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Orca accessibility app makes a whale of an impact

Author: Bruce Byfield Many people know that free and open source software (FOSS) plays a role in creating the technical infrastructure of developing nations and...

Microsoft sets sights on high performance computing

While recent news headlines may be focused on Microsoft's attempt to buy Yahoo!, or its decision to continue shipping Windows XP for low-end PCs,...

dwm 4.9 Released

"dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the...

Microsoft & Linux: at what point is it cheaper to just buy Novell?

"Instead of migrating all the tried and tested Yahoo! services over to a Windows server infrastructure, wouldn't it be simpler to establish Microsoft Linux...

Computing in 2020: erasing the boundary between human and PC

It's easy to view the computer interface as nearly static. Since the advent of mouse-driven, windowed interfaces over 20 years ago, much of human-computer...

Granular distro preview is worth a look

Author: Preston St. Pierre Granular Linux is a desktop-oriented distribution based on PCLinuxOS. Its primary goals are to be easy to use and user-friendly. With...

Microsoft’s savvy open source move

Repeat after me: Microsoft Windows is wildly popular for running open source applications. Skeptics may not believe that statement, but it's true. Whether its...

Intel updates junior laptop

Intel has unveiled a new version of its Classmate mini-laptop reference design. Now targeting consumers and schoolchildren both, and running Linux or Windows XP,...

Test-driving OpenOffice.org 3.0

Author: Bruce Byfield With OpenOffice.org 2.4 just released, OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OOo3) has already passed its feature freeze, and is scheduled for release in September. Based...

Language translation from the command line or clipboard

Author: Ben Martin Web-based automatic translators such as translate.google.com are great for getting the gist of what a document is saying, but it can be...