Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation recently mused on the topic of non-free games on Linux, and unsurprisingly he rejects them, even though admitting that they "might encourage users of the games to replace Windows with GNU/Linux". His position has been consistent for decades. What's im
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HP's EliteBook line of notebook PC's is designed with both form and function in mind. Each EliteBook is constructed on a magnesium alloy "DuraCase" chassis with an anodized aluminum exterior. The result is both attractive and durable. Keyboard The EliteBook "Durakey" keyboard is spill-resistan
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Today we use computers to aid us in music composition and production, but still retain much of the creative control over the outcome. Sometimes we play actual musical instruments and use computers to mix it all up, add effects, and balance the sound. Other times we use sound synthesizers and sequenc
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Linux and quirkiness tend to be synonymous, if looked from the perspective of a user who doesn't want to fiddle or deal with workarounds to make things work smoothly. Release after release Ubuntu has been no different in this department, even when it seemed closest to the goal of a perfectly use
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Both Apple and Google are building a relatively seamless ecosystem around their products and services, and both of them involve the cloud as a key component. Apple seems to be leading the way in terms of integration and seamlessness of it (no surprise there) while Google might be leading in terms of
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Google has rolled out yet another update to their troubled search engine algorithms. This update, belatedly dubbed "Penguin", was supposedly targeted towards sites which engaged in spammy SEO tactics, but instead it appears to have penalized a wide range of legitimate and high quality web sites.
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Less is more. This is the slogan of the future. It should be among the most valuable concepts to keep in mind and aspire towards. Where "less is more" does not describe the current state of things the goal should be to rectify that. This idea captures a multitude of fields relevant to everything fro
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Recent changes by Google have created a boom in the SEO industry, but perhaps not quite the one Google engineers envisioned. Google has been fighting a losing battle against "web spam" for many years, and this motivated them to engage in more aggressive tactics to keep their search results clean.Â
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To say that we are living in an age of the internet would be stating the obvious. What's perhaps not so obvious is the shape that the internet is taking as it expands its scope into literally every single facet of human existence. To most people the word "internet" still represents something det
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Internet Explorer and Safari may be pre-installed on their respective operating systems by default, but in this day and age they're generally not considered very impressive compared to the likes of Chrome and Firefox. At one point I wondered what purpose do they even serve if their makers seemingly
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