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Archive for June, 2007


28
Jun

Google releases Desktop for Linux

The Google Desktop has been released as a Linux version as of this week.
All the familiar features of the Windows version are there:

Quick search by pressing the Ctrl key twice
Smart indexing
File versioning
Integration with Google websearch

You can download the Linux version here. It requires glibc 2.3.2 or higher, and gtk+ 2.2.0 or higher.


26
Jun

Internet radio protests with Day of Silence

Internet radio is protesting the substantial increase in royalties they have to pay with a Day of Silence. Yahoo! Music is silent. So is Pandora. Others participating according to the press release of SaveNetRadio:

Live365
Rhapsody
MTV Online
AccuRadio
KCRW
Radioio
DigitallyImported
RadioParadise
3WK
myMVY
Wizard Radio
Born Again Radio
Pearadio.com
Ear.fm
WGLI
WMUK
Head-On Radio Network
Zecom/Gemz Radio
monkeygrip music cafe
KFCF
LuckySevenRadio.com
Blue Power/Guitar Speak
WPNA

and many, many more. A complete list of participating radio stations [...]


19
Jun

How to clean up a Windows Spyware infestation

Coding Horror has an interesting article on how Jeff Atwood cleaned up a Windows machine that got infected after he browsed the Internet with the original Internet Explorer.
The main tools he uses are either built in to Windows, or are available from the SysInternals website. Good reading, and the SysInternal tools (Process Explorer and Autoruns) [...]


18
Jun

Warning! A Linux commercial

The Ubuntu Video website has posted this video about Linux.


11
Jun

ATM with Pirated Windows

English Russia has these great pictures of a Russian ATM running an unlicensed copy of Windows…
Good thing is any helpful customer can probably buy a license, with VISA, MasterCard, Cirrus or any of the other credit cards that are displayed.

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