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Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs introduces MacBook Air

This is actually happening as I’m writing these lines.
Steve Jobs is making his Keynote speech, presenting the new Apple product: MacBook Air

Gizmodo is reporting live from Macworld 2008:
“It’s ultra-thin, can have normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it’s all about wireless connectivity. It’s an stunning .16 inches [...]

The fastest way to defragment your hard-drive

I’ve been defraging my various hard drives for many years now.
Ever since the DOS days and Norton Utilities, and all the way up to the current XP machine, I’ve always been aware a defragmented drive is a better drive.
There have been many different theories and arguments about the best way to defrag your HD, what [...]

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) released!

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) was released today, and according to emerging reviews it is, as usual, one more step towards become a true desktop Windows competitor.
The latest version of Ubuntu includes the following new features:

Hardware management improvements - improved plug-and-play configuration for printers, as well as automatic firmware installation for Broadcom cards
Improved support for display [...]

What does the version number of Ubuntu Linux mean?!

* Note *
This post was originally written back in April when
Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) was released. Due to the now-resolved technical problems the site has been suffering from it hasn’t appeared until know.
The point of the post, as the title suggests, is below the announcement itself and it explains what the weird Ubuntu version numbers [...]