Dave on Technology http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog Items of interest in the tech field Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:02:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Google Chrome OS in Arch Linux Virtualbox http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1362 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1362#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:02:27 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1362 Google Chrome OS Download

Google Chrome OS in Arch Linux Virtualbox

Google Chrome OS in Arch Linux Virtualbox

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1362 0 A CNET Conversation with Eric Schmidt http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1360 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1360#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:07 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1360 A CNET Conversation with Eric Schmidt | CNET Conversations – CNET News.

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1360 0 My Google Reader Shared Items http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1357 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1357#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:12:34 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1357 My Google Reader Shared Items Link

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1357 0 Linux versus Windows Pricing http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1354 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1354#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:06:01 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1354 Linux Products
Linux Price
Any $0.00

Windows Upgrade retail products

Windows Vista
as of 1/2007
Price		 Windows Vista
as of 2/2008
Price		 Windows 7
as of 10/2009
Price
Home Premium $159.99 Home Premium $129.99 Home Premium $119.99
Business $199.99 Business $199.99 Professional $199.99
Ultimate $259.99 Ultimate $219.99 Ultimate $219.99

Windows Full retail products

Windows Vista
as of 1/2007
Price		 Windows Vista
as of 2/2008
price		 Windows 7
as of 10/2009
Price
Home Premium $239.99 Home Premium $239.99 Home Premium $199.99
Business $299.99 Business $299.99 Professional $299.99
Ultimate $399.99 Ultimate $319.99 Ultimate $319.99
]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1354 0 London Stock Exchange gets the facts and dumps Windows for Linux http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1351 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1351#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:22:30 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1351 Microsoft’s marketing arm excitedly churned out a case study in 2005 when the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rolled out a C# stock exchange ticker system on Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Four years later the LSE has scrapped the whole system in favour of a Linux-based solution instead.

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]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1351 0 Take that Netbook XP users! http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1347 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1347#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:55:05 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1347 If you own a netbook with XP installed, it’s time to install Linux.
Take that Netbook XP users!

“Microsoft late last week said it won’t patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed Sept. 8 in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.”

“We’re talking about code that is 12 to 15 years old in its origin, so backporting that level of code is essentially not feasible,” said security program manager Adrian Stone during Microsoft’s monthly post-patch Webcast, referring to Windows 2000 and XP.”

“The bugs in question are in Windows’ implementation of TCP/IP, the Web’s default suite of connection protocols. All three of the vulnerabilities highlighted in the MS09-048 update were patched in Vista and Server 2008. Only two of the trio affect Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP, Microsoft said in the accompanying advisory, which was refreshed on Thursday.”

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1347 0 Intel launches all-new PC architecture with Core i5/i7 CPUs http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1339 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1339#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:36:28 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1339 Intel launches all-new PC architecture with Core i5/i7 CPUs

“Intel brought its mainstream desktop CPU lineup into the Nehalem era today with the launch of the Core i7 860 and 870, and the Core i5 750. Also launched today is the P55 chipset, which implements a new system architecture that represents a significant break with Intels past. In this short article, well take a brief look at each, in turn.”

p55-system

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1339 0 Kurt Vonnegut explains drama http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1336 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1336#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:33:44 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1336 Kurt Vonnegut explains drama2009-09-01

“I was at a Kurt Vonnegut talk in New York a few years ago. Talking about writing, life, and everything. He explained why people have such a need for drama in their life.”

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1336 0 ‘Rich Interaction’ May Make Computers A Partner, Not A Product http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1334 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1334#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:55:57 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1334 “In the movie “2010,” while trying to salvage the mission to Jupiter, the Hal 9000 computer noted, “I enjoy working with human beings, and have stimulating relationships with them.”Well, 2010 is just around the corner, and as usual Hollywood was a little ahead of its time — but in this case, not by much. Oregon State University researchers are pioneering the concept of “rich interaction” — computers that do, in fact, want to communicate with, learn from and get to know you better as a person.”

via ‘Rich Interaction’ May Make Computers A Partner, Not A Product ~ Tech News Watch.

]]> http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1334 0 Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word | Microsoft – CNET News http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1328 http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1328#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:35:59 +0000 archdave http://dellazoid.homelinux.net/blog/?p=1328 “A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement.Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction that “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files XML files containing custom XML,” according to a statement released by attorneys for the plantiff, i4i.”

via Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word | Microsoft – CNET News.

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