I’ve been subscribing to Linux Journal for a few years. Today I was disappointed to find out that they are discontinuing their print edition and they are going digital only. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I like the fact that I can hold a magazine in my hands and flip through the pages without having …
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It seems as though Apple Inc. can’t be satisfied by booming sales and record profits. Cupertino’s evil empire has decided that it would be best to put tamper resistant screws into the iPhone. Of course that may be best for Apple’s bottom line and not necessarily best for their customers. Now, when faithful Apple customers …
Continue reading Apple Screws iPhone Customers… AgainI became a father this past June. If you’re a regular reader of my site, you’ve probably noticed my decrease in posting frequency since then. Much of the time that used to be spent tinkering with Linux is now spent changing diapers, buying diapers, feeding my daughter, etc.
Continue reading Dear Linux Users, Kimberly-Clark Doesn’t Want Your BusinessI just read a couple of articles (x264Dev and Phoronix) about the latest open source decoder for the recently open sourced VP8 codec from Google/On2. It turns out that the new ffvp8 decoder library from the FFmpeg developers is already outperforming the libvpx decoder that was released as open source by Google back in May.
Continue reading Free vs. Proprietary and HTML5I just saw a story on ABC news tonight about Apple refusing to sell their beloved iPad’s for cash. They would only sell them to credit card customers. They claim that it was to cut down on gray market sales. Well, sorry Apple Geniuses. Have you ever taken a moment and read the words on …
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