One of the most innovative and simultaneously controversial features of KDE 4 is the Plasma widget, Folderview. Simply put, it…
Category: Technology
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Pay for websites? That’s so 1990’s
Rupert Murdoch has once again made headlines (pun intended) by telling CNN that visitors to the web sites belonging to…
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KDE 4.2.3 Released
May 6th, 2009. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.2.3, another bugfix and maintenance update for…
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Jaunty on Eee PC 900
I tried to upgrade my Eee PC 900 to Ubuntu 9.04, but it introduced a serious problem. Apparently, there is…
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Google Gadgets Integration with Plasma in Kubuntu
Kubuntu ships with a modified version of KDE’s plasma that has Google Gadget support disabled. If you care, their justification…
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RSS Tornado
This morning I got caught in an RSS tornado. I was minding my own business in gmail on my Eee…
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Microsoft and TomTom Settle but does it matter?
News has been circulating about the patent lawsuit between Microsoft and a company called TomTom. Microsoft claims that, by using…
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Phonon Issues
Amarok 2.0.2 was recently released, and I am happy to say that, unlike the few naysayers, I believe it is…
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OLPC Billboard
Drive far enough west on 16th street in Indianapolis, and you will see a billboard advertisement for the OLPC “give…
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Librarian Opposes Google’s Library Fees
From NPR: All Things Considered, February 21, 2009· Google wants to give you access to its huge database of scanned,…