Dell launches Linux PCs in UK

Dell has announced that it’s to start selling PCs pre-installed with Linux in the UK. The company will sell one laptop and one desktop line with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. The move follows the highly successful launch of Ubuntu systems in the US, [...]

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3G iPhone confirmed for 2008

POSTED: Thursday, November 29, 2007
FROM BLOG: SlashGear – Tech news, reviews,and consumer electronics guide
 
The following blog post is from an independent writer and is not connected with Reuters News. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by Reuters.com.
 
It seemed unlikely that Apple could go any other [...]

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Man dies as cellphone explodes

Nov. 29 – A South Korean quarry worker was found dead with burning mobile attached to his chest.
Police believe a faulty battery may have caused the phone to explode next to his chest, killing him.
Stefanie McIntyre reports.

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Media CEOs are Facebook, BlackBerry users

By Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook is good for keeping up with high-flying buddies, MySpace is for teenage offspring and the BlackBerry is a full-time addiction, according to top media executives who were quizzed on their personal media habits at this week’s Reuters Media Summit.
“I may be the only human being on earth who’s [...]

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FBI arrests Penn student, others in cyber attacks

 

PHILADELPHIA: A University of Pennsylvania junior hijacked a university server — causing it to crash — as he helped a New Zealand hacker attack several online chat sites, the FBI [...]

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Open Source Is Making A Name For Itself In Systems Management

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YouTube rejects calls to monitor videos

YouTube rejects calls to monitor videos

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Google: What Goes on Behind the Curtain?

Google: What Goes on Behind the Curtain?
October 15, 2007
By Wendy Melillo

Siva Vaidhyanathan

WASHINGTON Siva Vaidhyanathan, cultural historian and associate professor of media studies and the law at the University of Virginia, thinks the search-engine company Google, with a stock price above $600 a share, knows a lot about its customers.
Yet, he thinks the public [...]

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British iPhone Users Complain Of Serious Reception Problems

Posted by Alexander Wolfe, Nov 24, 2007 01:30 PM

 

 

British iPhone buyers are in an online uproar over reception problems they’re experiencing on the network of O2, Apple’s exclusive service provider in England. (No bars for iPhone Brits?)
The issue has come to light on Apple’s own discussions forum, in a thread entitled, [...]

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Run Internet Explorer on Linux

Run Internet Explorer on Linux
Brian Smith, TechRepublic
05 November 2007 05:47 PM
Most Linux users would be appalled by the idea of attempting to contaminate a Linux installation with any Microsoft product, especially Internet Explorer. However, many Web sites don’t render properly using regular Linux browsers, such as Firefox or [...]

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