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How to convert YouTube videos to DivX or XviD
By Manolis TzanidakisBefore starting the conversion you need to download the videos to your computer. Youtube-dl is the perfect tool for the job; check...
OOoBasic crash course: Beautifying words and making them smarter
Author: Dmitri Popov
In a previous OOoBasic Crash Course article, we learned how to grab a current word and send it to an external application....
Nokia 770: Portable fun, but still needs polish
Author: Joe Barr
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a thin black handheld device with a Linux operating system and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, but,...
Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications
Author: Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
A friend of mine is the IT manager for a medium-sized wholesale distribution business. One afternoon in early August, a hard...
How Google Might Fail
Google's success has a downside — a lot of enemies. Beyond reflexive contrarians who hate Google because they enjoy swimming against the currents of...
The Portland project: No silver bullet for hairy problem of multiple desktops
Author: Nathan Willis
When OSDL announced the first release of its Portland initiative at LinuxWorld Boston in April, heralding it "a breakthrough in desktop Linux,"...
Vista to support HD DVD, Blu-ray after all?
Microsoft surprised more than a few people on Thursday when one of its developers told a technical crowd in Australia that 32-bit versions of...
Release: XenSource XenEnterprise 1.0
After bitter statements around Xen maturity of these last weeks from Red Hat, Novell and XenSource itself, the company finally launches its first commercial...
The GPLv3 process: Public consultation and private drafting
Author: Bruce Byfield
How is the third version of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3) being written? Considering how much the revised license and its...
Designing a book with LyX
Author: Corinne McKay and Daniel J. Urist
Self-publishing is becoming easier and cheaper, thanks in part to improved printing technologies and desktop publishing tools. If...