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Do you ever look at your computer's screen and think, “How on Earth did we get here?” Windows, Mac, GNOME, KDE, and Ubuntu's Unity are all born from a common history of desktop environment design stretching back to the 1960's.

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The sorry state of Windows 8.1 Update 1/KB 2919355 installation problems has turned a bit

Google has started an open source project for a PDF software library, which developers will be able to incorporate into applications designed for a variety of platforms.

The project, called PDFium, will also be wrapped into Google's Chrome browser, replacing closed-source code, according to a post from Google's Chromium project evangelist, François Beaufort.

Google has started an open source project for a PDF software library, which developers will be able to incorporate into applications designed for a variety of platforms.

The project, called PDFium, will also be wrapped into Google's Chrome browser, replacing closed-source code, according to a post from Google's Chromium project evangelist, François Beaufort.

These 12 historically insidious backdoors will have you wondering what's in your software -- and who can control it Dek:  These 12 historically insidious backdoors will have you wondering what's in your software -- and who can control it External Source:  infoworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/155947

These 12 historically insidious backdoors will have you wondering what's in your software -- and who can control it Dek:  These 12 historically insidious backdoors will have you wondering what's in your software -- and who can control it External Source:  infoworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/155947

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