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6 Free Tools To Help You Run Windows Applications On Linux

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When switching from Windows to a Linux operating system, you may come up with many difficulties. For example, you might not find the applications you needed. Although you can find any and all the replacements of a Windows application on Linux, there is a way in which you can run your favorite Windows application on your Linux operating system.

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It's the Web, Stupid

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2008 elections became the greatest get-out-the-vote effort in American history, all because candidates are able to mash the old operations with technology--everything from Google Maps to online tools--to help reach voters.

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CNN's Holograms Are Not Really Holograms

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CNN made waves on Tuesday night by incorporating three-dimensional holograms into its coverage of the U.S. election. The only problem was, they weren't really holograms. "I don't think it has anything to do with holograms." said Hans Jürgen Kreuzer, a professor of theoretical physics at Dalhousie University and an expert on holography.

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Digg sets site traffic record on Election Day

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And in one day, "Digg this if you voted for Obama" becomes the second-most dugg story in the site's history. Twitter and YouTube also set records yesterday.

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Social Media Gets Out the Vote

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You're probably used to the site that dresses up its logo for a holiday, and Election Day, quite frankly, often receives that very same treatment. A visit to Google, Yahoo!, or AOL's home pages today are testaments of that fact. AOL's is even animated.

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Ex-MPAA and IFPI Anti-Piracy Enforcer Shot Dead

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A man described as an “anti-piracy hero” has been gunned down in Thailand. Kasim Cha Tong, a former director of the MPA and anti-piracy campaigner for the IFPI, died by a single shot from a sawn-off shotgun. The killer escaped. Police are investigating the possibility that this was an assassination.

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Internet black boxes to record every email and website visit

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Under Government plans to monitor internet traffic, raw data would be collected and stored by the black boxes before being transferred to a giant central database.

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Open-Xchange nabs $9 million to fight MS Exchange

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Open-source email company Open-Xchange has raised a $9 million Series B round in a difficult financing environment, bringing its total funding to $17.8 million.With this fresh infusion of cash Open-Xchange is expected to mount a more serious challenge to Microsoft's ubiquitous Exchange product.

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A Landslide Win for White Spaces

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The Federal Communications Commissions voted late Tuesday to approve the unlicensed use of “white spaces” — empty airwaves between television channels — for high-speed Internet access nationwide.

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Windows 7 Preview Boots 20% Faster Than Vista

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The only way to truly compare boot-up times between operating systems is to try them out on the same exact hardware, and as of today I'm triple-booting XP, Vista, and the Windows 7 Preview on a newly-built PC. The results? Windows 7 boots much faster than Windows Vista—but surprisingly, no faster than Windows XP.

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