Microsoft's Windows 7 appears to be helping the software giant win back some of the good will it lost over the past few years with the much-maligned Windows Vista.
<b>Phoronix:</b> "This branch provides fixes to the DRM core, Nouveau, and Radeon KMS. The new Radeon DRM code brings fixes, but it also brings a clean-up to the ASIC tables and GPU recovery support."
<b>Packt:</b> "We will begin by creating the terrain for the underwater environment. In the sequel of the article, we will learn how to add vegetation, pebbles and corals. After which we will discuss how to add distant terrains, lighting effects and finally composition."
An online service that lets you outsource your copywriting needs to professionals, a way to easily download popular software to your new PC and finally…an online exchange for gift cards.
The Republican National Committee is leveraging open source VoIP tech for its election-cycle polling and organizing efforts, but the final results aren't open to the public.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2010 desktop (with KDE) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops."
The rise of cloud-based computing options has everyone scrambling to stake their claim. Microsoft, for now, says it wants to be a leader in protecting people and their data's privacy.
The most important mobile marketing tool you can have is an ecommerce site that's optimized for mobile devices. Why risk losing out on potentially thousands of mobile customers and sales?
<b>ZDNet AU:</b> "Take a good hard look at your screen and ask yourself if it is possible to accidentally close an application while reaching for the File menu. In most cases the answer is a clear no, but for users of Ubuntu, it has become a very real and dangerous use case."
<b>Datamation:</b> "While I firmly believe that Android will challenge in the enterprise soon, it's just not happening now. The security and configuration features that IT departments demand simply aren't ready yet."
The best smartphone for the enterprise, a category long dominated by Blackberry, now faces challenges by Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android.
The latest Web statistics for search engines show both Bing and Yahoo gaining ground while Google slips. But what is it about the numbers that undercuts those conclusions?
<b>Free Software Magazine:</b> "Trouble is, the resulting file has hard new-line characters after every line, and a double new-line between paragraphs. I could cursor to the end of each line, delete it, and type in a space, but my inner sloth told me there had to be a better way."
It may be 'tax' day for most Americans but, for some developers, April 15 is the day that Microsoft releases version 4 of its Silverlight media streaming technology.
Lenovo's all-in-one desktop shakes up the nettop segment, bundling Intel's Atom CPU and other netbook hardware (plus a DVD±RW burner) into a spiffy 20-inch screen.
<b>Linux.com:</b> "Which Linux distro should I use? It's one of the most common questions for new and aspiring Linux users. There's so many to choose from, how can you pick the right one? Let's see if we can help clear it up a little and help you choose between all the other major distros."
An appellate court upheld a lower court's finding that eBay did not engage in trademark infringement by providing a marketplace for sellers to auction off counterfeit Tiffany Co. jewelry.
<b>Distrowatch Weekly:</b> "Linux, with its flexibility, can be used in many different niches. Take, for example, Asturix. The Asturix project is an attempt to make a better operating system both for the world in general, and Spanish speakers in particular."