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Apple on Monday released Mac OS X 10.5.4 fixing several issues with iCal, AirPort, Safari, and Spaces & Expose.

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A Spanish bloke managed to install Kalyway 10.5.2, a modified version of Apple’s Leopard OS, onto MSI’s Wind netbook, turning it into a Mac Pro, at least sort of.

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Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week

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Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don’t want to be forced into using XP’s successor, Vista.

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Some of my clients are non-profit companies that don’t have a lot of extra funds or could use existing funds in a different way instead of spending it on software licensing. So, how does Mint answer those questions? Extremely well, actually.

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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During the dev panel a few minutes ago, Tom Chilton told us something interesting about playing World of Warcraft on the Linux platform — Blizzard has actually had it working. For “compatibility purposes,” they apparently had an internal build of the game that worked on Linux.

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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Look for more change once the 2.6.27 merge window opens. I’ll be cleaning out a bunch of older stuff then as well.

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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In the June 2008 Top500 list, Linux still lives large with a role in 92% of systems

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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Apple has put Intel Xeon steroids inside the latest iteration of its Xserve, promising the server to be up to twice as fast as the previous model.”With the latest Intel processors and no client access licenses, Xserve offers unbeatable server performance and value for under $3,000,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of wor

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Saturday, June 28th, 2008

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Motorola has quietly started shipping three new Linux-based “PDA” phones.

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Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Saturday, June 28th, 2008