Since LWN last looked in on Marble, it's come a long way. The basic interface is still the same — but Marble has picked up quite a few features since the 0.5 days. With 1.1 the 3D mapping application picks up plugin configuration, map editing, and voice navigation if you happen to be using Marble on the Nokia N900.

KDE Marble is a virtual globe and a geographical atlas. It is free software (available under GNU LGPLv2), meaning that you can freely use, study, modify copy and share it without any restrictions. This is a look at two of its features: the first one is an interactive map (globe) of the moon and the second one is a set of some online services that come with Marble.

I was lately impressed by Marble Desktop Globe, a free, open-source application for KDE4 which includes a 3D atlas of the world, with lots of features and an interface similar to the one of Google Earth.

While looking for some applications similar to Google Earth I bumped into this KDE educational project Marble. Its a 3D Atlas and Virtual Globe application that aims to help students, teachers or anyone, in learing more about Earth, Mars, Moon and Venus.

OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. Marble, a virtual desktop globe application and widget for KDE desktop, will support OpenStreetMap in KDE 4.1. Once you start Marble and select "OpenStreetMap" as a theme then Marble will directly start to download OpenStreetMap tiles from the OpenStreetMap server.

Squidoo Lens Creation Service - Welcome to the world's easiest way to make a page online. Share your interests, get found, and even earn money. (For you or for charity). For free, of course.

Mozilla's Plugin Check development team have updated the Plugin Check service, adding support for a number of other browsers, including Safari 4, Chrome 4, Opera 10.5 and basic support for Internet Explorer 7 and 8

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have the whole world at your fingertips? How about cradling it in a single hand, putting it in your pocket and taking it with you wherever you go? With KDE's Marble Virtual Globe on your mobile phone, you can do just that.

Dropbox was one of the earlier companies to offer a commercial online, offsite backup and synchronisation service for home users. Now Canonical have released their own competing service call Ubuntu One. Both products have great support for Ububtu, so which should you choose?