Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license in an effort to make customisation easier and shorten design cycles for system makers. The CAD (computer-assisted design) files for the OpenBook reference design can be downloaded for free and made available to anyone under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license.

Most all modern home computer users are switched on to the fact they have to protect their computer from nasties: anti-virus, anti-spam, firewalls have all entered the common vernacular. If you don’t use 'that' operating system from Redmond though does this still apply? And what packages should you use?

This tutorial will explain howto install Firefox 3 RC1 in Ubuntu Hardy.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #92 for the week May 18th - May 24th, 2008.

No, it's not a rumor. PlayOnLinux version 3 is planned for release very soon. By the way, it explains the reason why there hasn't been any new release the last days couple days.

Some lucky beta testers even had the opportunity to test this new version. For those who are curious, here is a video.

Laptops are easily lost or stolen and in order to protect your emails, web passwords, encryption keys, etc., you should really think about encrypting (at least) your home directory.

Amarok multimedia player is one of the best programs of its kind not only for Linux but for any operating system nowadays. It has been created as a KDE component. Most people hoped to have Amarok 2.0 included in KDE 4.0, which hasn’t happened. It’s hard to predict if it finds its way into KDE 4.1 stable, but it’s still worth taking a look at the current progress of this great multimedia player.

Miro is a open-source cross-platform application, the program can read RSS feeds and it will let you download and manage the videos in those feeds.