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Ubuntu 9.04 is as slick as Win7, Mac OS X-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 23 2009, @11:53PM

An anonymous reader writes "Opinion: Here's what the official press release won't tell you about Ubuntu 9.04, which formally hit the streets overnight: its designers have polished the hell out of its user interface since the last release in October. Just like Microsoft has taken the blowtorch to Vista to produce the lightning-quick Windows 7, which so far runs well even on older hardware, Ubuntu has picked up its own game."
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Teen iPhone hacker predicts two weeks-> 0

Submitted by Incon on Monday July 09 2007, @05:30AM

Incon writes "Third party apps will be available on the iPhone within two weeks says a member of a growing community of iPhone hackers called geohot. From the article: "We basically have full filesystem access. I'd really like to get ssh or something similar running. The main thing standing in our way now is the Mach-O ARM toolchain.""
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Google says Offline YouTube and Gmail makes sense->

Submitted by Incon on Thursday May 31 2007, @03:20AM

Incon writes "Google says that while there is no plan currently, eventually taking all Google properties offline with Google Gears would make sense — includes video interview with Google Australia's engineering director, Alan Noble. Noble says that the BSD licensing of Google Gears is a risk but a risk that Google is prepared to take — "We want it to be out there, we want it to be open, we want to get adoption happening as quickly as possible"."
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