$100 Laptop to Come from China
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more »Improved virus detection with ClamAV 0.94
Sep 04, 2008The latest version of the open source anti-virus scanner, ClamAV 0.94, promises to improve virus detection rates with enhanced scanning capabilities.
more »Red Hat buys virtualizer Qumranet
Sep 04, 2008U.S. Linux distributor Red Hat has bought the virtual computing solutions vendor Qumranet.
more »Javascript: Pre-version of Mozilla Firefox holds up against Google Chrome
Sep 04, 2008Google touts its Javascript engine version 8, among other things, as setting new speed records for its Chrome browser. Linux Magazine found during a benchmark test that the next Firefox generation can keep up with it.
more »Austria: Parliament majority is for Open Source
Sep 01, 2008According to a survey by the Austrian broadcasting station ORF, the majority of the parliament is for supporting the use of open source in the public sector.
more »BeeDiff Comparing files with BeeDiff
Aug 31, 2008BeeDiff compares two files and quickly displays the differences in a convenient desktop GUI interface.
more »Dell Inspiron 910: Available This Week?
Aug 20, 2008Dell plans to put more netbooks on the market soon, starting with the Inspiron 910.
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Aug 18, 2008KDE developers say hello from Belgium and send a video message from Akademy 2008.
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