Why Is the Ubuntu-based Dell Mini 9 Unfinished?
I recently caved in to my inner geek and bought a Mini 9. This is the cheap netbook from Dell that runs Ubuntu (although WinXP is an option). It took Dell a month to get it to me, and although the price dropped significantly during that time they refused to give me a refund. So when the Mini 9 eventually arrived I was grumpy, and not inclined to see it in a good light. But I'll be damned if the little thing hasn't stolen my heart. It's everything you might expect from a miniature notebook. You've probably read the various Mini 9 reviews by now, and there's not much I can add (apart from pointing out that the Mini 9 is surprisingly sluggish -- it's a 1.6GHz processor in name only, and feels like it's running at half that speed).

Users and analysts consider results of IBM, Sun merger
A possible IBM acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. might have its good points. But users and analysts also have concerns that can be summed up in two words: uncertainty and fear.

Sun begins new push into cloud services market
Sun is making a fresh push into the cloud services market, starting with hosted computing and storage services that it will offer to developers later this year.

Open source digiKam hits 0.10.0 for KDE4, Windows
After months of development and hundreds of bug fixes, the open source photo manager digiKam has reached a significant milestone with the 0.10.0 final release for KDE4 and Windows.

Novell: No SUSE Linux for ARM-based netbooks
A year ago, netbooks were viewed as a good chance for Linux to finally break into the desktop computing mainstream.

Mozilla launches Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, touts speed gains
Mozilla Corp. Thursday released Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, a long-delayed update that sports improvements to the new JavaScript engine and private browsing tools.

Mozilla looks to turbocharge Firefox's new-tab skills
Mozilla's research arm wants to speed up tasks in Firefox that typically start with a blank tab, like searching, reading Web mail or navigating to a new site, a company official said Wednesday.

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