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Detailed instructions how to migrate Mozilla Thunderbird profile from Windows 7 to Linux environment.

Grab it before Cupertino notices The popular arcade emulator MAME is now available in the iTunes store, for free, but don't expect it to stay there for long as Apple has never tolerated this kind of thing before.…

Novosoft LLC, the developer of award-winning data backup software, announced backup technologies getting implemented in the functionality of the Handy Backup utilities, 2012.

A point release of Phoronix Test Suite 3.6-Arendal is now available for those interested in open-source benchmarking / performance validation on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, and BSD platforms...

With the browser market dominated by Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer you could be forgiven for thinking that small browsers have little to offer. But Qupzilla, a multi-platform Qt-based web-browser, is worth taking for a spin. It boasts features comparable to Chrome and Firefox, yet uses less resources than either.

Why 2011 is critical for 2012 at Redmond MicroBite: number 31 2011 saw Microsoft place a some big bets to break into new markets: putting Windows on ARM to challenge the iPad, becoming a web telco with the record-breaking $8.5bn purchase of Skype, and an exclusive deal with handset manufacturer Nokia to deliver smart phones using nothing but Windows Phone.…

If you want to try out FreeBSD 9.0 this holiday but are not turned on by the actual FreeBSD 9.0 install and setup process, nor find the KDE desktop of PC-BSD 9.0 enjoyable, you may want to try out GhostBSD 2.5.

A day after the release of Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1 security fix, Mozilla unleashed today, December 23rd, the first Beta version of the upcoming Mozilla Firefox 10.0 web browser for Linux operating systems, and other supported platforms.

This walled garden has become a prison! Japan's three dominant mobile operators – DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank – have banded together to ensure customers can transition from the proprietary FeliCa to the standard NFC payments.…

Not too long ago VMware has a product called “VMware Server” which originally came with a dedicated management application. Later VMware threw out the console and created a web interface for VMware Server. Not long after that they completely threw VMware Server away in favor of their new enterprise software solution(s) ESX/ESXi/vCenter/vSphere/etc. For the new(ish) VMware Workstation 8 one of the most notable features is the “Shared VMs” which is more or less a reawakening of their original VMware Server application functionality. With this feature you can once again set VMs to run in the background, autostart, and access via network. However a problem arises with the installation on systems which use insserv. Read on and I’ll explain the problem and show you how to fix it.

All of our Bodhi users have been good little boys and girls this year it seems! So good in fact we are giving you your present a day early. The Bodhi team and I are happy to announce our next update release - Bodhi 1.3.0.

The Humble Indie Bundle #4 just crossed the two-million dollar threshold as four days remain to pick-up a collection of multi-platform indie games at whatever price you wish...

This will guide you through the installation of the latest stable version of RoundCube (currently version 0.7) and get it to work together with ISPConfig 3. This guide should work for most Linux distributions but may differ on some parts.

A wonderful news for all Humble Indie Bundle fans! Humble Bundle team has added 5 games (YEAH, FIVE GAMES!) from The Humble Indie Bundle #3 into The Humble Indie Bundle #4!

The Wine development release 1.3.35 is now available.

This week we look at how to secure your web app, choosing a cloud backup vendor and monitoring your most privileged users.

A list of FLOSS for science related books that were published during the month of November 2011.

The GNOME Project announced a few minutes ago, December 23rd, the immediate availability for download and testing of the third development release of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment, which brings assorted improvements and bug fixes.

Like just about every other step in self-publishing a book, researching and selecting a print on demand (POD) publisher can be a time-consuming and even bewildering experience. 

Ubuntu Tweak 0.6 stable has been released. Ubuntu Tweak is an application to make Ubuntu's configuration easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn't.