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Eeet’s here…
Mike - 12:03pm on Tuesday October 30th 2007
Say hello to the Eee PC, a tiny Linux-powered laptop from ASUS...
We've just got hold of one here in the office -- and we'll have an exhaustive review in LXF 101! In the meantime, the specs:
- 900 MHz Intel Celeron CPU
- 512MB RAM
- 4GB flash drive (acts as hard drive)
- 3 USB ports, VGA output, webcam
- 7" screen, in-built speakers
- SD card slot, Ethernet port
- Xandros installed (can also run Windows XP)
- OpenOffice.org 2.0, Firefox etc.
38 reasons to squeal with delight
Mike - 2:06pm on Monday October 29th 2007
Looking at the marketing for Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.5, I feel that I'm falling behind with MikeOS. After all, it seems that you can tout any minuscule change as a revolutionary enhancement nowadays. Microsoft has 100 Reasons You'll Be Speechless with Vista, including miracles like this:
63. Help is always available
Banjaxed by Ajax
Paul Hudson - 11:27am on Tuesday October 2nd 2007
You may have noticed I've been relatively quiet for the past few months, and it's true: my mind has been focused elsewhere, but now that's starting to lull a little I have some time to update you all with my workings for the past coupla months.
The week so far (in photos)
Mike - 1:40pm on Tuesday September 18th 2007
It's only Tuesday, but we've had two very productive days at LXF Towers. Nick has advanced beyond the stage of normal vision:
Any guesses as to Nick's evil plans here? All will be revealed in LXF99!
Meanwhile, we've been taken in by the McDonald's two-for-one offer on Big Macs. Hudzilla and PC Format discmeister Jeremy have created the Monster Mac, a towering burger built from two individual Macs:
Announcing MikeOS 1.0.0!
Mike - 8:49pm on Sunday September 16th 2007
Yes, it's finally here. While Microsoft struggles with Vista adoption, and Apple races to get Leopard out on time, the MikeOS team has stormed ahead and brought the future of computing to last week. I can hear the applause from all three of you!
WMBC
evilnick2 - 11:03am on Friday September 7th 2007
Recently I attended the World Moustache and Beard Championships, which this year were held in sunless Brighton.
Stupidity: A new kind of spam
Paul Hudson - 9:34am on Thursday August 30th 2007
I haven't blogged in a while, largely because I've been sucked into a number of projects that demand most of my attention. But I do want to query something: are there just a million morons called Paul Hudson, or is there a new kind of spam around?
“Back once again with the ill behaviour”
Matt Nailon2 - 4:17am on Friday August 24th 2007
38 issues ago, I did a Rapunzel from LXF Towers – climbed down my golden tresses and toddled off to be Editor of a whole bunch of Future Publishing’s Special Projects, including the Adobe Photoshop Focus Guide for a year and a bit, among other hair-raising adventures, more of which another time.
So what’s different in LXF97 from November 2004’s LXF59?
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