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NFL Final 4 predictionsview story

http://crunchbanglinux.org – Down to the final four as both the NFC and AFC are set for their conference championships..In the AFC, the New England Patriots will play the Baltimore Ravens in a clash of the best offense against the best defense ..In the NFC, the surging New York Giants will face off against the upstart San Francisco 49'ers in a game that can be a slugfest on either side of the ballJim and John Harbaugh co (HowTos)

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Full Circle Podcast Episode 27 You Cant Buy this Kind of Entertainmentview story

http://fullcirclemagazine.org – Full Circle Podcast Episode 27 You Cant Buy this Kind of Entertainment It’s the final episode of the year: news, predictions, a Figgy pudding and a Pope’s Christmas message. Full Circle Podcast is also a proud member of the Tech Podcasts Network. File Sizes: OGG 48.8Mb MP3 35.1Mb Runtime: 1hr 37mins 05seconds Feeds for both MP3 and OGG: RSS feed, MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ (Distributions)

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Ten IT news stories we'll read in 2012view story

http://www.networkworld.com – Well, we erred in our 2011 predictions in not repeating a 2010 forecast that Carol Bartz would be ousted as Yahoo CEO -- it was bound to happen, we just called that one too early. Then again, we also predicted last year that Oracle would buy Salesforce.com and have decided not to repeat ourselves this year, so we'll see if we were just ahead on that one, too. (IT news)

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Boosting the value of analytics professionalsview story

http://www.itwire.com – The industry body representing Australian analytics professionals is boosting their value with predictions that they are going to be even more highly sought after – even in hot demand - over the next seven years as the use of analytics by business continues to grow. (IT news)

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minor bug in /etc/apt/preferences (statler)?view story

http://crunchbanglinux.org – Ran into this when trying to pin a package from the unstable branch: Package: * Pin: release a=squeeze Pin-priority: 100After adding: Package: * Pin: release a=sid Pin-priority: 50a simulated dist-upgrade would pull in all of sid (glad I remembered the -s-switch before applying any changes :) )Changing a in n made behavior conform predictions: Pin: release n=squeeze (...) Pin: release n=sidAny rea (HowTos)

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TechBytes Episode 24: Android, Microsoft’s President Departure, and Privacyview story

http://techrights.org – Direct download as Ogg (1:51:18, 43.3 MB) | Direct download as MP3 (51.0 MB) Summary: Tim, Gordon, and Roy struggle with coughs and connection difficulties and yet manage to produce another episode filled with news and discussion TODAY’S show covers many topics including the new Linux release, Android, Microsoft’s latest departures and failures, and of course Wikileaks. (General)

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It’s Not About Linux on the ‘Desktop’view story

http://techrights.org – Summary: As more desks are being emptied or vacated owing to portability, it is portable devices that GNU/Linux needs to target; software patents are Apple’s and Microsoft’s only viable response PHONES (featurephones or smartphones) are a growth area which is further complemented by mobile devices like tablets. (General)

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Financial markets up spending on IT in year aheadview story

http://www.itwire.com – There is a positive outlook for growth in spending on IT in the global financial markets sector next year, with predictions that the sector will increase its spend on IT vendors by 4.5 per cent in 2011. (IT news)

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Links 22/10/2010: Linux 2.6.37 Preview, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Betaview story

http://techrights.org – Contents GNU/Linux Distributions Devices/Embedded Free Software/Open Source Leftovers Clip of the Day GNU/Linux LPI recognized by UK education authorities The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization, announced that the LPIC-1 certification program for Linux professionals has been accepted as a nationally recognized IT accreditation fo (General)

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3 Places to find what’s trending in the Internetview story

http://www.chaaps.com – The Internet is a viral media and is highly inconsistent - Once, the talk of the town may be about Google and the next moment it may turn out to be Justin Bieber. Bloggers usually read other blogs to get post ideas but it is best to write what is most discussed and talked about. Alright, But where to find what’s trending in the Internet? Well.. (General)