Ubuntu in Truffle Shuffle with Chrome OS

Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor Canonical revealed late yesterday that it has been working with Google on its Chrome OS platform since before Mountain View announced its game-changing plans in July this y... Read more...

Linux 2.6.32-rc8 Released

Ok, the way things are going, this will likely be the last -rc. I wish we had more people looking at the regression list, but at some point I'm just going to have to say "ok, enough is enough..."

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Measuring Linux By The Kill-A-Watt

Everybody knows that I like my horsepower. The bigger, louder, and badder... the better. Read more...

Smart Power Monitoring with Network UPS Tools

An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is a must-have in server environments, and for many desktop users as well. But although simply connecting your PC or server to a UPS will protect you from intermi...

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Open-Source Virtualization: Who's Biting?

Despite its fans, the overall market for open-source virtualization remains tiny, though it's growing.

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Mozilla Netted Nearly $80m in 2008

From the blogs: Open source firm finds the money in free software.

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Verizon Sells 250,000 Motorola Droid Phones in First Week

Verizon Wireless and Motorola sold 250,000 units of the Motorola Droid smartphone in its first week, compared to the 1.6 million units iPhone 3GS Apple and AT&T sold in its first week, according to mo... Read more...

Netbooks with 3G Broadband--The Big New Thing This Holiday Season

I know that I want one -- and a lot of my colleagues and friends want netbooks with 3G as well. Always-on Internet without needing a WiFi hotspot, that's a must-have capability. Read more...