Microsoft and ChangeBase partner to provide solutions that let small and midsized businesses fix compatibility problems with older applications when they migrate to Windows 7.
What's the best tool for rescuing a broken Windows system? Linux. Eric Geier shows how to rescue your Windows data using Ubuntu Linux, without having to install it to your hard drive.
<b>Desktop Linux:</b> "IBM, Canonical, and Simmtronics announced they will market an Intel Atom-based netbook in emerging markets. The Simmbook will be preloaded with the cloud-oriented IBM Client for Smart Work Linux distro, based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and will first be made available in Africa for just $190."
<b>Standards Blog:</b> "The President of the United States was treating himself to an early breakfast of bacon and eggs. Why not? If a Commander in Chief couldn't ignore his doctor's orders on his 70th birthday, why bother to have the job at all?"
Volume 2 of tips and tricks that touches on tips related to some of the new features of C# 4.0 along with other beneficial tips and tricks. In addition, it mentions some tools that are worth knowing as well.
In an effort to boost security across the Web, open source Mozilla extends its service for verifying plugins to competitors, though some questions remain.
<b>Linux Magazine: </b>"Red Hat is the king of commercial Linux support, no doubt about it. Canonical has entered the market and with some refined support products could present a very compelling alternative."
<b>Enterprise Storage Forum: </b>"While Sun Microsystems may have struggled with making money from its OpenSolaris operating system prior to Sun's acquisition by Oracle, that doesn't mean that others haven't had better success."
<b>Datamation:</b> "A Chinese official has blasted Google's decision to offer unfiltered Web content to its citizens on the mainland, calling the move "totally wrong" and saying it violates Google's written agreement to abide by Chinese laws."
Fedora Beta 13 continues the Fedora tradition of innovation and improvement; in this release they are not readily apparent, so Bruce Byfield does a little digging to see what goodies lie under the hood.
<b>Michael Geist:</b> "Public pressure has helped make ACTA marginally better, but the release of text confirms many of the fears regarding the substance of the treaty."
<b>Kotaku:</b> "On April 1, Sony removed one of the PlayStation 3’s original features, the option to install an alternate operating system such as Linux, with its latest firmware (version 3.21). Today, one man claims to have reinstated that feature."
<b>Wine-Reviews:</b> "CodeWeavers, Inc., a leading developer of software products that turn Mac OS X and Linux into Windows-compatible operating systems, today announced the release of CrossOver 9.0.1 for both Mac and Linux."
<b>Linux Pro Magazine:</b> "Thus Canonical is implementing the cloud in its context. The DRM-free songs in MP3 format with a bitrate of at least 256 kbits/second are not loaded on the local machine, but in the Ubuntu One cloud."
There is more to graphics and photo editing in Linux than the wonderful Gimp. Paul Ferrill rounds up a raft of excellent Linux image editors and paint programs for all ability levels.
Gadget site uncovers simple way to force other users to follow you, even big movie and TV stars, but Twitter staffers rush out a fix to the weakness in the system.