At the end of May, Dell will begin selling desktop oriented Linux machines, built on Ubuntu's Fiesty Fawn release.

IBM and Redhat have done a lot in the server space, so it's going to be really interesting to see Linux make some headway in the general-purpose, desktop world.

Submitted by jason - 2007-05-01 08:42:45
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"Space tourist Anousheh Ansari washes her hair aboard the ISS."

I'm not exactly sure why this is so fascinating, but it is. I wonder if commercial space exploration could be partially funded by a Real World or Big Brother type show which feeds a 24-hour, real-time broadcast of people doing space stuff.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-25 11:38:58
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Silverlight is Microsoft's entrance into the rich web presentation platform. People are describing it as MS's attempt at a Flash replacement.

Tim Sneath, an MS evangelist, gives a pretty good overview on Silverlight in this article, describing it's main features.

What I think it particularly interesting, is that Silverlight is platform agnostic. You don't need a Windows server to deploy it, and you don't need a Windows client to view Silverlight content. Definately a smart move for MS and a preferred direction compared to Vista's closed platform mentality.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-25 09:00:59
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