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Apple patent would give iPhone, iPad switchable privacy LCD
May 20, 2011 – 6:05 pm | No Comment

An Apple patent in the US has shown the company exploring the idea of LCDs with switchable privacy levels. A screen on a device like an iPad, iPod, or Mac would have a “scattering module” behind the screen, as well as wedge-like liquid crystal elements in the screen itself, that would steer the lights going [...]

Temperature
May 19, 2011 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Open Source Software Going Mainstream in Enterprises: Survey
May 19, 2011 – 7:03 pm | No Comment

More businesses are becoming more confident about picking open source software over products from vendors of proprietary licensed applications, according to a new report.

Open Source Software Going Mainstream in Enterprises: Survey
May 19, 2011 – 7:03 pm | No Comment

More businesses are becoming more confident about picking open source software over products from vendors of proprietary licensed applications, according to a new report.

Microsoft Blasts Intel’s Talk of Windows 8 as Misleading, Inaccurate
May 19, 2011 – 6:20 pm | No Comment

Microsoft today called comments made by an Intel executive about the next version of Windows “inaccurate” and “misleading.”

Religions
May 19, 2011 – 1:00 am | No Comment
Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
May 18, 2011 – 8:12 pm | No Comment

Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.

Microsoft to Expand AppFabric Toolset
May 18, 2011 – 4:30 pm | No Comment

Microsoft next month will release a set of new components to its Azure AppFabric suite of middleware cloud services that should make it easier for administrators to create and manage cloud applications.