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Consumer tablet avalanche is coming

kubulai — Mon, 21 May 2012 05:45:36 +0000

Last fall Hewlett Packard decided to end its consumer computer line and focus on commercial computers. At that time they also decided to liquidate their inventory of HP TouchPad tablets at $99 each which detonated a market response loud enough to awaken every potential tablet maker on the planet. The philosophy before that time had [...]

Practical Ubuntu — Part 2 of 2

kubulai — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:57:52 +0000

In “Practical Ubuntu — Part 1 of 2” we installed Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot on an HP 6910p notebook alongside the existing Microsoft Windows Vista, set the administrator “root” login to a password we know, added openssh-server so we can work on it remotely instead of needing to stand right there beside the computer while [...]

Ubuntu 11.04 Is Now Available

kubulai — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:54:54 +0000

We downloaded and are streaming (bit torrent) all six of the working torrents for the latest Ubuntu, Natty Narwhale, which was released this week. The main download page is here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download and you can find alternate means of downloading here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download. If you have not tried Ubuntu and would like to see it without changing your computer, download the appropriate file and burn it to CD-ROM to make a Live CD that you can try without altering your computer. You can make a USB boot drive once the CD is booted, which will run faster than the CD runs. [...]

The Real Reason Open Source is Growing: Paranoid Politicians

kubulai — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:02:59 +0000

As a consumer advocate and somewhat self-interested business owner, my evaluation of any circumstance or potential change involves the instinctive question as to how it will affect me, or more succinctly, how it will hurt me and what I can do to protect myself. And so the mechanism that is propelling open-source software into global dominance may not be technical superiority, or freedom, or even an elitist attitude: the driving force may simply be the lust for power and control, or paranoia about what someone else could do, or perhaps just reasonable caution. [...]

Dis an’ dat

kubulai — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:27:13 +0000

Year end comments on Dirty dancing, Net Neutrality, censorship, criminal activities, GoDaddy.com, Google's voice and video, Google CR-48 with Chrome OS, uranium, more. [...]

Tit for tat

kubulai — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:46:11 +0000

A month or so ago, Microsoft decided that instead of fixing its own product to realistically compete with market leading phone platform Android and #2 phone iPhone, that instead they would try to scare Motorola away from manufacturing the Droid by suing them for supposed patent infringement. Motorola has now turned the tables on Microsoft and is instead suing them for patent infringement. [...]

October 2010 OS & Browser Use Stats

kubulai — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:43:17 +0000

Statistics: Operating System and Web Browser use April through October 2010 [...]

WordPress Chosen for Microsoft Blog Space

kubulai — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:37:55 +0000

Microsoft has chosen to migrate their existing Live Spaces blogging functionality to WordPress.com to provide more features for their customers. [...]

Work Shifting: common sense leads to new productivity

kubulai — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:47:48 +0000

Work Shifting involves more than geographic location. It involves location, time, equipment, intellectual activation (mental readiness) and even social presence. Essentially, our present technology allows the worker to work when it is optimal. We are entering an age where not only time or location but especially computing device is flexible. [...]

Notebook for Christmas

kubulai — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:17:51 +0000

What to look for when buying a notebook or netbook computer. [...]