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The H Shuts Down

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-folks-did-good-work dept.

TexasDex writes "After years of providing great news reporting to the open source community, including interviews, great Linux kernel update summaries, and even breaking the Skype spying story well before it was leaked, The H Online is closing down due to lack of profitability. I've checked them daily for years, so it's sad to see them go."

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  1. Such a shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The H was probably one of the best tech/security sites around.

    The writers and editors were well educated, rational and not prone to sensationalism like many others.
    There was no fanboism; just impartial, well written journalism. A real "News for Nerds" site.

    You'll be sorely missed, lads. Thanks for all the hard work.

  2. So learn German by kju · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe that most of the stuff on H Online is also available through the newsticker of Heise (http://www.heise.de/newsticker) in German. Which should not be such a surprise considering that H Online is/was operated by Heise (their UK part in this case) as well.

    Heise is the publisher who publishes for example the well respected computer magazine c't in Germany.