http://www.linuxfoundation.org – A lot has changed in the three years since the last major Windows announcement. Netbooks were on the rise. The iPad wouldn’t be introduced for another six months and Nokia still had the lead for most smartphone sales in the world. Only 172 million smartphones were sold in 2009 vs. an estimated 146 million units in just one quarter of this year. (General)
Email this pagehttp://www.talkandroid.com – For small business owners or individuals selling goods or services, a common business challenge is the ability to accept payments from customers wanting to use a credit card. This is especially true for those who conduct business “in the field” or otherwise don’t have a fixed point-of-sale system. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://unix.stackexchange.com – I have some files with .mkv extension and I want to calculate their total size using du -h. (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://androidforums.com – Hi, I am new to using Android phones and am still trying to get to grips with it. I have a Samsung Ace GT-S5830i and sometimes when I type a text message it sends it to a draft folder. The problem is, I can't find a draft folder. I expect its obvious and I'm not looking in the right place. (General)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Looks like the European Commission is following through on what it’s been reportedly planning to do for weeks: it has filed a formal complaint against Microsoft for antitrust violations related to Internet Explorer and giving consumers a clear way to choose another browser when using Microsoft’s Windows operating system. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Square has taken its first step outside of the U.S. for its mobile payment service: it is now live in Canada. The company said today that its mobile card reader/processor is now available nationwide, priced at the same rate as in its home market: 2.75% per swipe. In the U.S. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://www.unix.com – Below is the sample file: Code: 287 DEBUG syndesis.pb.util.ITraceManager - syOID=ELntNetwork:1005Mon Oct 15 17:18:21 IST 2012 <ELClientManagerenEmsSession() > Setting Java Properties 287 DEBUG syndesis.pb.util.ITraceManager - syOID=ELntNetwork:1005Mon Oct 15 17:18:21 IST 2012 <ELClientManagerenEmsSession() > Intialising ORB Oct 15, 2012 5:18:21 PM org.jacorb.config.JacORBCon (HowTos)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Genealogy website Ancestry.com — which filed for an IPO back in 2009 – has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by European private equity firm Permira in a deal said to be worth about $1.6 billion, or $32 per share, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://linuxgamingnews.org – Win a copy of Sacred Gold for GNU/Linux! By wogue | Published September 9, 2012 Take part on the first ever contest by woGue, and win a free copy of the Linux Games Publishing Sacred Gold RPG game! Sacred Gold was initially released in 2004 for Windows and was ported to Linux by LGP in 2009. (Distributions)
Email this pagehttp://askubuntu.com – I have a January, 2009 Macbook5,2. It has an Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz processor. Since installing Xubuntu 12.04, it runs very slowly. The CPU gadget in the top panel shows only 1 dark column to the left of the graph (apparently 1 per CPU/core, as my desktop machine appropriately shows 4 columns). (HowTos)
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