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Article | 22/06/2009 Opera Unite

Opera Software's announcement that it's going to bundle Opera Unite, an easy-to-use web server with content-sharing applets, with the Opera 10 web bro...

Article | 28/05/2009 Firefox 3.5: An early look

There was a time when Firefox was the Web browser for the cool kids who knew their tech. Most would still agree that it's better than Internet Explore...

Article | 15/05/2009 OpenOffice 3.1

While some of the improvements to OpenOffice 3.1 are visible to the naked eye, we found that the most important changes were hidden under the hood.

Article | 6/04/2009 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

If you're looking for a practical business desktop replacement for Windows, your best choice is Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: a true Wind...

Article | 2/04/2009 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

If you're looking for a practical business desktop replacement for Windows, your best choice is Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: a true Wind...

Article | 2/03/2009 Microsoft goes after TomTom -- and Linux

The Linux community has a message to Microsoft: Back off

Article | 20/02/2009 Take Windows 7 for a spin with VirtualBox

Everyone likes to try new and shiny technology toys like the Windows 7 beta, but when the price is having to replace your existing operating system, t...

Article | 2/01/2009 The Google Linux desktop has arrived

Google has been slowly, but surely, displacing Microsoft as the number one PC technology company.

Article | 26/09/2008 The five best desktop Linuxes you haven't tried

One of the pleasures of Linux is that you can try out different distributions to see which one works best for you. You like Ubuntu, but you want to fi...

Article | 30/07/2008 Could Microsoft actually be getting an open-source clue?

I couldn't make it to OSCON last week, but I have read the announcements that Sam Ramji, the director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, made at...

Article | 23/07/2008 Open source still the best way to develop software

A recent report claims that one of the fundamental benefits of open-source development, the co-called Law of Many Eyes is wrong. The idea behind the l...

Article | 18/07/2008 Linux can save us

In case you haven't noticed, the economy is collapsing.

Article | 18/06/2008 Firefox 3 fixes what's broke

The Mozilla Foundation is celebrating the arrival of Firefox 3 with a worldwide party -- and an attempt to set a new world record for the most downloa...

Article | 12/06/2008 Five reasons why it's not business as usual for Microsoft

Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft for good at the end of the month and Microsoft would have you believe that it will be business as usual for Micro...

Article | 2/06/2008 Five reasons to fire Ballmer

On July 1st, Bill Gates will retire. He'll still spend about 20 per cent of his time on Microsoft projects. If Microsoft is to retain 20 per cent of i...

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