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The Google Parasites

I have to confess a certain fondness for Google, an admiration that has grown out of frequent innovation and creativity. And its frequent luck...

FSF: The iPhone Will Betray You

The Free Software Foundation and its supporters describe the iPhone as a product crippled with proprietary software and digital restrictions. In a cruel twist of...

Microsoft Testing Free Data Storage In the Cloud

Microsoft, as part of its new Windows Live set of hosted services announced on June 27, is now beta testing the concept of free...

AMD: Barcelona Coming in August and at 2GHz

Advanced Micro Devices will launch its highly anticipated quad-core Opteron microprocessor in August and the first of these "Barcelona" processors will run at 2.0GHz,...

CPU Bugs, Patches and Vulnerability

Its not your average bug report and patch. Its your CPU that has a problem, and people are debating how serious it is.CPU bugs...

IBM Ramps Up Enterprise Search Engine

IBM is putting its considerable resources into building enterprise search technologies, both in its Lotus and WebSphere product lines and in areas of research...

LogMeIn Preps Remote Control for Smart Phones

As the use of smart phones skyrockets, the need to centrally manage those devices is becoming apparent. Remote PC control provider LogMeIn on June...

Microsoft, AMD Partner on PC for School Kids

Microsoft used the unveiling of its Unlimited Potential initiative in India on June 28 to announce the pilot program for a new PC for...

Dell Expands Its Ultramobile Lineup

Dell is looking to move into one of the PC markets fastest growing areas—ultramobile laptops—with a new offering that takes advantage of Intels new...

GPLv3 Finally Hits the Streets

After 18 months of consultation, four published drafts and thousands of comments, on June 29 the Free Software Foundation released Version 3 of the...