In an earlier column, I mentioned to you that if you got a new computer for Christmas, your old PC might be a good place to install one of the many free Linux distributions out there. If you are tired of Windows and wanted to try something else, I specifically mentioned Ubuntu as a good starting point for the Linux newbie.

Open source professional services automation software, allocPSA, has had a new version release that improves usability and information management.

icrosoft is asking the Supreme Court to strike-out a multi-billion dollar word processing monopoly lawsuit from Novell.

Ever since I’ve been using two monitors at work I’ve wanted to setup two monitors at home but finances are tight and I just can’t afford another flat screen.

If you BOINC, you can research cancer, search for extraterrestrial intelligence, fight AIDS, or support a myriad of other research efforts without lifting a finger. BOINC, pronounced boink, is the acronym for the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. More than 1 million people have joined the network around the world with more joining every day.

"The EU's CULT committee voted on the final form of its report on the Cultural Industries in Europe earlier today, and chose to listen to their constituents, not the music industry's lobbyists. Amendments proposing ISP filtering and blocking, as well as a last-minute request for an EU directive extending copyright terms, were all either voted down or withdrawn by their proposers..."

With a sliding market share, Netscape decided to focus on its enterprise oriented products and gave away the browser but most importantly allow volunteers to work on the product. Mozilla was nothing but Netscape’s user agent (the name a browser uses to contact the web server), a reminder of the first Netscape code name.