January 2010
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Articles By: Justin Kerr
January 3rd 2010
Microsoft Research Patent Makes Air Guitar a Reality
January 3rd 2010
Quake Ported to the Palm Pre
January 3rd 2010
Core i3 Laptops Leak in Advance of CES at Surprisingly Low Prices
January 4th 2010
Blu-ray Disc Capacity Set to Jump From 25GB to 33GB Per Layer
January 9th 2010
Mad Catz Sets the Bar (and the Price) [...]
Apr
5
Linux to Blame – Microsoft & TomTom Settle Patent Dispute
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By Justin Kerr
Last week Microsoft and TomTom finally reached a settlement in their ongoing patent dispute. As part of the deal, TomTom will pay Microsoft for patent protection that covers it’s mapping, and file management systems, which as it turns out, are [...]
Oct
12
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By Justin Kerr
Linus Tovalds the proverbial godfather of Linux announced the official release of a new kernel on Friday bringing it up to version 2.6.27. The new version adds both ath9k wireless drivers from Atheros, and a new gspca driver which will drastically [...]
Oct
5
Open Office 3.0 Nearing Launch – Beta Available For Download
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By Justin Kerr
Open Office has been around in one form or another for over nine years now. But the once little known productivity suite known back then as StarOffice has evolved considerably over the years. Today the Sun Microsystems freebee is admittedly a [...]
Oct
4
Google Reaffirms Its Commitment to Linux with the Launch of Picasa 3
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By Justin Kerr
Many Windows users have been running Picasa 3 for the past several weeks now, but Picasa development for Linux has always seemly lagged behind. This all changed on Thursday with a public beta release of Picasa 3 with support for all the [...]
Aug
24
How To: Repartition Your Hard Drive For Free Without Formatting or Losing Data
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By Justin Kerr
Partitioning your hard drive has never been easier. Free options, including the Windows install disk, make this once monumental task a fairly simple two-click experience that many of us don’t spend nearly enough time thinking about when we first install our OS’s. [...]
Jul
30
How-To: Install Linux Risk Free, With No Formatting or Repartitioning Required
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Linux, for those who don’t already know, is a free and open source operating system, which you can find in dozens of different versions (known as distributions). The distribution you pick depends very much on your how you plan on using the OS, but for the purpose of this article we are going to assume you are looking for a desktop alternative to Windows. And as a full-featured Windows replacement, no other Linux distribution comes close to Ubuntu, which features a full suite of pre-loaded desktop applications and an easy to use installer. Fresh installs of Ubuntu will contain recent versions of the most popular open source applications including Open Office, Firefox 3, Gimp Image Editor, and several other multimedia tools and games.
Apr
9
PWN To OWN Hacking Competition – Apples New OS Cracks First
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How Did The Different Operating Systems Hold Up?
1.) Leopard Cracked First With it’s Default Software 2.) Windows Vista Cracked Second When Installation Of Adobe’s Flash Was Approved 3.) Ubuntu Linux was the last operating system standing.
Full Results Here
The Mac OS Cracked First? What Went Wrong?
When I first glanced at this story it wasn’t [...]