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  • Jun
  • 22
  • 2008

Return of the ’70s Weirdos | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com

That photo of 11 weirdos in '70s clothes you may have seen on the Internet really is the original Microsoft team, snapped Dec. 7, 1978, on the eve of the company's move from Albuquerque, N.M., to Seattle. Almost 30 years later, a few weeks before Bill Gates's departure from Microsoft, the group (looking better) reconvened.

“The photo really does capture a moment of time and the spirit we had in the office,” says cofounder Paul Allen (bottom right), now a media and sports mogul. Signing up for a little company in the then unknown field of PC…

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  • Jun
  • 21
  • 2008

The Light Side Of Linux

The History, Jokes, Easter Eggs and Comic Strips. The light side of Linux you didn’t know about.

Latest Posts: Installing Alternative PHP Cache (APC). Sometimes When I Wake Up: xkcd 3 Ways to Try Out Linux, For a Windows User Converting RPM to Debian Package and Vice Versa, Using Alien 5 Ways to Screencast Your Linux Desktop 10 Most…

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  • Jun
  • 13
  • 2008

Why GNU/Linux Viruses are fairly uncommon ?

Charlie Harvey explains mysterious reason behind this.

Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to gnu@gnu.org. There are also other ways to contact the FSF. Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to webmasters@gnu.org.

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  • Jun
  • 04
  • 2008

Read at Work

A flash simulation of a XP desktop that has books in the style of powerpoint presentations. You can read Animal Farm while it looks like a sales presentation.

Please click here to download the latest version for free.

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  • May
  • 29
  • 2008

Read at Work

A flash simulation of a XP desktop that has books in the style of powerpoint presentations. You can read Animal Farm while it looks like a sales presentation.

Please click here to download the latest version for free.

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  • May
  • 26
  • 2008

Damnit! Why didn’t I think of this! Imaginary Girlfriends FS [Funny]

Tired of your friends and family telling you to get a girlfriend? Want to make that certain someone a little jealous? Need a confidence boost? Just feeling lonely sometimes?
If your lonely like me, this is the perfect solution!

Just make up how you met and include any details about yourself that you want your new girlfriend to know. Within days you'll receive personalized love letters by mail, e-mails, photos, special gifts… even phone messages or online chat….

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  • May
  • 13
  • 2008

Transparent Desktops- The Best Wallpapers Ever !?

Transparent Desktops- The Best Wallpapers Ever !?
Do you want one?

This is awesome. really looks great, its something you can use to make your friends go “wow”.Well i think there is a camera at the back of the laptop screen. Love to know how its doneTake a photo behind the screen and set it as…

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  • Apr
  • 27
  • 2008

Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters

Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords

Date Time Version Size File name…

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  • Apr
  • 01
  • 2008

BlueScreen: Screensaver

I would do it myself, but I'm to scared it's actually a virus and will give me the REAL b. screen o' death.

Note: before you can run Bluescreen on Windows 9x, you must copy \winnt\system32\ntoskrnl.exe from a Windows 2000 system to your \Windows directory. Simply copy Sysinternals BLUESCRN.SCR to your \system32 directory if on Windows NT/2K, or…

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  • Feb
  • 19
  • 2008

Problems With The Airport’s Computer Security

Apparently, even the security consultants are strip searching 95 year-old women at the airport to avoid terrorist attacks.

"I don’t get why this is so funny. Is it because it runs windows? Hellooooo? Everything runs windows. The sys admin just needs to toggle the alert bubbles. Anybody who runs critical machines doesn’t use "windows…

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  • Feb
  • 17
  • 2008

The Apple Product Cycle

A hilarious look at how rumors get started for new Apple Products

The editors of popular Mac magazines hail the new device as the next great step toward our utopian digital future. Wired News runs exclusive interviews with the Apple design team. Fortune publishes another glowing fluff piece about Steve Jobs,…

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