Whilst some may tweak and fiddle with their desktop background, I rather like my default Ubuntu desktop 'Dawn of Ubuntu' background wallpaper and theme. It is great to see the collective efforts of the Ubuntu artwork team assemble this for all the different distributions.

I was interested to read from this blog report and this post that photographs ( Read more... )

Microsoft Vista (long delayed) is on the horizon, so I was interested to read this report in The Age newspaper that notes the quiet surrounding its launch.  We can expect an enormous marketing campaign to tout this software and several billions of new revenue to fill the coffers at Microsoft each year. Vista cannot be a dud when just about every ( Read more... )

I read in the Age today that business groups are tip-toeing carefully around the field of new software being released by Microsoft. We can expect some major changes with the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 with new features, a new layout and pricing scheme. Even my department of education is negotiating a state wide licence deal.

Whilst ( Read more... )