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Bogdan Radulescu has announced the availability of a beta release of NimbleX 2008, a minimalist desktop live CD based on Slackware Linux: "NimbleX 2008 Beta has been released. After many months of using it, I finally decided that it's good enough to be released as a beta version .

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developerWorks: "Many organizations have standardized their IBM WebSphere Application Server environments with Java because of its excellent scalability, security, and support "

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Linux Journal: "I know that about six billion people have compared and contrasted the differences between the Ubuntu variants "

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Blue-GNU: "I have previously discussed the XO's hardware, as well as its multimedia and web activities. The XO has several tutorial activities that can be used in a fairly productive (read 'useful') way "

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Linux.com: "Think you're smarter than the meatheads on your local city council? Now you can prove it--without running for office--courtesy of the original city simulation game.

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DeviceGuru: "NXP Semiconductor and Purple Labs have announced a reference design aimed at enabling the manufacture of 3G Linux feature phones that could be sold to mobile operators at under $100 "

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The Slack World: "Have you longed for those days when innovation truly was innovation and the Amiga range of personal computers rose high above the competition in both sales and usability ?"

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nerdyH brings us a report about a Linux-based device being developed at MIT which aims to reduce traffic congestion as well as assist automotive research projects. "The current focus of the project is in developing algorithms that run on top of the portal application to help drivers plot the best route at a given time. For example, the team's MyRoute project includes applications that model delays observed on road segments as statistical distributions. Various algorithms then use these to compute optimal routes for different times of the day. 'Instead of asking the shortest time or shortest distance from point A to point B, you ask what route should be taken, say, for the highest probability of getting to the airport by a certain time depending on the time selected,' says Madden."Read more of this story at Slashdot.