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Submission + - Why "upgrade" to Office-2007

Submitted by

walterbyrd

on Sunday January 14, 2007 @05:52PM

walterbyrd writes: "IMO: Office-2007 is a contender for the least useful upgrade in the history of computing. It's expensive, has a steep learning curve, and it's default format is even less compatible with anything else. Stan Beer discusses the "upgrade" in his article: Question: why do I need to upgrade to Office 2007?."

Submission + - Where to donate old hardware?

Submitted by on Sunday January 14, 2007 @04:59PM

An anonymous reader writes: Like many Slashdotters, I have a surplus of old computers and parts that I (and family and friends) no longer have use for. Some of this junk is still useful, and although I'm too busy to sell it piecemeal on eBay, it'd be a shame to just throw it away. I'd prefer to just drop this stuff off, driver disks and instruction manuals included where applicable, at a major charity such as Good Will, AmVets, or the Salvation Army, but I suspect that they wouldn't be able to move it and would end up throwing it away. Anyone have any recommendations for the major charities or any suggestions for recycling options?

Sun Is Giving Away Solaris 10 DVDs 248

Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 14, 2007 @04:53PM from the what-is-this-free-you-speak-of dept.

Tarmas writes "For a limited time only, just like Ubuntu's ShipIt service, Sun Microsystems lets you order Solaris 10 absolutely free of charge. The operating system comes on a single DVD supporting both the x86 and SPARC versions. Also included is Sun Studio 11."

Submission + - Goverment Wants Your Personal Details

Submitted by FREEDOM IS SLAVERY on Sunday January 14, 2007 @04:35PM

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY writes: It has been revealed that, in a positively authoritarian move, Britain's Tony Blair and left wing Labour party is plotting to create a massive centralised database of every citizen's personal details. Workers under orders from The Party have already started actively cataloging the details of 12 million children and recording personally identifiable details of everything from vaccinations and family details to whether a child is eating sufficient fruit and vegetables. Opposition parties and civil rights groups are outraged.

Submission + - FreeBSD 6.2 released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14, 2007 @04:25PM

An anonymous reader writes: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE has now been made available. It is around 2 months behind schedule, but the ISO images of the CD's are now available at ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD.

Inside the iPhone — 3G, ARM, OS X, 3rd Partyware 318

Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 14, 2007 @02:42PM from the informed-speculation dept.

DECS writes "After heading off the top ten myths of the iPhone, Daniel Eran of RoughlyDrafted has written a series of articles looking 'Inside the iPhone,' exploring (1) why Apple didn't target faster 3G networks, (2) a substantiated look at how the iPhone is indeed running OS X (contrary to reports that it isn't), and (3) what it means to users and developers, and how ARM is involved, in Mac OS X, ARM, and iPod OS X, and why the supposedly 'closed' system Apple describes for the iPhone won't preclude third party development."

Submission + - Run Linux inside Linux with User Mode Linux

Submitted by

msabramo

on Sunday January 14, 2007 @02:34PM

msabramo writes: "This article from Linux.com describes how to run Linux inside Linux with User Mode Linux. It's part of a special series on virtualization from Linux.com with a number of interesting articles on Linux virtualization technologies."

Submission + - Password management memory tools

Submitted by

New Media Blogger

on Sunday January 14, 2007 @12:29PM

New Media Blogger writes: "A co-worker of mine recently got burned hard because they used the same password for all of their online accounts. This experience led me to compile a list of easy-to-use password management memory tools (all free, of course), which make it infinitely easier for me to keep track of my dozens of passwords. I am sure many of the Slashdot crowd have memory tools of their own — what are you favourite password memorization tools?"

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