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Hardware
Systems
The visually unobtrusive computer -- link. Discussion here. mini-ITX -- home page. Hush Technologies -- home page.
The Inquirer guide on how to shut up your PC -- link.
Shushing your PC -- link. Discussion here.
CPUs/motherboards/chipsets
64-bit computing takes off. 64-bit desktop computing has taken a significant step toward becoming a pervasive reality with AMD’s release of its Athlon 64 chips and Apple’s launch of its G5 CPUs -- link.
Desktop and server CPU plans from the Microprocessor Forum. In the absence of Intel and AMD, there were other vendors strutting some very interesting stuff. -- links here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Via C5P processor: Small is beautiful -- link.
Transmeta unveils the Efficeon -- link.
Other components and periferals
Five multiformat DVD recorders reviewed and compared -- link.
Home brewed hard drive silencer/cooler -- link.
Rounded IDE cables are a piece of cake -- link.
Networking: Deconstructing the 802.11 alphabet soup -- link.
Everything you need to know about flat-panel displays -- link.
Operating Systems
Introduction to Linux filesystems and files -- link.
Linux command-line interface for noobies -- “alias cat and pipe meet grep”.
The Linux Learner’s Guide, short and easy to understand -- link.
Feature tour of new Linux distribution releases -- link.
The wonderful world of Linux 2.6 (draft 2) -- link.
Knoppix gives bootable, one-disk Linux -- link. Another Knoppix introduction -- link.
System recovery with Knoppix -- link.
Knoppix hard disk installation HOWTOs -- link 1, link 2. Knoppix resource, Knoppix.net, includes user forums, Wikis, HOWTOs, and links to the dozens of projects inspired by Knoppix.
Knoppix in Wonderland: Damn Small Linux -- link.
FreeBSD 5.1 -- review. Discussion here.
Outside looking in: The BSD operating systems -- link. Discussion here.
New York Times reviews Mac OS X 10.3 -- link. OSNews review’s 10.3 -- link.
Beyond magazine, covering “alternative” operating systems, releases issue #2 -- link. Issue #1 is available here.
Do-it-yourself Windows upgrade -- how to.
Applications
Comparing word processors: A writer’s perspective -- link. TextMaker 2002 -- review. Sun StarOffice 7 -- review.
Mailwasher Pro antispam tool -- review. Free version of Mailwasher -- review.
Programming
Create Web applets with Mozilla and XML -- link.
Looking into PHP development environment Zend Studio 3.0 -- link.
Java the SUV of programming languages? -- link. Discussion here.
Security & Privacy
Steal This Computer Book III -- book review.
“The Great American Privacy Makeover” -- link 1, link 2.
Linux security: Tips from the experts -- link.
Opinion: Linux community needs to get its security act together -- link.
Steganos claims total personal computer security -- link.
Free download AVG Antivirus 6.0 -- download. Virus database updates -- link.
Miscellaneous
The Inquirer’s guide to blogging -- link.
Dirt-cheap dial-up Internet access in the U.S. -- link.
The return of Voice over IP -- link.
Internet telephony shoot-out: Skype VS. Sipphone -- link.
Usability -- Is it what we think it is? -- link.
Software Engineers -- The Ultimate Brain Scientists? Part I: Everything you know about AI is probably wrong; Part II: Design patterns for a Black Box Brain?.
Total cost and benefit of ownership: What it really means for desktop systems -- link.
What’s the difference between...? Windows XP Home vs. Windows XP Pro; BSD vs. Linux; Pentium4 vs. Xeon; Palomino, Thoroughbred vs. Barton (the AMD cores); and Athlon XP vs. Athlon MP distiguished -- link. PCI vs. AGP; USB vs. USB 2.0 vs. IEEE1394 vs. i.Link vs. Firewire; DVD-RAM vs. DVD+R vs. DVD-R; Dual-layer vs. double-sided DVDs; and CRT vs. LCD distiguished -- link.
NGSCB, aka “Palladium”, in next generation of CPUs, says Gates -- link 1, link 2.
Berners-Lee comes out fighting to save the Web -- link.
Microsoft and Google: Partners or rivals? -- link.
Optimism in the music industry: Is the threat of online piracy receding? -- link.
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