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I’m looking forward to seeing the results of this summer’s efforts.
Summer of Code has been an excellent way for Google to reach out to the open-source community. But it has also been a great way for open-source projects to bond with Google and improve themselves. Drupal is an example of a project that [...]
There are four new models in all under the Vostro line–two laptops and two desktops. The notebooks will start at $475, and the desktops at $440, and will be available in more than 20 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.
Dell has traditionally derived the majority of its business here in the U.S., but [...]
Afterward, the cars go into what’s called the dynamic vehicle test, where automated systems run them through about 800 different diagnostics, looking to ensure that every single new Corvette is ready to be shipped to its owner.
Eventually, the two lines converge, much as two train lines would, and a process known as “body merge” occurs, [...]
Cisco announced its $70 million investment in Nuova in 2006. The company didn’t disclose details of the current buyout. But in April of last year, it expanded its funding agreement and raised the maximum potential payout of the transaction to $678 million.
The new Nexus switches combine Ethernet switching, IP routing, storage, and security into a [...]
Prism is Mozilla’s shot at busting apps out of the browser. Part of the Prism project is making the browsing core available to apps developers so they can build products like Zimbra Desktop (review) that are essentially Web apps, but that don’t look like it.
Weave extends the browser in the other direction: Not toward [...]
Through Facebook’s official Jabber support, which is coming “in the near future,” Facebook members will be able to not only chat with their friends, but also see friends’ profile pictures through the IM client and set their Facebook statuses.
Universal IM clients Digsby (which is PC-only) and Adium (which is
Mac-only) have already worked in ways to [...]
Arsenal is more known for being vulnerable to aerial attack (on corners and other set pieces) than dangerous in the air, but today Arsenal showed the Americans (Fulham) that it has more than one trick up its sleeve. In the midst of a windy game that Fulham almost looked like it could turn to its [...]
The state leaders said they were disappointed by Monday’s decision by U.S. Justice Department antitrust regulators to let the deal go through without conditions. They suggested restrictions that would preserve competition and protect consumers, such as requiring “Sirius and XM to make interoperable radio receivers available to customers, offer different packages of channels on [...]
In the Netbook area, Moblin is slowly starting to find its way. Dell recently began selling its $299 Mini 10v Notebook with an option for Ubuntu Moblin Remix. Other PC makers, such as Acer and Asus, are also said to be planning Moblin-based Netbooks.
Originally developed for Netbooks, Moblin 2.1 (short for mobile Linux) will come [...]
Ze Frank, of the Twitter Color Wars (more on that soon), is hosting a Twitter-based Ro-Sham-Bo (Rock-Paper-Scissors) game this afternoon. Round 1 will last for one minute, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. Round 2 will be 15 minutes later.
This is silly. But Ze Frank is my hero. Go here for the game page.