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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 To 9.10 (Desktop & Server)

Yesterday the new Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 9.10.

| How-to | Open Source | 10/30/09 at 9:33 am |


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Neither Netbooks Nor Desktops Are “The Answer”

Why do some IT people get so upset about netbooks? Story after story from “real IT” people accuse netbooks of trying to take over the world by fraud or trickery or magic. What IT pundits, like the writer of Forget Netbooks, Desktops Rule, forget is that "normal” people don't care about ideology when they buy a netbook, they care about price, portability, and getting their work done. If a netbook does that for them, why does that upset the IT people?



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Manage Twitter on Your Desktop With Spaz Or TweetDeck

Twitter is all the rage. It was name-checked on Conan's second Tonight Show broadcast and was even extended into a comedy bit. Basically, Twitter is a microblog that you post, which is shared with the world at large. You can collect friends and only see their tweets, see everyone's tweets, and even reply and send direct messages. In order to use Twitter, normally you have to stick to its Web site, twitter.com. Hence the need for a standalone PC application, and freebie Spaz is one such approach.

| Tip | Internet | Personal tech | 07/02/09 at 8:31 pm |


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Customize Your Windows Desktop

| How-to | Personal tech | Windows | 06/30/09 at 10:51 am |


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Revitalizing an aging desktop computer on the cheap

Don't trash your tired old desktop PC -- pump it up with a few inexpensive upgrades.

| Feature | Hardware | 06/24/09 at 9:18 am |


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CherryPal mini-desktop consumes 2 watts of power

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HP set to unveil power-sipping PCs for gamers

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