Interview with Larry Silverstein, chief technologist at Google
When asked about server numbers he says 'more than 10,000'
Gnome 2.6 reviewed

Utterly Boring
Good blog. Nice design.

Could Red Hat Mean Curtains for Windows?
The Independent newspaper (UK) interviews Matthew Szulik of Red Hat, on RH's desktop plans.

Thunderbird 0.6 released

First Pictures of Titan

Cassini probe takes first pictures of Titan

LinuxIT
UK company, offering Linux desktop solutions.

Microsoft says it's all Joe users fault
Quote:
It's your fault. Yeah you, Mr. or Ms. Corporate IT Person. Microsoft says it's your fault, and the fault of your users, that there
are so many security problems with Microsoft software. Oh, sure, there are security holes in Microsoft products. But Microsoft
does patch them -- eventually. And unless corporate IT does a better job of promptly applying those patches, as well as training
users in safe computing practices -- well, there's only so much Microsoft can do.

What Sasser can do to a roomful of Windows computers

Konqueror shortcuts

I regularly use the php: and gg: shortcuts in my konqueror url bar to look up php commands and do google searches. However, there are more useful shortcuts:

fm: Freshmeat
cpan: CPAN perl module archive
dict: Webster's dictionary
wi: WhatIs tech dictionary
ggg: google groups
ggi: google images

You can view, edit and even add your own by doing:
Konqueror->Settings->Configure Konqueror->Web Shortcuts

Upgrading to Mandrake 10 Official

note : to deinstall KDE 3.1.x , type urpme kde-base
Urpmi man pages

From the release notes:

Upgrading
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- urpmi can now do a distribution upgrade simply by adding urpmi sources for the 10.0 dist tree or cd's and then running 'urpmi urpmi' then 'urpmi --auto-select' and finally 'urpmi kernel' to install the new kernel. See KDE notes for tips on having a smooth upgrade experience with KDE installed.

KDE 3.2
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- The KDE Project has reorganized applications for the 3.2 release. An example is that kmail is part of kdepim now instead of kdenetwork. This could cause upgrades from 9.x that have KDE 3.1.x installed to not go smoothly. The best way to do an upgrade from 9.x will be to completely remove KDE from the target system, run the upgrade using your preferred method (urpmi --auto-select or upgrade installation) and then install KDE from the 10.0 media. If you do not do this, you will find that some KDE 3.2 applications will not be installed and some KDE 3.1.x applications will be left on the system.

It is also a good idea to make backup copies of each user's ~/.kde directory before doing the upgrade. This is because in the past, changes to KDE configuration files have caused problems when trying to run the new apps with the old configuration. It may be helpful if you are having problems after the upgrade to rename or remove the old ~/.kde directory and let it recreate automatically. Then move any data like kmail accounts and kaddressbook data back by hand.

Register - UK ID Card guide
6 page article on the proposed biometric id cards.

Whine whine whine
Bill Gates whining , way back in 1976

Toutatis orbital path
Nasa simulation.

Google CenturyShare
Displays the Googleshare for a given keyword throughout the century.

Google Blogoscoped
Great blog with lots of google related links and news.

UK Coastguard shut down by Sasser
Staff resort to paper and pen

Slashdot discuss the Sasser outbreak

Latest Google news on Sasser

Internet2 sets new speed record
Jaw dropping 6.25 Gigabits per second.

EU expands Eastwards

Celebrations in Warsaw
European Union welcomes 10 new member states

Hello to our new friends from Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovenia ,Malta, and Luvania ;-)

Celebrations as EU grows to 25 members