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QOTD
More Giz Readers Own Macs Than PCs
6:40AM Sean Fallon | Surprisingly, our poll yesterday revealed that Mac owners were running neck and neck with PC owners, each commanding 41 per cent of the vote. Although Mac owners have maintained an extremely slight edge over the last few hours in actual numbers. More »
Software
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Out Now
12:12AM Matt Buchanan | I’ve always wanted a pet koala, but I could settle for Ubuntu 9.10 Karamic Koala, which is out now. The main Ubuntu page is still all about 9.04, but you can grab 9.10 here. [Ubuntu, Image via Yvonne/Flickr]
Random Stuff
Linux Legend Loves Some Windows 7
4:20AM Sean Fallon | Why would Linus Torvalds, the man behind the Linux kernel, be giving a big thumbs up in front of a Japanese Windows 7 booth? More »
Software
Else Intuition: The Surprisingly Not-Sad Fate Of Palm OS
2:33AM John Herrman | In 2006, Access bought the rights to Palm OS, and licensed the code to Palm. Access spent plenty of time and money developing a next-gen OS, which Palm totally ignored for their own. Things looked grim! Until this thing. More »
Software
HTC Spills The Hero’s Guts (And By Guts, I Mean Kernel Source Code)
7:19AM John Herrman | HTC’s posted a nice fat package of code on their developer portal, labelled “HTC Hero Kernel Source Code”. This isn’t nearly as tantalising as it sounds, but it’s pu-ret-ay exciting nonetheless. Here’s why. More »
Computers
Giz Explains: Why Stuff Crashes (And Why It Happens Less Now)
5:10AM Matt Buchanan | You’re working on the most important document you’ve ever typed and suddenly — boom: Blue screen. “A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED.” What the hell just happened? More »
Software
10:12AM John Herrman | Google spilled some choice Chrome OS guts yesterday, leaving us with a heap of files to sift through. The best part? It included the browser. Google’s files have been pulled, but Linux users can still download Chrome for Chrome here. More »
Linux Users Can Try The Chrome OS Browser Right Now
10:12AM John Herrman | Google spilled some choice Chrome OS guts yesterday, leaving us with a heap of files to sift through. The best part? It included the browser. Google’s files have been pulled, but Linux users can still download Chrome for Chrome here. More »
Software
Fun With Linux Commands
12:40PM Jason Chen | Ah, so this is the reason why people don’t consider Linux user friendly. [Geeks Are Sexy]
Phones
Overheard: “Nokia Will Never Release An Android Handset”
8:03AM Dan Nosowitz | At the Finnish phonemaker’s booth, I overheard a Nokia rep tell someone definitively that Nokia “will never release an Android handset”. He added, “You can quote me on that”, which is good, because I am! More »
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