Neil Gershenfeld has been known to make some bold predictions about the future. But even by his standards, this one was a doozy. "Twenty years from now," he told a 2006 conference in Berkeley, "we'll have Star Trek replicators that can make anything." You remember the replicator -- the one that provided Captain Picard with his cup of "tea, Earl Grey, hot," with a simple verbal prompt?

Funny thing is, Star Trek is on course to make more than $100 million in profits.

Vega Strike is an free and Open Source 3D Action-Space-Sim (works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX) that lets you trade, fight, and explore in a vast universe . You should definitely try this if you are a fan of movies such as Star Trek, Star Wars, or anything else involving spaceships of all sizes in space fighting, merchandising, and exploring.

In the UK, it's a public holiday, and The H's editor in chief has been watching a movie and wondering if the Star Trek universe is a useful model for the future of open source...

When Cryptic offered an opportunity to beta test Star Trek Online I jumped at the chance. With a lot of hard work the team here and some help from Cryptic we were just able to get it running in Wine. You can also receive a 25% discount on CX Games or Pro with ComeToTheLight promo code.

"I have been using Fedora (formerly known as Fedora Core) since the first version came out. Following a bad experience with Fedora Core 2, I stuck to the odd numbered versions - invoking the Star Trek movie rule in reverse."

If the title of this article sounds like something from Star Trek, you're not far off. It's a very geeky thing, which allows you to export X (GUI) applications as separate entities on top of your desktop. Indeed, Xephyr is an X server utility. As such, it allows you to manage your virtual consoles, without leaving the safety and comfort of your desktop.

Everyone Hates A Chain Email. Here's The Mother Of Them All!

Last night I went to a presentation/pitch for Vista deployment in the enterprise (there's a Star-Trek joke in there somewhere). It's not that I'm dissatisfied with Linux, but I like to know what's going on with Windows, especially since we do deploy Windows machines at work. At some level I always want to learn something new. What I learned was more pitch than enlightenment.