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Interoperability Still Stumbling Block for Open Source in 2008
Enterprise customers want open-source solutions to continue to work together over update cycles.
Categories: Linux
NeoOffice: The Open-Source Office Suite Alternative for Macs
Opinion: Yes, it's great news that Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Microsoft Office for the Mac, but before calling in your credit card number, you should check out a free, open-source alternative: NeoOffice.
Categories: Linux
Rocket gOS 2.0, the Latest Ubuntu-Google Marriage, Days Away
The new version of gOS, the desktop Linux, which combines Ubuntu with dedicated links to Google applications, will be unveiled at CES.
Categories: Linux
A More Open Microsoft
Your Linux and Mac clients won't be left out in the cold when Microsoft upgrades its Windows Server 2008 software later this year.
Categories: Linux
Debian 4.0 Gets Security Update
One of the most popular of the community Linuxes saw out the old year with a new security release.
Categories: Linux
We Can’t Pretend Juice Is Healthy for Babies Anymore
Juice is liquid candy. Sure, it has a few more vitamins than your average can of Coke, but it also has more sugar. Your days of pretending it’s healthy are over: the American Academy of Pediatricians has finally found the guts to tell us to stop giving juice to babies.
Categories: Hacks
What TV-Show Foods Are You Obsessed With?
Happy Monday, and welcome back to to What’s Cooking?, the weekly open thread where you get to share all of your brilliant thoughts, advice, recipes, and opinions on all things edible. This week I want to chat about the fictional foods you wish were a reality, specifically iconic dishes from your favorite TV shows.
Categories: Hacks
How to Protect Yourself Online, with Former Black-Hat Hacker Hector Monsegur
This week on The Upgrade we talk with Hector Monsegur, Director of Assessment Services at Rhino Labs.
Categories: Hacks
You Can Now Order Food on Facebook—But Do You Need To?
You no longer have to peruse multiple websites (or even paper menus) or talk to someone on the phone to order takeout and delivery. Thanks to apps like Grubhub, Seamless and PostMates, ordering food is easier than ever. And now Facebook is aiming to further streamline the process: without ever leaving the app, you can…
Categories: Hacks
A Guide to All the Best, Worst and Weirdest 2017 TV Pilots You’ll Probably Never Watch
As our favorite shows begin their descent into the void (New Girl, Scandal, Girls), new shows are once again out here crying for approval. This year’s TV pilots—full of mostly white male leads and showrunners—include military dramas, medical dramas, Will & Grace and a Lucifer-produced Big Bang Theory spin-off we don’t…
Categories: Hacks
Amazon's Blowing Out Refurbished Echo Dots For the Lowest Price Ever
Amazon usually sells certified refurbished Echo Dots for $5 less than new models, but for now at least, that discount has increased to $12. Refurbished Dots still carry the same warranty as new ones, so there’s really no downside to going this route if you want to sprinkle these around your home on a budget.
Categories: Hacks
Will It Sous Vide? Let's Pick Another Topic!
Hello friends, and welcome back to another topic-picking session for Will It Sous Vide?, the weekly column where I make whatever you want me to with my immersion circulator.
Categories: Hacks
Today's Best Deals: Anker Robotic Vacuum, FitDesk 3.0, Activewear Sale, and More
A $150 robotic vacuum that’s actually good, the new FitDesk 3.0 and a mouse to ease wrist pain lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.
Categories: Hacks
Ward off Wrist Pain With This $15 Wireless Vertical Mouse
Whether your current mouse is giving you chronic wrist pain, or you just want to try something different, this 4.3 star rated wireless ergonomic vertical mouse from Anker is only $15 today, or $5 less than usual. In addition to the clever design, it even comes with three adjustable DPI settings and forward/back…
Categories: Hacks
How to Make Fluffy, Trendy Cloud Eggs
Hello readers! Welcome to Sunday Sustenance, a new weekly column highlighting easy meals for the laziest day of the week.. Normally, I’d use this opening paragraph to say “I’m new around here”, but I have a terrible secret – I’m not. In fact, I’ve been around for a while and veterans of the Skillet comments section…
Categories: Hacks
Two Grilled-Cheese Alternatives for People Who Can't Eat Bread or Cheese
If you are a person who avoids either bread or cheese, you may think that your days of experiencing melty, stretchy, grilled cheeses are behind you—but don’t be so sure. We have two options—one for people who can’t eat bread, and one for people who can’t each cheese—and each are delicious.
Categories: Hacks
Follow These People on Twitter to Help You Understand the Trump/Russia Connection
It’s a lot, right? It’s a lot. It is a firehose of news. How are we supposed to live our lives, cook a meal, uncrimp our hunched-over necks? Even when I shut my computer, it still flashes its little light in the corner, ready to alert me to the horrors of the world like some kind of pulsing Hellmouth.
Categories: Hacks
Ode to the Graphing Calculator
The ridiculously expensive Texas Instruments graphing calculator is slowly but surely getting phased out. The times they are a-changin’ for the better, but I’m feeling nostalgic. I have some wonderful memories associated with my TIs.
Categories: Hacks
What to Do When You Need $100, Fast
A new poll from Bloomberg suggests that almost half of Americans would have a hard time affording a $100 emergency, like a speeding ticket, medical bill, or other unexpected expense. Consider the idea that maybe this says less about the financial habits of Americans than it does our garbage economy.
Categories: Hacks
Twitter Changed Their Privacy Policy, So Update Your Settings
Twitter introduced an updated privacy policy on Wednesday that has users worried about how their private information is being tracked, stored and used. In the policy, the micro-blogging platform announced its plans to discontinue a privacy preference it previously honored, store your cookies for a longer period of…
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