Linux users in the UK could face a greater threat from Microsoft than previously thought, but experts agree that British open-source users are in far less danger than US users from Microsoft's claim that open-source software infringes its patents.

Seam Carving is perhaps the the most interesting image resizing technology out there. It works by changing the height and width ratio of the image without distorting the image itself by croping the image. Now Seam Carving it possible with the Gimp.

A new book on PHP Data Objects has been published by Packt Publishing. The book gives you an overview of PDO, Creating a database and connecting to it, Error Handling, Advanced features.

So, if you are a PHP developer who need to use PDO for data abstraction, this is the book for you.

More details about the book can be read at:

"The Association for Progressive Communications has an article / interview on how communication technologies can be used for development." (and so, how free software could be used)

"...Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa pays homage to Max Headroom in a funny, low-budget YouTube clip promoting his new blog; in another video, he asks everyone to use free software. He is encouraging the entire country to start blogging and using social networks and YouTube for the power of collective action.

"...From workers controlled factories in Latin America, to food localisation, to the free software on your computer, alternatives exist and we have to help them grow..."

"A little while ago I decided to whip up a small Atompub server to get my head around the Atom Publishing Protocol. I called it FlatAtomPub because it was just storing stuff in flat files. I’m not committing to that name. It was also a chance to kick the tires on WebOb..."

The unofficial end to the SCO saga. [SCO] today announced it received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market indicating that the Company's securities will be delisted from Nasdaq on September 27, 2007, pending an appeal.