Daily Archives: March 6, 2013

HP Selling Direct All-in-One Desktop PC With GNU/Linux

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Robert Pogson

“HP Pavilion 20-b101ea All-in-One Desktop PC with 2 year warranty Highlights Ubuntu Linux AMD E1-1200 APU with AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics 4 GB Memory 500 GB Hard Disk Drive see HP Pavilion 20-b101ea All-in-One Desktop PC with 2 year … Continue reading →

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M$’s Latest Dirty Trick In The Browser Wars

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Robert Pogson

“Mozilla estimated that it had lost between six to nine million downloads of Firefox over the fifteen months. The Commission reports now that it believes 15 million windows users did not see the "Browser Choice Screen" during that time.”via EU … Continue reading →

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Do The Maths, M$. $20 Is Not A Large Enough Discount To Matter

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Robert Pogson

Faced with languishing sales of legacy PCs with “8” because the price is too high, M$ offers future discounts, according to Digitimes. “For below 10.8-inch notebooks, tablets and hybrids, Microsoft will offer the US$20 discount plus free Office 2013 software, … Continue reading →

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LibreOffice Getting ~100K New Installations Daily

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Robert Pogson

“The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 4.0.1, for Windows, MacOS and Linux, the first release after the successful launch of LibreOffice 4.0 in early February, which has yielded rates of entirely new client IP addresses requesting updates each day over … Continue reading →

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