Cody Taylor

Everyday FUD says that Linux market share is below 1%. We know this is incorrect, and it ignores different market segments such as mainframe, cluster, desktop, intranet server, embedded, and so forth. So how many Linux users are there? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols attempts to take a headcount, and comes up with some surprising results.

During these tough times everyone wants to save some money. For those who thought iPhone is expensive and they can do without it, think again!.

Turn your Linux Machine into a media center! Great for all Linux users!

Frankly speaking, as Internet speeds continue to increase, the loading times of webpages are becoming increasingly less of an issue. The time saved simply by having a better, more user friendly and clear interface outweighs most gains garnered from a browser which simply loads faster.Here are 5 excellent tips to make browsing even smoother…

British actor Stephen Fry has given a global highlight to a protest against a contentious New Zealand internet law due to come into effect next week. Fry used the international and increasingly powerful Twitter social network to attack the New Zealand law and support the Internet BlackOut protest.

Court dismisses case filed by Pittsburgh couple who claimed ‘mental suffering’ when their house appeared on the popular map feature. Read this blog post by Steven Musil on Digital Media.

Slatterz writes “Going just a bit further than your average unboxing, someone has stripped a new 17-inch Apple Macbook Pro to its component parts revealing one or two little surprises. The biggest of which is that the built-in battery is easily accessible, requiring the tinkerer to remove just the 13 Philips screws which hold the bottom cover in place, and the three tri-wing security screws which hold the battery in place.”

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An anonymous reader writes “Most people who can’t or won’t hardwire for broadband have an obvious alternative: Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, there can be architectural anomalies between floors or even between rooms that can interfere with Wi-Fi signals, resulting in spotty, or even dead, signals. So what do you do? Well, you can try using a powerline device. Computerworld reviewer Bill O’Brien tests powerline units from Belkin, D-Link, Linksys, Netgear and Zyxel, and compares their performance to that of his wired and wireless setups.”

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