Today Microsoft announced plans to implement CalDav and CardDav support in Windows Phone. That will enable users to still sync with Google services once these shut down their ActiveSync support in Summer. That is highly ironic and almost ridiculous, since Google itself does not support CalDav and CardDav in Android.
Read more »Google & ActiveSync, Microsoft & CalDav: Pure irony
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Triple-boot Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.10 and Fedora 18 on one HDD
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That single-point-of-failure issue is the sole case, and a very important one, against setting up a multi-boot system on one HDD. Aside from that, nothing prevents you from installing as many operating systems on one HDD that it can hold.
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KDE releases Plasmate 1.0, a Plasma Workspaces SDK
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The KDE Plasma Workspaces team is excited to announce the first stable release of Plasmate: an add-ons SDK that focuses on ease of use. Plasmate follows the UNIX philosophy of "do one thing, and do it well". As such, it is not a general purpose IDE but rather a tool specifically tailored to creating Plasma Workspace add-ons using non-compiled languages such as QML and Javascript.
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KDE Software Compilation 4.10.1 Released
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Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications and Development Platform. These updates are the first in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.10 series. over 100 recorded bugfixes include improvements to the Personal Information Management suite Kontact, the Window Manager KWin, and others.
Read more »Installing Nginx With PHP5 (+ PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3
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Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a Scientific Linux 6.3 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.
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Ubuntu To Use Its Own Display Server Called Mir, Unity To Be Ported To Qt/QML
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According to a recent announcement, Ubuntu will use its own Display Server called Mir. The reason for this is that "none of the existing solutions would allow us to implement our vision without taking major compromises which would come at the cost of user experience and quality".
Read more »GlusterFS: First impressions
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Recently I fooled around with GlusterFS, a distributed file system especially intended for use as backend storage. The first impression is quite good – as long as you use it for the right task.
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LibreOffice 4.0 Available for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04, Using Firefox Personas
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It has an impressive list of new features:
now integrates with various CMS (Content Management System)
uses Firefox personas to theme it
contributing to LibreOffice is easy using Gerrit
converting non-native formats is now improved
can edit Visio and Publisher documents
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Investigate Microsoft's requirement of the SecureBoot UEFI interface as anti-competitive.
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Please direct the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft's mandate of SecureBoot UEFI in order to run Windows 8. Currently, Microsoft requires SecureBoot UEFI in order to allow vendors to certify their hardware for Windows 8. By imposing this requirement, Microsoft stifles innovation under the guise of security. http://wh.gov/wHLq
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3 (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Scientific Linux 6.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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What's New in KDE 4.10, the Most Advanced Linux Desktop
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KDE 4.10 was recently released with all kinds of improvements and new goodies. KDE doesn't generate a lot of noise-- so how is the most advanced Linux desktop faring these days?
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Overview of 10 Very Good Firefox Add-ons
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In this article I will overview several add-ons for Firefox which I consider useful and are also popular among Firefox users. The article is divided into two parts, the first one containing add-ons for users which are not necessarily tech-savy, while in the second I will mention add-ons for advanced users or web developers. The article applies for the current Firefox version, which is 19.0.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.10 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3.
Read more »Rijksmuseum (NL) releases 111,000 high quality images to the public domain
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In 2011, the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands started to look into the possibilities of releasing some of their images on the web. What started as an experiment, has now resulted in 111,000 (and counting) high-quality images of famous paintings such as the Nightwatch as well as numerous other works of art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Goltzius and so on.
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FreePascal 2.6.2 is released
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FPC 2.6.2 has landed. FPC 2.6.2 is an update to 2.6.0 that
contains most library progress over the 2.6.0 and some crucial
compiler fixes.
Building is still in progress and some formats (deb,rpm) and targets might
not be available yet.
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