Month August 2006

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a version of Linux with about two million installations now. It’s billed as “Linux for human beings” and is meant to be easy to install and use. It’s free, and there’s lots of software available for it. I’ll…

Internet Explorer 7 RC1

RC1 is probably the final beta version of Internet Explorer 7.0, which Microsoft plans to roll out everywhere by the end of the year. While you wouldn’t want to install it on a mission-critical computer where IE is your main…

US wants sanctions on Iran

The UN is backing away from such measures so the neocons naturally want to ignore the UN (again). Russia opposes sanctions which would be dumb for two reasons, 1) Iran will retaliate by cutting off oil exports and 2) large…

New version of LAPD beating video

This just-uploaded version is on Google video. They allow uploading larger files than YouTube (where the other versions are) thus this version is way larger and better quality than previous ones. From the counter-protest called by ANSWERLA.org to protest a…

No to bottled water

The United Church of Canada is urging members to avoid bottled water, saying it is the “thin edge” of water privatization, part of a larger trend of huge companies controlling water resources to the detriment of everyone else. Plus, they…