Adafruit Industries, an open source hardware developer, has announced an X prize style $2000 bounty to the whoever can first develop open source drivers for Kinetic.

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A slip up from Microsoft Netherlands have put the release date in October 2010. Microsoft Netherlands published an article to mark the one year anniversary of the Windows 7 launch.

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According to reports, Dell is likely to begin shipping Netbooks with Ubuntu Light. Ubuntu Light, also released on 10th October with Ubuntu 10.10, is an instant-on Operating System for internet browsing, email etc. on the go. It is not meant to be a replacement for Windows – rather Dell may install it alongside Windows 7….

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It seems like OpenOffice.org is really giving Microsoft nightmares, so much so that that they have put up a video in YouTube doing what they do best – spread FUD against OpenOffice.org (and open-source in general). Unlike Microsoft’s Office Suite, which can cost even above $400, OpenOffice.org is completely free to download and use.

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Google Chrome 8 has hit the Dev channel for Windows, Linux and Mac. One of the main features with this build is the addition of GPU acceleration option in the labs. You can access it by entering about:labs in the omnibar. The GPU acceleration uses the graphics card to render the HTML5 canvas elements. This…

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In this article we will tell you about SyncFriend – a free plugin that synchronizes your Outlook contacts automatically with your SyncFriend account and also indirectly with your phone.

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Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from a Ubuntu is pretty straightforward. However, most of the new computers comes with Windows and if you want to install Ubuntu, you have two options – burn the ISO in a CD or you can use UNetBootin to create a bootable flash drive from Windows.

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Microsoft has released the first beta of its new Security Essential software. The new Security Essential features an updated anti-malware engine which is better at both detecting and removing malware. Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta is directly integrated with the Firewall and gives users the option to either turn off the firewall or turn it…

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Opera has just released Opera 10.60 for Linux, Windows and Mac. It is basically an improvement over Opera 10.5x. They claim that Opera 10.60 is 50% faster than Opera 10.50, making it the fastest browser.

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