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Preview of Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
The release of the newest version of Ubuntu is only 10 days away. Many sites, including MakeTechEasier have covered its pending arrival and given you a glimpse of the Beta version. Today we are going to take a look at Kubuntu, the KDE-based version of Ubuntu. More: continued here
Diabetes Pilot for Palm Gives Diabetics The Right Balance of Health Tools
Palm OS program Diabetes Pilot diabetics tracks blood glucose, carbs, exercise, blood pressure, and insulin doses. More: continued here
IBM Places Exec on Leave in Wake of Alleged Insider Trading
Robert Moffat has been placed on leave in connection with an insider trading scam, IBM said on Monday. More: continued here
Study: U.S. Broadband in Middle of Pack
The United States is in the middle of the global pack on broadband infrastructure and is forging a very different upgrade path than the rest of the world… More: continued here
Four Ways to Get Stunning Depth of Field
Put your subject in focus–but leave your background blurry–for dramatic photos. More: continued here
Corner Office: Imagining a World of No Annual Reviews
Carol Bartz, the chief executive of Yahoo, says that immediate feedback is important for employees. More: continued here
Verizon Droid Takes on iPhone, Highlights Injustice of Exclusivity
Details are trickling out about the Droid, the slick iPhone competitor built on Android 2.0 as a team effort between Verizon and Motorola. More: continued here
Behind the Cover of an ITunes LP
One of the big new features rolled out alongside iTunes 9 was the new iTunes LP format. You’ll recall that the iTunes LP is an attempt to include some of the…More: continued here
Google Tweaks Voice to Keep Voice Mail out of Search Results
Google has tweaked its Voice service so that voice mail transcripts don’t get indexed by search engines. More: continued here
Perfect PDF Editor Delivers Most of Acrobat’s Power for Less Money
This Office 2007-styled PDF editor covers all the basics and is much cheaper than Acrobat. More: continued here
Game of Life for IPhone
The Game of Life: Classic Edition is a $5 board-game recreation from Electronic Arts. It’s a faithful homage, and it’s about as fun as the family board game… More: continued here
Newspaper column on death of singer sparks Twitter-fueled storm, deluge of complaints
LONDON — Britain’s press watchdog said Monday it had received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately after critics used Twitter to brand the article homophobic and insensitive. Gately died Oct. 10, aged 33, while vacationing on the Spanish island of Mallorca. An autopsy found he [...]
10 Years of Ximian
Today is the ten year anniversary of the incorporation of Ximian, Inc. A company founded by Nat Friedman and myself whose goal was to advance the state of the Linux desktop. It was also an excuse for Nat and myself to hang out as we had become best friends forever in the previous two years. [...]
Stocks climb as corporate earnings come in ahead of expectations; revenue still falls short
NEW YORK — Investors are seeing the kind of earnings numbers that make them feel confident about stocks. The market stepped to new highs for the year Monday after a handful of earnings reports bolstered hopes that the economy is coming back sooner than many analysts had thought. That is helping some investors move past [...]