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Comment: Re:Awesome bar disable? (Score 1) 385

by jomas1 on Wednesday July 30 2008, @03:38PM (#24408057) Attached to: Firefox 3.1 Alpha "Shiretoko" Released

If you want the FF2 style address bar go to about:config and change browser.urlbar to browser.urlbar.matchOnlytyped then restart Firefox

If you want the address bar to not match anything then go to browser.urlbar.matchBehavior, change the value in the popup to 0, and click OK
Then Double-click browser.urlbar.maxRichResults change the value in the popup to 0, and click OK then restart Firefox.

One-Laptop-Per-Child application development 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 30 2007, @11:39AM

An anonymous reader writes "This OLPC (One-Laptop-Per-Child) tutorial teaches you how to develop Python activities for the XO laptop. It covers the ins and outs of Sugar (the XO user interface, or UI) and the details behind activity development. You will also learn about Python programming, Sugar application program interfaces (APIs) for Python, and platform emulation with QEMU. Learn OLPC application development and help the worlds children."

OLPC XO Review-> 1

Submitted by

BIOS_LEVEL

on Sunday December 16 2007, @07:23PM

BIOS_LEVEL writes "The XO is the laptop produced by the One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC) headed by Mr. Nicholas Negroponte. The goal of OLPC is to provide every child a laptop which they can use to experience technology and the Internet. Through the Give One Get One program (G1G1), residents of North America are able donate $400 to the OLPC foundation, $200 of which finances a laptop for a child, and $200 of which pays for the cost of delivering one to the donor. Colin Dean was one of the first to participate in G1G1, and this is his review of it."
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XOgiving OLPCs to work without mesh, over jabber-> 0

Submitted by

Dave Crossland

on Wednesday November 21 2007, @03:12AM

Dave Crossland writes "One Laptop Per Child is running its "Give One Get One" (G1G1) sale for North Americans — only 6 days left! — and one of the most widely touted innovations in the XO laptop is the mesh networking which is integrated into all the applications. Since people buying XOs in the G1G1 scheme will only get ONE, it was announced on the sugar mailing today that "for G1G1, there is a Jabber server preconfigured. When you have internet access, [the mesh features] will "Just Work". The Neighborhood screen does show all those on that server currently.""
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The dumber Android is, the better say experts-> 0

Submitted by

ZDOne

on Thursday November 08 2007, @12:47PM

ZDOne writes "ZDNet UK is reporting that it will not be known until the Android software development kit comes out on Monday whether the Gphone will be strictly Java-based but security experts claim that the less smart a phone is, the less vulnerable it is. Android developers should stick to a semi-smartphone platform because the Java sandbox can protect against the normal kinds of attacks, experts claim."
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Massive Data Loss Bug in Leopard-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2007, @03:16PM

An anonymous reader writes "Leopard's Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in action. This author first came across it when Samba crashed while he was moving a directory from his desktop over to a Samba mount on his FreeBSD server."
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Apple to Allow Virtual Mac OS X Server Instances 167

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday October 31 2007, @12:23PM
from the server-in-a-server-in-a-server dept.

Glenn Fleishman writes "Apple has changed its license for Mac OS X Server 10.5 (Leopard Server) to allow virtualized instances. VMware and Parallels are poised to offer support. This probably presages a thoroughly overhauled Xserve product with greater capability for acting as a virtual machine server, too. 'Ben Rudolph, Director of Corporate Communications for Parallels, told me, "Enabling Leopard Server to run in a virtual machine may take some time, but we're working closely with Apple on it and will make it public as quickly as possible." Pat Lee, Product Manager at VMware, concurred, saying "We applaud Apple for the exciting licensing changes implemented in Leopard Server. Apple customers can now run Mac OS X Server, Windows, Linux and other x86 operating systems simultaneously on Apple hardware so we are excited about the possibilities this change presents." Although neither company committed to specific features or timetables, it appears as though we should be seeing virtualization products from both that will enable an Xserve to run multiple copies of Leopard Server in virtual machines.'"

Pre-installed Ubuntu on servers 'reasonably soon'-> 0

Submitted by OSS_ilation on Friday August 31 2007, @10:56AM

OSS_ilation writes "As Canonical readies another major release for its Ubuntu Linux operating system (code-named Gutsy Gibbon), one executive hinted that a pre-installed server initiative would arrive soon if customer demand remains high. Gerry Carr, marketing manager for Canonical, said Canonical was exploring deals with Dell Inc. and other unnamed hardware manufacturers to bring Ubuntu pre-installed on x86 commodity servers in the near future. Carr said that while the deal will "hopefully be with Dell," Canonical is also considering server vendors other than Dell. "This doesn't mean a deal is imminent, but those who want and require Ubuntu on the server will have something available reasonably soon," he said."
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Harvard releases disruptive P2P file sharing code-> 0

Submitted by Instant_Harvard_Groupie on Wednesday August 29 2007, @06:57AM

Instant_Harvard_Groupie writes "Today Harvard released a program what they hope is a first peek at a new generation of P2P file sharing. Their P2P software demonstrates a 'deft trick'. It turns Internet bandwidth into a global currency.
They explore the generation of P2P beyond Bittorrent tit-fot-tat by creating a leak-free economy. They also fully integrated TOR into their software to demonstrate the fundamental flaws in tit-for-tat incentives. Quite disruptive for Youtube as they integrated video website search and you will never have visit such sites separately anymore. Features: keyword search, Bittorrent downloads, Youtube access, TOR integration, and LGPL. Platforms: Ubuntu, Mac, W95, Vista. May an army of law professors protect them from harm now and in the future because they have some serious P2P research plans.."
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NJ teen unlocks iPhone from AT&T network-> 0

Submitted by splatter on Friday August 24 2007, @10:36AM

splatter writes "A teenager in New Jersey has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones. George Hotz, 17, confirmed Friday that he had unlocked an iPhone and was using it on T-Mobile's network, the only major U.S. carrier apart from AT&T that is compatible with the iPhone's cellular technology. The hack, which Hotz posted Thursday to his blog, is complicated and requires skill with both soldering and software.The modification leaves the iPhone's many functions, including a built-in camera and the ability to access Wi-Fi networks, intact. The only thing that won't work is the "visual voicemail" feature. what you need: http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2007/08/what-you-ne ed.html Hotz' blog: http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/ 2nd one's on sale on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =230164884672"
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