Honestly, Cold War is one of the best Beta pieces of software I’ve ever been involved with.  The game’s a treat, and there aren’t all that many bugs in the software.
None of the bugs I have run into have affected gameplay about a third of the way through.  Kudos go to the folks at Linux […]

I’ve got to say, out of all the Bloggers out there Andy Updegrove is definately earning my respect.  He clearly gets to the point of the matter without pussyfooting around.
To wit, why journalists insist on presenting “two sides” and think this is “objective”.  Let me illustrate.
If I say “The moon is made of cheese!” and […]

Massachusetts is just abounding with special interest groups that don’t want the government to use Open Standards.  They’ll do everything from stifle innovation to give you cancer (but only in the state of California).  Funny how these groups come out of the woodwork to oppose any kind of standards yet remained silent on the fact […]

Bitch and ye shall receive, apparently.  Directly after complaining that game outlets aren’t free enough with those pre- or review products and PCBurn I got accepted on the latest LGP Beta test.  So naturally I’ll post about the experience when the game is actually released.
Since it *is* in fact a Beta, I’ll keep mum on […]

It looks like the IT crowd will soon be able to have their cake and eat it, too.  A small concern named Open Document Foundation Inc. is releasing a plugin for Microsoft’s Office that allows read/write to ODF formatted files.  This gets rid of a roadblock on the way toward open office document formats, as […]

So there are a few new games over at Tux Games. Northland is from the Runesoft and X2: The Threat was published by Linux Game Publishing.
And we’re finally getting them in to review over at PCBurn! Normally I don’t bother with the Linux releases because they’re so delayed from their Windows brethren.
Breaking that […]

I’m starting to get back into the swing of writing with a bit of the op-ed on Linux.  This piece goes into why Freespire doesn’t pose a moral dillema and why no one really seems to care one way or the other.
PCBurn - PCBurn Editorial: Are Freespires Proprietary Packages a Problem?

So Xgl and Compiz didn’t really have me chomping at the bit with anticipation when they were being talked up by the coders and GUI wonks earlier in the year.  It’s just another GUI layer, only faster, right?
Not exactly.  While it is another layer of GUI effects, it’s a really sexy layer of GUI effects.  […]

Microsoft has a surprise for “pirates” alright.  It’s a surprise involving the fact that there’s nothing to “pirate” in Vista.
If you were trying to stop people from infringing on your licensing scheme, what would you do? You’d disable the ability of said people to use your software, right? Or at least give it […]

Always on the lookout for new technology to use in software reviews I came across vncrec. What this software does is create a capture file of your VNC session for later playback. Coincidentally, this can be used to create motion screen captures of whatever it is you’re working on.
While it’s not going to help out […]