Linux Becomes a Serious Option for Business
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Freedom Is Attractive
Reuben Davis, a consultant for Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE: ACS) , a large IT services outsourcer, began experimenting with Linux about four years ago, installing it on old computers and stacking software on the machines. The main draws for Davis: no licensing restrictions and an open source code.
“There’s always been sort of [...]
Coding for Dollars - and Bragging Rights
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Thunderdome for Devs
As an online software developers’ community, TopCoder.com is a chat room, practice range and gladiatorial arena for more than 145,000 members who compete for hundreds or thousands of dollars. Membership is free, said Hughes’ brother and cofounder, Robert Hughes, 38, TopCoder’s chief operating officer.
Online competition directly contributes to TopCoder’s business , which [...]
Face Time Instead of Facebook Time
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Medium of Isolation
“In this sample, the Internet was used extensively for communication,” according to the authors of the study. “Nonetheless, greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants’ communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.”
However, there is [...]
PRODUCT REVIEWBanshee iPod Speakers Pack Big Bass in a Small Package
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Decent Input/Output Options
Desirable features include S-Video and RCA Video line out jacks, a 1/8-inch auxiliary jack for connecting an alternative audio source (such as a Mac or PC), and a jack for an optional subwoofer (not tested), plus a complete set of cables — an RCA video cable, an S-video cable, and a 1/8-inch to [...]
PRODUCT REVIEWLP Dock Brings Vinyl Into the Digital Age
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Back to the Dark Ages
But, hey, a favorite album by the obscure ’80s Irish group Minor Detail has never been released on CD, so I was game to return to the audio Dark Ages to transfer that forgotten gem to a digital medium. LP Dock made the process a breeze — ignoring the previously cited [...]
INSIGHTSIs Psystar Onto Something?
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Hardware Looks Like a Good Deal
There are potential drawbacks to a deal like this, including Apple’s army of attack lawyers and policy of death to usurpers. But we’ll discuss those later.
Right now, the hardware looks like a good deal. With a 2.2 GHz Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) Core2Duo processor, 2 gigabytes of memory, 250 gigabyte [...]
PRODUCT REVIEWFileMaker Gets Personal With Bento Database
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What goes around in computing may indeed come around: Not long ago, FileMaker, the Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) software unit that publishes the eponymous database, released what could be called the 21st-century version of Nutshell, only this time for Macs running the latest OS X version and with some very spiffy graphics. Called “Bento,” the [...]
The Allman Brothers Band Has Canceled Its Annual Run Of Performances
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The Allman Brothers Band has canceled its annual run of performances at the Beacon Theatre as founding member Gregg Allman continues to recover from hepatitis C.
The band had been scheduled to play 15 sold-out shows at the Beacon an annual run of concerts that draws people from all over the country who pay several [...]
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The Allman Brothers Band has canceled its annual run of performances at the Beacon Theatre as founding member Gregg Allman continues to recover from hepatitis C.
The band had been scheduled to play 15 sold-out shows at the Beacon an annual run of concerts that draws people from all over the country who pay several [...]
Granddaughter From Making A Big Writing Mistake
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It seems somehow appropriate that a mischievous dog helped stop Roald Dahl’s granddaughter from making a big writing mistake.
It happened when model-turned-author Sophie Dahl was composing her first full-length novel in longhand, on a legal pad. She thought it was more romantic that way and the tone matched.
“It was so childish but I found [...]
