KDE takes stand on OOXML; GNOME dithers.Open in New Window
Sam Varghese at iTWire writes a scathing piece on GNOME, a Linux desktop environment. While KDE has expressed its plans not to support OOXML even if the ISO approves it as a standard, GNOME has remai read more »
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More Speed Bumps Ahead for WiMAX.Open in New Window
Paul Kapustka reflects on WiMAX, a promising wireless broadband technology which has support from several large vendors, most notably Intel, but has been struggling with competing technologies of lat read more »
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Myths, Lies, and Truths about the Linux Kernel.Open in New Window
Greg Kroah-Hartman from the SuSE Labs (Novell) presented at OLS on myths, lies, and truths about the Linux Kernel. This page includes the original slides as well as his prepared speech. read more »
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Time to Fight Back the Imbeciles - StupidFilter.Open in New Window
Sarah Gingichashvili reports on the work of American researchers looking to help sites filter out stupidity in comments using bayesian filtering techniques. read more »
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Matt Cutts' three step process to building up a really good site and getting a ton of traffic.Open in New Window
Matt Cutts in a speech moderated by Guy Kawasaki gives three steps at PubCon to creating a successful website. Michael Dorausch offers a summary of the discussion. read more »
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Consumer Explains Why Verizon Has Permanently Lost Her Business.Open in New Window
The Consumerist has an interesting article by Veronica, a Verizon customer, who has undergone a tremendous ordeal in reporting a stolen phone and ensuring she wasn't being charged for illegitimate f read more »
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Typies: 15 tips to choose a good text typeOpen in New Window
If you want to know more about what makes a good text type (font) than you ever needed to know, this quick and illustrated article by Juan Pablo de Gregorio is a great place to start. read more »
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Removal of Ogg Vorbis and Theora from HTML5: an outrageous disasterOpen in New Window
Manuel Amador writes a frustrated post concerning WHATWG's removal of support for the Ogg Vorbis and Theora audio and video standards from HTML5 in what he feels is a caving move to large interests read more »
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