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Archive for April 6th, 2007

Apple’s Move May Make AAC Music Industry Standard

Friday, April 6th, 2007

 
stivi writes “BusinessWeek has up an article about a war: a standards war in the online music business. Apple’s recent deal with EMI to sell DRM-free songs from the publisher’s catalog on iTunes may clinch the iPod’s AAC format as the industry standard. The article talks about possible reasons why AAC might marginalize WMA, as [...]

Compiz and Beryl reunited officially

Friday, April 6th, 2007

 
After several weeks of discussion the leaders of Compiz and Beryl have agreed that the two communities shall reunite. This decision is supported by both David and Quinn and represents the majority decision of the administrators and developers in each community. At this early stage not a lot has been decided, but these are the [...]

Developer Finds ‘Second Life’ as Stressful as First

Friday, April 6th, 2007

 
There are two types of people on “Second Life”: Those who buy things and those who create the things that people like to buy. Tucson, Ariz., resident Shaun Hull falls into the latter. While residents pump millions of American dollars into clothing, land and other material possessions on the game, Hull — a Linux [...]

There’s a Coop in the Firefox

Friday, April 6th, 2007

 
Mozilla Labs is working on the next generation of browser innovation, and it’s all about integrating massively popular social networking features directly into the browser. Mozilla Labs, a virtual research and development organization stemming from the Mozilla Foundation, is calling its latest project “The Coop,” and it comes from one of the most common [...]

Nine things you don’t know about Novell

Friday, April 6th, 2007

 
If you’re a long-time NetWare user, you might think you know everything Novell-ish. But the company looks a lot different these days than it used to, now that it is focused on Linux, and is claiming customers who never used NetWare. So here, for those of who remember NetWare fondly as well as for you [...]

The Newbies Guide to Compiling Your First Kernel

Friday, April 6th, 2007

 
So you’ve been using Linux for a while now and have decided to take the next step. Whether you are looking for a performance increase, added hardware support or even just to enhance your geek cred, compiling your own kernel need not be a horrifying experience. Compiling a kernel has historically been a very involved [...]

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