Previous Dayputting /home in its own partition means nothing
Talkback if you put /home on its own partition doesnt remove any threats and in actuality, the only reason why /home should be on its own partition is to prevent any personal data from being corrupt from...
Police on facebook?
Talkback Not sure this is one of the most effective way to spend tax payer's money! By adding the application you give them access to your personal details, photo albums, etc.. the though of police...
Mobile users make same errors as disabled PC users
News Academics have called on tech companies to overcome mobile-device usability issues, after research found mobile users make the same errors as motor-impaired PC users
HP offers Parallels virtualisation on Integrity servers
News The deal between the companies covers HP's Integrity range, right up to the top-end Superdome, allowing customers to run large workloads on virtualised systems
Samba 3.2 adds cluster support
News The file and print server software has received a major update, adding clustered file system support, compatibility tweaks and other improvements
RE:Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
Blog Comment Quick note: actually, the Eee comes with a customized version of Xandros. Many people run Mandriva on the Eee as we took care to ensure that 2008 Spring runs well on it, but it's not the distro...
Asus Eee Monitor pictures leaked
News Seemingly genuine images of Asus's upcoming all-in-one monitor and PC have appeared on a French blog
Ten tips for securing Linux desktops
Help/HowTo Out of the box, a Linux desktop is far more secure than most others; taking certain steps can help keep it that way
RE:Quad-Boot Fun, and A Correction
Blog Comment Hi Moley, thanks for reading and commenting, as always. In fact, it was your comment earlier about openSuSE that inspired me to expand my horizons and investigate a number of Linux variants....
RE:Quad-Boot Fun, and A Correction
Blog Comment I too learned these lessons and have set up my 'experimental' computer, a P2.8 desktop, as quad boot but without any Windows. One point to note is not to delete/add any partitions preceeding any...
Microsoft seeks allies for fresh Yahoo bid
News According to The Wall Street Journal, the software giant has approached Time Warner and News Corp to aid another play for Yahoo's search business
Problem with Notepad++
Blog Well, to be more precise, this is probably my problem with Notepad++, the venerable open source Windows text editor. I can’t open HTML files. As a web designer & builder, this is a bit...
Quad-Boot Fun, and A Correction
Blog First, the good news. I now have my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 set up to quad-boot XP/Ubuntu/openSuSE/Mandriva! That's certainly worth a few giggles. More importantly, it will make it a lot easier...
I have to agree...
Talkback But what about end-users who keep passwords written down on post-its on their desks, 'cause they'd forget...
RE:Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
Blog Comment Interesting. I'm currently waiting to purchase one of the new eee's when the 901 is launched and was wondering whether to go Linux or stick with good old XP. I've read that the Linux version on...
Applicant numbers for IT teacher training still falling
News So far this year, the number of applicants to undertake IT teacher-training courses has fallen 15.8 percent on the same period in 2007
Barclays gives online users free Kaspersky software
News The bank already offered its two million online customers free antivirus software, but has now beefed up the package to protect against other threats
Xandros to swallow Linspire
News Ready to assume its place as a footnote in operating-system history, Linspire is to be bought by another of the smaller Linux players
Mobile-phone payments to hit £151bn by 2013
News Juniper Research predicts a fivefold rise in mobile payments over the next five years, and recommends retailers exploit this 'fourth channel'
Report: Outdated browsers put 637m users at risk
News A group of researchers says 637 million web users are surfing with outdated internet browsers and are therefore at greater risk of web-based attacks
DebbieToo, a new Serverbaby, is running.
Blog Installed Debian 4 (etch) on Debbie's hard drive and this time I did it the easy way. My DSL line is twice the speed it was at the time I started this whole thing. So it loaded and installed almost...
When blogs collide...
Blog Out in the blogosphere, a most intriguing story is – well, not unfolding, exactly. That's precisely what it's not doing. It's more like a well-written psychological thriller, where event piles on...
