April 4th, 2008 by
Baldy
Employers slash jobs for third straight month while unemployment jumps to 5.1%, a nearly three-year high.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — U.S. employers slashed jobs for the third straight month in March and unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high, offering the latest signs that the economy has fallen into a recession.
And once again Bush shows his plan for this countries economy, Baldy
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April 4th, 2008 by
LinuxChick
Did you know that the upgrade edition of the Vista (SP1) can be installed on a “clean” hard drive (or a computer without Windows XP or 2000 already on it). The loophole allows tech-savvy users to save up to US$110 by purchasing a DVD upgrade of Vista SP1, rather than the full retail one.
Providing you actually want to purschase Vista…..
Source: IT Business Canada
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April 4th, 2008 by
Baldy
Microsoft is due to announce some time this week the extended availability of their Windows XP operating system, and it’s all thanks to devices like the Asus Eee PC.
Good news for those of you who refuse to go over the Vista and have not tried Linux as of yet, Baldy
XP Home availability extended [News]
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April 4th, 2008 by
Baldy
Recently I looked in on the project Web site for a small application I use, only to find the wiki completely filled with spam. The project itself was clearly in disrepair, and the code abandoned for six months or more. I wondered: how many other apps that I use have halted development without my realizing it? I decided to look back at the projects I’ve written about over the past year to see which ones are no longer with us.
A really good article on the quandaries of programming and the trials of keeping a project alive and well in the cyber world, Baldy
In memoriam: free software projects of 2007
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