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Archive for January 16th, 2007

Vista Upgrade Is a Long Way Off, Say IT Pros

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

It might be the most publicized and monitored technology release this year, but it will be awhile before Microsoft’s Windows Vista makes an enterprise mark, according to a monthly report on the state of the tech job market published Jan. 10 by New York-based Dice, an IT careers site.
When asked how quickly they expected their [...]

Taking the plunge into open source

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

More software companies are finding that the best way to make money with software is to give it away, cherry-picking open-source software practices for commercial gain. On Monday, a small software company called Aras will release the code of its design application–written entirely with Microsoft technologies–and shift to an open-source business model. For a small [...]

Ubuntu 7.04 Alpha (Herd) 2 Screenshots

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 Herd 2 released. The primary focus during the time from Herd 1 has been the re-merging of changes from Debian and inclusion of new versions of applications. Notably, we have upgraded the…
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The Truth About DRM — It Ain’t About Piracy

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Criminals! Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isnt about piracy Access control technologies such as DRM create scarcity where there is immeasurable abundance, that is, in a world of digital reproduction. The early years saw tech such as CSS tapped to prevent the copying of DVDs, but DRM has become much more than that. Its now a [...]

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