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Spiffy Says When You've Got Gmail Messages
Gmail is a great webmail service, with features rivaling standalone clients. But since it runs in a browser, if you're not on the site, you won't be notified of new mail. Spiffy (free) fills this gap. It runs in the system tray and periodically checks up to five Gmail accounts, displaying alert boxes for new messages.
Categories: Unix
Spiffy Says When You've Got Gmail Messages
Gmail is a great webmail service, with features rivaling standalone clients. But since it runs in a browser, if you're not on the site, you won't be notified of new mail. Spiffy (free) fills this gap. It runs in the system tray and periodically checks up to five Gmail accounts, displaying alert boxes for new messages.
Choose a Desktop Linux Distribution
With all the many reasons to use Linux today--particularly in a business setting--it's often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. What can be more difficult, however, is deciding which of the hundreds of Linux distributions out there is best for you and your business.
Categories: Unix
Choose a Desktop Linux Distribution
With all the many reasons to use Linux today--particularly in a business setting--it's often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. What can be more difficult, however, is deciding which of the hundreds of Linux distributions out there is best for you and your business.
What will Canonical's Ubuntu 10.10 look like?
When Canonical broke the news recently that Ubuntu 10.10 will include uTouch 1.0, a multitouch and gesture stack, it caused a flurry of excitement about the Linux release's potential for use in tablets.
Categories: Unix
What will Canonical's Ubuntu 10.10 look like?
When Canonical broke the news recently that Ubuntu 10.10 will include uTouch 1.0, a multitouch and gesture stack, it caused a flurry of excitement about the Linux release's potential for use in tablets.
Requiem for an OS: OpenSolaris board quits
Neglected by Oracle, the OpenSolaris operating system has now lost its external governing body
Categories: Unix
Requiem for an OS: OpenSolaris board quits
Neglected by Oracle, the OpenSolaris operating system has now lost its external governing body
Perl, Python support added to open source Vim text editor
The newly updated VIM now supports Lua and the latest versions of Perl and Python
Categories: Unix
Perl, Python support added to open source Vim text editor
The newly updated VIM now supports Lua and the latest versions of Perl and Python
Oracle, Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar
Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux have two new options for running the open source OS remotely.
Oracle, Amazon offer new ways to run Linux from afar
Organizations hoping to streamline their deployments of Linux have two new options for running the open source OS remotely.
Categories: Unix
Vista paved the way for secure Windows, Microsoft says
A Microsoft security expert asserts that Windows 7 is every bit a secure as Unix and says Vista helped paved the way.
Categories: Unix
Vista paved the way for secure Windows, Microsoft says
A Microsoft security expert asserts that Windows 7 is every bit a secure as Unix and says Vista helped paved the way.
11 free open-source apps your small business can use now
You don't need to shell out big bucks for software. These free apps are great alternatives to popular software for any small business using Linux, Windows or Mac OS X.
Categories: Unix
11 free open-source apps your small business can use now
You don't need to shell out big bucks for software. These free apps are great alternatives to popular software for any small business using Linux, Windows or Mac OS X.
Safari 5 Gains Reader Feature, Improves Speed
Apple's version 5 of its Safari browser for Windows (free) debuted in June with a new Reader feature for news stories, some speed tweaks for its JavaScript engine and URL lookups, an improved address bar, and sundry nice but not earth-shattering improvements. Its most significant update, support for user-made extensions à la Firefox, won't fully bear fruit until Apple opens the doors to its in-the-works extensions gallery.
Categories: Unix
Safari 5 Gains Reader Feature, Improves Speed
Apple's version 5 of its Safari browser for Windows (free) debuted in June with a new Reader feature for news stories, some speed tweaks for its JavaScript engine and URL lookups, an improved address bar, and sundry nice but not earth-shattering improvements. Its most significant update, support for user-made extensions à la Firefox, won't fully bear fruit until Apple opens the doors to its in-the-works extensions gallery.
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