If you were sat at your Linux computer one dark evening in late 1999, things would have been considerably different. But things have changed. Linux is now an operating system anyone can install and use, and it's growing stronger every year. Here's how it happened.

You can see a Windows button ( button with Windows Emblem and placed between Ctr; & Alt) in the Keyboard. This Tip will help you to utilize that key for opening your Ubuntu Menu in a single touch.

I see that Microsoft lost an appeal in the "Custom XML" litigation, and may be forced to disable that functionality in Microsoft Office. This is a short backgrounder explaining what "Custom XML" is about, and why nobody should care.

The group behind the $100 laptop has revealed the design for its latest computer aimed at connecting children in the developing world.

When trying to add the iceowl-extension package — Debian's renamed version of Mozilla's Lightning/Sunbird calendar app — to an existing Icedove installation in Lenny, I quickly learned from Mozilla's Calendar Weblog that a certain library package must be installed before you install Lightning/Iceowl.

OpenTumblr is a desktop application for posting and uploading files, photos, etc, to your Tumbr account.

Open source has long been an important development methodology. The biggest surprise of 2009, however, was just how quickly it took center stage as a business strategy in the larger software economy.

Speculation is a part of technical news as prophecy is to religion. Its only important, valid or genius if it turns out to be true. However, we dare not have technical news without any speculation at all since this will surely hinder the creativeness of individuals and corporations to explore avenues influenced by ideas expressed in speculation. If any of that made sense to you, good.