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After two years of Microsoft-sponsored research heralding the benefits of Windows over Linux comes this report from IBM:
Linux's total cost of operation (TCO) is typically 40% lower than Windows, according to an IBM-sponsored report from Robert Frances Group, publicized by IBM this week.
Who to trust more, Microsoft or IBM? Hmmm... Read full article at Computerworld
Need a blog theme for WordPress?
WordPress 1.5 uses a new system that takes the template to the next level -- themes. Not only are there many themes which are freely available to download and use in your own blog, but you can use Ryan Boren's ThemeSwitcher plugin to allow your weblog visitors to change your blog's theme on the fly.
See the themes themes.
A great resource for anyone needing to build a WordPress theme:
Is the goverment doing all it can to deal with internet crime?
In extortion e-mail's broken English, someone identifying himself as Tony Martino proposed a classic organized-crime protection scheme. "You should pay $10,000," Martino wrote. "When we receive money, we stop attack immediately." The e-mail even promised one year's protection from other attackers for the $10,000 fee.
Read full article: Internet sieges can cost businesses a bundle
Google comes out to compete with Yahoo and Skype, offering a free, minimalistic IM client that integrates VoIP. Requires a GMail account. Need a GMail account? Anyone that joins LinkedIn and adds me as a contact (search on Stan Shinn with email 
can email me and I'll send you one.
Read more about Google's new software at Google Talk.
Should be interesting!
Google is set to introduce its own instant-messaging system, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Such a move would mark an expansion by the Web search leader into text and also voice communications. Citing unnamed sources "familiar with the service," the Los Angeles Times said that Google's instant-messaging program would be called Google Talk and could be launched as early as Wednesday.
Read more: CNET News.com
Don’t let the odd name fool you—this is a nice survey package that is free for limited use. It competes well with other well known survey packages such as Zoomerang.
Survey Monkey offers a free limited account that stores 100 responses. The “Professional” subscription ($19.95 per month) allows 1,000 responses. If you exceed that amount you’ll pay $.05 per response. With a Professional account, you may create unlimited surveys with an unlimited number of questions.
Read more: Survey Monkey
Wikiwyg is a very cool way to add Wysiwyg editing to your existing Wiki frameworks. Check out the demo -- very nice!
I've long used OpenOffice.org's robust Draw tool (too bad they don't have a better name!). Now comes Inkscape, another cross-platform, free, open source drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons meta-data, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, Postscript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.
Which do you like better?
A really cool way to showcase the wide audience which visits your site. gVisit.com shows a map of the last few visitors that came to your site.
How it works...