My recent post (Google OS Confirmed) claiming that Google might be close to rolling out a “Goobuntu” Linux desktop distro, is unfortunately not true. Despite today being earnings release day, presumably a very busy time at the Google press relations office, technology spokeswoman Sonya Borälv responded very quickly to my query on the topic. She… Continue reading Google denies plans to create an OS

The long-awaited 2.01 release of WordPress fixes uploading, rpc, caching, and permalink bugs, as well as improving support for old version of php and MySQL in strict mode. They’ve rolled up all the most important fixes into a 2.0.1 release, which is now available for download. All in all there have been 114 bug fixes… Continue reading WordPress 2.01 Released

Not that you’d be at all interested in IE7 now that you should have Firefox, but for those who are interested in Microsoft’s attempts to beat open source, Microsoft released a public beta, or “preview,” of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2. Say goodbye to bulky toolbars. Internet Explorer 7 has a new interface that shows… Continue reading IE 7 Public Beta

Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, said the tax office in the US has to store his financial data on a special computer because his fortune is so vast. “My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers,”… Continue reading Bill Gates too rich for tax computer to handle

Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business – desktop software. Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project, known internally as Goobuntu, but declined to supply further details, including what the project is for.