Daily links for 03/16/2011

• Five Reasons not to “Upgrade” to Windows’ Internet Explorer 9 | ZDNet

  “After a couple of weeks on tinkering with the newly released Internet Explorer (IE) 9, and a host of other Web browsers, I have to say that while 32-bit IE 9 is much better than any other version of IE to date, it’s still not my first pick for a Web browser. Here’s why.”

  tags: browser ie

• Ubuntu nixes Netbook Remix for good, starting Natty Narwhal | FreeOS, free operating systems

  “Canonical has nixed Ubuntu Netbook Remix from it’s plans, and it will not appear starting version 11.04, which is also Natty Narwhal. So we say goodbye to an experiment that lasted a few distros at the time netbooks were the “in-thing.”"

  tags: netbook ubuntu remix

• Hands-on review: Xoom battles iPad 2 to a draw – Computerworld

  “We got our hands on the two hottest products in the tablet computing market — the Motorola Xoom and the iPad 2 and put them to the test. This was a 15-round heavyweight fight and in the end, the Xoom stood toe to toe with the reigning champ, iPad 2.”

  tags: ipad xoom

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