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OPINION March 1, 2011

How many out there use Linux? I bet if I asked 100 people, less than 10 percent would say yes. To be fair, people think in terms of computers, laptops, netbooks, and desktops, and that demographic is 90 percent Windows, 90 percent Microsoft-centric. But computers and OSes that power them permeate all aspects of our lives today. While people mostl...

Google Makes Its Ebookstore More Android-Friendly

By Rob Spiegel
Feb 28, 2011
LinuxInsider
868 Words

Android users can now purchase e-books from the Android Market using a new feature that allows them to tap into Google's ebookstore for Android-ready reading. Google launched its ebookstore last December. Users can search its database by genre, and in addition to books for sale, it offers a section ...

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

BookmarkBridge Looking Kind of Rickety

By Jack M. Germain
Feb 16, 2011
LinuxInsider
1091 Words

As a bookmark manager, BookmarkBridge has potential but falls short of fully carrying out its mission, and that's a big disappointment. Anyone who uses multiple Web browsers can put a top-notch bookmark synchronizing tool to good use. Installing beta versions of software is usually less of a risk wi...

MeeGo After Nokia: ‘I Will Survive’ or ‘Where Did Our Love Go’?

By Richard Adhikari
Feb 15, 2011
LinuxInsider
605 Words

Now that Nokia has moved away from MeeGo, its mobile OS love child with Intel, will the development of this you operating system be stunted, or will it be able to carry on? MeeGo was formed by combining Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin platforms in February of 2010, and Nokia's announcement last wee...

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

GNOME Activity Journal: Not a Big History Buff

By Jack M. Germain
Feb 9, 2011
LinuxInsider
1255 Words

Tracking files you open and edit day-by-day for quick retrieval is a computer feature that should be a built-in part of the Linux desktop but isn't yet. The GNOME Activity Journalattempts to fill that void. It has potential to improve productivity but needs more growth to be really useful. The Activ...

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