Last week marked the release of GNOME 2.24. Those who already use GNOME will appreciate the new additions, but there’s nothing compelling enough in the new...

In theory, any computer running Linux can be custom-built and tweaked down to the very last bit. In reality, a first-time Linux user wants to grab an install CD, get a...

I am bored. Bored of the word “innovation”, and the way it is bandied about by every tech vendor. I don’t know how they keep straight faces, maybe...

Last year, curious over the hype that was flooding the internet in the wake of the release of Windows Vista, I decided to turn masochist and inflict a 14-day Vista...

Microsoft are poised to launch a new $USD 300 million advertising campaign this week, starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld among others. The marketing types responsible are...

Even though the data is apparently a bit screwy, I was still really proud to see Utah emerge as the top state for

Since the Chinese government began supporting domestic open source communities in 2005, hundreds of thousands of young people in the world’s most populous country...

Microsoft’s new operating system research project is mysteriously named “Midori”. But why?

instructions elsewhere on the internet, and also probably because of the rise of small laptops like the Asus Eee, which don’t come with any kind of CD/DVD drive.

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, which maintains the Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, said he doubts Microsoft would file a suit against a free software...

Since version 2 came out in 2005, Google Desktop for Windows has included a sidebar that users can fill with screen gadgets, but the Linux version (version 1, from June...

While iPhones are still making headlines, the mobile industry has already started talking about introducing the next-generation mobile consumer experience: the Linux...

Below is a very useful command on Linux or Unix to watch your MySql Connection. watch -n1 mysqladmin proc stat it will help you know about your MySql real things...

Windows Vista debuted to muffled applause, followed by lackluster sales. Up until June 30, cash-strapped businesses looking to avoid the cost of upgrading to new...

The Samba Team is proud to announce the release of Samba 3.2, a major new release of the award-winning Free Software file and print server suite for Microsoft Windows...

I just read Louis Gray’s post titled “On the Web, If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying.” It gave me a chilling realization about web services. Like everything...

We Linux folk are the reliable early adopters of innovative applications like Skype who have done a disproportionate amount of work to make it popular. The gift horse...

For some reason beyond me, Linux is almost synonymous with “anti-sex”. I still don’t fully understand from where this notion came from. While I admit that there...

IBM announced the completion of a one-petaflop supercomputer that runs Red Hat Linux. Twice as fast as the previous record-setter, the IBM Blue Gene, the Roadrunner...

The world\’s top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused...