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Submission + - Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux

Submitted by

LingNoi

on Thursday March 29, 2007 @11:30PM

LingNoi writes: "A report by the BBC states that Computer giant Dell will begin to sell PCs preinstalled with open source Linux operating systems".

Dell has not yet decided which GNU/Linux distribution to go with citing that "Driver Support is Key" on their Ideastorm update page and Direct2Dell blog..

Many of you posted comments to our Direct2Dell blog, indicating that you were less concerned about a specific distribution than you are about support at the kernel level and open driver support.
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Submission + - The world's easiest Linux (Ulteo)

Submitted by

ggarron

on Thursday March 29, 2007 @10:58PM

ggarron writes: "Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake and now fired from Mandriva, created a new Linux Distro, which is based on Ubuntu, therefore on Debian, it claims to be the easiest linux, and that it will redifine the Desktop philosophy, read more here: http://linux.go2linux.org/node/45"

Submission + - Xbox 360 Hardware Failure Survey

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday March 29, 2007 @09:07PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "A UK magazine invited readers to answer a survey. The results are nowhere near Microsoft's claimed failure rate of the 360.

Out of the 2181 survey submissions so far:

891 (40.85%) say they have NOT had a console fail
825 (37.83%) say they've had one console fail
465 (21.32%) say they've had more than one console fail

Overall, 1290 (59.15%) of respondants claim to have experienced Xbox 360 hardware failure. Get the full stats here."

Submission + - Quake 2 DS Screenshots and Video

Submitted by Croakyvoice on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @06:06PM

Croakyvoice writes: Simonjhall the coder behind the port of Quake to the Nintendo DS, has posted screenshots a video and news of his work on porting Quake 2 to the Nintendo DS.

Submission + - Samsung's UpStage looks to trump iPhone

Submitted by

bj

on Monday March 26, 2007 @09:27PM

bj writes: "PCWorld is running a story about Samsung's recently unveiled Upstage cell phone. Could it threaten the iPhone?

"Tired of waiting for Apple's iPhone? You might want to check out a potential rival that you can buy sooner: Samsung's innovative, super-slim, two-faced UpStage (M620), sold by Sprint Nextel. On the eve of the giant CTIA Wireless trade show here in Orlando, Florida, Sprint announced that it will begin selling the UpStage on April 1. Its price will be $300 — or $150 with a two-year contract, Sprint representatives say."
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Submission + - New Toshiba Laptops Do Not Have XP Drivers

Submitted by on Monday March 26, 2007 @06:57PM

An anonymous reader writes: I thought I got a great deal on a toshiba Dual Core 1.6ghz Model A135-S2276 Laptop. It came with Vista Home Basic. I went to toshiba's web site the only drivers they have are vista drivers. I went to 4 other simular module with close to the same hardware configuration the same thing only vista drivers. I called tech support there like don't you want to run Vista. I said if the laptop only runs vista why doesnt it say it on the box. They said they will probably put up XP drivers but it soundly like they are in no big hurry. I told them toshiba should not decide what OS I should run on my laptop. They gave me a case # and told me to have a nice day. And this was not tech support from India. Jeez I should have bought an HP. I expected to see Windows XP drivers is Microsoft behind this or is this just toshiba being stupid?

Submission + - Men focus on crotches

Submitted by JavaRob on Sunday March 18, 2007 @07:35PM

JavaRob writes: A study by the Online Journalism Review using eye tracking to improve page layouts turned up an odd result: men tend to reliably look at crotches in photos.

"Although both men and women look at the image of George Brett when directed to find out information about his sport and position, men tend to focus on private anatomy as well as the face. For the women, the face is the only place they viewed. [...]This difference doesn't just occur with images of people. Men tend to fixate more on areas of private anatomy on animals as well, as evidenced when users were directed to browse the American Kennel Club site."

Interestingly, it seems like even knowing that their eye movements were being recorded didn't affect the habit.

Side note: the main article is actually interesting, if you can manage to tear your eyes away from George Brett's groin.

Submission + - Do you educate family about copyright issues?

Submitted by

QuantumG

on Sunday March 18, 2007 @07:00PM

QuantumG writes: "We live in a time where copyright owners form lobby groups (like the RIAA and MPAA) to misinform the public of their rights and obligations under copyright law. Those insane warnings at the beginning of movies make no mention of fair use and throw around words like "crime" and "theft" with semantic abandon. When your own mother asks you to copy a movie so she can give it to a friend, how wrong can it be? Does any else have these problems or do I just have technically competent, copyright blasé friends and family?"

Submission + - United States Pirate Party T-Shirt Design Contest

Submitted by

nbx909

on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @09:49PM

nbx909 writes: "The United States Pirate Party has announced the first part of their first real fund raising campaign in their first press release. The United States Pirate Party is looking for people to design a t-shirt that will be sold in order to raise money for various things mainly supplies and support for their new local pirate 'ships.' The guidelines are in the press release as well as in their policy. Good luck!"

Submission + - Remotely Connecting Two Machines for Audio

Submitted by

TFGeditor

on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @08:17PM

TFGeditor writes: "Thanks to /. readers' advice from a previous Ask Slashdot ahref=http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09 /28/2153212rel=url2html-31469http://ask.slashdot.o rg/article.pl?sid=06/09/28/2153212> , I now have a PC system optimally configured to produce professional on-air radio programs. Now I have a new problem. My radio co-host and I are in different cities located a few hundred miles apart. In order to give the show a real-time (i.e. "live") sound, we need to somehow connect him and me over the net so that we can produce a show complete with co-host banter, real-time interaction, etc. as if we were both in the same studio. How can we do this? Will Skype or other VOIP applications do this without the result sounding "tinny" (like a phone connection), or are there other apps that will do a better job? Need your advice/help."

Submission + - Viacom sues Youtube and Google for $1billion

Submitted by

botkiller

on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @07:26PM

botkiller writes: "Caught this article on MSN, which I don't usually peruse for news, but it stuck out. Apparently Viacom is suing Google and Youtube for one billion dollars, saying that Youtube has shown 160,000 of its videos without permission. From the article: "The lawsuit, the first big attack on the Google-owned video-sharing site, may just be a negotiating ploy. But it could be the first volley in a war between Google and its old-media rivals." More at http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dis patch/ViacomSuesYouTube.aspx?GT1=9215"

Submission + - MacBook Battery fire, this time in Australia

Submitted by

Currawong

on Monday March 12, 2007 @08:51PM

Currawong writes: "On MacTalk Australia, one of our users has had his MacBook's battery explode, telling us the frightening story of his girlfriend waking him in a panic at 3am after seeing his MacBook spontaneously catch fire in their kitchen. "[She]..said she heard it hissing like a steam valve, then smoke started pouring out of it and a couple of seconds later, a very large flash fire started. I'm sure you have read about these and seen the dell video. This is what happened to my macbook." We're now awaiting the response from Apple Australia to the owner, as it's the first time we know of they've had to deal with this issue."

Feed 'NSFW' Is for Babies (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Monday March 12, 2007 @08:12PM

Susie Bright calls internet writers to task for labeling links as not safe for work. Is it time to drop the flag? In Sex Drive Daily.

Submission + - DVT in Slashdotters

Submitted by

balloonhead

on Monday March 12, 2007 @08:06PM

balloonhead writes: "A New Zealand study has shown a disproportionate amount of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) cases in sedentary office workers. DVT can have a variety of outcomes, including the blood clot dislodging and travelling to the lungs, where it can cause a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). The study implicated long hours sat at desks, stating the main groups affected are workers in the information technology industry and in call centres. Slashdotters beware!"

Submission + - MP tries to Klinon to power

Submitted by Daehenoc on Monday March 12, 2007 @08:03PM

Daehenoc writes: From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21372488-1376 2,00.html: "A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his website into Klingon, used in the TV series Star Trek. "Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves." He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colours, including green — the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18. Non-warriors can also access the site, http://www.kasvi.org/, in English, Swedish and Finnish.'

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