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Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendlyWith all the hubbub about Snow Leopard and Windows 7, there's another operating system out there you may not have noticed that's getting a significant update: Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu backer Canonical plans to release its "Karmic Koala" version on Thursday, and both the desktop and se... |
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Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, securityORLANDO, Fla.--OK, IT managers, it's time to loosen up. That's how analysts advised Gartner Symposium attendees here Monday, arguing that corporate computing departments shouldn't block social networking and that security shouldn't completely lock down communications with the outside world. ... |
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Google lets 100 artists paint on Chrome canvasMariah Carey gets her own Google Chrome theme.(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)I'm a little confused. Is Chrome supposed to be a minimally intrusive window to the Web or a splashy showcase for your favorite graphical style?If you're in the latter camp, the type of person who picks desktop wallpape... |
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Google urges Web adoption of vector graphicsSome seeds for overhauling Web browser graphics were planted more than a decade ago, and Google believes now is the time for them to bear fruit. The company is hosting the SVG Open 2009 conference that begins Friday to dig into a standard called Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) that can brin... |
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Light Peak: One connector to rule them all?Intel showed off a new optical connector at its developer forum that it believes could replace the rat's nest of cables behind your computer. Light Peak moves data at 10Gbps over cables up to 100m , which leapfrogs USB 3.0, which manages about 4.8Gbps over shorter distances than the current USB 2... |
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Will Intel and USB make fiber optics mainstream?The powerful chipmaker hopes its Light Peak project will bring fiber optic speeds to ordinary computer users, and USB is the logical path to get there. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Deep Tech. ... |


