life
Qimo goes gold»Qimo is a customized Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and XFCE, and is designed especially for under-priviledged and special-needs children. They recently went live with version 1.0 and it looks great! What really makes Qimo special, though, is the husband and wife team that have worked so hard to make their vision a reality.
They’ve created [...]
liberty
Breaking News (Not!) - Thin is In!»Thin and Inexpensive Netbooks Affect PC Industry - NYTimes.com
“Intel and Microsoft warn that consumers should remain skeptical about the performance of a computer that costs less than $300.”
translation: Microsoft cannot sustain its monopoly position or produce software that performs decently unless you buy $500 worth of hardware.
solution: Google Apps, 37signals, DabbleDB, 280 Slides, Zoho, etc, [...]
computing
Thanks, Cable Industry, for making our service worse»http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345122,00.asp
After all the complaints that were generated when Time Warner extended their bandwidth cap testing, they’re now offering an “unlimited” service for the low price of $150! Yes, you can pay 3 times what you’re currently paying for the service you already have! Nice.
Most of the ISPs in India use bandwidth caps, and look how [...]
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