rfa.org - 12/4/2008
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UPDATED DEC. 3, 12:46 EST HONG KONG—Authorities in the southeastern Chinese city of Nanchang are requiring all local Internet cafes to replace their Microsoft Windows XP operating systems with a Chinese-made system, Red Flag Linux, according to officials and Internet cafe owners. An official ...
gigaom.com - 12/6/2008
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gigaom.com —
A netbook as we’ve come to know it
is a small laptop that is cheap. That’s about
it, although the term can be confusing, as larger notebooks are sometimes called netbooks, since that is currently the hot buzzword. So you want to get a ...
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5 Things to Consider Before Buying a Netbook [GigaOM]
tgdaily.com - 12/9/2008
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tgdaily.com —
Windows XP is not going away anytime soon,
but it will get more expensive. Dell has been
supporting a Windows XP downgrade option since the introduction of Windows Vista and extended this option twice beyond a previously given deadline for the ...
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Dell triples Windows XP downgrade tax to $150
blogs.zdnet.com - 12/2/2008
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blogs.zdnet.com —
December 1st, 2008 With Vista SP2, Microsoft is
back on track Posted by Ed Bott @ 5:05
pm Categories: Windows Vista , Microsoft , Windows XP Tags: Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows Vista , Service Pack , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows , ...
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With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track | Ed ...
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Why is China forcing people to use Red Flag Linux?
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... This Radio Free Asia report (which is referred to in the other story) also quotes cafe owners who said that they are being forced to install Red Flag even if they're running legit copies of Windows. ...
China policy on Red Flag Linux suggests that open source is not always open
The Open Road —
News hit Slashdot on Wednesday that China is forcing its Internet cafes to use licensed copies of Red Flag Linux, and allegedly not because it wants to encourage software freedom, as Radio Free Asia suggests.
Indeed, Radio Free Asia notes that while the policy ostensibly is aimed at removing pirated ...
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