Archive for June, 2008

17th June Comments

The Coming of the Nerdettes and Linux’s Big Chance

Posted on June 17th, 2008 at 4:37 am

 
Given the heavy proportion of males in the Linux world, we here at LinuxInsider have trouble resisting any topic that brings females back into the picture. Imagine our glee, then, when we spotted mention of a recent Newsweek article titled "Revenge of the Nerdette"! Indeed, some of us fairly fell off of our pink [...]

13th June Comments

Tories move to crack down on download demons

Posted on June 13th, 2008 at 7:05 am

Tories move to crack down on download demons - Yahoo! Canada News
he Harper government has served notice that the halcyon days of free Internet music downloading may be numbered.
The Conservatives introduced legislation Thursday that would carry a $500 penalty for Internet song-snatching and downloading of other copyrighted material.

13th June Comments

Firefox 3 Ready to Ignite June 17

Posted on June 13th, 2008 at 4:47 am

 
A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improvements in security, speed and design. Many of the enhancements in Firefox 3 involve bookmarks. The new version lets Web surfers add keywords, or tags, to sort bookmarks by topic. A new "Places" feature lets users quickly access sites they [...]

12th June Comments

10 top tweaks for Windows Vista

Posted on June 12th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

I only do this for someone that has to work on a lot of Vista Systems poor gal. So here it is for her and any one else that might want to attempt to make Vista a usable OS.
Part 1: In nearly two decades of working with and writing about Windows, one lesson I’ve learned [...]

11th June Comments

Oh Deer!

Posted on June 11th, 2008 at 6:03 am

Okay you go into your store and open it up and lo and behold who would have thought that your first customer would be so darn cute.
Could you point me to the furniture area please.
Do these plants go with my color?
Another reason that small town living a major plus, you get these nice [...]

9th June Comments

Update on the Gardens and Tilling

Posted on June 9th, 2008 at 9:26 am

Here are a few of the pictures that LC sent me to keep me abreast of the garden and lawn situation, and I thought a few of you would like to see them also.
First is a view from the very back corner of the garden.
Garden and House
This second one is the View from [...]

9th June Comments

Microsoft Taking Petitions to Keep XP Alive

Posted on June 9th, 2008 at 4:51 am

If you can remember back a few weeks, Steve Ballmer went on record saying that Microsoft would consider extending the life of Windows XP if enough people asked for it. After all, many people don’t want to upgrade to Windows Vista because they are perfectly content with XP. The problem was there was no way [...]

6th June Comments

Acer to aggressively push Linux

Posted on June 6th, 2008 at 6:42 am

Source: Acer bets big on Linux - Linux & Open Source - iTnews Australia
Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and netbooks..
The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push [...]

6th June Comments

10 Best Linus Torvalds Quotes

Posted on June 6th, 2008 at 6:39 am

See them all: The 10 Best Linus Torvalds Quotes
Torvalds: not one to mince his words…
1. “Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.”
2. “Microsoft isn’t evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.”

6th June Comments

Getting XP after June 30, 2008

Posted on June 6th, 2008 at 6:30 am

Loopholes that let you get Windows XP after June 30
Windows XP is dead … long live Windows XP. You may have heard that as of June 30, you’re no longer able to buy the operating system or obtain support for it. But that isn’t quite the case.
In fact, you’ll be able to buy XP on [...]