A Brief History of Microsoft FUD

This time it's patents that will ensure the downfall of GNU/Linux and with it, the entire world of open source. But before hanging up your certified geek propeller-hat and retraining as a dental hygienist, you might want to consider the following brief history of Microsoft's use of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) as a weapon against GNU/Linux.

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Writing for Busy People

Ben Goodger, lead engineer for Mozilla Firefox, writes about writing and getting read. A good read, not only for software developers!

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Idea Stock Exchange

The New York Times has an interesting article on an interesting business strategy used by a company called Rite-Solutions. The system recognizes the need for harvesting ideas from the entire company instead of just one or two "idea-men" in a stock-market-esque idea exchange. From the article: "We're the founders, but we're far from the smartest people here," Mr. Lavoie, the chief executive, said during an interview at Rite-Solutions' headquarters outside Newport, R.I. "At most companies, especially technology companies, the most brilliant insights tend to come from people other than senior management. So we created a marketplace to harvest collective genius."

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World's First Utility Grid Comes Alive on the Internet

Through a simple to use portal, users -- including developers, scientists, and researchers -- will now have easy, secure, affordable and flexible access to Sun Grid, the world's first compute utility available at the low price of $1/CPU-hr in the U.S.

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Almost Every Web 2.0 Logo in One 990x2700 Graphic

This is cool to look at especially for graphic designers. These are the coolest logos out there today.

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Learn how to Design the Glossy Mac Style Buttons

Learn how to design the trendy futuristic looking buttons as seen on Mac's! These buttons are great for website layouts, and many other kinds of graphics. This is an adobe photoshop tutorial.

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Why DRM is Doomed

The problem is that digital rights management relies on locking content away, and as long as we have general purpose computers capable of running whatever code someone cares to write then there will always be ways around those content locks.

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Free our data!

The Guardian has started a campaign to get the UK Government to stop charging for tax payer funded data; in the USA, it's free - allowing the creation of great tools like Google Maps. Get behind it!

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Google to acquire Writely

Google is going headlong into Microsoft's backyard by potentially acquiring web-based productivity suite provided by Writely. Is the big G biting off more than it can chew?

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Entrepreneurial Proverbs at ETech

Marc Hedlund gave a talk at ETech on Monday called "Entrepreneuring for Geeks." He has given this general talk a few times now -- how can the more technically minded among us move into making companies of our own? "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world?" Right.

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Origami dreams crumpled

For weeks, gadget lovers have been dreaming of Origami--and they've been dreaming big.

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Customize your linux ISO download

Choose between popular Linux distributions. Define how your drive is partitioned, packages to install, accounts to set up, how to do updates. Then builds a small custom iso image to download. Which you can then pop into a network connected pc, and it will do a customized unattended network install. Downloading only what you have chosen.

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A list of all Linux, BSD, and Windows LiveCDs and LiveDVDs.

A list of all Linux, BSD, and Windows LiveCDs and LiveDVDs. Definitely worth bookmarking!

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IBM Not To Use Vista - But Will Move to Linux Desktops

Andreas Pleschek also told that IBM has canceled their contract with Microsoft as of October this year. That means that IBM will not use Windows Vista for their desktops. Beginning from July, IBM employees will begin using IBM Workplace on their new, Red Hat-based platform.

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