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Shuttleworth Comes Out Swinging in Defense of Ubuntu 12.10 Amazon Integration

Posted 09/25/2012 at 5:50am | by Pulkit Chandna

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Barely a fortnight after Canonical's director of communications Gerry Carr openly lamented the shockingly “low number of pre-loads”, his boss and the most important man in all of Ubuntudom, Mark Shuttleworth, made an extraordinarily implausible prediction in an interview he gave to Business Insider in early April. “We expect to ship close to 20 million PCs in the next year,” he said, as if totally unaware of just how few people buy PCs pre-loaded with Ubuntu (0.1 percent of the total install base).

If something like that does happen, it will be a huge financial shot in the arm for Canonical, but to bank on it would be foolish. Canonical isn’t waiting for the proceeds from all those expected shipments to (pleasantly) inundate its coffers, though. In the meantime, it is going to rely on Amazon affiliate commissions to supplement its income.

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How to Literally Bombproof Your DSLR Lens

Posted 12/21/2010 at 7:58am | by Paul Lilly

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The makers of the Beta Shell lens case claim that their patent pending container will keep your camera lens safe from the elements, like snow and water, extreme thermals, jarring impacts, and even bombs.

Yes folks, the Beta Shell is supposedly "bombproof," and if that's a feature you need, perhaps you should look into another field of photography.

"Our water-tight rigid polymer shells are lined with vibration damping visco-elastic foam," the company explains. "This means total protection from moisture, impact, and extreme ambient temperatures."

Depending on your camera lens, the shells run anywhere from $54 to $84. Life insurance not included.

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