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Transparency is worth having for itself, since governments often tend to behave a little better when they know that someone is watching. ...

I've written elsewhere calling for Skype to become open source; perhaps this news that GoogleMail is adding voice and video chat might...

eBay is not going through the happiest of times. Not only has it found it necessary to make 1000 people – 10% of its workforce – redundant, ...

One of the criticisms of free software is that certain classes of applications are missing. Interestingly, the FSF agrees, up to a point, a...

How about $98 low ? HiVision CO., LTD makes one of the worlds cheapest Linux laptops at $98 using a new cheaper chipset, WiFi, 1GB flash sto...

I don't use Skype much, so news that it probably has a backdoor that lets others (hello, secret services) eavesdrop doesn't much co...

As RMS has always emphasised, free software is political, because it is essentially about liberty. Openness and transparency are also polit...

I mentioned Everex's imminent Cloudbook a little while back, and now it's here : The CloudBook, model CE1200V, showcases the Linux ...

On Thursday, WalMart begins selling the Everex Green gPC TC2502, a $198, low-power, Linux-based PC designed primarily for running Web 2.0 ap...

Here's an interesting straw in the wind: I just got a chance to try out a Webware PC: a computer built around the new P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-...

If I had to name the biggest problem with Second Life, it would not be lag or all the other usual stuff (or even unusual stuff like flying p...

Joost ? Joost ??

Those pair of old Skypers, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, are at it again. But curmudgeon that I am, I won't be sad if this particul...