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    Germans Give Out Linux to Windows XP Die-Hards

    I have found Linux Mint to be an excellent alternative to XP/7/8. There are currently 290 games available for Linux within Steam, though only a few AAA titles. Performance on my hardware (Core i5, AMD 7970) is better (Source games) in Mint than in Windows 7. WINE is not a VM - it is a...
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    Hackers Could Clone Your Entry Card from Your Pocket

    Passive RFID's can indeed be encrypted, and in fact all of mine are. As to the strength of the encryption, that's another story.
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    Uniloc Founder Responds to Patent Troll Accusations

    A patent troll is a paten troll is a patent troll. Uniloc creates nothing, simply aquires insanely broad patents and then attacks those that actually write code. This sort of thing will never stop, as the patent system will never be fixed.... oh man, I hope I'm wrong!
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    Valve Finally Confirms Steam for Linux

    whimsehThe Windows haters here are so hilarious. :') I don't hate Windows. I do think that Microsoft has long abused its monopoly, and would be happy to have some more choice. I currently run my games (and VISIO) in WINE, and it can be a total pain (all productivity aside from VISIO is well...
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    Google Attacks Lodsys Over Android App Suits

    I think K-zon is badly written software.
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    Adobe Announces WYSIWYG HTML5 Design Tool

    K-zon looks to be an piece of software. The phrasing is typical of really badly written AI that is a serious FAIL on the Turing test.