"It looks like I missed an interesting discussion on humane markup langages last week. Obviously I use emacs to write my blog posts with muse and htmlize. A tiny bit of Juan wrap makes it a pleasure. I wouldn’t write at all if I had to use raw HTML (although maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if I used nxml-mode)..."
Read more »How to Replace Nautilus with PCMan File Manager in Ubuntu
An extremely fast and lightweight file manager for X.PCMan File Manager is a gtk2 based file manager for the X Window System.
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What Can Your Tablet Look Like?
"Well, I recently took the liberty of changing my tablet's theme around. And now, I have decided to share some other's beautiful mods to show just how awesome the Nokia tablets can look. I have really gotten tired of reading about how horrid the UI is. It's not.
It's awesome."
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New group advocates for FOSS in libraries
A new advocacy group, the Public Software Foundation (PSF), is working to make free and open source software available to local libraries so it can be checked out and used just like a book or video. The premise is simple: hand out one CD and maybe you've taught one person; make it available in a library and perhaps you'll reach hundreds or thousands.
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Web Developer 1.1.6 released
This release adds support for the future GNU IceCat, the GNUzilla web browser. Web Developer is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License. - http://chrispederick.com/about/
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IHelpChat.com Live Visitor and Online Chat Solution
IHelpChat.com enables you to live chat with website visitors, monitor site traffic and analyze website visitors' activities, including their search engine and keyword usage. Give customer service to your website visitors instantly and close more sales
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Spoofing SSL in Firefox 3
"In just a few days the new Firefox 3 browser from the house of Mozilla will be release. Except of course if another re-build of the current release candidate has to be made, which would push the publishing of the newest browser to sometime in June. One such reason could be the ease somebody can spoof the secure mode indicator of secured sites, specially on the [GNU] platform.
Read more »Firefox 3 On Track To Be Speediest Browser
"[...]it's official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager, the best reason to upgrade will be for the performance improvements. Firefox 3 is noticeably faster and more stable than Firefox 2 to the casual user and Mozilla engineers have numbers that show it will be the fastest browser on the market."
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GnuTLS 2.2.5 - Brown paper bag release
"We are embarrassed to announce a new stable GnuTLS release: Version 2.2.5. This release fixes a flaw in the patch for one of the security problems fixed by version 2.2.4. The updated advisory is included below. As always, further updates will be posted on: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/security.html ..."
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How to Install Cursor Themes
I’ve enjoyed regularly changing up my GTK and Metacity themes, but until recently I have never switched to a new cursor set. There are many high-quality cursor themes available, and they are easy to install in GNOME.
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Sorting your data with msort
msort is a tool for sorting text files. With both a command-line and graphical interface, it allows you to pick out where your sort keys are in a file and lets you select how to order those keys in a number of ways.
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Microsoft considers new Yahoo deal
Microsoft is talking to Yahoo! about an alternative transaction that doesn't involve an acquisition, the world's largest software maker said Sunday.
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Kubuntu Hardy Heron KDE 4 Remix review
As promised, here I’m going to take a look at the new ‘KDE 4 Remix’ version of Kubuntu.
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Yahoo option traders bet on Microsoft deal
Option investors bet heavily on Monday that Yahoo might strike a deal of some sort with Microsoft Corp, spurred on in part by pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn.
Microsoft has proposed an alternative deal for Yahoo, a complex transaction that would include just buying Yahoo's search business, rather than a full buyout, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
Read more »Motorola challenges Indian developers
At MotoDev, its first-ever developer conference in India, last week, Motorola, the U.S.-based communications player who created the first handheld phone 35 years ago, dared ‘desi’ software wizards to create compelling applications for an open framework .
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