Aug
27
TorrentSpy block USA users
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Recently the leading torrent search site start blocking searches from USA based users. Instead they see this message.
Sorry, but because you are located in the USA you cannot use the search features of the Torrentspy.com website.Torrentspy’s decision to stop accepting US visitors was NOT compelled by any Court but rather an uncertain legal climate in the US regarding user privacy and an apparent tension between US and European Union privacy laws.
Aug
23
Abobe adds H.264 support to Flash
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As announced on 21 august Adobe Flash Player 9 will support H.264 codec which will improve WEB video quality.
This will allow video developers to reduce their cost for encoding and preparing data for transmission.
Aug
21
Asus Eee PC
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Asus announced that they will start shipping of Eee PC in July/August with 2 different models with 7″ and 10″ screens and 2GB SSD for 15s boot time with price tag: $199 and $299 respectively.
Aug
17
Red Hat Developer Studio 1.0 (beta1)
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Red Hat Developer Studio 1.0 (beta1) is released for download and comments.
Red Hat Developer Studio is a set of eclipse-based development tools that are pre-configured for JBoss Enterprise Middleware Platforms and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Linux and windows versions are available.
The size of download (at least for Linux) is 530 MB.
Read installation manual for how to install.
TIP: to run jar archive issue
java -jar <jar archive>
at terminal.
Here is how it looks:
Aug
17
What is faster Laser or Ink?
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What technology is faster for document printing, Laser? Or Ink-Jet?
Until recently the answer was “Definitely Laser”, but Epson is changing the situation.
Recently they announced that their new SOHO model C120 will print with amazing 37 ppm (pages per minute).
Another plus is that it will cost approximately $90 USD, but be careful and check your TCO.
Aug
12
SCO vs Novell – court decision
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In short:
[T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights.
Aug
9
Virgin America – operational
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Virgin America inaugural flight is from New York’s John F. Kennedy International and Los Angeles International Airport to our home base of San Francisco.
Why:
- Power outlet on every seat
- MP3’s
- USB plugs
- Broadband Internet – soon
NOTE: I’m not an affiliate just passing the info.
Aug
9
W3C works on HTML 5
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After long years of HTML 4 domination is time for change and version 5 of HTML is under way – probably under pressure of whatwg also working on HTML improvement.
Hopefully the two work-groups will merge their efforts in near future.
Most of the old elements will remain, but a lot of new ones is included as:
- article
- section
- header
- footer
- nav
- address
- aside
- figure
- dialog
- ……
Work in done also in Interactivity, Embedded media etc. There are a lot of new attributes too.
Jul
31
Open XML compatibility pack
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Microsoft made public Microsoft office 2007 compatibility pack.
This free software will allow users of Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2000, and Microsoft Office XP to open, edit, and save files in new Open XML format introduced in 2007 version of Microsoft Office.
Download it now (~27 MB) – requires Live ID
Jul
31
RHEL 5.1 (beta) released
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RedHat announced beta release of RHEL 5.1
This release improves/fixes:
- Virtualization
- Laptop/Desktop
- Storage
- Network
- Windows compatibility
- Security
- …..
For more information see the announcement.