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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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For every person who has said, "Let's network these two computers" there are many more asking "Why is the network running so slow?" Yet, the ethereal nature of Ethernet has long made computer networks hard to decipher and many a business or home user has longed to peek into the data stream to see just what is going on. You could pay tens of thousands of dollars for the answer - but we'll do it using freely available tools for Linux.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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Forget fear, uncertainty and doubt. How do Windows Vista and Linux really compare against each other? It’s one thing to talk about the familiar applications available to Windows users contrasted with the rich suite of free open source apps for Linux, but something totally different to actually compare the loads of the two operating systems as they perform functionally identical tasks.
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
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What could be cooler than the brand spanking new 3G Apple iPhone? How about adding your own content to it? Here’s how to begin writing your very own programs for the Jesus phone, replete with flashy effects and pictures. All you need is a Mac and an iPhone. Heck, you don’t even need the iPhone - here’s how to get an iPhone emulator too!
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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Most all readers will be well aware of the ASUS Eee Linux PC. Other vendors now seek to achieve similar success, the latest being Acer’s Linpus device. Yet, a common complaint is that traditional software doesn’t necessarily translate well to the smaller screens. Here’s my tips for developing software for the emerging and widely popular netbook market.
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
Anti-Linux evangelists try to level many claims against the free open source operating system Linux. Arguments against the base cost (nothing!) or about the turnaround time to repair security exploits don’t work. But there is one item in the anti-Linux arsenal which often hits hard: lack of support. Here's why it makes good Linux techies groan when they see it.
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
The new, record breaking, Firefox 3 web browser is the fastest version
of Firefox yet. But are you really getting the biggest bang for your
buck (metaphorically speaking, because, of course, Firefox is free?)
You can eke out a better disk and memory footprint and higher speeds by
building it yourself from the original source code. I'll show you how,
with genuine metrics to prove it.
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
Linux is coming to an ultraportable near you! Sure, the oft-touted “year of the Linux desktop” is seen in the same light as such notable phrases like “the cheque’s in the mail”, “I’ll respect you in the morning” and “Duke Nukem Forever is being released” but there’s no denying the smash-hit success Linux is enjoying in the budget price ultraportable market. These are the Linux desktops that will catch on and here’s why.
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
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It's summer in the United States which means Google's annual season of code is in swing. This event has run over the past three years and is by all measures a successful happening. That it even happens is phenomenal enough and this year there's many great projects that will benefit, covering a wide range of fundamental open source applications as well as notable causes like the One Laptop per Child project.
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
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While Mozilla’s Firefox 3 is aiming for a Guinness record for the most downloads in one day there’s another new important software release which may be breaking records: Wine version 1.0 has hit the Internet, and it’s taken 15 years.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
It's out! It's here! Firefox 3 has been released for download today, thus concluding a two-year journey to build the best web browser ever. Do yourself a favour - and help set a record - by downloading it now.
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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Firefox 3 is coming! It’s been years in the coming and computers users worldwide are waiting with baited breath. Here’s what’s new, how YOU can help get Firefox into the Guinness book of records plus news about an exciting development – Firefox for mobile phones!
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