Review: Lindows 2.0 Dissected

As you might remember from my earlier column about Lindows, I wasn’t very optimistic about it, for a variety of reasons. Well we finally had a chance to sit down with it and surprise, surprise; here at ExtremeTech we were impressed. Lindows is a very slick, highly useable OS. In fact, I liked it so [...]

Remember September 11, 2001

Sometimes it’s important to remember what we’re fighting for in the war on terror. On this page you’ll find links to some moving images and sounds that will bring back the loss and horror of September 11, 2001. It’s not easy to watch these presentations but it’s important that we NEVER forget what happened that day. Never.

Should You Download and Install Free Linux Office Applications?

Linux has always gotten a bad rap when it comes to productivity applications. Time and time again naysayers have complained that “Linux is a fine OS but what good is it if I can’t run Microsoft Office?” Well fret no more. Apps on Linux have finally arrived! There’s been a slew of recent version 1.0 [...]

A Blast From the Past: The ZDNet Games Channel (2001)

A Blast From the Past This is a screenshot of the old ZDNet Games channel (this channel existed briefly before gamespot.com became a part of ZDNet). I’ve included it here because it was a very fun thing for me to do and looking at the screenshot reminds me of how far the medium has come. [...]