Feb
7
2008
Canonical to resell Parallels virtualization software through Ubuntu partner repository
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Canonical, the commercial parent of the of the open source Ubuntu operating system and Parallels, maker of virtualization software for Windows, Linux, and Mac announced a partnership today to sell Parallels Workstation for Linux through Ubuntu’s Partner Repository. This allows Ubuntu users easy access to try and purchase Parallels software, while giving Canonical another revenue source for their sponsorship of the Ubuntu software. In the not so distant future you can say “sudo apt-get Parallels” and voila … virtualization baby!
Feb
6
2008
Skype 2.0.0.43 beta for Linux
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Today, Skype has released a new beta version of Skype 2.0 for Linux. With the 2.x series, Skype for Linux now allows for video conferencing, group chats and conference calls with your Skype contacts. In addition, Skype 2.0.0.43 adds several new features (can use X11 overlay without Xv and several Click and Hold additional features), while addressing a large list of bugfixes. Linux users of Skype can download the Skype 2.0 beta here.
Feb
1
2008
Microsoft offers $44.6 billion ($31 a share) for Yahoo!
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Microsoft has formally announced an offer to the Yahoo! board of directors to purchase all remaining shares of Yahoo! for $31 a share or an aggregate of $44.6 billion dollars for the company. For Yahoo! stock owners, this means that their lagging portfolio got a much needed boost. On Microsoft’s part, they believe the addition of Yahoo! to their online portfolio will make them that much more competitive with Google. If I was Yahoo! I would take the deal in a heartbeat. Although Yahoo! seemed to have unlimited potential a few years back they have grown into nothing more than a glorified bulletin board system. Yahoo! still commands one of the most viewed portals on the planet, but their underlying engines for search and advertising is lackluster at best and has limited future growth (i.e. Yahoo! take the money and run).
Jan
30
2008
GAP 2.4.0 - the GIMP Animation Package
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Jan
29
2008
Ebay revamps seller program
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For Ebay sellers and buyers for that matter, they should be interested in Ebay’s revamped selling policy. The company has experienced stagnant growth, while online competitors like Amazon has seen continual growth in their online sales. Because of that Ebay is lowering selling fee’s (while slightly raising final cost fees), offering free gallery listings, and for the first time offering discounts for “power sellers.” Ebay is also making other modifications to promote Ebay’s top sellers, while lowering the exposure of sellers who have less than stellar track records.
Jan
29
2008
VMware Fusion 1.1 released
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VMware has released a new updated VMware Fusion 1.1 with significant enhancements. For gamers the most exciting feature found in 1.1 would be the virtualization software’s ability to work with DirectX 9 games (prior versions only worked with DirectX 8). Albeit, VMware has noted if the game requires DirectX 9 “shaders” than the game probably won’t work. Other new features found in VMware Fusion 1.1 are : Support for Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”, improved Unity mode, improved Boot Camp compatibility, eject key now works for drives within the Virtual OS, and many bug fixes. To test drive VMware Fusion 1.1 you can download their trialware here.
Jan
28
2008
Nokia to acquire Trolltech for $153M
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Interesting news for Linux users. Nokia has announced the acquisition of Trolltech for a cool $153 million dollars. Trolltech is a Norwegian company that develops application framework, most notably “QT” - a cross platform application development framwork used in KDE and “Qtopia” used in embedded and mobile devices. Trolltech also recently accounced that QT would adopt the GPLv3 license in addition to the GPLv2 it already uses. For fans of Nokia’s smart tablet devices, it’s interesting to note that those devices are based on the Gnome environment. You may well see a KDE like desktop on the next generation Nokia N8xx series of smart tablet devices. Who said there’s no money to be made with free software?
Jan
25
2008
Ubuntu’s Hardy Heron Alpha 4 set for release Jan. 31st
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Ubuntu’s fourth alpha release for Hardy Heron will be released on Jan 31st barring any last minute changes. There will be a soft freeze implemented for developers contributing to the project. As stated before Hardy Heron will be Ubuntu’s second LTS (long term support) release so expect a rock stable final release. In the meantime Ubuntu will hold it’s next “Bug Day” on January 29th via #ubuntu-bugs on freenode IRC. A new version of Nautilus with gvfs will be the main target of those bug hunters. To find out more about the bug day read below.
Jan
25
2008
Dell and Microsoft Launch (PRODUCT) RED Branded Products to support AIDS prevention in Africa
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Jan
23
2008
Parallels parnters with equinux to provide remote VPN
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Parallels and Equinux have partnered to allow business users of Parallels Desktop for Mac to securely connect to their remote networks with equinex’s VPN Tracker 5. equinex’s VPN Tracker 5 is a popular IPsec based VPN client for Mac OS X. With their software users can now take advantage of their VPN software from within Parallels Desktop for Mac’s virtual machines. Specifically Windows applications run in Parallels Desktop for Mac can now connect through VPN Tunnels to their remote networks.
Jan
23
2008
KDE4 coming to a Windows near you
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With the release of KDE4, developers have started to port KDE4 to Windows. KDE4 is major revision to the KDE desktop manager, that will see more features as it progresses. Even at its early stage you can still install KDE4 apps in Windows with KDE’s nifty KDE-Installer. Currently they only support Windows, 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 (Vista support is coming). To check it out grab the KDE-Installer from here. Screenshots provided below.
Jan
22
2008
Apple adds pink iPod Nano
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Apple has unveiled a hot new pink colored iPod Nano to their popular iPod line. Guys and gals can now sport one of the hottest colors for one of the hotter technological gagdets we have seen. Spec wise the pink Nano retains the same features as the other current Nano’s and sports the same $199 price tag. Now pink lovers can get their Apple Nano on.
Jan
22
2008
Jan
21
2008
How-To: Stream TV shows to your iPhone & iPod Touch wirelessly with EyeTV
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This simple how to is for anyone interested in streaming recorded television shows from their Mac computer (using EyeTV software) to across the internet and onto their iPhone or iPod Touch. With EyeTV 2.5 or higher you can use their PVR software to stream recorded television shows across your local LAN with their “WIFI Access” feature. What’s not well documented is that you can just as easily stream those shows across the internet to your iPhone, iPod Touch, select smartphones and other laptops/desktops. The system requirements to stream shows are :
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Jan
21
2008
Amarok 2 - “Preview” released …
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A pre-alpha preview of Amarok 2 has been released. Like KDE 4, Amarok is still in heavy development but it’s functional in certain parts. With this preview release you do get a good idea where the next major version of the best Audio player on Linux will be headed. The curious can download source files from here. Kubuntu users can apt-get the preview version, with details provided below. Screenshots are also provided.
Jan
21
2008
Adium 1.2.1
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Roughly 2 weeks after the release of Adium 1.2, Adium’s release team has already introduced a new 1.2.1 version. In this new release several bugs introduced with their 1.2 released has been resolved (specifically memory leaks + improved Apple dictionary) and other issues like automatic reconnect of group chats has been solved. There’s also added improvements for accessibility - primarily beter support for VoiceOver and other assistive devices. You can download Adium 1.2.1 here.
Jan
18
2008
AMD releases Catalyst proprietary Linux 8-1 video drivers
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AMD has released its first Linux drivers for the new year. This release adds support for Red Hat Enterprise 4.6 and 5.1 and Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Drivers also includes several resolved issues including custom mode lines in xorg.conf will no longer be ignored by the fglrx drivers. AMD’s new Linux 8-1 drivers can be downloaded here.