Stories by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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    Ready or not, here come the business tablets 21/06/2011 00:28:00

    OK, we all know that people want to bring their consumer technology into the office. In particular, though, people really want to use tablets in the workplace.
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    The day of the password is done 05/01/2011 00:38:00

    When the popular Web site Gawker was hacked into recently, more than a million user IDs and passwords were released. If you were one of the people compromised that's annoying -- very annoying. Not that it's a big deal that someone could log into a gossip site under your name. But many of those people used those same IDs and passwords on other sites that are a wee bit more important, such as LinkedIn. Now, that's a problem.
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    RockMelt: A social networking spin on Google Chrome 12/11/2010 04:48:00

    Would you like to do your Web browsing while keeping a constant eye on what your Facebook friends are doing? If so, then RockMelt is for you.
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    The iPad stands alone 08/11/2010 22:11:00

    Where is the iPad's competition?
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    Linux Mint 9 18/10/2010 14:10:00

    Linux distributions come through our office in a constant flood. Most of them stick around long enough for a quick try-out on one of our test systems or on a VirtualBox virtual machine. A few find permanent homes. We currently use OpenSUSE on servers; and Ubuntu, Fedora, and MEPIS on desktops and laptops. Now, we have a new resident on our desktop: Linux Mint 9.
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    Linux tablets, where are you? 13/06/2010 03:55:00

    Apple has long had a history of being arrogant. But, more often than not, they've been able to back it up by the quality of their products.
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    Is there a replacement for Facebook? 29/05/2010 02:30:00

    Facebook claims to have more than 400 million active users. In fact, according to Web analytics firm Alexa, only Google is a more popular site. So, with all that going for it, why are so many users unhappy, with one poll showing that more than half of Facebook users are thinking about leaving?
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    HTML 5: Less than it's cracked up to be 30/03/2010 03:35:00

    The core idea behind HTML 5, the latest proposed version of the Web's foundation markup language, is to make all resources, not just text and links, widely and uniformly usable across all platforms. Well, that was the theory. In practice, things aren't going to change that much from today's Web, with its reliance on proprietary media formats and methods.
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    CrossOver Linux 9: Run Windows apps without Windows 16/03/2010 05:54:00

    Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there's some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows close to impossible. That's where CodeWeavers' latest version of CrossOver Linux comes in.
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    Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (Release Candidate) 14/01/2010 14:00:00

    The release of Firefox 3.6 will see Mozilla take the fight back to Google's upstart Chrome. This review is of a Release Candidate version (January 2010).
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    All Google, all the time, everywhere 21/12/2009 22:13:00

    We all use Google. Well, maybe not Bill Gates, but that's about it. Now, Google is hoping to become an even bigger part of our everyday lives.
 
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