What is your Linux file system?
Everyone has their own favorite Linux file system. I’m currently using ext4 since it’s relatively new. The ext4 file system seems to be faster … [More]
Universal Phone Charger
It looks like all the big phone makers have agreed to standardize on one universal phone charger for Europe. Well, it’s about time. Apple, … [More]
Are you using Bing?
I’m very curious as to how many Linux users are using Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine. I’ve used it twice while working on someone’s laptop. … [More]
Send SMS without a Cell
This is a great tutorial from Shawn Powers of Linux Journal. This tutorial shows you how to send text messages without a cellphone. Instead, … [More]
IE 8 Contest
Ten grand is buried here. Nice try Microsoft. I’m not going to change browser for $10,000 I know I’ll never win. If Microsoft really … [More]
Automatic Upgrade and Subversion
I have been using Subversion to manage WordPress upgrades for two years now. When WordPress 2.7 appeared, it came with an Automatic Upgrade feature … [More]
Opera Unite
Opera Software is offering Opera Unite, a web browser with a built-in small web server. Opera will allow users to share files, photos and … [More]
Mono Controversy
There is a raging debate at the moment in the Linux community whether Mono applications should be removed from Linux distributions. Supporters from both … [More]
Tetris Turns 25
Tetris is one of my favorite games way back when. So simple, addicting, easy, but yet, it can be difficult. Russian mathematician Alexey Pajitnov … [More]
Analog TV is no more
If you’re old school and you turned on your TV this morning and all you got was this black and white static screen, well, … [More]
Karmic Koala
The next Ubuntu release is still months away, but it’s not too early to talk about Ubuntu 9.10 codename Karmic Koala. Expect Ubuntu 9.10 … [More]
Microsoft 7 without IE in Europe
Microsoft has agreed to remove Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7 in Europe to comply with European laws. Regulators are saying that the inclusion … [More]
Ubuntu in 10 seconds or less
Ubuntu 10.04 is aiming for a sub 10 second boot time. Canonical plans to take an aggressive approach to next year’s release to achieve … [More]
WordPress 2.8
WordPress 2.8 came out today. What’s new? Improvements to how themes can be added, how widgets can be deployed, taxonomies, and just overall faster … [More]
USB Penguin Drives
This may look like ordinary penguins, but try stuffing it to a computer and it becomes a USB drive. Active Media Products along with … [More]
