Linux, News and Random Stuffs
May 30
Lucas Rocha wrote:
This is the second update to GNOME 2.22. Come and see all the bug fixing,
all the new translations and all the updated documentation brought to
you by the wonderful team of GNOME contributors! A lot of work has been
done in the stable branch to make it even more solid than it was.
Popularity: 17% [?]
May 7
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) said its mobile phone subscriber base has reached more than 32 million, combining Smart and Talk N’ Text subscribers.
Smart ended the first quarter with 20.6 million subscribers while Talk N’ Text had 11 million subscribers at the end of the same period. Smart and Talk N’ Text added 280,000 and 1.25 million subscribers, respectively, during the first quarter.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Apr 17
Hundreds of Cubans lined up at state-owned telephone offices Monday to buy cellular phone services previously available only to government officials and foreigners.
President Raul Castro, who took power in February, has moved quickly to ease restrictions in the communist country and the new reform allows Cubans to buy cellular phones for the first time or register those they had held illegally.
“It is an advance, like other things that are happening in Cuba now,” said Alejandro, smiling with his new contract in hand. The self-employed Cuban has used a cellular telephone illegally for years in the name of a foreigner.
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This is a first step I think, lifting of other restrictions will follow.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Apr 15
JAKARTA–(UPDATE) Indonesia ended its blockade of websites carrying a controversial anti-Islam film and apologized to the public on Friday after a string of angry complaints and accusations of censorship.
Access was restored to YouTube, MySpace and other prominent sites by the country’s main Internet service providers, who barred them this week at the government’s request.
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Users Win!!!
Popularity: 17% [?]
Apr 14
Analytic firm IDC sees revenue from Linux-oriented servers, software and services reaching $49 billion in three years, more than double what it is today. Although Microsoft will remain a strong competitor, “both Linux and Windows will continue to compete vigorously for greenfield opportunities,” said IDC’s Brett Waldman.
Popularity: 13% [?]
