Dell is adding Ubuntu OS to it's XPS M1330 lineup. It's currently being offered in Europe and will be in U.S. in a week or two. It looks like Dell is doing a decent sale with it's Ubuntu offering else they won't be offering it in more configurations. The XPS M1330 starts at £599. The monitor is only 13.3». You get the option of choosing integrated video card or NVidia's GeForce 8400m.
I'm finally feeling a little better after being sick for a week. I could finally manage to spend couple of hours in office today. I'll be taking leave for 3 weeks starting Monday in anticipation of the arrival of our second daughter. I'll try to blog as and when possible.
Sears is selling Mirus PC for $284.99 with a $100 rebate. Mirus desktop computer comes with Intel Celeron D 420-1.6Ghz processor, 1024MB RAM of memory, 80GB of hard drive, CD-RW optical drive, Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, 56K Modem, Ethernet, 15-in-1 Memory Card Reader. The system has Freespire as the operating system. Freespire is the free version of the Linspire OS which is based on Ubuntu. It's a welcome sign that big retailers are finally selling cheaper Linux PCs. I hope more manufacturers and retailers will join this with more choices.
Security experts have warned that thousands of small web shops, especially set up by mom and pop web shops are infected with malicious code that infects PC users who visit those sites. Once installed on a Windows machine the malicious code steals passwords, browser data as well as login names for bank accounts and online games.
Bloglines has added 2 new services to it's Bloglines beta in the last 2 days. One of the two is the Photo widget. If you are subscribed to Flickr feed, Bloglines's photo widget will display the corresponding photos inside the photo widget. This currently works only for Flickr, but Bloglines is planning to add more services in the near future.
Sun Microsystems announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire MySQL, a popular open source database. Sun will pay about $800 million in cash for MySQL's privately held stock and will assume about $200 million worth of options. MySQL CEO Marten Mickos will join Sun's senior executive team after the transaction closes. Following completion of the proposed transaction, MySQL will be integrated into Sun's Software, Sales and Service organizations. The transaction is expected to close in late Q3 or early Q4 of Sun's fiscal 2008.
Lenovo follows Dell in releasing Linux based laptops/desktops. Starting January 14th, Lenovo will pre-install SUSE SLED 10 in Thinkpad T61 and R61 notebooks.
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) which is responsible for advising British schools and colleges on their IT use told the schools not to upgrade to Microsoft's Vista OS or Office 2007. The agency said they do not have any evidence to support the argument that the costs of upgrading to Vista in educational establishments would be offset by appropriate benefit.
(K)Ubuntu team has released their 3rd alpha of Hardy Heron. Here is the list of changes/new features in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron:
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