http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:26 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/26578/Help_Me_Fight_Injustice_Vote_for_My_Museum_Exhibit/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26578/Help_Me_Fight_Injustice_Vote_for_My_Museum_Exhibit/ I need everybody's help. I was selected as a finalist for the local science museum's contest to identify the innovation that I would most like to see invented and create a small exhibit about it. I put in a huge amount of effort to make a very well researched and prepared presentation, and even built a kid-friendly museum exhibit and presentation to illustrate my idea. The winner gets a trip to Italy. But get this: it turns out the winner is going to be determined by an easy-to-game online poll. So I feel like an idiot for spending so much effort, because the person with the most Facebook friends is going to win. Please help me fight for justice for voting for my project. (It's project #1). Update: Somebody was stuffing the ballot box, so they enabled some fig-leaf anti-cheating protections and reset the vote. Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:43:51 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 31 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News http://www.osnews.com/story/26579/Pure_Mobile/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26579/Pure_Mobile/ Cell Phone, Tablet and MacBook Accessories iPhone 5 Accessories Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:33:47 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24200/TotalFinder_Contest_Winners_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24200/TotalFinder_Contest_Winners_/ Yes, we have the winners of the TotalFinder contest. The emails with the TotalFinder licenses will arrive in the winners' inboxes in the coming minutes. I'd like to thank BinaryAge for providing us with the copies of TotalFinder - much appreciated! Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:28:09 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/24189/Win_a_Copy_of_TotalFinder_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24189/Win_a_Copy_of_TotalFinder_/ A few weeks ago, we took a look at TotalFinder, a collection of add-ons to the Mac OS X Finder that fixes some of its shortcomings, adds some welcome features, and in all, makes it a little more pleasant to use. We've got three free copies of TotalFinder to hand out, so read on to find out how you can win one! Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:40:05 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 51 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/18884/Competition_Win_a_Linux-based_Neuros_OSD/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18884/Competition_Win_a_Linux-based_Neuros_OSD/ A few days ago we published a review of the Linux-based Neuros OSD recorder and player. Now, you can win one of these devices! All you have to do is research on the product to find out its current capabilities, and then comment below with suggestions on how to make it better and with ideas for new applications and hacks. The Neuros Technology guys will pick the best idea in 3 days time and we will provide them with the winner's email address so they can send him/her a free Neuros OSD device (that info won't be used for other purposes). If you wish to comment but not to participate in the competition, please clearly state so on your comments. Update: The winner is FunkyELF for this post. Congrats! Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:47:12 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 135 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/18625/OSNews_Icon_Contest/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18625/OSNews_Icon_Contest/ As some of you may have noticed by now, OSNews has started using icons from the Tango Project to replace many of our old icons. You can spot the new icons conveniently on the topic page. In the Tango icon library we have found numerous icons we could use, but understandably, Tango was not made for OSNews: we cannot replace all the icons we want with Tango icons - yet. And this is where you come into play. So, read on for the rationale behind choosing the Tango icon set, and how you can help us - and win a subscription to our ad-free version! Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 59 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/15924/OSNews_Alternative_OS_Contest_Results/ http://www.osnews.com/story/15924/OSNews_Alternative_OS_Contest_Results/ After several months, we're very proud to finally bring you the result of the OSNews Alternative OS Contest. It took us a while to publish them all, but we are done now. Read on for the results. Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:03:46 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Adam S) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 24 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/12720/2005_Tech_Product_Wishlist/ http://www.osnews.com/story/12720/2005_Tech_Product_Wishlist/ "Well, it is that time of the year again. With Halloween done and over with its time for Thanksgiving and, before you know it, the holiday season. Every company realizes this and has made sure the stores are packed with cool new gadgets, gifts, and gizmos. This guide is going to go over a few of the items which appear of the wishlists of a few of the staff members. Nothing too formal, but you can get an idea of some of the cool products to keep an eye out for this season." Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:47:37 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 8 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News anonymous http://www.osnews.com/story/7664/Announcing_Gnomefiles_org_Winners/ http://www.osnews.com/story/7664/Announcing_Gnomefiles_org_Winners/ Congratulations to the winners of the Gnomefiles.org prizes for developers who submited applications during the launch. Our launch was very successful, and dozens of apps were submitted in the first few days. I'm pleased to announce that the following people won our prizes. Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:16:19 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/6729/_Aspire_Swatter_2004_Competition_Winner_Announced/ http://www.osnews.com/story/6729/_Aspire_Swatter_2004_Competition_Winner_Announced/ And our winner for the $3000 prize worth of the Aspire Swatter (Enterprise Edition with 25 client licenses) competition is Amit Bahree and his soon-to-be-published article "Exception Management in .NET". Amit won amidst 6 more submissions. Congratulations Amit! Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:04:28 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News http://www.osnews.com/story/6669/Reminder_Write_a_Development_Article_Win_a_3000USD_Prize/ http://www.osnews.com/story/6669/Reminder_Write_a_Development_Article_Win_a_3000USD_Prize/ Three days are left for our 'Aspire Swatter' competition (prize worth $3000 US) and we have only received a single submission. Participate, as the chance of winning is huge! Fri, 09 Apr 2004 09:48:14 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News http://www.osnews.com/story/6614/Xandros_Competition_Winner_Announced/ http://www.osnews.com/story/6614/Xandros_Competition_Winner_Announced/ For the past week we hosted a competition for a free Xandros Business Desktop 2.0 box. Our winner is Tony Bourke and his original article "FreeBSD 5.2.1 on SPARC64". Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:18:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News http://www.osnews.com/story/6600/Write_a_Development_Article_Win_a_Free_Aspire_Swatter_2004_Copy/ http://www.osnews.com/story/6600/Write_a_Development_Article_Win_a_Free_Aspire_Swatter_2004_Copy/ Are you a Java or a .NET/Mono/Portable.NET developer? Then you might be interested in this competition that could help you win a prize that's worth over $3000 US. Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:18:36 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/6536/Reminder_Less_than_Two_Days_for_Our_Xandros_Competition/ http://www.osnews.com/story/6536/Reminder_Less_than_Two_Days_for_Our_Xandros_Competition/ This is a reminder for our 'Xandros Business Desktop 2.0 competition'. We only had 8 entries so far, so there is a huge chance that you will be able to win this prize (valued at $129 USD). The competition ends on Wednesday night (PST time), so if you would like to get so close on winning an online competition as never before, read here on how to enter the competition. Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:13:18 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 News http://www.osnews.com/story/6492/Write_an_Article_Win_a_Free_Copy_of_Xandros_Business_Desktop_2_0/ http://www.osnews.com/story/6492/Write_an_Article_Win_a_Free_Copy_of_Xandros_Business_Desktop_2_0/ Interested in entering our competition and winning a (sealed) brand new copy of Xandros Business Desktop 2.0? (priced at $129 USD). All you have to do is write an article that could interest OSNews readers (might be an interview, an editorial, a tutorial, a feature, a review etc). Read more for details. Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:21:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli) Gifts, Contests, Easter Eggs 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/16 Feature