Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best Mac software that we know of. picked by Johnny21J 3 years ago

Pligg is an open source digg-clone. Pligg is free software and is based on PHP/MySQL and seems quite popular. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Google has announced that they will soon be coming out with their own browser named, "Chrome". It will be open source and will have a number of features which may allow it to compete with FF, IE, and similar. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

This article talks about Microsoft and their Open Source AJAX project. picked by agent014 2 years ago

Neuros Technology International, creator of a new video recorder, is providing full documentation of the hardware platform for its recorder, the Neuros OSD (for open source device), so that skilled users can customize or “hack” the device — and then pass along the improvements to others. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

An excellent wikipedia portal which contains links to many, many free (often open source) programs. It is all organized by category, and is an excellent resource for pretty much anything you don't already have on your computer. picked by FallingToaster 3 years ago

A *Huge* list of Free Windows Open Source Software Apps picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Souns almost like the concept behind Plime, but this time it's about Neuros Technology's new open source PVR. picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

Amazon's Kindle and now Kindle II are immensely popular right now especially when there isn't much if any competition. Many are predicting, however that Amazon's adherence to DRM and a proprietary format will be the death of the Kindle. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A trusting shopkeeper who did not want to close up shop but wanted to take Boxing Day off decided to leave his store open for customers to help themselves. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

In the hush-hush world of Swiss banking, the unthinkable is happening: secrets are spilling into the open.

*opening more holes than their cheese* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

"Reading this, your body at rest is emitting about 100 watts into the environment. If you're sitting in an open plan office, count the number of surrounding colleagues and you don't need to be a maths genius to appreciate the possibilities of tapping into all that wasted energy. Instead it could provide a renewable energy source to power office lighting or laptops - and it may be possible ... read full post picked by Jetka 2 years ago

Discarded fallopian tubes from hysterectomies could be a good source of donor stem cells, say researchers.

Work shows they are an abundant source of the immature cells that have the potential to become a variety of the body's tissues, like muscle and bone. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

In a groveling open letter, Gov. Mark Sanford calls his whole affair his "funeral," negating all the warm fuzzies his sultry Argentinian shoved-under-the-rug soulmate felt from his love letters. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Scientists has identified a new likely source of a spike in atmospheric methane coming out of the North during the end of the last ice age. Methane bubbling from arctic lakes could have been responsible for up to 87 percent of that methane spike. The findings could help scientists understand how current warming might affect atmospheric levels of methane, a gas that is thought to contribute to clim... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Navigate your block to the spot marked X. Sounds easier than it is: there's a few doors in the way and they open only one way.. picked by extc68 2 years ago

An international team of astrophysicists, involving several research groups in Spain, has discovered a source of very high energy gamma rays in the region of the distant galaxies 3C 66A and 3C 66B. This new gamma emission, observed from the MAGIC telescope in La Palma (Canary Islands) is not consistent with what scientists expected to find, and has resulted in them suggesting three hypotheses to e... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Antimatter, which annihilates matter upon contact, seems to be rare in the universe. Still, for decades, scientists had clues that a vast cloud of antimatter lurked in space, but they did not know where it came from. The mysterious source of this antimatter has now been discovered -- stars getting ripped apart by neutron stars and black holes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

...starts work Monday at Microsoft with a mission to open stores... picked by topofall 9 months ago

Forget chip fat, sugar cane or rapeseed oil – the latest source of biofuel could be watermelons.

Scientists have discovered that the fruit is a great source of sugar that can be readily distilled into alcohol to power cars and farm machinery. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago