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arstechnica.com - 1/20/2009
Obama Inauguration shines on Linux too with Moonlight
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Several developers from Novell's Mono team worked late into the night so that the official Internet stream of Obama's inauguration ceremony will be accessible to Linux and PPC Mac users. Ars takes an inside look at the effort and shares some insights from one of the developers who helped make ...
ustream.tv - 1/17/2009
Barack Obama Inauguration Day LIVE, Ustream.TV: The presidential inauguration is the official ...
— ustream.tv — The presidential inauguration is the official day that the President of the United States is sworn into... office. The purpose of this inauguration is to honor the incoming president with formal ceremonies, including: a Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony, ... (more) Barack Obama Inauguration Day LIVE, Ustream.TV: The ...

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blogs.zdnet.com - 1/26/2009
Windows kicks Linux to the curb
— blogs.zdnet.com — Gosh, that didn’t take long! Last July Linux had a huge opportunity to beat Windows in the... red-hot netbook market (see Linux for housewives. XP for geeks. ). But faster than I’d expected Microsoft has kicked Linux to the curb, claiming an ... (more) Windows kicks Linux to the curb

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msnbc.msn.com - 1/16/2009
Inauguration- msnbc.com
— msnbc.msn.com — U.S. & world Business Sports Entertainment Health Technology & science Travel Latest headlines Israel plans to exit... Gaza by inauguration Israel plans to pull all of its troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time President-elect Barack Obama is ... (more) Inauguration- msnbc.com

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Lifehacker:  Moonlight Allows Inauguration Streaming on Linux, PPC Macs [Linux]

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Moonlight Allows Inauguration Streaming on Linux, PPC Macs [Linux]
Lifehacker — By Kevin Purdy , 7:30 AM on Tue Jan 20 2009, 148 views [image] Novell programmers worked overnight to ensure that Moonlight , their open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, will allow streaming from the official inauguration page for Linux, PowerPC Mac users, and others systems with Firefox. [ via ]

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