10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Linux's role in Microsoft's decline
Microsoft today laid off 1,400 workers, with another 3,600 on the block within 18 months. We asked Linux Foundation Director Jim Zemlin what role if any Linux played in Microsoft's misfortunes, how Microsoft will react, and what the news means for Linux and open source.
More @ LinuxDevices
Microsoft today laid off 1,400 workers, with another 3,600 on the block within 18 months. We asked Linux Foundation Director Jim Zemlin what role if any Linux played in Microsoft's misfortunes, how Microsoft will react, and what the news means for Linux and open source.
More @ LinuxDevices
2. What Does It Mean To Be An Internet President?
FDR was our radio president, JFK was our television president and Barack Obama will be our Internet President.
More @ OreillyRadar
3. Apple thriving on 25th anniversary of the Mac
Born at a time when people assumed desktop computers were all about text, the primarily visual Macintosh is marking its 25th anniversary on a mostly high note with some of its best-ever sales and influence beyond just desktop computers.
More @ AppleInsider
4. Adding right click to a Macbook Pro
Surprisingly, one of the most common complaints we hear from people trying out macs are the fact that there isn’t a right click. The latest version, the unibody, has an option that remedies this, but older versions are stuck without. While you could always plug a USB mouse in, that is hardly a hacker’s solution.
FDR was our radio president, JFK was our television president and Barack Obama will be our Internet President.
More @ OreillyRadar
3. Apple thriving on 25th anniversary of the Mac
Born at a time when people assumed desktop computers were all about text, the primarily visual Macintosh is marking its 25th anniversary on a mostly high note with some of its best-ever sales and influence beyond just desktop computers.
More @ AppleInsider
4. Adding right click to a Macbook Pro
Surprisingly, one of the most common complaints we hear from people trying out macs are the fact that there isn’t a right click. The latest version, the unibody, has an option that remedies this, but older versions are stuck without. While you could always plug a USB mouse in, that is hardly a hacker’s solution.
5. Windows 7: the untold story of how the enterprise gets snubbed
There is a lot to like about Windows 7 for the consumer. For the enterprise, not so much. While Microsoft has added some fancy new features aimed at the enterprise it seems to have treated the enterprise's needs as an afterthought, contends Windows guru Paul Thurrott in an interview with Microsoft Subnet.
More @ NetworkWorld
6. Announcing Google's Employee Option Exchange Program
Today we announced our plans to do something more for the people who are responsible for Google's success — our employees. Recognizing that about 85% of our employees have at least some stock options that are underwater (i.e., have an exercise price higher than the current market price of our common stock), we plan to offer our employees the opportunity to exchange those options.
More @ Googleblog
7. Gates Commits $255 Million to Help Eradicate Polio
The fight to eradicate polio has been given a significant monetary boost through new funds pledged by the Bill Gates' charitable foundation, Rotary International and the British and German governments.
More @ PCWorld.com
There is a lot to like about Windows 7 for the consumer. For the enterprise, not so much. While Microsoft has added some fancy new features aimed at the enterprise it seems to have treated the enterprise's needs as an afterthought, contends Windows guru Paul Thurrott in an interview with Microsoft Subnet.
More @ NetworkWorld
6. Announcing Google's Employee Option Exchange Program
Today we announced our plans to do something more for the people who are responsible for Google's success — our employees. Recognizing that about 85% of our employees have at least some stock options that are underwater (i.e., have an exercise price higher than the current market price of our common stock), we plan to offer our employees the opportunity to exchange those options.
More @ Googleblog
7. Gates Commits $255 Million to Help Eradicate Polio
The fight to eradicate polio has been given a significant monetary boost through new funds pledged by the Bill Gates' charitable foundation, Rotary International and the British and German governments.
More @ PCWorld.com
8. World's smallest working fuel cell has high potential, low voltage
9. 3 ways to turbocharge your Linux desktop
If you've been using Linux for a while, you'll already have discovered lighter alternatives to some of the platform's bloatfests – for example, using AbiWord and Gnumeric in the place of OpenOffice.org.
More @ TechRadar
10. The Zen Of Real Food: Keeping Eating Simple
Along with sleep, what you eat is likely the biggest determinant of how healthy you are. Not exercise. Not supplements. Sleep and nutrition. We’re not here today to discuss sleep, but you probably need more of it, so go to bed…after you finish reading this and leaving a comment.
More @ ZenHabits
If you've been using Linux for a while, you'll already have discovered lighter alternatives to some of the platform's bloatfests – for example, using AbiWord and Gnumeric in the place of OpenOffice.org.
More @ TechRadar
10. The Zen Of Real Food: Keeping Eating Simple
Along with sleep, what you eat is likely the biggest determinant of how healthy you are. Not exercise. Not supplements. Sleep and nutrition. We’re not here today to discuss sleep, but you probably need more of it, so go to bed…after you finish reading this and leaving a comment.
More @ ZenHabits
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