● 06.06.08

● Links 06/06/2008: Mozilla Firefox 3.0 in the Headlines, Microsoft Office Feels the Heat

Posted in News Roundup at 1:42 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxNCH Software Moves Further into the Linux RealmCybercity selects Red Hat’s SOA platformEditor’s choice: 6 top ultra-portable laptopsUbuntu Netbook Remix: Q&A with CanonicalSymbian faces emerging Linux competitionMobile Linux: Your Electronics Weekly guideHow long will it be before Linux is on your desktop (if it isn’t already)?Why must everything be newbie-friendly?Desktop Environments: The Past and The FutureThe solution of Linpus is based on XFCE and uses five desktops. That are accordingly: Internet, Work, Learn, Play and Settings.ApplicationsAlien Arena 7.10 releasedVIRTUAL BRIDGES ANNOUNCES MAJOR UPDATE OF WIN4LIN DESKTOPHow is Open Source Affecting the IP-PBX Market?PostgreSQL getting with the programParAccel Taps Experience, Open SourceInventor of Pine e-mail prepares for shift to GoogleMozilla Second Firefox 3 Release Candidate now available for downloadFirefox 3 RC 2 reviewMozilla says Firefox 3.0 bug-free, launches RC2Mozilla Corporation Board of DirectorsA Review of Songbird.Overall I can say for sure that this will be one of the most popular music players in the future. I do wish this player had iPod support and would be able to add on to the iPod from playlists, though if that did happen I would not use Rhythmbox anymore. The player looks a lot like iTunes which I used before hand before I went to Linux and all of my fun distributions I have tried.Office SuitesIBM releases ODF-based Office killer90 things that are the same in Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.orgMicrosoft extends cheap offer for studentsWe suspect the lurking threat of OpenOffice is as big a motivation as educational altruism…OpenThe free-knowledge fundamentalistBig Buck Bunny, We Want More!Railo Goes Open Source on JBoss.orgGoes Open SourceProject launched to provide coverage analysis toolOpen source helps keep vulnerable people connectedTo code or not to code?Open-source hardware: Open sesamePrototype Of Machine That Copies Itself Goes On ShowMicrosoftMicrosoft just can’t Kill XPMeet Microsoft’s New Embedded OS: Windows XPMicrosoft’s multitouch goes forward to pastWindows will go open source when pigs flyMicrosoft, Amid Vista Flak, Publicizes Business BenefitsMSN Looks to Hollywood for New SiteMicrosoft to ‘Fix’ Live Branding … But Will First Muck Up MSN AgainYahoo: Icahn “Manipulates The Facts”Yahoo, Microsoft talks could end next week–sourceMicrosoft Says They’re ‘Not Happy With Ability to Find Content’ on Xbox LiveMicrosoft CEO Ballmer: I’m outta here in 9 or 10 years; as soon as my last kid goes away to collegeMicrosoft`s ‘Oslo’ Loses a Leader, Plows OnMicrosoft (NasdaqNM: MSFT) Hedged Price Watch AlertSo far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $26.87 and 52-week high of $37.50.Microsoft Leads Tech Lobbying Pack“As tech becomes more mainstream, you’ll see even more spending on lobbying,” Microsoft spokesperson Ginny Terzano said.Translation: “we are already #1 at manipulating the government, and we intend to spend even more.” Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink  Send this to a friend

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