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BBC's iPlayer streams to Macs and Linux

News A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. This is the first time a UK broadcaster has provided an on-demand streaming service for all three platforms.

Tags: demand, radio, windows xp, streaming

17 December 2007, 9:04 > More matches in News

We want Linux, say Dell users

News Thousands of Dell users have contacted a user forum to call for PCs to be shipped with a Linux operating system and the OpenOffice application suite. Nearly 40,000 users have used the Dell IdeaStorm Web site to promote the suggestion that Dell...

21 February 2007, 9:08 > More matches in News

Microsoft has Linux-related patents rejected

News It is also used by the open-source Samba software that lets Linux and Unix computers exchange data with Windows computers, and by Linux itself to read and write files on Windows hard drives. There has been concern that if the FAT patents are upheld...

6 October 2005, 9:51 > More matches in News

Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'

News Microsoft has no plans to tweak its Office productivity suite for Linux anytime soon, despite the growing popularity of open source on the desktop, according to a company executive. Speaking at the LinuxWorld conference in London on Wednesday, Nick...

6 October 2005, 10:24 > More matches in News

Nokia looks to next-gen Linux tablets

News After the success of its original Linux tablet, the 770, Nokia is already looking at the next generation of Internet-only devices. The original tablet device debuted last year and caught the attention of gadget fans wondering why Nokia was making a...

22 June 2006, 10:42 > More matches in News

Michael Dell prefers Linux

News After a lifelong allegiance to all things Microsoft, the chief executive of Dell is using Linux in his own home. The revelations about the fondness of the company's founder for Linux may surprise some Dell customers.

20 April 2007, 10:29 > More matches in News

Lenovo to launch Linux ThinkPad laptops

News Lenovo is to offer a Linux operating system pre-installed on its ThinkPad laptops. ThinkPad T Series laptops will come pre-installed with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the fourth quarter of this year.

7 August 2007, 10:31 > More matches in News

Intel developing Linux mini-tablet

News It's based on Linux. While McCaslin's CPU components -- codenamed Stealey -- will be dual-core processors clocked at 600MHz to 800MHz and capable of running Windows XP and Vista, Intel plans for the devices to run an embedded Linux OS but with a...

17 April 2007, 9:47 > More matches in News

Palm touts new Linux-based Treos

News Palm is developing a Linux-based operating system for its handheld devices, the company's chief executive, Ed Colligan, revealed on Tuesday. We have been developing a set of system software that we will roll out before the end of the year that will...

12 April 2007, 9:59 > More matches in News

Dell offers savings on Linux PCs

News Dell will offer its Linux PCs for $50 (£24) less than the equivalent Windows PCs, the company has revealed on one of its Web sites. The figure applies to Dell's Inspiron 1420 laptop, which offers the Ubuntu Linux distribution pre-installed.

5 July 2007, 9:45 > More matches in News

DiskInternals Linux Recovery

Downloads DiskInternals Linux Recovery is a utility for Windows that allows you to recover information contained in Linux Ext2/Ext3 partitions. All features are provided on a no-cost basis, DiskInternals Linux Recovery is freeware.

23 January 2007, 18:46 > More matches in Downloads

Google Desktop moves to Linux

News Google on Wednesday launched a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux in a sign of encouragement by the search giant for Linux on the desktop. Google Desktop for Linux was written natively and uses Google's own desktop search algorithms...

28 June 2007, 10:05 > More matches in News

Quick Recovery For Linux

Downloads QR for Linux recover Ext2 and Ext3 data in case of hard disk crash. Linux search heuristics help locate partitions and folders quickly. QR is a do-it-yourself non-destructive Linux Data Recovery Software.

3 January 2007, 13:16 > More matches in Downloads

PC World refutes Linux warranty void

News PC World has denied reports that it considers the warranties on its computers void if customers install Linux. Tuesday, a reader of the technology news Web site Slashdot claimed to have taken a recently bought Acer laptop back to PC World to have...

Tags: install, linux, customers, operating system

13 September 2007, 10:02 > More matches in News

Intel strives to improve Linux for gadgets

News The iPhone doesn't run Linux, but Intel has begun work to help improve the operating system for future devices of its ilk. The chipmaker on Monday is launching its Mobile and Internet Linux Project Web site, which consolidates a number of new and...

17 July 2007, 10:44 > More matches in News