Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
According to a recent article on ZDnet that I just now got around to reading Windows 7, like Vista, will have a "downgrade" option.
However, leave it to Microsloth to restrict that ability. Apparently, only "volume license users" will be able to exercise this option. The rest of those ...
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
In the world of Windows XP continues to be the preferred version for lots of people, especially after many have had a taste of the nightmare creation that is vista. Now vista is becoming less and less of an issue because Windows 7 is on the horizon.
As expected Microsoft ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Yesterday I announced that I had had enough of Windows and the fact that in my effort to re-install a seriously hosed copy, it managed to nuke the partition table on my 250GB hard drive, taking all of the contents with it.
I had an install of Debian a couple years ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Researchers at Perth's Edith Cowan University working with partnership with the Western Australia Police have come up with a tool that they're beta testing that they describe as a "random breath test". It's purpose is to scan computers for illicit images of the sort that won't ever appear on ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
The OS wars continue. Microsoft thought they had a killer OS in Vista only to find out that tens of thousands (myself included) hate it. Ubuntu has recently released version 8.10, nicknamed "Intrepid Ibex" (no, I don't know what an Ibex is let alone an intrepid one). ...
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