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  • The International Open Source Network, a United Nations-funded organization has produced a Linux desktop manual for novice PC users as part of an effort to encourage developing countries to use open-source software. The manual is downloadable in discrete pdf and/or…

  • Sunbird is a standalone calendaring application from Mozilla. New builds for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X were released on Aug 17th. Screenshots are available of the application – which is still very much in Beta mode. It uses the…

  • Wanadoo, a subsidiary of France Telecom, is one of the larger ISPs in the UK. Wanadoo, formerly known as Freeserve, are announcing today a new broadband internet access offering – a 1mb connection for ¬£17.99 per month. The offer does…

  • Microsoft is to launch a cheaper version of its Windows XP operating system in the emerging markets of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in an effort to halt the rise of low-cost Linux software. Microsoft’s new software – dubbed “XP Lite”…

  • You know the kind of site I’m talking about – the one with all the funny IT support stories? Like the one about the user who thought the mouse was a foot pedal, or the other one who thought the…

  • Exchange is Microsoft’s highly successful groupware application. Its main competitor in the Windows world would be Lotus Notes. In the Linux arena, one Exchange’s main competitors is Novell’s OpenExchange. OpenExchange uses the OpenExchange engine developed by Netline Internet Services. Netline…

  • Just read a fascinating article in InfoWorld about a Manila based startup company who are developing software (called David) that, it claims, will allow virtually any Windows application to run on the Linux operating system! The company, called SpecdOps Labs,…

  • RSSCalendar is an idea that when you hear it you wonder why no-one thought of it sooner! It is an online application you sign up for (sign-up is free!) and once signed up you can invite individuals or groups to…

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