Matias Vangsnes

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Dell Launching Ubuntu Linux Developer Laptop After Successful Pilot Program …

Monday, July 23rd, 2012

Dell will launch a developer version of the XPS 13 that runs Ubuntu 12.04. (Photo: flickr.com / Affiliate) After running a successful pilot program, Dell will be releasing an Ubuntu developer laptop codenamed Project Sputnik later this year. The project will essentially be an XPS13 Ultrabook with an Ubuntu 12.04 build that runs several developer [...]

Project Sputnik Versus Microsoft

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Dell is toying with the idea of loading up Ubuntu onto an XPS 13 laptop to create a developer environment in which people can create Web and mobile apps. It’s called Project Sputnik. Should Microsoft be worried? My thinking is no. Here’s a tidbit from the Crazy Engineers blog where the product is discussed: Developers [...]

Dell Gives Linux Laptops Another Chance

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Today Dell announced its official re-entry into the Linux laptop market. Project Sputnik, first announced in May, is graduating from Dell’s internal incubator program into a real product. According to project lead Barton Geroge, Dell will sell a special “developer edition” of its XPS13 Ultrabook starting this fall. The laptop will come pre-loaded with Ubuntu, [...]

CumuLogic puffs up Java platform cloud 1.0

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

CumuLogic, a platform cloud provider founded by some ex-Sunners with Java and cloud expertise, is delivering its first platform cloud layer for public and private infrastructure clouds. Interestingly, it’s using a RAM-based utility pricing metric to charge customers for using its wares, a pricing method you should expect to see more of in an increasingly [...]

ICANN Shows Safe Decisions Aren’t Always the Right Decisions

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

When ICANN selected Deloitte and IBM to provide technical database administration services for a key part of its new gTLD program, it became quickly clear that the choice was not made on whose proposals scored highest, but rather it was based on which partner presented the least perceived business risk but at a much higher [...]

Web Hosting Firm Hivelocity Upgrades SourceForge Mirror

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Dedicated Web hosting provider Hivelocity Hosting (http://www.hivelocity.net) has recently upgraded their SourceForge mirror to accommodate the always-expanding download catalog offered at Sourceforge.com. With roughly 1000 users uploading and downloading projects at all times the requirements for a capable system are considerable. A complete overhaul of the server was needed in order to host the entire [...]

Celtics Need Ubuntu as They Face Yet Another Game 7

Saturday, June 9th, 2012

Probable Starting Matchups Point Guard Rajon Rondo vs Mario Chalmers Shooting Guard Ray Allen vs Dwyane Wade Small Forward Paul Pierce vs LeBron James Power Forward Brandon Bass vs Shane Battier CenterKevin Garnett vs Udonis Haslem Boston’s Reserves Greg Stiemsma JaJuan Johnson E’Twaun Moore Marquis Daniels Sasha Pavlovic Keyon Dooling Ryan Hollins Mickael Pietrus Injuries [...]

Bodhi Linux 2.0 alpha arrives for testing

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

The Bodhi development team has published the first pre-release build of Bodhi Linux 2.0, the project’s next major update. According to project lead developer Jeff Hoogland, the goal of the new version “is not to introduce ground breaking new features”, but rather to “allow our distro to transition to the next major Ubuntu LTS as a [...]

Postcard from Cannes: Pete Doherty makes debut

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

British rock star Pete Doherty – the on-again, off-again lead singer of the Libertines – makes his acting debut in “Confession of a Child of the Century,” which screened at the Cannes film festival Monday. It’s hardly unusual for rock stars to take a stab at movies – John Lennon, Mick Jagger and David Bowie [...]

The numbers game – trade marks and domain names

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

It is, therefore, not surprising (and a cause for concern) that trademarks are set to become a casualty in the battle for online supremacy. The fact that trade mark infringement on the internet is a present danger is not new. However, few realise the extent to which the domain name system is open to abuse [...]

IDX Acquires RealLead, a Real-Time Lead Capture Solution For Realtors

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Two Oregon-Based Real Estate Technology Companies Join Forces Eugene,ORE. (PRWEB) April 25, 2012 IDX, Inc. a nationally known leading provider of real estate search applications, today announced it has acquired RealLead, LLC, a real estate lead generation technology company that matches buyers and sellers with consumers. IDX will add RealLead’s mobile marketing tools and their [...]

Active Web Group, Inc. Offers Free Web Design Quote to Business Owners

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Active Web Group, Inc. (AWG), the award-winning Digital Media agency headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, today announced it is again offering, by popular request, its free Web Design Quote analysis to interested business owners. By signing up to receive their no-cost, customized quote, businesses may expect to learn why their existing websites may need updating. [...]

Canonical is planning a Phone version of Ubuntu

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Girl (probably) not included with phone Photo:MyBroadband.co.za A job posting on Canonical’s site reveals that the company is looking for a person to fill the role of “Business Development Manager (Ubuntu Phone OS)” The [...]

Ubuntu Linux as smartphone OS soon?

Friday, April 20th, 2012

NEWS / LINUX 16 Apr, 2012, 11:24 am IST | by Rossi Fernandes | <!– 33 Comments –> It’s common knowledge that Linux, in some form, is being used by Google in its Android smartphone OS. In fact, many of the other mobile operating systems designed for smartphones and tablets are in some way related [...]

Spanky Media Advances With Robust And User-Friendly Business Website Development

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Perth, Western Australia, Apr 19, 2012 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) – Being a top custom website developer, Spanky Media has been persistent in providing efficient website development services to address every clients’ need for a comprehensive, high quality, reliable and affordable web designs in tune with the latest technological advancements and on its commitment to help [...]

Spanky Media Advances With Robust And User-Friendly Business Website Development

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Spanky Media, a leading Web Design and Development Company in Western Australia, proudly showcases its business website designs that feature user-friendly and sustainable manageability that sets local businesses apart and above their competitors in online retailing. Perth, Western Australia (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 Being a top custom website developer, Spanky Media has been persistent in [...]

Canonical job ad points to upcoming launch of Ubuntu Phone OS

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

You’ve got plenty of choices right now when it comes to mobile operating systems: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Bada, Tizen… heck, even Symbian is still shipping on certain handsets. Even so, Canonical figures it’s time to throw one more name into the mix: Ubuntu Phone OS. Earlier this year, the rumor mill was buzzing [...]

Riverdale Baptist girls win NHSI title over Dr. Phillips, 63-59

Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Jennie Simms, shown during a December game against Spring Valley (S.C.), had a double-double for the Crusaders in the NHSI final. (Jonathan Newton – WASHINGTON POST) The Riverdale Baptist girls’ basketball team already had illustrated its depth in a blowout win in the semifinals of the National High School Invitational, but in the final minutes [...]

U.S. commander in Afghanistan to appear before wary Congress

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

“You see in the chattering class here, even among military guys, a lot more talk saying enough is enough,” said retired Lt. Col. Fred Wellman, a former spokesman for Gen. David H. Petraeus, Allen’s predecessor. “What does two more years get us? Is there any hope that in two years we’re going to have a [...]

Ubuntu 12.04: A ‘coming of age’ on servers too, Shuttleworth says

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

March 17, 2012, 7:01 AM — Much has already been made of Canonical’s forthcoming Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS, not least by Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth himself, who has described it as the first time Ubuntu has taken the innovation lead over Macs and Windows. Now in beta, this new Ubuntu version–also known as “Precise Pangolin”–is [...]

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