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Google Drive to offer free storage in the cloud

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 24, 2012 | Android, Google, Hardware, Linux, Netbooks, Technology, Ubuntu |

Google Drive to offer free storage in the cloud

Google is expected to shortly launch a major new consumer service offering cloud-based storage for photos and other online content.

The effort – dubbed Google Drive – is likely to offer 5GB (gigabytes) of free storage with more available for a monthly fee. It would challenge services including Dropbox and Microsoft’s SkyDrive. Experts suggest it could also force rival Facebook to enter the cloud market.

Overview of the Open Platform for the PLAYSTATION®3 system

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 30, 2010 | Hardware, Linux, Nintendo, Open Source, Sony, Technology, Ubuntu, University, UNIX, World |

Thought I would re-post a soon to be non-existent feature of the original PS3. ————————————— There is more to the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer...

The end run around the OS is underway

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 19, 2008 | BeOS, BSD, Canada, Dell, Google, Linux, Microsoft, Netbooks, Novell, Open Source, Red Hat, Solaris, Technology, Ubuntu, UNIX |

The operating system may be losing its luster. In fact, you could argue that the operating system–Linux, OS X and Windows–will become an application that just happens to boot first. And hardware vendors are on to the OS’s...

Ubuntu + Sun = Very good idea

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 4, 2008 | Linux, Solaris, Technology, Ubuntu |

I had dinner with a good friend tonight from the open-source world, and we ended up having the same conversation I had with a few other friends from the open-source business community at lunch yesterday. The conversation began...

First look at Geubuntu 7.10

Posted by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Dec 14, 2007 | Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu |

Geubuntu 7.10 was released last Thursday and a couple of people asked me to take a look at it. As the distribution’s logo hints, it’s an Ubuntu derivative that uses Enlightenment E17 for the desktop environment. This...