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by Sam Varghese
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 |
Andrew McMillan's long beard, streaked with flecks of grey, sits nicely with his status as one of New Zealand's senior geeks. It fits even better after one becomes aware that, before he ventured into technology, he obtained a degree in philosophy.
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by Sam Varghese
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
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Microsoft has taken offline an utility it supplies to help download DVD and USB images of Windows 7 purchased online, while it investigates allegations that GPL-ed code was used to develop the tool.
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by Sam Varghese
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
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LinuxToday managing editor Carla Schroder has described Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth as a "sexist twit" over some answers he gave at a Q and A held during an open week for the latest Ubuntu release.
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by Sam Varghese
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Monday, 09 November 2009 |
The founder of the KDE project, Matthias Ettrich, has received an award from the German government, recognising his contributions to free software.
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by Sam Varghese
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Friday, 06 November 2009 |
Mixed-source technology company Novell has sacked between three and four percent of its staff in layoffs that could well be linked to another bad quarter.
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by Sam Varghese
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
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The Dutch government has launched a web service called Officeshots.org which enables users to compare the output quality of various office suites as far as interoperability is concerned.
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by Sam Varghese
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 |
Ten, or even five years ago, it was not uncommon to see articles surface periodically, spouting gross untruths about free and open source software.
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by Sam Varghese
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Monday, 02 November 2009 |
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Pressure from open source luminary Eric S. Raymond led to geek feminists hosting code created by one of their detractors, which otherwise would have disappeared for good, a post on Raymond's blog reveals.
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by Sam Varghese
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
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Hacking is often a lonely profession: the wee hours are generally the most productive and communicating with an inanimate object often results in people being unable to interact in a regular manner with their human counterparts.
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by Sam Varghese
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 |
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The US Department of Defence has unequivocally backed the use of more open source software, describing the genre as one that provides advantages when it comes to achieving the department's objectives.
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by Sam Varghese
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 |
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Nick Hodge is, in many way, the modern face of Microsoft, a techie with excellent social skills. He has an additional attribute - a catchy designation: Professional Geek.
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