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<p>The <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-February/000932.html">alpha release</a> for our development version, codenamed Precise, is available for download. Early testers can try it to provide feedback and bug reports. This is the firs… Full story >>>

<p>Keen KDE Software users can find Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8 updates in the backport PPA for 11.10 and compiling now in the main archive for our development release.</p> <p>Bugs in the packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa&qu… Full story >>>

<p>The previously announced <a href="http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.7.4.php">KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.7.4</a> updates have completed QA testing and have been released to all users in the oneiric-updates repository. This is the last planned… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://www.calligra.org/news/announcements/calligra-2-4-beta-6/">Calligra (formerly KOffice) Beta 6</a> is available for testing in the Beta PPA for 11.10 and in the main archive for our development release.</p> <p>Bugs in the packaging should be r… Full story >>>

<p>Testers can find Plasma and KDE Applications RC 2 (4.7.97) in the Beta PPA for 11.10 and compiling now in the main archive for our development release.</p> <p>Bugs in the packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa">kubuntu-ppa… Full story >>>

<p>Testers can find Plasma and KDE Applications RC 1 (4.7.95) in the Beta PPA for 11.10 and in the main archive for our development release.</p> <p>Bugs in the packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa">kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad&… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.5">Amarok 2.5</a> is available in the Kubuntu Backports PPA for 11.10 users.</p> <p>Bugs in the packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa">kubuntu-ppa on Laun… Full story >>>

<p>Early testers can find Plasma and KDE Applications beta 2 (4.7.90) in the Beta PPA for 11.10 and in the main archive for our development release.</p> <p>Bugs in the packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa">kubuntu-ppa on La… Full story >>>

<p>The <a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-473">previously announced</a> KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.7.3 updates have completed QA testing and have been released to all users in the oneiric-updates repository.</p> <p>Packages for the r… Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of the <a href="http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.7.3.php">KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.7.3</a> are available for Kubuntu 11.10 and precise. Users of 11.10 can get it from the Kubuntu Updates PPA until the packages are … Full story >>>

<h4>More performance-tuning for your home and office</h4> <p><strong>Part 3</strong> I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh… Full story >>>

<h4>Sharp shooters for parties and protests</h4> <p><strong>Product round-up</strong> You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is … Full story >>>

<h4>That's 'billion', with a 'b'</h4> <p>If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/01/facebook_files_ipo/">upcoming initial public offering</a> … Full story >>>

<h4>US, UK research: Thick kids more likely to become bigots</h4> <p>British and American children who are less intelligent are more likely to grow up to be conservative and/or bigots, according to new research published in <i>Physiological Science</i>.…</p><… Full story >>>

<h4>Expert pilot, experimental aircraft</h4> <p>Steven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company's hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years-old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman … Full story >>>

<h4>Rival small-business boosters, Obama foes disagree</h4> <p>One advocacy group has published a survey it says proves that US small-business owners aren't unduly concerned with government regulations. Another group says that the first group's opinion poll is tainted by bogosity.â… Full story >>>

<h4>Dam friction-less sharing and the company is toast</h4> <p><strong>Open ... and Shut</strong> No sooner did Facebook file its S-1 in preparation for an IPO than <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/02/facebook_ipo_analysis/">speculation kicked into hi… Full story >>>

<h4>Poles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protests</h4> <p>The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/27/eu_signs_acta/">signed by most European countries last week</a>, may not be a done deal after all, as… Full story >>>

<h4>Lots of IT workers get pink slips</h4> <p>The US economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January and the unemployment rate has ticked down two-tenths of a point, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclic… Full story >>>

<h4>Take 'em down, put 'em back – a busy morning for Apple IT</h4> <p>A German court has suspended the injunction that required Apple to remove its iPhone 4 and 3Gs, and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G from its online store in that country.…</p> Full story >>>

I've just spent a couple of hours adding some basic microformat support to this site. You might have seen the Find Articles on New Internationalist -type Operator Userscript I made the other day. I thought I should make one for here too! So this is one that adds a "Find articles from Charlie" to you… Full story >>>

This is a little Operator Userscript that adds a "Find articles on New Internationalist" to your tagspaces options. BTW New Internationalist's soon-to-be-launched new site will have lots of microformat goodness rolled in. Exciting. Full story >>>

This turned out to be a three pipe problem; all I wanted to do was not to run OpenBSD's send mail daemon, yet still be able to send mail from that box. It turns out that there's a simple answer in the post Improving Sendmail Security by Turning it Off, by Hal Pomeranz. From the post: Note tha… Full story >>>

A little perl script to send you a daily agenda email from your chandler hub account. Discussed in depth on the page Getting Chandler Hub to send a daily agenda by email. Full story >>>

This is the code for my Daily Mail Story Generator, which I have just added a page for. This code generates the story, which I then parse into html to fit into my site hierarchy. It is a fairly trivial bit of code, but then so are the journalists who it mocks. *hehe* Full story >>>

ALF is a little project on which I'm working. Its a SQL based Apache Log Filter for web admins who need a little more flexibility, but are using text logging. This is an ogg theora preview of the alpha. The finished program will be a lot easier to use and friendlier, but, you know I'm easily excited… Full story >>>