IBM has an article for developers about developing cross platform applications useing .NET. Well, using Mono. As someone who has (poorly) written a cross platform application using Mono I can say that it is definitely easy. As long as you keep portability in mind when programming the cross platform bit should fall into place without [...]

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The Hula Project is an open source calendar and email server that might one day make your life as an IT person very comfortable. It scales well and it has the necessary components for a small/medium sized business, but is it ready to replace your old Exchange box? v407 Note: We originally tested with version [...]

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Mozilla will be release the 1.5 Beta of Firefox next week on September 8th.

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Looks like the rumors were true. Google Talk is now live and you can chat with your gmail loving friends with just about any Jabber supporting client**. They have their own client for windows that also works as a gmail notifier as well. The service just works based off of your Gmail address, so you [...]

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More on building a reusable camcorder from a single-use CVS camcorder. CVS Camcorder Roundup Make Your Own Dakota Digital Camera Cable with a Palm III HotSync cable. Here’s a HOWTO article on using a Palm III cable for this project, seen here. Robogumby has posted a A Dummies Guide to the CVS camcorder. MakeZine has [...]

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Keeping your system and data secure can be a daunting task, but there are a wide range of tools available to help with the process. In this article I hope to sort out some of these issues and suggest some good programs to help with your security needs. Required Software At a minimum, a PC [...]

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VMware With AMD, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Novell, Red Hat and Others to Forge Open Virtualization Standards VMware will also be releasing some sourcecode, albeit only to a select few: VMware announced that it will provide its partners access to VMware ESX Server source code and interfaces under a new program called VMware Community Source [...]

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Brinkster is offering absolutly free web hosting for 6 months. It includes several supported technologies for free and allows you to register a domain name for only $1. Unfortunately it does not come with MySQL database access. No credit card is required for the sign up. All you have to give them is your name, [...]

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Tutorial: DVD Ripping in Linux Hi, this short tutorial has the aim to be a guide for those who would like to back up a DVD using Linux. At first I will start with a general overview to clarify the situation about DVDs, then I’ll switch to a description of the script I made, along [...]

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“HELP! I normally use Linux, but I’m required to use Windows at work. Where are all the applications? You mean I have to buy those separately?!?!?” If you are like me the transition from Linux to Windows can be frustrating. All of the applications that you are used to having are nowhere to be seen. [...]

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