A hacker is accused of breaking into women's computers, not to plant malware or to steal credit-card information but to extort sexually explicit videos from them.

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Google will now let anyone use Google Voice and this is great news.

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People are still running this almost obsolete version of Windows, to which I ask "Why!?"

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I use Ubuntu on all my personal computers and I even recommend it to friends. I am starting to think maybe I shouldn't though, because it is obvious:Ubuntu is harder to use than Windows Don't believe me? Read through a few of these comparisons below and I think it will be obvious which operating system is more "user friendly".Installing Software:

Something that is difficult to do in Ubuntu (and Linux in general) is installing packages on a system without an active internet connection. This is a brief HOWTO for easily installing packages on an offline Ubuntu system. In order to do this you will need another system (preferably something with Linux) that has an active internet connection as well as a flash drive.Step 1 - Manually performing an apt-get update

In the three years I have been using Linux as my primary operating system I've taken note that in general there are four different types of Linux users. Each one fits a distinct niche and it is possible to change from one type into another over time.The Computer User:

Remember when the mainframe was dead? That was before IBM adopted Linux. Today, IBM continues forward with Linux on the mainframe and beyond.

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Linux rules supercomputers. It's vitally important to servers. And, Linux is making gains on the desktop. Where Linux is really going to shine in the next twelve months though is in devices: tablets, smartphones, and TVs.

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Earlier this month I talked about why I feel Asus's T91MT is a better computer than Apple's iPad. What I failed to mention in that posting is that in addition to the T91MT Asus also has a T101MT netbook/tablet hybrid.

Two important Linux companies, Mandriva and Novell, are on the sales block.

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