How do you quickly create a spreadsheet where, for example, every other line has a background of a different color? Here are a couple of methods. The first one is faster (and works even in controlled environments where you can't install extensions) if you want white rows alternated with colored ones. The second trick is more flexible, but doesn't refresh coloring when you add or delete rows.

Mozilla have announced Firefox Home, an iPhone application which is a read only view of Sync for Firefox (formerly Mozilla Labs Weave)

Maybe I'm being unfair. After all, I have been having networking problems with my Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) virtual machine running in VMware Workstation 7. Seems to be tied to a DNS problem. The VM doesn't pick up the DNS server IPs from the DHCP server on my network (though it gets an IP just fine). I thought the solution was to point to Google's free DNS servers.

Linux Journal Gadget Guy Shawn Powers walks you through how to play Windows games on Linux and Mac. Shawn shows off CodeWeavers CXGames and Cedega running on Linux. CodeWeavers CXGames also runs on Intel x86 Mac OS X systems.

Called the ‘Ubuntu Control Centre’ – or UCC for short – it delivers system configuration options to users in one well organized location, making system admin duties quick and intuitive.

The world of open source software has lots of options for editing and manipulating audio and video media files. However, when you want to just sit back and watch, Gxine will get the job done.

Before, we have featured here some of the best Free and Open Soure backup software for Linux. As I've already explained, a backup software is essential for recovering important files when disaster happens.

One way to solve this problem is to use exposure blending. This technique involves taking several shots of the same scene or subject with different exposures and then fusing these shots into one perfectly exposed photo.