Standard media players like iTunes, MusicMatch and Windows Media Player only allow you to manage your music and videos on a single computer.

Jinzora allows you to manage and access your media from any internet connected computer anywhere you are and provides a much richer set of tools to manage your collections.

In a sequel to my popular article “How do you get down off an elephant”, I explain why native Linux viruses are so few in number compared to Windows viruses. It's a long article but hopefully enjoyable and illuminating.

For the first time I'm scared for open source. Not open source as a global movement and way of doing business and software development - that's safe. Even Microsoft believes in it.

We've written about GIMP, the outstanding open source graphics program originally developed at U.C. Berkeley, several times before. The application has had a robust community of developers behind it for years, and now a new version 2.6 is downloadable. Here's what's under the hood in the update, including a whole slew of interface enhancements.

This is a no-fuss, no-muss way to get your feet wet with Linux. This is so easy that “no excuses” - we take no prisioners.

Ubuntu installed flawlessly and quickly, booted and worked as fast as one could expect over USB2, and was generally a pleasure to use. I took the plunge and installed it on my desktop, and haven’t looked back.

As a long time Photoshop junkie and Gimp fan, this week has been a joyous overload. Gimp 2.6 released today and Photoshop CS4 has been announced (they need some time to hype before release). And again the all important question is being asked by some overenthusiastic Gimp lover whether we have finally come close to having a free, open-source Photoshop alternative.