Saturday, April 04, 2009

Weekend News and a Free Book

Texas Tells Microsoft's Vista To Mosey on Out of Town

Texas government shouldn't be Vista country, according to its state Senate. That legislative body approved earlier this week a rider to the state budget that would prevent governmental agencies from using the Microsoft Vista operating system without approval from a legislative board.

PC Failures, PC Fixes: Troubleshooting Mysterious Problems

Has there ever been a truly trouble-free PC? We've gotten a lot closer to it in recent years, thanks to better diagnostics and improved software and hardware engineering -- but sometimes, every now and then, things fall apart and the center cannot hold in a big country way.

Lifehacker - Top 10 Home Office Hacks

Whatever kind of work you do at home, your office is one place you want to spend the time to make comfortable and convenient. Take 10 of our tips on organizing, fixing, and streamlining that space.

After the Software Wars by Keith Curtis (Free Book)

Keith Curtis, an 11-year veteran of Microsoft, takes a programmer’s approach in “Software Wars,” attempting to systematically build a case that free software can help pave the way for a 21st-century renaissance in many fields ranging from artificial intelligence (cars that drive themselves) to the human journey into space (space elevators). For Mr. Curtis, free software is all about leveraging our collective intelligence." Book is free to download

Digsby - Free Software

Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...please where can I buy a unicorn?