I’ve recently updated my LinkedIn and Xing profiles and was wondering if there is a particular favourite amongst people as the features both seem quite similar. I currently have 75 contacts on Xing and 94 contacts on LinkedIn. Of course this may not be everyone I know and comparing it …

I just watched Al Gore’s film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. I think it is time we all did something towards changing the environment. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, I suggest you do. The message is very powerful!

The BBC News site turns 10 this week. Since I started using the internet circa 1999 I have always turned to the BBC for the news online. They always seam to make a balanced argument and complement international stories of importance with local stories of humour.

Thank you BBC. (Now if …

I’m curious to find out the percentage of operating systems used. Please take a minute and choose your favourite in this poll.
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That’s right folks. I have the Inter-web thingy at my flat now. So expect more blog posts, more MSN chats and more Skype chats!

I’ve been using this program for a while now but I’d thought I’d let you all know about it! This is certainly the future of TV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses

I discovered this page today. More proof that Linux is much more secure then Windows. Compare the first link to this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_viruses

I mean wasting time scanning your system for Viruses and Spyware is so 90s!

Hacker 1: “I heard that if you play the Vista CD backwards you get a satanic message.”

Hacker 2: “That’s nothing – if you play it forwards, it installs Vista!”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7054912.stm

Last Sunday Poland had an election. The main opposition party won a massive victory. Check out the BBC link above for more details. I went to a polling station to see how the Polish vote. It seamed much more laid back than a UK one (for example I was …

Back in May of this year, Kaweh Dashti one of my good friends decided to try out Ubuntu after all of my preaching.

This is a quote at the end of his post:

Anyway, with those few exceptions, I am well impressed with how far linux has come. I will give …

Hot on the heals of Dell offering my OS of choice, Ubuntu. Tesco, the number one supermarket in the UK has started shipping PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed. It’s a shame it is not the very latest version but it’s a start! Check out the link below.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224.aspx

Almost six months ago I installed Linux to test it. I first tried openSuse but wasn’t that impressed. I thought I’d check out the market leader at the time: Ubuntu. I loved it and haven’t looked back since. I said goodbye to Microsoft and said goodbye to viruses …