Palm will not ship its Linux smartphone until next year, the company's chief executive Ed Colligan disclosed during an earnings call.

Most clipboard implementations only have the ability to store one item in them, so if you copy and paste a lot having space for one item only can be frustrating. Add to that the fact that selecting any text when using X11 (the underlying graphical platform underneath Linux) copies it to the clipboard in the default configuration, you can easily lose what you wanted to copy. Enter Klipper.

I have been hearing a lot lately about how Windows Vista is supposedly more secure overall than the popular Linux distros in the market today. After soaking this in and having a chance to think about it, I can come to only one conclusion: Microsoft must believe that vulnerabilities are worse than actual, in-motion exploits being used against exiting operating systems.

When I was using Windows XP I would use UltraVNC to access my desktop remotely, then when I “upgraded” to Vista I did not take to the time to do that, instead I used the built in Remote Desktop feature. Now that I have truly upgraded to Ubuntu, I want to be able to access my machine remotely.

Mozilla Corp. Monday unveiled the last planned alpha update to Firefox 3.0 before it brings the new browser into the daylight of beta testing.

Efforts to open up the functionality of Apple's iPhone to users disinclined to sign up to expensive two year contracts with AT&T are growing.
Following the publication of a technique to get the iPod and Wi-Fi features of the device working without signing up to AT&T by reverse engineer DVD Jon, a new group has picked up the baton.

Ubuntu has been a community favourite since it appeared less than three years ago, and it’s not hard to see why, with it’s combination of ease of installation and use, and the hardcore credentials of its Debian base. How does Ubuntu 7.04, aka ‘Feisty Fawn’, stack up against earlier versions?