Just days after Mark Shuttleworth asked the Linux desktop community make pretty things, Make Tech Easier has come along and created a UI for Ubuntu that looks just like Mac OSX.
It's pretty astounding how quickly this was able to be done. Now if only someone could port all the necessary apps.
Web sites launch all the time, but they also shut their doors. We highlight 15 that bit the dust this year.
Let the debate begin: Was the iPhone more important than iTunes? Was anything bigger than Google finding a great business model? CNET offers its list of the 10 most important stories of the '00s.
In "Software, Interrupted," Dave Rosenberg discusses disruption in the software market, as well as the products and services that keep business technology norms in perpetual flux.
With nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience spanning from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs, Dave co-founded open-source software company MuleSource and now serves as general manager of Hardy Way. He also happens to be a U.S. patent holder and a workaholic. Technology is his best friend and mortal enemy.
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Reinventing the MacBook AirHow does Apple reconceive the MacBook Air as the trendsetting laptop approaches its second anniversary? Some thoughts.
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A real-world test of Google Goggles visual search (photos)
Crave
Demand improving for LCD TVsDisplaySearch reports that consumers' desire for LCD TVs served the market well in the third quarter, and bodes a favorable start to 2010.
Beyond Binary
Visual Studio launch delayed by 'a few weeks'Microsoft says it's still working to resolve some performance issues related to the Visual Studio 2010 developer tool suite, which was slated for a March release.
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Deep-sea volcanic explosion--part 2 (video)
Wireless
Leaked Nexus One documents: $530 unlocked, $180 with T-MobileA tipster send Gizmodo screenshots that supposedly reveal some interesting details of Google's new phone.
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Deep-sea volcanic explosion--part 1 (video)
Deep Tech
'Don't-be-evil' Google spurns no-evil softwareOne open-source software programmer's joke--'The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil'--is a serious matter at Google.
The Space Shot
Soyuz craft docks, boosts space station crewA Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Tuesday after a smooth, automated approach, boosting the lab's crew back up to five.
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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Crave
Strap a bike to your feet with Chariot SkatesChariot Skates are a pair of large wheels that attach to your feet. Part bicycle, part ski, this evolution in inline skates allows for downhill and rough terrain riding.
Green Tech
Smart-grid spending to hit $200 billion by 2015Technologies to automate and upgrade the grid will capture most of the $200 billion invested in modernizing electrical power systems, says Pike Research.
