I haven’t looked at the source code, but I am assuming that is where the meat of the article lies because it certainly does not lie in the article itself. I read the title and got excited thinking that it would be an excellent writeup going into making reusable classes, etc., only to find that […]

So now it seems Google is looking to introduce its search technology to users’ desktops. Brilliant. For once a company is starting to understand what it takes to go head-to-head and beat Microsoft. Instead of waiting around and becoming the next Netscape, as this article so pitifully tries to assume, Google is taking the battle […]

Quoting from Wired:

In an act of selfless cyber preservation, a pair of German Web designers has created a working simulation of Apple Computer’s classic Mac SE on the Web.
The Web SE is a faithful replica of Apple’s iconic all-in-one Mac SE, rendered in Macromedia Flash.
The Web SE allows anyone, on any platform, to run a […]

The company says its Dell Digital Jukebox music player, or Dell DJ, is now Linux-compatible for customers who install Lsongs software, a product from San Diego-based Lindows.

Glad to see someone recognizing that it might be a slight advantage to offer something compatible for the Linux market. However, it will always be a tough battle going […]

One of the best level headed articles on how to effectively make money with OS software.

A long time ago, I had dreams of being a Rock Star. Since I never managed to record a hit, but did manage to get a family started, I wound up traveling the long hard road of the Muffler Man, […]

Not that this is any surprise, but the surprise to me was that it was built using Java and that it actually cost money. I would think that with all the pirating going on in Asia that if you were going to create a competitor to Office that you would do so and not make […]

Don’t know if this is a mistake or not, but it looks as thought Google has upped the GMail limit to 1 Terabyte! If this is true, pretty much every online email competitor can no longer even be considered a competitor. Google will soon control all the data in the world and change their name […]

How would you go about setting up a wireless network for an apartment complex? Here’s what worked for me.

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If you think Firefox is too slow on your system you may wish to give these optimized builds a try. The rendering certainly seemed faster on my machine and rendering was pretty fast as it was. In any case they install in their own directory so it shouldn’t hurt your current Firefox configuration.

I don’t know how many people in the particular audience would find this useful, but it is good for the parental units and other non-geek family members, friends who have multiple computers in their home. I think the scariest thing about this article is that the guy was using Windows as his gateway in the […]

The world-famous Apple G5-based supercomputer at the Virginia Polytechnic and State University is offline and will soon disappear from the Top 500 supercomputer list, where it currently sits in third place.
The 1,100 Mac G5s have been sold!
Not to panic though. The cluster will be back, bigger and better than ever. Virginia Tech is currently awaiting […]

Linux.com does it again with their CLI for noobies column. This week they explore the world of data backups. This is something everyone should read. I had to reinstall all my stuff this weekend and was happy everything was made easier due to my 250GB FireWire drive and my Linux server in the living room.

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Here is a short article describing another article in a magazine that I do not have in front of me. Anyways, it talks about how there are challengers to the iPod simply based on how much better technologically they are in comparison. Nail. Miss. Head.
The iPod’s success is only partly related to its technology. When […]

“Geeks” are usually pretty pressed for time. Well maybe not pressed for time, but we’d probably rather be programming or playing UT2k4 than doing the laundry. So rather than go to work wearing a crumpled and wrinkled shirt every day, fold your shirts like a ninja does. It only takes 7 seconds per shirt, and […]

To help stop the flow of comment spam in MT 2.661, SixApart decided to implement url redirects on user’s comments. While this proved to be very effective, it had the downside of killing usability because you could no longer tell what site was behind the commentor’s link without clicking on it. Well now Tom Werner […]