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Free Your Media: "Open source office suite needs some decent open and royalty-free cliparts. This tutorial presents valuable clipart repositories and an extension which enables direct downloading of graphics into the OpenOffice.org documents."

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17Lamp.net: "The thread became the hot in some forums in China. Many replies encourage this student

to keep it on and expect him to win more achievement. But there is a few of replies complain it's no worth celebration, They complained this student only patch one very small bug."

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InformationWeek: "Google caught wind of it, and pulled a move eerily similar to what Apple has done in the past with the iPhone. Google issued an over-the-air firmware update that buttoned Android back up."

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Ubuntu Tutorials: "Its hilarious sometimes what you find trolling identi.ca and twitter. If you're up for some lolz install the "sl" package "

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The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "This ones a "stupid humor" type of page (just what the doctor ordered when you've thought yourself into a migraine headache ;) from a few years back. It's from site called Computer Stupidities in their Stupid Tech Support section. It's a collection of a ton of experiences folks have either written in about, or the editors have made up (hard to tell, but, then again does it matter?)"

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Linux-Watch: "A Linux-Watch reader today reported difficulties using Microsoft's Hotmail service with Firefox browsers running on Linux operating systems. We confirmed that creating a new Hotmail account was not possible, due to an error message suggesting a "browser upgrade.""

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Stubborn Tech Problem Solving: "Likewise any experienced Linux administrator knows there are many GUI tools for Linux configuration but terminal shells are available on ANY system regardless of how big or small and the ability to script any action in a platform-neutral way is too useful to give up."

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KP Weblog: "With the festive season approaching, you might want to make decorative labels for presents or christmas cards. It is easy to make labels in OpenOffice and, if you have the Open Clipart collection installed, you can choose from a wide range of graphics to decorate them."

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Dedoimedo: "Puppy Linux is an amazing distro. If my last review has not totally convinced you, spend a minute or two reading what the latest and greatest Puppy offers you."

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Linux.com: "Many network-attached storage (NAS) devices, in addition to offering network storage, offer features such as VPN access, calendaring, wikis, and even an iTunes server. The open source Amahi Linux Home Server provides all of that and more in a complete NAS box integrated with a Fedora 9 base."

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twitter writes "Analysts at Bloomberg noticed the tumble in Microsoft's traditional software sales last quarter and blamed it on netbooks: 'The devices, which usually cost less than $500, are the fastest-growing segment of the personal-computer industry — a trend that's eating into Microsoft's revenue. Windows sales fell short of forecasts last quarter and the company cut growth projections for the year, citing the lower revenue it gets from netbooks. When makers of the computers do use Windows, they typically opt for older and cheaper versions of the software. Equipping Linux on a computer costs about $5, compared with $40 to $50 for XP and about $100 for Vista, according to estimates by Jenny Lai, a Taipei-based analyst at CLSA Ltd.' This is why, MS declared war on the segment last year and palm top computers in previous years. While they may have successfully tamed the Asus EEE PC but, they can't hold back everyone who wants to make a buck on cheap hardware and free software. Analysts have predicted the fall of MS's business model when computers break below $250/unit retail. We are there now, and it has shown in the bottom line."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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An anonymous reader notes an Inquirer story reporting on something of a breakthrough in virtual machine management — a demonstration (not yet a product) of migrating a running virtual machine across CPUs from different vendors (video here). "Red Hat and AMD have just done the so called impossible, and demonstrated VM live migration across CPU architectures. Not only that, they have demonstrated it across CPU vendors, potentially commoditizing server processors. This is quite a feat. Only a few months ago during VMworld, Intel and VMware claimed that this was impossible. Judging by an initial response, VMware is quite irked by this KVM accomplishment and they are pointing to stability concerns. This sound like scaremongering to me All the interesting controversy aside, cross vendor migration is [obviously] a good thing for customers because it avoids platform lock-in."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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We need to get away from the idea that we should share and synchronize files or application windows and look at real-time sharing of data models within the browser.

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For programmers either just migrating to Java or already working steadily in the forefront of Java development, Learning Java gives a clear, systematic overview of the Java 2 Standard Edition. It covers the essentials of hot topics like Swing and JFC; describes new tools for signing applets; and shows how to write networked clients and servers, servlets, JavaBeans, and state-of-the-art user interfaces. Includes a CD-ROM with example code and JBuilder for Windows and Solaris.

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This concise and engaging guide will give you a jump start on the new PL/SQL features of Oracle8i (Oracle's revolutionary "Internet database"). It covers autonomous transactions, invoker rights, native dynamic SQL, bulk binds and collects, system-level database triggers, new built-in packages, fine-grained access control, calling Java methods from within PL/SQL, and much more. Includes a diskette containing 100 files of reusable source code and examples.

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Through a series of easy-to-follow lessons, The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS/1000D Companion gives you a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use this camera. This is not a typical camera guide: rather than just showing you what all the buttons do, this unique book teaches you how to use various Digital Rebel XS/1000D features to make great photographs. It's the perfect field reference for taking stunning pictures of any occasion or place, anytime.

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In How to Be a Geek Goddess, author Christina Tynan-Wood shares the expertise she gained while writing for magazines like PC World and PC Magazine but keeps the book light and conversational. Like advice from the geek girlfriends you always wished you had, the book explains topics in a way you'll understand: No patronizing guy bluster, unnecessary jargon, or information you aren't interested in, just the stuff you need to know to get the job done.