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Evil Empire Buys Skype

Is Ballmer nuts or, more precisely, is he even more nuts that I already thought him to be, paying billions for a company worth thousands? Doesn’t Google own the patent on paying way to much for much too little? It seems I’m not the only one asking such questions.

Sometimes I just want my Computer to Work!

  • Thoughts on Technology; By Jeff Hoogland (Posted by Jeff91 on May 12, 2011 11:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Many people read and left comments on the recent post I wrote about my poor experience using the Fedora IRC channel. Lots of people left comments agreeing with what I had said, many also left comments to the opposite effect.

Mozilla: It Has a Spine

  • Das U-Blog by Prashanth (Posted by PV on May 12, 2011 10:19 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Mozilla
The DHS tries to bend Mozilla to its will. Mozilla doesn't. Bravo Mozilla! I know I'm a little late with this news, but that's because I was kind of busy earlier in the week. Anyway, the news (Nate Anderson, Ars Technica) is that the US government (specifically, the Department of Homeland Security) tried to force Mozilla to remove an add-on for Firefox called MAFIAAFire.

Google Can Go Slow with Honeycomb; Tablet Makers Can't

  • Tech Target View From Above; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on May 12, 2011 9:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Honeycomb was released to the world and by all reports it's not nearly ready for prime time. Google may be able to take a go-slow approach with its software and release versons like this, but tablet makers don't have that luxury -- not with Apple running away with the tablet market.

How Google is Winning the Hearts and Minds of Software Developers

Google is making lots of Android- and Chrome-related news. But if you stop to really think about this conference you’ll see how Google is winning the hearts and minds of software developers and business partners. Here's how.

Sergey Brin: Only 20% of Googlers still on Windows

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has said that only about 20 per cent of Google's employees are still using Microsoft Windows, and that all of those users are on Windows 7. He stressed, however, that he is not sure of the exact percentage.

Pinta Turns 1.0 and Brings Simple Image Editing to Linux

Pinta, a "lightweight" open source raster image editor, turned 1.0 on April 27, offering Linux users another choice for simple image editing. Pinta is intended to be a clone of Paint.NET, the Windows-only raster editor written in .NET. As such, it uses Mono under the hood, but it gains the ability to run equally well on Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows. Is it a replacement for GIMP or Krita? That depends on what you need to do.

Google may offer £12 a month Chrome OS laptop on contract

Google is rumoured to be set to announce a scheme where students can get a Chrome OS toting laptop for a $20 (£12) a month contract, mimicking the way in which many people get the latest mobile phones. According to Forbes, Google will announce the deal later in the day at its Google I/O conference, and the package will include Google Apps.

How to Install KDE In Ubuntu Natty Quick Tips

Ubuntu Natty has been out for almost two weeks. If you do not like the Unity interface, nor the classic Gnome, you could install KDE and give it a spin. We have covered KDE 4 several times and it is elegant and by far the best KDE distribution. Here’s how you can install KDE in Ubuntu Natty.

Deja Dup (backup tool) to become default in gnome 3.2?

As you probably know after the gnome 3.0 release developers are back on releasing the second iteration of the ‘awesome’ desktop, gnome 3.2. There have been discussions going on in gnome development lists. One of the discussions is about including deja dup backup as default in gnome. This will help to create a unified experience from the start.

Facebook Opens Up Datacentre Design

  • Linux User & Developer magazine; By Rory MacDonald (Posted by russb78 on May 12, 2011 2:28 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Engineers at Facebook have launched the Open Compute Project, a new initiative to share state-of-the-art plans for datacentre design. Rory MacDonald investigates…

Acer and Samsung unveil Chrome OS 'Chromebooks'

Samsung and Acer will start selling the first Google Chrome OS notebooks starting June 15, priced from $349 to $499 but also available as part of monthly business/school subscriptions. The 12.1-inch Samsung Chromebook Series 5 and the 11.6-inch Acer Chromebook offer dual-core 1.66GHz Intel Atom N570 processors, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, a 16GB solid state disk, memory card reader, a webcam, USB, Wi-Fi, and optional 3G.

Google: Honeycomb Source To Be Released After Ice Cream Sandwich

  • ITworld; By Brian Proffitt (Posted by abennett on May 12, 2011 1:18 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
Apparently it's source-code delay week, as Google joins Apple in delaying the release of source code for open source licensed software. Except, unlike Apple, which promptly released the source code in question Monday afternoon, Google stated yesterday that it will not release the source code for Android 3.0 ("Honeycomb") until after the release of the next version of Android ("Ice Cream Sandwich").

Fuduntu 14.9 - A semi review

  • linuxmoose.wordpress.com (Posted by Moose on May 12, 2011 12:31 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Fedora
A few days ago it rediscovered Fuduntu. Fuduntu, as a Fedora based distribution with good power management, seemed to fit my needs perfectly.

Why Google does not own Skype

So Microsoft is buying Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest deal ever. It's too soon to make a pronouncement on whether the purchase is an idiot move, a brilliant one or just something in between. All the geniuses who ripped the investors who bought Skype from eBay in 2009 don't look so smart now. But I will recount a bit of history that readers of "In the Plex" already know: It was almost Google who owned Skype.

Linux Professional Institute Announces New Affiliate in East Africa

  • Linux Professional Institute; By Scott Lamberton (Posted by scottl on May 11, 2011 9:48 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Press Release; Groups: LPI
(Sacramento, CA, USA: May 11, 2011) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced a new affiliate in Africa: LPI-East Africa. LPI-East Africa will promote LPI programs and certifications in the nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan.

Learning How to Delete Files Safely in Linux

  • BashShell.net; By Mike Weber (Posted by aweber on May 11, 2011 9:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
The rm command can be used safely to remove files and directories in Linux, especially if you create an alias that will interactively ask about deletions.

Google Chromebook for Business Cloud Service Launching June 15

  • talkincloud.com; By Joe Panettieri (Posted by thevarguy2 on May 11, 2011 8:14 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Google on June 15 will launch Chromebook for Business, a hardware, software and cloud service that costs $28 per month. Google Chromebook for Business will include a Chrome OS notebook tied to Google's various cloud services. Is Google about to disrupt the traditional PC and notebook software markets? Here's the analysis live from the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.

Microsoft devours Skype

Skype has been purchased by Microsoft, for $8.5 Billion. I have used Skype for years on Linux, even though Skype treated their Linux client as something like a red-headed step-child. Features like video chat were always included in the Linux client long after they were in the Windows version, bug fixes were slow, stuff like that. But, and here's the biggest thing: It worked.

Boxee Box firmware v1.1 arrives

Boxee released the second major update to the D-Link Boxee Box’s firmware today. The new v1.1 release adds a variety of content channels for both movies and shows, enhances the Linux-based device’s browser functionality, improves the consistency of its user interface, and squashes numerous bugs.

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