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Not All Copyright Assignment is Created Equal
Bradley M. Kuhn : "I've written about this before, and recently quit using Ubuntu in part because of Canonical's assignment policies (which is, as Mark correctly points out, not that different from other for-profit company's assignment forms.)"

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Firefox Mobile Is Out But Only For Maemo
Netstat -vat: "Developing a browser for mobile devices is no easy task, just ask the good people at Mozilla. Late last week, Mozilla released Firefox Mobile 1.0, but don't run to your Apple, Android or Blackberry AppStore just yet..."

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Study: > 21% of German PCs run OpenOffice
The H Open: "According to Webmasterpro.de, a German IT service provider, the open source OpenOffice suite and its derivatives, such as StarOffice or IBM's Lotus Symphony, are installed on more than 21% of German PCs."

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Video editing in Linux: a look at PiTiVi and Kdenlive
ars Technica: "While Linux still lacks a direct competitor to tools like Apple's iMovie or Final Cut Pro, the current crop of video editing tools are much more capable and easy to use. Two tools in particular stand out: PiTiVi and Kdenlive."

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Linux made me feel dumb
Locutus is us: "It's true. Linux made me feel dumb. It is not a nice feeling to feel dumb yet I did. Me, the great Locutus who prides himself on his technical wizardry and knowledge of all things involving electrons, had to resort to calling a help desk to solve a problem."

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openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 1 Ready for Testing
Softpedia: "This first development version is distributed as a KDE4 and GNOME Live CDs for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It contains bleeding-edge packages..."

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Microsoft/Novell: Breaking Down the Coupon Numbers
IT World: "This struck me as a very interesting figure, because after firing up XCalc, I figured out that if indeed just 475 customers have received these coupons, then Microsoft has essentially subsidized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) deployments an average tune of US$505,263.16 per customer."

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Tyan S2915 n6650W & S2927 n3600B
Phoronix: "Over the years at Phoronix there have been reviews on many Tyan motherboards for desktops, servers, and workstations. The build quality of these motherboards have always been very good;"

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Windows 7 sales deal Linux a winning hand
The Open Road: "While most of Microsoft's businesses were flat to down year over year, Windows 7 generated record profits (and units sold) for the software giant. That's great for Microsoft. It's not so great for anyone else."

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What bothers me about the Ubuntu-Yahoo deal
Ubuntucat: "What bothered me is that the decision was made soley with regard to revenue and not thinking at all about the user experience."

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Apple's iPad marketing sparks complaint
PCWorld: "Apple's iPad, announced Wednesday, has already led to one complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in which a consumer charged Apple with false advertising by showing Adobe Flash working on the device"

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Open Source Web Conferencing for Distance Education
bigbluebutton: For University or Colleges looking to offer a high-quality learning experience to remote students, we've released a new version of BigBlueButton. BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system that offers real-time sharing of slides, voice, chat, video, and desktop sharing.

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How big are your icons?
Dedoimedo: "Sometimes, you come across sites where the icons are simple huge. Not just big. Humongous. We're talking icons that easily take 20-30% of screen real estate. While we have already established that having relevant icons present is good, making them Godzilla-size could be a sign of desperation or boy-scout zeal. There's such a thing as too much."

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Answer to "Linux is communist" comments on Linux Today
Stop: "A few weeks ago I was finally able to put down an English version of a short article I had written in October 2009 about the risks for Italian schools hidden in a deal between Microsoft and the Italian Government. Some days later, almost by chance, I discovered that that translation had been linked from Linux Today and that it had caused a couple of comments that really deserve an answer, for reasons that will be clear in a moment."

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What Can We Learn from Gift Economies?
The Oil Drum: "Contrary to popular conception, there is no evidence of a society or economy that relied primarily on barter. Instead, non-monetary societies operated largely along the principles of gift economics. When barter did in fact occur, it was usually between either complete strangers or would-be enemies."

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