Most of the Linux users use pidgin as a universal instant messenger client. Popular distributions such as Ubuntu will install pidgin by default. CenterIM ( aka cim) is a multi protocol text mode instant messaging client similar to pidgin. Let us see how it can be installed on Ubuntu.

A look at new reports that show a consistent worrisome behaviour. BNET has this article which is titled "How Microsoft Ratted Itself Out Of Office."

Microsoft manages the press in order to hype up Office 2010 and it can be fined severely for AstroTurfing now that laws and enforcement are in place

It must be depressing to be Microsoft these days. To have Doug Cutting's excellent Lucene, an open-source search project, and Solr, an enterprise search server based on Lucene, offer better performance at a 100-percent discount.

After a week or so of a major release in the form of firefox 3.5, mozilla team has released the first update, Firefox 3.5.1. You can install this latest updated version of Firefox 3.5 using Ubuntuzilla.

The thing I like best about Firefox is that just when you think you know everything there is to know about the browser
, something new comes along and surprises you.

FreeTumble is a free 2D Puzzle game with hardware accelerated graphics from Seby and Suiland.

Commercial operating system distributor and software powerhouse wannabe Novell isn't doing the credibility of its long-term business plan any favors by talking about selling part or all of the company to potential suitors.