<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>News Commentary @ dee-ann.blog-city.com</title><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/</link><description>(News Commentary) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 dee-ann.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:33:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>News Commentary @ dee-ann.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Games: Moving Desktop Adoption</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/games_moving_desktop_adoption.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/games_moving_desktop_adoption.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 09:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=games%5Fmoving%5Fdesktop%5Fadoption</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Vikas Gupta, CEO & President of Transgaming Technologies, makes an excellent case on why games need to be taken more seriously under Linux.]]></description><category>transgaming</category><category>cedega</category><category>linux article</category><category>linux</category><category>linux desktop</category><category>winex</category><category>linux games</category></item><item><title>Canadian response to the CRIA (Canadian version of RIAA)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/canadian_response_to_the_cria_canadian_version_of_riaa.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/canadian_response_to_the_cria_canadian_version_of_riaa.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=canadian%5Fresponse%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fcria%5Fcanadian%5Fversion%5Fof%5Friaa</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What does a Linux blog have to do with music, you ask?]]></description><category>eff</category><category>cmcc</category><category>linux drm</category><category>drm</category><category>linux dmca</category><category>linux</category><category>cria</category><category>linux riaa</category><category>riaa</category></item><item><title>Microsoft and the FAT Patent</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/microsoft_and_the_fat_patent.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/microsoft_and_the_fat_patent.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=microsoft%5Fand%5Fthe%5Ffat%5Fpatent</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was asked to comment on Microsoft, its lovely patent on the FAT filesystem, and the implications for technologies such as Linux.]]></description></item><item><title>Templates for printer labels</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/templates_for_printer_labels.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/templates_for_printer_labels.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=templates%5Ffor%5Fprinter%5Flabels</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Worldlabel.com has released a set of OpenOffice.org templates for free use, and even wants to have them integrated into the main OpenOffice.org suite. While they include an Avery label cross-reference chart, it would be cool if folks bought Worldlabe]]></description></item><item><title>Press Release: Forbes &quot;Attack of the Blogs&quot; Article Misleads Readers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/press_release_forbes_attack_of_the_blogs_article_misleads_re.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/press_release_forbes_attack_of_the_blogs_article_misleads_re.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=press%5Frelease%5Fforbes%5Fattack%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fblogs%5Farticle%5Fmisleads%5Fre</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In an open letter to Forbes Magazine editor-in-chief Steve Forbes, the Internet Press Guild (IPG) has spoken out against the use of fearmongering and character assassination in financial and technology reporting.]]></description></item><item><title>Article: &quot;Video game industry needs to be more creative, says veteran developer&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/article_video_game_industry_needs_to_be_more_creative_says_v.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/article_video_game_industry_needs_to_be_more_creative_says_v.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=article%5Fvideo%5Fgame%5Findustry%5Fneeds%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fmore%5Fcreative%5Fsays%5Fv</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This article touches on many of the points I've been mentioning in my series of notes from the WIGI conference:Video game industry needs to be more creative, says veteran developerI do think maybe the new, small side of the game market with mobile ga]]></description></item><item><title>Dang it, Dell</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/dang_it_dell.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/dang_it_dell.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 04:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dang%5Fit%5Fdell</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was all happy to hear about Dell's new PC without a Microsoft OS and then they had to go and do this. Make up your minds, Dell. Are you in or are you out? Has anyone else tried buying one of these systems? Was it really this bad?]]></description></item><item><title>Finally!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/finally.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/finally.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 22:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=finally</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A major PC vendor (Dell) has finally begun selling PCs without Windows pre-installed.]]></description></item><item><title>Um, a few inaccuracies</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/um_a_few_inaccuracies.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/um_a_few_inaccuracies.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 04:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=um%5Fa%5Ffew%5Finaccuracies</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was reading an article on Australia's SmartOffice News site and to my frustration can't find any contact information for the reporter or the publication--I'll keep looking but it always seemed to me that the Web is supposed to increase interaction]]></description></item><item><title>Yay Microsoft</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/yay_microsoft.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/yay_microsoft.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yay%5Fmicrosoft</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I rarely bring up Microsoft on my blog or in my other writings, since I write about Linux, not them. However, I just read an article that I found particularly interesting and decided it was worth mentioning.]]></description></item><item><title>The state and future of Linux graphics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/the_state_and_future_of_linux_graphics.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/the_state_and_future_of_linux_graphics.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fstate%5Fand%5Ffuture%5Fof%5Flinux%5Fgraphics</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was just reading a very interesting article on the state and future of Linux graphics and it certainly raises some interesting points.]]></description></item><item><title>Open Source Going Mainstream</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/open_source_going_mainstream.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/open_source_going_mainstream.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=open%5Fsource%5Fgoing%5Fmainstream</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was reading the Writing-World newsletter today and was quite pleased to see a mention of open source in an article designed to show writers how to save money. Mridu Khullar pointed out that writers don't have to spend a ton on software, and recomme]]></description></item><item><title>Where to find me</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/where_to_find_me.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/where_to_find_me.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=where%5Fto%5Ffind%5Fme</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Freelance writers can be a bit elusive. I thought I'd add a list of the publications I write for regularly and things like my latest books, for those who might be looking for more of moi.]]></description></item><item><title>Now &quot;Linux Gaming Editor&quot; for Linux Journal</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/now_linux_gaming_editor_for_linux_journal.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/now_linux_gaming_editor_for_linux_journal.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=now%5Flinux%5Fgaming%5Feditor%5Ffor%5Flinux%5Fjournal</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm pretty stoked. My old bud Kevin Bedell has taken over the Linux Journal as Editor in Chief (no firing involved, Don Marti was stepping down and they were looking for a replacement), and came to me to ask if I was interested in becoming the]]></description></item><item><title>Dvorak opines for naught</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/dvorak_opines_for_naught.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/dvorak_opines_for_naught.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 07:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dvorak%5Fopines%5Ffor%5Fnaught</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As I read the coverage of recent events around the Internet, I'm always amazed at the varying stories and the many innacuracies within them. Even more amusing, in some respects (and disturbing in others) is the fact that most of these people never ta]]></description></item><item><title>Sad</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/sad.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/sad.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sad</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm saddened to see the recent interview posted on Free Software Magazine. I will have a reaction to this later this weekend. I prefer not to fly off the handle immediately when I can help it.Other editors comment as well (might not be perfectly up t]]></description></item><item><title>Score one for sanity</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/score_one_for_sanity.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/score_one_for_sanity.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=score%5Fone%5Ffor%5Fsanity</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lo and behold, it looks like a statement will be coming from SYS-CON in the near future that will not require my leaving. I thank all of you for your support. For those who are flipping me off and saying I &quot;confirmed the location of PJ,&quot; I]]></description></item><item><title>Livid: Maureen O&apos;Gara Strikes Again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/livid_maureen_ogara_strikes_again.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/livid_maureen_ogara_strikes_again.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 07:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=livid%5Fmaureen%5Fogara%5Fstrikes%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UPDATE 10 May 2005 9:22am Pacific: We won!I am no fan of Maureen O'Gara's. Her work always leaves me feeling somewhat slimed, and as though I was reading a student paper that was rejected for being mostly cribbed from press releases rather than actua]]></description></item><item><title>Study: US households game 2 Hours per day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/study_us_households_game_2_hours_per_day.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/study_us_households_game_2_hours_per_day.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=study%5Fus%5Fhouseholds%5Fgame%5F2%5Fhours%5Fper%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Phoenix Marketing International (PMI) has released a study whose results claim that US households play electronic games for an average of almost 2 hours a day. If you were unsure that games are an important aspect of Linux adoption on the desktop, pe]]></description></item><item><title>The Power of Community on the Linux Desktop</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/the_power_of_community_on_the_linux_desktop.htm</guid><link>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/the_power_of_community_on_the_linux_desktop.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dee-ann.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fpower%5Fof%5Fcommunity%5Fon%5Fthe%5Flinux%5Fdesktop</comments><dc:creator>Dee-Ann LeBlanc</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A reader sent me a link to an excellent article regarding where the Linux desktop stands today, and the challenges that face it. This article focuses on Fedora Core and Ubuntu, and already has me trying desperately to figure out how I might fit Ubunt]]></description></item></channel></rss>