This person has come up with a very simple way to reduce traffic jams during your commute. His solution: drive at a slow and steady pace instead of competing with other drivers.

Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu) welcoming OpenSUSE developers

Novell
’s decision to go to great lengths to circumvent the patent framework clearly articulated in the GPL has sent shockwaves through the community. If you are an OpenSUSE developer who is concerned about the long term consequences of this pact, you may be interested in some of the events happening next week as part of the Ubuntu Open Week.

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20 Must Read HOWTOs and Guides for Linux

If your a Linux user who enjoys learning new things, I recommend taking a look at the following 20 must read HOW TOs and Guides I
’ve gathered over the years. These documents are vital to both new and old Linux users.

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The English Wikipedia hit 1.5 million articles today!

"The English language Wikipedia thanks its contributors for creating over 1,500,000 articles!" Congrats, Wikipedia, and here's to another 1.5 mil.!

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How To Login From an Internet Cafe Without Worrying About Keyloggers

"We tested five shareware or commercial keylogging programs: HomeKeylogger 1.70, GhostKeylogger, KG-BKeylogger, Spytector 1.2.8 and ProBot. None of them captured passwords entered using the trick we describe."

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Linux movement destroys Ballmer's dream

MICROSOFT'S cunning plan to be the ruler of Linux has hit a slight snag.
Its Linux ally Novell is not going along with its plans to force Linux distributors to join its approved partners, pay up or be sued and the Open Sauce community has a counter attack planned...

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How Windows XP Wasted $25 Billion of Energy

3 WinXP flaws in power-savings options created a situation where Microsoft's silly mistakes have cost the world roughly $25 billion dollars and resulted in the release of 225 million tons of CO2. Um...Oops?

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Ultimate Guide to E-mail: 99 Security, Productivity and Communication Tips

Even though 6 billion emails are sent every day, almost no one agrees about simple things like email etiquette, how to organize a note, or whether emails are considered private or not. The 99 tips in this article make up the best in email practices.

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Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days

Learn the basics of C++ in 21 days! Great guide for beginners. Remember, this is just an overview, fully mastering any program languages takes many years. But this is the guide to get you started!

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If Linux violates Microsoft’s patents, let’s see the proof !

If there is offending code, I think Microsoft should show it and prove it. Why not set up a Web site with a few code snippets that show how Linux violates Windows patents — if such snippets really exist?

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The Rising Star Of Ubuntu

Given the recent Novell+Microsoft, RedHat vs. Oracle, and Sun Java Open Source news, Ubuntu is out there marching to it's own drummer. It is a grassroots effort that seems to be growing. That's a good thing for the Linux and Open Source community.

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OpenOffice.org Calc adds support for Excel VBA

As an Excel user, you may have looked at OpenOffice.org and found that it doesn't support Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the Microsoft Office macro language. If you've spent years building hundreds of Excel macros, the fear of losing them all could keep you locked in to Office. If so, it's time to look again; Novell has taken OpenOffice.org's

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Examples of Microsoft stealing source code

With all of the FUD around Microsoft and SCO making wild and unsubstantiated claims regarding Linux, I thought I'd look up how much code Microsoft has stolen themselves. With a simple Google search, I was able to turn up eight different instances in just a few minutes where Microsoft has lost court battles from their code theft.

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Windows user migrating from XP to Ubuntu 6.10

Experiences of an windows user while migrating away from Windows XP.

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Zimbra chases Microsoft with low-cost email

In late 2003, at a coffee shop in Palo Alto, Calif., three friends weary of work at big Silicon Valley companies decided to create an email program. In a weekend they cobbled together a simple prototype. They combed the Web for free software, and in a few months they had assembled more than 40 blocks of free programming into a basic system.

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Linus Torvalds officially a Hero

According to TIME magazine, Linus Torvalds is one of the the greatest heroes of the last 60 years.

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10 Ways Women Judge You

"So much subliminal information is conveyed in those first seconds of contact," says Carol Kauffman, Ph.D., a relationship therapist and psychology instructor at Harvard medical school. Okay, so you're on the clock. Make every second count. Below are 10 ways - in rough chronological order - a woman judges your fitness to be her proverbial daddy.

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Ten Job Hunting Myths

The job market looks more promising for this year's college grads, but the perfect opportunity probably won't fall in your lap. Search smart by avoiding these common misconceptions.

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World Statistics Chart Updated in Real Time

"Current Earth Population, Births This Year, Births Today, ect.." Lots of stats updating in front of your eyes.

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Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider

The Samba Team disapproves strongly of the actions taken by Novell on November 2nd in their dealings with Microsoft, and have posted their thoughts on the matter.

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