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ASUS announced that their new EEE 900 PC sporting Windows XP (Vista won't run on it) will cost $50 AUD less than its Linux counterpart. I am no economist but I can figure out quickly that a computer that comes with Windows XP Home and Microsoft Works pre-installed is going to be more expensive than...
Read More | 1 Day Ago | Comments: 6 | Last Comment: 17 Hours Ago
There’s a better-than-even chance that you’re using Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. And if you’re like me, you’re not too happy about it. But there’s a free plug-in available today that brings some much needed relief from some of what ails the world’s most popular e-mail client. I tried...
Read More | 3 Days Ago | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: 2 Days Ago
Microsoft has put the brakes on Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was supposed to be available yesterday through the Windows Update Website. A Tuesday post on its TechNet site said a “compatibility issue” between Microsoft’s Dynamics Retail Management System point-of-sale application and SP3...
Read More | 8 Days Ago
I have been using ubuntu for quite some time in a dual boot with windows and I have a few questions I would like to ask people with the valid knowledge and opinion. Will Ubuntu ever take over windows? Can windows make the drivers for devices such as wireless cards more standard i.e plug and...
Read More | 10 Days Ago
I am disappointed to hear that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative may be changing its original focus of providing a low-cost laptop to the world’s poorest children. Originally, the small device was to enter the market at $100 USD but had a production release price of $188 USD. It is still...
Read More | 14 Days Ago | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: 12 Days Ago
Last night on Craig Crossman’s Computer America, America’s longest-running nationally syndicated radio talk show about computers, Craig and crew interviewed Jason Perlow (rhymes with Merlot) about all things Linux. You may recognize Jason from his long-running stint as a regular columnist for...
Read More | 16 Days Ago
A new deal struck between Microsoft and its Linux ally Novell (SuSE Linux) is headed for mainland China. Microsoft claims now that Linux violates 42 of its patents (down from over 200 a year ago) and that purchasing SuSE Linux will indemnify Linux users from lawsuits for patent...
Read More | 17 Days Ago | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: 13 Days Ago
I could have sworn that only Apple was making Apple-compatible computers. I remember well the era in which Apple famously granted—then revoked—licenses to Motorola and others to manufacture hardware that would run Mac OS. As I read today that a company called Psystar Corp. (www.psystar.com)...
Read More | 18 Days Ago
There is an old saying that goes something like this: If you put 1,000 monkeys in a room with 1,000 typewriters (the things people used before computers), they would come up with the works of Shakespeare. Could the same be true of a great Desktop OS? No, but give me 1,000 well-paid developers and...
Read More | 18 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 18 Days Ago
Neither RedHat nor Novell feel the need to push for a Linux Desktop that competes with the ubiquitous Windows OS. So the two largest commercial Linux vendors are throwing in the towel in the Desktop arena. There it is. Now go by yourselves a copy of Windows Vista--and while you're at it, buy a new...
Read More | 20 Days Ago | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: 18 Days Ago
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