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<b>ABC News:</b> "The contempt that Apple (and Steve Jobs in particular) holds toward the media -- and its willingness to manipulate the press for its own ends -- should have produced a media backlash. There should be inside-Apple scoops in the press every week as intrepid reporters go over, under and around every arbitrary barrier Apple puts in front of them."
<b>fewt@blog:~$ _:</b> "By now my launchpad, brainstorm, and Ubuntu forum accounts have been removed .. at my request. I have decided to completely unequivocally leave the Ubuntu community."
<b>OSTATIC: </b>"Among other reasons why Linux can function as a great sidekick to the more prevalent operating systems is that it's more secure. If you're going to jump into, say, an online banking app, why not do it in Linux, where the hackers and script kiddies aren't?"
<b>BBC News: </b>"Bob Young is a self-confessed contrarian with a strong desire to change the world by allowing people to share and collaborate. The approach has served him well and has helped turn the Canadian into a multi-millionaire."
<b>Blog of Helios:</b> "Nils Grotnes emailed me about 20 minutes ago with some pretty cool news. Aquaria by Bit Blot ,Gish Published by Chronic Logic, Lugaru HD by Wolfire, and Penumbra Overture of course by Frictional Games have pledged to go open source."
CrazyEgg handles Web analytics colorfully, plus a site for downloading free books and a way to time presentations -- and anything else -- down to the second.
<b>Groklaw:</b> "I can't help but think of Microsoft's recent bragging about not being fully interoperable with Google Docs. I think they're not yet on the interoperability train that is already leaving the station, and I hope they hop on board before it's too late."
<b>Wired: </b>"TechRestore, an electronics repair shop, has taken apart the Incredible and then it put all back together. What's fascinating to watch in the video is how small and compact the components are and how well they pack into the circuit board."
<b>Symantec press release:</b> "In the current spam climate, this index shows that relative to its market share, any given Linux machine is five times more likely to be sending spam than any given Windows machine."
<b>LinuxBSDos: </b>"One of the best features introduced in Sabayon 5.3, the latest upgrade to the Gentoo-based, multi-purpose Linux distribution is the installer."
<b>Tech Source:</b> "Before, we've featured here our top 10 list of Google Chrome extensions. Today, we will share with you some of the best extensions specialized for web development."
<b>Cyber Cynic:</b> "Take one part Intel's Moblin, mix with Nokia's Maemo, bake for three months in the Linux Foundation oven, and you get MeeGo. Linux Foundation executive director, Jim Zemlin has called this new embedded Linux, the open-source uber-platform for the next generation of computing devices:"
<b>MakeTechEasier:</b> "To many people, application launchers are not really worth much attention. After all, it's just a box to type in a command, right? Perhaps that used to be it, but these days there are some tiny programs that can make a huge difference in productivity."
New Chrome stable 5.0.375.55 released, marking the first time Windows, Mac and Linux releases for stable have been made, but it's still not quite what beta users have had.
<b>Developer.com:</b> "The cloud isn't just for network administrators looking for scale, it's also a key development area for developers building applications with open source dynamic languages."
<b>Database Journal:</b> "According to its motto, the underlying premise behind the open source CouchDB NoSQL database is about helping developers "relax" -- chiefly by providing them with a simple, powerful database alternative."
This article illustrates how to upgrade an Oracle Database 11gR1 quickly and efficiently to Oracle Database 11gR2 and place its database files within ASM-managed storage, including a brief demonstration of how ACFS snapshots can be used to recover quickly from human error when crucial components of an Oracle home are damaged or destroyed.
<b>LinuxCommand.org:</b> "It's quite possible that a script that you wrote ten years ago still works perfectly well today. But even so, every few years the GNU Project releases a new version of bash."
<b>Hardware Central:</b> "AMD has formally released the "Magny-Cours" line of eight- and 12-core Opteron server processors, disclosing the speeds and feeds and promising performance-per-watt that beats Intel's newest Xeon."