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Daily Dose - A Farewell to Floppy Disks

Sony announced that they will stop selling floppy discs this year, making them the final manufacturer to halt their production.  You may not believe it, but...

1 replies - 13782 views - 04/26/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Apple, Google, Intel, IBM Hiring Practices Under Investigation

The US Department of Justice is investigating several major software companies according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.  The investigations are aimed...

0 replies - 15972 views - 04/18/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Intel's Mind Reader

At the Tech Heaven event this week, Intel and Carnegie Mellon University unveiled rudimentary mind-reading software that uses an MRI to scan your brainwaves in...

0 replies - 12487 views - 04/09/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - We Live in a World Where There Are iPads

Apple's "next big thing" was released in stores today, but the apps have been available since yesterday.  These pre-release apps included Netflix...

0 replies - 13883 views - 04/02/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Mozilla Research Says Firefox Just Under 40% Market Share in Europe

The Mozilla Metrics blog announced the publishing of the foundation's first ever quarterly analyst report on browser share and other internet insights.  The...

0 replies - 14580 views - 04/01/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - OSS Victory in Italy, But Trouble Brewing in EU

A law passed by an Italian regional council that made preferences for choosing free software in government systems was recently upheld in a national court. ...

0 replies - 15560 views - 03/31/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Novell Keeps Unix Copyrights; Linux is Safe

A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Novell owns the Unix copyrights, and not SCO.  In the 7-year court battle, SCO claimed that copyrights transferred...

0 replies - 16889 views - 03/30/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Adobe Teases with CS5 Release Date

Adobe has launched a teaser site announcing the release date of Creative Suite 5.  The site contains several videos introducing a handful of new features, but...

0 replies - 18946 views - 03/26/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - De Icaza Interview About .Net Taken Down

In an article titled "Does Windows cost Microsoft opportunities" by the SD Times, Novell VP and Mono Project lead Miguel de Icaza had some strong...

0 replies - 19234 views - 03/25/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Ubuntu "Lucid Lynx" Beta 1 on the Prowl

Ubuntu LTS 10.04 (aka Lucid Lynx) has just reached beta 1.  The beta comes with a new look for the operating system and is based on the 2.6.32.9 Linux...

0 replies - 18174 views - 03/21/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Simon Phipps' Last Day at Sun

Simon Phipps' Last Day at Sun   Just a few months short of his 10th anniversary, Simon Phipps is retiring from Oracle (formerly Sun) according to his blog. ...

0 replies - 16871 views - 03/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Google Getting Sued Over Buzz

Google Getting Sued Over Buzz   A Florida woman has filed a class action lawsuit against an apologetic Google this week.  The complaint alleges that Google...

0 replies - 18819 views - 02/18/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Will a Unified App Store Work This Time?

Will a Unified App Store Work This Time?  There's a lot of news from the recent Moblile World Congress, and one of the biggest announcements was the formation...

0 replies - 13344 views - 02/16/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - SAP CEO Suddenly Resigns

SAP CEO Suddenly Resigns   Leo Apotheker just announced he is stepping down as the CEO of SAP.  The SAP executive board has already appointed Co-CEOs to...

2 replies - 13644 views - 02/08/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose

Daily Dose - Is the iPad Everything We Thought it Would Be?

Is the iPad Everything We Thought it Would Be?The giant iPhone has officially arrived!  The 9.5 by 7.5 by 0.5 inch and 1.5 pound iPad was demoed yesterday...

3 replies - 16979 views - 01/28/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose