Google Chrome OS - a new open source Linux distro.
Google's Android mobile OS is not the only OS up Google's sleeve. Google announced late Tuesday that it is working on a Linux based Chrome OS as an operating system for the web. Don't rush out to Google to download Chrome OS today - Google doesn't expect to have it available to consumers until the second half of 2010. more... and Google to release Linux based ChromeOS and Introducing the Google Chrome OS.

VideoLAN releases VLC 1.0.0: Your media will never be the same.
VideoLAN's VLC media player, arguably the world's best media player, hit version 0.9.9 in early April. Three months and more than 78 million downloads later, VideoLAN has announced VLC 1.0.0, or "Goldeneye." One of the amazing things about VLC is that it can play anything that you've ever even thought about playing. more... and VLC 1.0.0 released.

Sugar on a Stick brings sweet taste of Linux to classrooms.
Sugar Labs has announced the first official release of Sugar on a Stick, a Linux-based learning environment that can boot from a USB memory stick. The Sugar platform, which originally emerged from the One Laptop Per Child project, could soon arrive in classrooms. more...

Dell turns netbooks into navigation devices.
Say hello to your latest personal navigation device: a netbook. Dell plans to introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be integrated into the company's netbooks to turn them into gizmos that can offer turn-by-turn direction as well as any Garmin or TomTom. more...

PostgreSQL 8.4 released.
This release contains an abundance of enhancements to make administering, querying, and programming of PostgreSQL databases easier than ever before. With 293 new or improved features in version 8.4, there are even more reasons to choose PostgreSQL for your next project. more...

Ogg codecs dropped from HTML5.
After an inordinate amount of discussions, both in public and privately, on the situation regarding codecs for <video> and <audio> in HTML5, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that there is no suitable codec that all vendors are willing to implement and ship. more...

Tracking Your Time with Project Hamster.
Project Hamster is “time tracking for [the] masses.” It aims to be a tool which enables users to quickly and accurately keep track of the amount of time they spend on their activities over time. Project Hamster is a relatively new module for GNOME, having been brought into GNOME officially for the 2.24 release. more...

VirtualBox 3.0.0 is amazing!
Just a few days ago, VirtualBox 3.0.0 has been released amidst a flurry of excitement. This was a great opportunity to see how well it fares, both against its predecessors and VMware Server. more...

Firefox 3.5 - A Really Impressive Release.
Firefox 3.5 was released just a couple of hours ago and it comes with great new features and a new version of Gecko, the rendering engine. Firefox is currently the most popular browser on the Linux platform and the top choice on Windows more...

Palm Pre Dances Nicely with Linux.
Summer releases of the latest smart phones from Apple, Blackberry, Google and Palm have excited geeks all over the world. The big question on the mind of Linux users has to be "Can I sync my Linux machine and my cool new phone?" We decided to find the answers specifically for the new Palm Pre. more...

Misc.
Apache attacked by a "slow loris".
AndNav2 - GPS navigation application for Android.
Maemo To Switch To Qt.
From Microsoft: C# and CLI under the Community Promise.
Attempted Break-In on www.centos.org.
Low End Linux Netbook Prices Continue To Drop.
Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released!
AmigaForever 2009 Released.
ASCAP Makes Outlandish Copyright Claims on Cell Phone Ringtones.
Die HAL Die.

How To Tips.

How To Synchronize Tomboy Notes with Dropbox.
How To Printing Labels and Business Cards in Ubuntu.
How To Screen – Manages multiple sessions on one terminal.
How To Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop.
How To Speed Up Your System With Preload On Ubuntu 9.04.
How To Compile and Install VLC 1.0 in Ubuntu 9.04.
How To Install VLC 1.0.0 Final In Ubuntu (from a PPA Repository), Arch Linux and Fedora.

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