Wednesday, September 24, 2014

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Debian says there is no place like Gnome

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:23 AM PDT

gnome-sweet-gnome.0Open Sauce operating system Debian, which defaulted to the Xfce desktop in the past after switching from GNOME, has decided to go back.

Debian developer Joey Hess said that the decision to go back to the GNOME camp was based upon the accessibility, systemd integration, and other factors mentioned on the Wiki for the Debian desktop requalification for Jessie. more»

Press flip-flops on Fablets

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:22 AM PDT

apple flip flopIf you want to see how Apple's control of the US trade press is distorting reviews and facts about its products you do not have to look much further than the reviews for the fruity cargo cult's Fablet.

When Flablets first started appearing, Apple made a big thing about how bad they were, and the Tame Apple Press automatically rubbished them. more»

Private Dell goes up-market

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:19 AM PDT

michael-dell-2Now that it no longer has to worry about pesky shareholders, Michael Dell is changing its cunning plan and is moving up-market.

ITWorld has noticed that Dell is adding new hardware and software features that could make an otherwise mundane PC or tablet more attractive to customers. more»

iPhone6 bends in your pocket

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:18 AM PDT

bendShocked iPhone6 plus users have discovered that the build quality of the iPhone 6 is not quite what they expected.

The Apple fanboys are finding that if they put the phone in their front pockets they develop a slight bend.

The Tame Apple Press has rushed to say that while the rumours are true it clearly takes quite a bit of force and in any event, you would never put an iPhone in your pocket, you would carry it around so others can see it and want to buy it. more»

Climate deniers are liars says Schmidt

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 02:16 AM PDT

google-apple-maps-eric-schmidtSearch engine outfit Google has pulled out of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) saying that the outfit is a bunch of liars.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt  said that it had been a mistake for Google to join that particular lobby outfit because it was pretty much against everything that the outfit believed. more»

Scotland gets its own domain

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 07:33 AM PDT

scotEven though the referendum for Scotland to become an independent state got the thumbs down last week, today domains with the .scot suffix will be available.

Both the NHS Scotland and the Yes Scotland and Better Together have already registered .scot domains, now anyone will be able to sign up to use the suffix. more»

Microsoft shuffles its board

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 07:19 AM PDT

Visa's ScharfTwo senior executives from non technology sectors have been appointed to the board of Microsoft, while two existing board members have stepped down.

Microsoft said that Teri List-Stoll, chief financial officer of Kraft Foods and Charles W. Scharf, CEO of Visa, will take up their new positions on the 1st of October. more»

Smart meters cause disagreements

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 07:09 AM PDT

Smart Meter - WikimediaInstalling smart meters in a household could be far more trouble than they're worth.

That's the conclusion of a team of researchers from the University of Nottingham which has studied the phenomenon.  The team, belonging to the Horizon Digital Economy Research at the university said that the UK government is beginning an initiative next year to bring smart meters in all homes by 2020. more»

CIOs need to get actively involved

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 06:58 AM PDT

lightbulbsThe days when IT was an afterthought are over and done and chief information officers (CIOs) need to become actively involved in business processes.

That's the conclusion of a report from Gartner. Cassio Dreyfuss, research vice president said: "Over time, IT has graduated from being a support tool to being a business enabling and a business creation tool. more»

Big Data market growing exponentially

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 06:17 AM PDT

server-racksAnother survey on the growth of big data technology and services underlines the growth in this sector of the IT market.

Market research company IDC predicts that the western Eurpean big data market will grow between now and 2018 at a compound annual growth rate of 24.6 percent. more»

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