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Dude, You're Getting a Linux Dell...And Running It On Biodiesel
Dell's Ubuntu 7.04 Linux preload machines have arrived in an assortment of flavors, and just in time for Novell to announce that it will share more details about its patent pact with Microsoft in a forthcoming SEC filing. Trying to balance out the innanity of watching the "American Idol" finale last night (although I really dug Tony, Smokey, and Gladys' guest appearances), I read Fortune's article "Microsoft Takes on the Free World" as a way to feed my FOSS head, but between the coupons and the GPL, Ryan, Simon, Jordin and the gang ultimately... [More]
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Battle of the Brains
Let the coding begin! IBM and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) have announced the start of the regional competitions that will lead to the finals of the 31st International Collegiate Programming Contest. From now through December of this year, teams consisting of three students around the globe will participate in the regional heats, attempting to solve real-world programming problems under a five-hour deadline. We expect more than 6,000 teams from 84 countries will participate, with 85 teams advancing to the World Finals next... [More]
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