There should have been a security category as well. Windows obligates you to a fairly high level of defensive computing. There are plenty of free applications to do the job but it adds a fair bit of o ...

On the issue of strong vs b it's about structure/function vs look. Ideally, you want your text to have structural tagging/markup and the CSS handles the look and layout based on the tagging. So B just ...

Tom-Tom in retaliation had also sued MS over some patents MS was misusing. In this settlement, MS is also conceding to TomTom's claims. It's far from one-sided. ...

It offers no credibility in their claims on the linux kernel. A settlement doesn't set a precedent. It merely shows it was more economic to pay a settlement fee than continue the battle. We don't know ...

There are fora devoted to each of the netbook brands that have sub sections on linux and its various flavors being used on that netbook. Some specialty flavors of linux are in open source development ...

Netbooks are a good idea but I'm waiting for the next revision.   Some more horses under the hood, improved graphics, more ports and this seems to be the ideal form factor for the Tablet idea to fin ...

The industry is not just those making money from a particular business model. The hobbyist-ware and freebies ARE part of the industry. If one particuarl business model is hurt by free or open software ...

I see etailers following along. The large hard plastic pack was partially about shoplifting control where etailers shouldn't have the same problem. Brick and mortar will still need the protection this ...

Benson would have to be Apollo for that episode of Startrek where Apollo holds the Enterprise with the big disembodied hand. And if you have an Apollo, well you just gotta have a Starbuck (reed) ...

Wouldn't that much RAM on a video card would devour the system ram leaving too little to play most games? Assuming a 32 bit OS. Seems self defeating in the market at this time. ...

Great! A further help would be an annual pdf index or TOC of the year's articles. ...

Double walls are good. But another option is to use 2x6 plates and stagger the 2x4 studs to the adjoining rooms. This provides a break in the sound transmission (except for the top and bottom plates) ...

I don't care about the explicit language or not. What I find odd about the swearing is the lack of real word use. You guys are writers and should be in command of the language to paint real disdai ...