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A Screenshot Review of KDE 4 274

Posted by Zonk on Monday March 31, 2008 @09:05PM from the who-doesn't-like-a-little-eye-candy dept.

billybob2 writes "PolishLinux.org has an extensive screenshot review and commentary on the development version of the Free and Open Source KDE desktop. Highlights include the ability to run any desktop applet prepared for Mac OS X inside Plasma, on-the-fly annotation and rating of files from within the Dolphin file manager. It also has an improved GUI for the Amarok music player, flexible 3D eye candy configuration in KWin, and improved support for both accessing digital cameras via the Solid hardware layer and the DigiKam photo manager."

Wireshark 1.0 Released 123

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 31, 2008 @06:26PM from the happy-sniffing dept.

katterjohn writes "After almost 10 years of work, Wireshark 1.0 has been released. Wireshark is the award-winning protocol analyzer, formerly known as Ethereal. The release features several security fixes and an experimental package for Max OS X Intel."

Neal Stephenson Returns with "Anathem" 248

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 31, 2008 @05:45PM from the hoping-for-a-hit-not-a-miss dept.

Lev Grossman writes to tell us that Neal Stephenson, author of greats like Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, has another novel due for release in September. The catalogue copy gives us a small glimpse at what may be in store: "Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians--sealed off from the illiterate, irrational, unpredictable 'saecular' world that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, world wars and climate change. Until the day that a higher power, driven by fear, decides that only these cloistered scholars have the abilities to avert an impending catastrophe. And, one by one, Raz and his cohorts are summoned forth without warning into the Unknown."

Adobe Joins Linux Foundation, Develops AIR For Linux 171

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 31, 2008 @10:17AM from the do-we-trust-these-guys-yet dept.

2muchcoffeeman writes "Adobe announced Monday that it is joining the Linux Foundation and alpha-released a Linux version of its new Adobe Internet Runtime environment, which allows Internet-enabled applications to run on Windows and Mac OS desktops, for Linux. According to Adobe, the alpha version lacks some key features that will be available in the final product and only runs with Sun Java, not GNU Java. Adobe also released an alpha of Flex Builder for Linux Monday."

World's Fastest Net Link 'Used To Dry Laundry' 135

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 31, 2008 @09:40AM from the it-gets-pretty-hot-in-there dept.

praps writes "Last summer a 75-year-old woman from central Sweden became the envy of the IT world with her scorching 40Gbps internet connection. 1,500 simultaneous HDTV channels or a whole high definition DVD downloaded in two seconds were hers for the taking. Now Sigbritt Löthberg could soon be treated to an incredible 100 Gbps link — but it may not be put to great use. According to the head of the ultra-fast fiber connection project, Sigbritt mostly used the gear 'to dry her laundry.'"

Comment Re:Dr. Grip (Score 2, Informative) 919

by larley on Monday September 19, 2005 @10:07PM (#13600870) Attached to: Favorite brand of disposable pen?

Ah, that's the problem, isn't it? I am a regular Dr. Grip user, but I agree with the ink problem. What I do is I refill it with ink from a Zebra Sarasa (http://www.zebrapen.com/gel-sarasa.html) which not only fits perfectly, but is probably the smoothest ink I've ever used. But that's only for the Dr. Grip gel pens. The regular Dr. Grips are just loaded with awful ink that clumps up and leaves strands behind (I used to have notes where every page had a superfine strand of ink at some point on the page, attached to a small ink clump at one end---terrible...)

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