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Microsoft – Android infringes our patents

I was waiting for this news for a long time and it’s here now. According to CNet, Microsoft said that Android infringes on the company’s patented technology and that the infringement applies broadly in areas ranging from the user interface … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Kin video – promoting sexting?

Consumer Reports states that a video promoting Microsoft’s Kin phones are uncomfortable close to advocating sexting (sending nude photos via cell phones). You can watch that in the video below. The report states that the video includes a downright creepy … Continue reading

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Ubuntu 10.04 default search provider is Yahoo – that sucks

Canonical‘s Rick Spencer announced in a mailing list that Yahoo is going to be the default search provider in Firefox starting with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. The change is due to the revenue sharing pact that Canonical has reached with … Continue reading

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NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes with Ubuntu and Open Source

A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools.New Zealand government is a sucker … Continue reading

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Microsoft patents sudo

This sucks. Read the news here. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Sudo, Linux

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Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses

Sophos reports that Windows 7 is vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses, despite Microsoft’s claim about Windows 7 being more secure. With User Account Control (UAC) turned on, it blocked only one out of the 10 proving that UAC … Continue reading

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Microsoft Linux

Ex-Microsoftie says that Windows 7 is doomed and Linux, free software, will ultimately dominate. Read the story here.

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In a loop with Windows 7

ComputerWorld reports Some users trying to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 have seen their PCs crippled by an endless series of reboots, according to reports on Microsoft’s support forum. A Microsoft engineer writing on the same forum said … Continue reading

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Screwing your own products are not enough, screw other products too?

When I opened Firefox today, I saw a pop up from Firefox that informed me that it has disabled the Windows Presentation Foundation plugin and I have to restart Firefox to disable it completely. I wasn’t sure what it was, … Continue reading

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Ubuntu One as part of Ubuntu – Fair?

If you have followed the features in Ubuntu 9.10, you would know that Ubuntu one will be part of Ubuntu 9.10. Ubuntu One is an online backup solution similar to Dropbox. Am I right when I say including Ubuntu One … Continue reading

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