There has been a significant amount of media coverage on upgrading to Windows 7. Reports are emerging of upgrades taking a long time, with typical…
Is Microsoft pricing itself out of the consumer market?
By Hamish Taylor
Late October 2009 is proving to be an interesting time in the world of computer operating systems. Within the space of eight days we have…
Linux users: frag your online enemies without installing an application!
By Hamish Taylor
This afternoon after I got home from work, I fragged my online enemies! What makes this remarkable is that I use Ubuntu Linux, and as…
Software Freedom Day 2009 taking shape around the world
By Hamish Taylor
Saturday September 19th 2009 is Software Freedom Day, a global day of celebration of Free and Open Source Software. One of the main goals of…
At the Linux Users Victoria (LUV) Annual General Meeting, held on Tuesday 1 September 2009 at Trinity College, Melbourne, Donna Benjamin was elected to the…
The Linux community has been waiting for a long time for an updated Skype client. Recently Skype released a Beta client, version 2.1.0.47, with many…
The other day my partner left the market shopping list at home. I took a few minutes off from cleaning the house to try SMSing…
Ubuntu 9.04 UNR on Asus Eee PC 901: good and fast
By Hamish Taylor
Last night I downloaded the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (UNR) and installed it on my Asus Eee PC 901. Here’s how it all went.
Charles Dickens wrote that "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". I have a feeling that he wasn’t referring to…
Internet Explorer 9 to use Mozilla's Firefox code base
By Hamish Taylor
Microsoft Corporation today quietly announced the end of internal development of Internet Explorer. A spokesman said that one of the senior managers saw a car-bumper…
