Linux 500 Tux Racer At Indianapolis

An ambitious plan to sponsor an Indy 500 Linux Racer has been announced by the Lobby4Linux group. The Tux 500 Project hopes to make Linux a common, household name by sponsoring a car at one of the largest, most recognizable sporting events in the world. With a race day crowd estimated at 350,000, a U.S. television audience of 5.5 million households, along with an audience of millions of people worldwide, the Indianapolis 500 on May 27 offers an incredible opportunity to create a Linux buzz heard around the world. A one dollar PayPal contribution is being requested from Linux users to support this project.

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Hacker Puzzle (Hacker Quiz) Skill Diversion

Have a few minutes to spare? Need a relaxing (or frustrating?) diversion? Interested in trying out your hacker skills? Here is a fun little way to pass some time on Friday afternoon while waiting for the five o'clock whistle.

Pass it around to your friends and co-workers but don't let the boss catch you!

"Welcome to the FreeStuffHotDeals.com Hacker Puzzle! To solve this puzzle you will have to find secret files on our server."

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Before year end, $200 Laptop

The manufacturer of the OLPC XO Laptop, Quanta, plans to manufacture a commercial version of the laptop for less than $200 and have it available before 2007 is over.

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Vista - Arrogance & Stupidity

Upgrading to Windows Vista has been banned by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), technology giant Texas Instruments and other corporations and government agencies. These organizations are evaluating their options, but overseas it's turning into a stampede to get out of Microsoft software.

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Newsflash

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Low Cost Laptop at Circuit City

The e-mail I received today from Circuit City featured a $399 (after rebate) laptop computer. Nice laptop that I had seen in the store with 512MB of memory, 60GB hard drive, dvd burner, etc.

The reason why such a low, almost-a-closeout price???

Microsoft Vista pre-installed!!!

USA Today on Vista

I continue to see poor reviews in the mainstream press concerning the new Microsoft products, not only Vista but also Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7. Here is one from Andrew Kantor in USA Today!

Glad I use Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and Ubuntu!!!