Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, says that a large part of the success of Wikipedia is due to taking an open approach to content, as GigaOM reports. The widely used “open-source encyclopedia” has grown to…
Less than a month after Sony dropped Linux support from its PlayStation 3 gaming console, a disgruntled customer has filed a lawsuit, charging that the move was a deceptive business practice. He’s seeking class-action status. Sony Computer Entertainment America’s disablement of the “Install Other OS” feature was “not only a breach of the sales contract [...]
Linus Torvalds released the Linux 2.6.34-rc6 kernel late last night, but the Linux kernel mailing list has been down this morning so there is no release announcement available. Beyond offering up a slew of fixes, the Linux 2.6.34-rc6 kernel ships with VMware's new standalone balloon driver for adju…
Canonical on Thursday released Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Server Editions, the latest in its string of popular Linux distributions. Both are available for free download. The desktop version will be preinstalled on a range of computers from a number of manufacturers this summer. Canonical wants Lucid Lynx to draw a “whole new category of [...]
Q: My Linksys WRT600N flashed with v24 DD-WRT does not work wirelessly with HP7410 all-in-one printer. The printer is able to make a connection, but I cannot ping the printer nor get other programs to recognize it.
PC makers should be offering free antivirus apps. They're not, and here's why.
For as long as human beings have walked the face of this Earth, more than a few have held dear the hope that their children would one day follow in their footsteps. Doctors encourage their kids to study medicine; lawyers advocate careers in law; rulers of evil empires create their own little clones. It should [...]
Apple is fading from relevance in the computing space as it turns its attention toward phones, Web tablets and other consumer gadgets. Does Ubuntu Linux fill the elegant, functional desktop and server gap left by Apple?
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has signed a patent agreement with HTC covering the phone maker’s Android-based devices, and it’s talking with other phone vendors as well about its “concerns” regarding Google’s mobile operating platform. The deal with HTC provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for HTC’s mobile phones running Android. Under the [...]
Techradar tries to make sense of audio on Linux. "Linux's audio architecture is more like the layers of the Earth's crust than the network model, with lower levels occasionally erupting on to the surface, causing…