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Lately, I've been observing that a lot of brand new laptops being sold in stores don't have a proper operating pre-installed. Most of the time, you'd see FreeDOS on the specs sheet along with the uber-cheap price tag.

"They each use the latest releases of open-source applications and are based on recent Linux kernels.

About a year after it first appeared as a Windows application, Google's Chrome browser is finally available in beta for Linux.

Jolicloud released a public beta version of its Ubuntu-based, cloud-oriented Jolicloud Linux distribution for netbooks.

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It's been a few months since the Amazon Kindle was hacked to run X applications or even Ubuntu .

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Dartware has updated InterMapper , Mac OS X compatible network monitoring software, to version 5.1.7, which includes updated probes.

I don't often look over the fence at the Dell offerings with any sort of lust, but you have to admit the dudes at Dell are cranking out some interesting tech.

It's almost that time again - time to start chatting up the next release coming out of the Ubuntu-verse. I know, I knowit seems the tires of 9.10 were just kicked.

Dell announced new Ubuntu Linux-ready OptiPlex desktop PCs, including a power-efficient model claimed to be the "world's smallest fully functional commercial desktop." In addition to the 9.4 x 2.6 x 9.3-inch OptiPlex 780 USFF desktop, Dell announced a 13-inch Vostro V13 laptop that also offers Ubuntu.

Dell announced today that it has updated its commercial line of OptiPlex desktops with new small form factor PCs that provide business and organizations of all sizes a robust, energy efficient platform for flexible, secure and reliable desktop computing.

Vaiofand is a Linux system daemon to tame the noisy fans of Sony Vaio laptops. These fans are permanently regulated by BIOS and thus do not allow for standard software management.

Google has finally released working beta editions of its Chrome Web browser for the Linux and Mac platforms.

Malicious iPhone apps that Apple unwittingly approves could attack even non-jailbroken iPhones, according to a developer, but security experts say this isn't earth-shattering news.

If you're looking for a slim laptop to tote around but don't want to shell out the big bucks for an Adamo , you'll want to check out the Vostro V13 that Dell has just released.

A popular Russian tabloid's website came under the attack of hackers, who destroyed the site's entire contents, including the editorial interface and all of the daily's archives, the editor-in-chief said.

Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system could be the product in the smartphone space that is most vulnerable to the rise of Android, whose market share has steadily climbed over the past year.

Downloading child pornography is not a crime to be taken lightly. While wea ve all seen the To Catch a Predator episodes, it may come as shock to find out that the mere presence of child pornography on your computera s hard drive is enough to send you to prison for 20 years.

Source: The Register German researchers have devised five methods that determined attackers can use to bypass hard-drive encryption in recent versions of Microsoft operating systems.