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Comment Re:Ignorance on display (Score 1) 337

by overbom on Tuesday March 12, 2013 @02:42AM (#43146389) Attached to: More From Canonical Employee On: "Why Mir?"

It wasn't invented at canonical from what i can tell from TFA.

Comment Re:Symbian? (Score 2, Interesting) 269

by overbom on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @02:29PM (#28199059) Attached to: Google's Android To Challenge Windows?

my guess is that he meant windows mobile.

Wi-Fi Phones Reviewed 77

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, 2007 @07:29PM from the far-better-than-regular-fi dept.

prostoalex writes "With municipal Wi-Fi taking off and startups distributing free wireless routers for those willing to share their Internet connections, Wi-Fi phones or hybrid phones with both cellular and Wi-Fi access, are attracting interest. Dr. Dobb's Journal runs a review of 6 wireless phone devices available on the market today. The cheapest ones start around $80, but lock you into T-Mobile branded hotspots. The more expensive ones, Sony Mylo in particular, offer support for 3rd party clients, such as Skype, GTalk and Yahoo! Messenger."

Submission + - Viacom demands Youtube remove videos

Submitted by

AlHunt

on Friday February 02, 2007 @07:23PM

AlHunt writes: "According to our friends at PC World:
Media conglomerate Viacom International today upbraided YouTube for continuing to host throngs of Viacom videos without permission and demanded that over 100,000 of its clips be removed from the popular video-sharing site owned by Google."

How Do You Advocate Linux in 5 Minutes? 618

Posted by Cliff on Friday February 02, 2007 @07:11PM from the preaching-on-a-corner dept.

xtracto writes "I just returned from buying certain Linux magazine. While looking at the 'Computing' stand in the library, and right after I grabbed a copy of the Linux magazine, a guy asked me if I used Linux. After that, the man told me he had tried to use Linux, but he had found it difficult. I told him the first things that came to my mind: that it depended on the distribution (he tried Kubuntu). I recommended him to look for a Linux User Group near his hometown (he told me he didn't live near a city). What would you tell these kinds of people? Not so long ago, and to my surprise, a relative who is completely computer illiterate started talking about Linux, but the general thought is that 'it is harder than Windows'. How do you advocate Linux to people who are more comfortable using Windows?"

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