A Computer That Works With Google, Not Microsoft  —  Advocates of Linux, the free open-source operating system, like to say that buying a standard-issue computer involves a Microsoft Tax, because you have no choice but to pay for Windows.  New versions of Linux and inexpensive hardware …

Source:   New York Times
Author:   John Biggs
Link:   […]

Mandriva CEO Calls Out Microsoft’s Ballmer  —  On Tuesday, Mandriva announced that it had won a hotly-contested contract to install its Linux distribution on top of 17,000 Intel-powered Classmate PCs in Nigeria.  —  On Wednesday, the Nigerian client told Mandriva that it would buy …

Source:   PC Magazine
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20071101/tc_zd/218540

AdSense Integrated with FeedBurner Site Ads  —  There’s really nothing spookier than hollow, empty ad spaces rattling around your blog and/or web site, putting no cash in your pocket nor any extra hob- in your goblin.  Before you banish these underperforming idlers to some distant house upon a lonely hill …

Source:   Burning Questions - […]

Google’s worst nightmare [Brad Fitzpatrick]  —  Google’s worst nightmare  —  Our spy cameras have penetrated the inner sanctum of the Googleplex!  Sneaking up on Brad Fitzpatrick from behind, we caught a picture of his “epic” Halloween costume.  “He is dressed as one of Google’s largest fears!” an informant whispers.

Source:   Valleywag
Author:   Owen Thomas
Link:   […]

An open letter to Steve Ballmer  —  Hi, this is François, from Mandriva.  —  I’m sure we’re way too small for you to know me.  You know, we’re one of these tiny Linux company working hard for our place on the market.  We produce a Linux Distro, Mandriva Linux.

Source:   Mandriva Blog
Author:   François Bancilhon
Link: […]

FUTURE READING  —  Digitization and its discontents. … In 1938, Alfred Kazin began work on his first book, “On Native Grounds.”  The child of poor Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, he had studied at City College.  Somehow, with little money or backing, he managed to write an extraordinary book …

Source:   New Yorker
Author:   Anthony Grafton
Link: […]

AOL Spreads Its Privacy Education Program  —  AOL announced a program that will help Internet users understand behaviorally targeted advertising, along with providing mechanisms for opting out of such targeting.  —  The company estimated it can reach 91 percent of the US Internet audience with its privacy education campaign.

Source:   WebProNews - Breaking eBusiness News
Author: […]

Apple Updates MacBooks to Santa Rosa, GMA X3100; 2.6GHz MacBook Pro  —  As rumored, Apple has quietly updated the MacBook tonight to the Santa Rosa architecture with mild speed bumps and the GMA X3100 integrated video.  —  White 13.3″  —  $1099.00 2.0GHz/1GB RAM/80GB/Combo/GMA X3100

Source:   MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors
Author:   Arn
Link:   http://www.macrumors.com/2007/11/01/apple-updates…

Hakia Adds Social Networking - But Does Search Need Social Networking Features?  —  Semantic search engine Hakia has just released a new social networking feature, called Meet Others (MO).  The basic idea is to “meet others” who asked the same query.  This is something I’ve never seen …

Source:   Read/WriteWeb
Author:   Richard MacManus
Link:   http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives…

Is Apple’s Leopard still in beta?  —  Mac users are hitting problems galore in Mac OS X 10.5  —  Even a casual glance across the Mac web in the last few days will reveal a litany of problems faced by users upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.  —  Problems range from application crashes to […]