Aug 082010
 

From CIO.com…

11 Free Linux Apps Your Business Needs Now – CIO.com: “PC World — Despite the wealth of free applications out there, many small business owners continue to spend an inordinate amount of their all-too-scarce resources on software. Microsoft Office 2010? That’ll be $499.99–or $279.99 if you can do without the Professional version. QuickBooks 2010? $159.95 or more. Adobe PhotoShop CS5? A whopping $699.

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The good news is that there are free and open-source alternatives for virtually every package a small business might need, and most of them are excellent. Whether or not you’ve already made the switch to Linux — there are, after all, myriad security and other reasons for doing so — these free apps can be just what any small business needs to succeed.”

 Posted by at 3:52 pm
Jun 282010
 

From H-online.com…

Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 3.2.6 – The H Open Source: News and Features: “Oracle has announced the release of version 3.2.6 of its open source VM VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware. The latest maintenance update includes more than 20 bug fixes and a number of changes over the previous 3.2.4 release from early June.”

 Posted by at 5:18 pm
May 042010
 

From LifeHacker.com…

VirtualBox 3.2 Beta Virtualizes Mac OS X (On Macs) – VirtualBox – Lifehacker: “Windows/Mac/Linux: Free virtualization tool VirtualBox, technically Oracle VM VirtualBox now, has quietly added ‘experimental support for Mac OS X guests’ to a beta release. That’s good news—at least for Mac owners, and those willing to dig into serious Hackintosh tweaks.”

 Posted by at 1:34 pm
May 042010
 

From LifeHacker.com…

VirtualBox 3.2 Beta Virtualizes Mac OS X (On Macs) – VirtualBox – Lifehacker: “Windows/Mac/Linux: Free virtualization tool VirtualBox, technically Oracle VM VirtualBox now, has quietly added ‘experimental support for Mac OS X guests’ to a beta release. That’s good news—at least for Mac owners, and those willing to dig into serious Hackintosh tweaks.”

 Posted by at 9:34 am