Microsoft is “temporarily” off the hook with the European Union Commission according to BetaNews.com reporter, David Worthington. The freeze on Microsoft’s remedies ties in with their appeal still in the works. Microsoft spokesperson Jim Desler was quoted as saying; “We believe that suspension is …continue reading

Microsoft Windows MVP Steven Bink, reports on the latest regarding the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 schedule. He reports that the “customer preview program” actually started Monday. It is also reported that Release Candidate 1 beta is due to make an appearance on …continue reading

Students beware, internet inspired plagiarism has hit a brick wall in the form of new anti-plagiarism software. Designed to scan the internet and seek out 4.5 billion web pages, teachers can check the originality of their students work with the tap of a few …continue reading

According to ABC News, the old Nigerian money scam is alive and well. Even with a major raid by the Nigerian government, there are still Nigerian “Kingpins that remain untouchable. The best defense against this sort of scam is in my opinion, a combination …continue reading

According to reliable sources, it appears that the Apple and all of their products are nothing but a hoax. Thanks to some photos from a diligent blogger, you can clearly see wires holding up a Power Mac and it’s display. If this does not …continue reading

There is a new game called Sky Captain, for the Mac. Created for a direct tie-in with the upcoming movie; “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”, Sky Captain looks like a promising game. Now this game appears to be heavily flash based, however …continue reading

The only thing about this article that really struck me about the new Mac OS was the comments on the Safari browser having a built in RSS reader. In addition, Safari will offer a “clipping service” to save RSS keyword searches when desired. This …continue reading

A frustrated blogger talks about their experience with trying o sync their Palm Zire via Bluetooth on their Mac. Apparently the speed is quite slow. Still, you have to love the idea of being able to sync your PDA without any wires at all. …continue reading

No, this is not a typo. There is a RSS reader just for Mac users called Shrook 2. While I doubt that Shrook 2 was created by a big green dude from a children’s movie that recently came out, the reader boasts features not …continue reading

The SCO Group has made it known that they have every intention of suing individual Linux users if they refuse to pay the company an enormous $700 licensing fee. Now if that is not bad enough, it is reported that they are considering doubling …continue reading

A church decides to use Linux on 19 donated machines instead of Windows. While they explain that cost was certainly a component of the reasoning, choice also played a large part in the final decision. Since some of the computers needed to be refurbished …continue reading

The German government unveiled it’s very own Linux Desktop OS. Bundled with only free software, it was first shown at LinuxTag 2004 for all to see. The idea is part of a program designed to evaluate Open Source Software within government environments. Based on …continue reading

DreamWorks, the animation company that created Shrek 2 have Linux to thank for it’s part in the movies creation. There were over 330 Hewlett Packard workstations running Linux being manned by the Shrek 2 digital artists. The OS of choice was in fact Red …continue reading

The powers that be for Sun Microsystems believe that people are considering Red Hat Linux for all of the wrong reasons. With this in mind, they are positioning themselves to take them on head to head. Sun will be using Solaris as it’s “weapon …continue reading

LiveCD distros like Knoppix are now supporting Wi-Fi cards like the Linksys WPC55AG PC Card. In days past, getting wireless internet to work with Linux has proved to be a bit of a challenge for the Linux newbie. Thankfully, Gary Rennie’s article helps to …continue reading

Mailmate releases version 1.0 for Mac users. A handy application designed to make viewing and searching email correspondence a less daunting task, Mailmate can also be used as an email archive program.

Now I have read in a few different places that Mailmate …continue reading

Dell wants your iPod! All you have to do is exchange your iPod (along with $99) for a 15-Gbyte Dell Digital Jukebox. You will receive free shipping, 25 free Musicmatch downloads and even a copy of Microsoft Plus. While this seems like a sweet …continue reading

Needed corrections have been made to the iTunes post.

Wireless Broadband Pioneer Ricochet Networks, has a new owner today. The new owner YDI Wireless, has expressed an interest in partnering up with various city governments to offer broadband to areas that would normally be without such high speed internet service.

While there has …continue reading

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian ISPs will not have to pay royalties to music artists from music downloaded by internet downloaders. Apparently companies offering internet services are looked upon as “intermediaries” and will not be held responsible for the downloading music …continue reading

Apple recently introduced Dashboard, an add-on to Expose for the Mac. Dashboard’s primary function is to give Mac users immediate access to “Widgets”, which are mini-applications designed in Javascript. Widgets are not only useful to many Mac users, they are fun too. Things to …continue reading

RealNetworks has announced that Novell and Red Hat will be shipping the open-source Helix media player with their Linux distributions. It is believed that this might begin to mend some of the hatred Real has received over the years for hijacking file associations, forced …continue reading

The Lowdown on XP Service Pack 2 RC2

Scot Finnie’s latest newsletter is out and the lead article is a deep dive into XP SP2 RC2. Go take a look!

Apple Computer Australia announced that the AppleCare Protection Plan sales people that sell 10 or more plans between May 24 and June 25 will receive a Microsoft Xbox. Those that sell 20 “AppleCares” will receive two Xbox consoles. The running theme seems to be …continue reading

There is an unofficial blog plug-in for iTunes lovers. The plug-in works with XP and may also work with older versions of Windows as well. Using this plug-in will allow your readers to see what you are listening to at that moment. Once you …continue reading

Skype Technologies has announced that they have released their P2P Telephony client for Linux. As with the Windows version, it works pretty well on both dial up and broadband connections. As with it’s Windows counterpart, Skype is voice only with no plans on adding …continue reading

As we come to grips with the new virus threats for handheld devices, wireless service providers are looking to improve their security measures. One example of this new mindset would be the partnership with Texas Instruments and ARM. Texas Instruments will be integrating ARM’s …continue reading

The new Mandrakelinux 10.0 is now available folks! New features include:

- Kernel 2.6

- KDE 3.2

- Authentication on LDAP, NIS or Windows® servers

- Authentication on LDAP, NIS or Windows® servers

Mandrakelinux 10.0 also includes all of the other features you come …continue reading

A great dedication to the folks that help to bring crap to our inboxes month after month. The Spam Rap is an entertaining trip into the mind of what a rapping spammer must have happening in their day to day lives. While I have yet …continue reading

Developed for OS X, Rendezvous allows for automatic discovery of computers added to a network. While older versions of OS X relied on SLP for service discovery, OS X 10.2 will be the first upgrade to be trusting this task to Rendezvous instead. Rendezvous …continue reading