Cuba adota software livre por razões de soberania

URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/537682191/nl1234401870.html

"Cuba lançou esta semana sua variante do sistema operacional de fonte aberta Linux, o passo mais firme da ilha até agora para dar as costas ao Windows, por motivos de soberania tecnológica e segurança nacional. O "Nova" é uma alternativa ao sistema operacional da gigante do software Microsoft, que as autoridades comunistas da ilha consideram como pouco confiável."

Fonte: http://tecnologia.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI3509809-EI4801,00.html

Study finds horrible working conditions at Microsoft, Dell ODM factory

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/11/study-finds-horrible-working-conditions-at-microsoft-dell-odm-f/

Despite the fact that the world economy is suffering from cutbacks in nearly every job sector, factory workers in places such as the Meitai factory in Dongguan City, Guangdong, China -- which assembles and produces keyboards for companies including Lenovo, Microsoft, Dell, HP and IBM -- have been relatively insulated from the downturn, and their jobs secure. The National Labor Committee has conducted a covert operation to investigate the working conditions at the factory, however, and found them to be less than acceptable. The workers -- who arguably are not compensated very well to begin with -- are cheated out of wages for negligible wrongdoing, forced into overtime, fed food that even a Dickens character would refuse, work twelve hours a day seven days a week, and sleep in dorms which are "primitive" (yes, workers live at the factory). The report that the NLC has compiled is quite long, detailed, depressing, and begins, ironically, with a Bill Gates quote. Hit the read link for the full story.

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Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge for More

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/TA-ep9yP3Io/article.pl

Barence writes "Microsoft's decision to limit Windows 7 Starter Edition to running only three concurrent applications could force up the price of netbooks as many manufacturers opt for the more expensive Home Premium. The three-app rule includes applications running in the background but excludes antivirus, and the company claims most users wouldn't be affected by the limit. 'We ran a study which suggested that the average consumer has open just over two applications [at any time]. We would expect the limit of three applications wouldn't affect very many people.' However, Microsoft told journalists at last year's Professional Developers Conference that 70% of Windows users have between eight and 15 windows open at any one time."

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Microsoft's long, slow decline continues

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-02-04-016-35-NW-BZ-MS

Practical Technology: "Now, Windows is down to 88.26%. Mac OS X is within touching distance of 10% and Linux is still hanging in there with 0.83%."

Bill Gates on Linux@Intel: "This Huge Driver Group Scares Me."

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-02-04-014-35-OS-HW-KN

BoycottNovell: "Is Intel planning to write drivers for Linux? This huge driver group scares me. Its them doing something we should do and they will do it cross OS in a way that could be a real problem for us."

Windows Vista roda em menos de 10% dos computadores corporativos - Autor(João Brunelli Moreno)

URL: http://uoltecnologia.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-02-01_2009-02-07.html#2009_02-02_17_29_01-133915325-0

Às vesperas do final de sua vida útil, o Windows Vista ainda está longe da popularidade do XP entre os usuários corporativos. De Leia mais...

Windows 7 UAC Leaves Door Open for Attacks

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+7+UAC+Leaves+Door+Open+for+Attacks/article14127.htm

Microsoft insists big Windows 7 security hole will not be fixed, is "by design"