Mart Shuttleworth discusses Canonical’s new Ubuntu Netbook Remix: goals, design decisions, license, project status, relations to OEM’s and… “Were also working with two companies that want more radical user interface innovation.”
We specifically wanted to do this project as an Ubuntu Remix - based on standard Ubuntu 8.04 packages, with modified package selection and some additional code, but leaving the core platform packages unmodified. In terms of the trademark…
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AMD and Intel have been trading shots through the court docket since AMD first filed its antitrust lawsuit against Intel in 2005, so it's not particularly surprising to see a new 108-page filing from Sunnyvale and a prompt and massive reply from Santa Clara. AMD's filing does, however, contain a few new bits of information.
Having listed the various ways in which Intel allegedly abuses its monopoly position, AMD launches into the heart of its argument. In taking such actions, Intel has excluded AMD from fairly competing in the market and placed the company in a vice…
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The June 30 deadline for Windows XP availability manifested another loophole late Friday as Dell announced that it would continue to offer the OS, thanks to a little-known clause in their “downgrade rights.”
“It's standard practice for original equipment manufacturers, retailers and system builders to continue offering the previous version of Windows for a certain period of time after a new version is released,” she said in an…
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