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Linux more secure? Look at the statistics.

According to Wired, a four-year study of the 2.6 Linux production kernel by Stanford University researchers has determined that there are 985 bugs in the 5.7 million lines of code.…

open source

Linux vulnerabilities? What vulnerabilities?

I know we always hear about how superior Linux is to Windows in terms of security, but most things I read primarily talk about what is wrong with Microsoft and…

open source

Firefox and its way cool extensions

Are you using Firefox yet? Well, why not? It is has so many advantages over Mozilla. Newsforge has an article about many of Firefox's features including, improved speed, improved security…

intellectual freedom

Kahle vs. Ashcroft

I don't have anything to say about the case that hasn't been said before, but I am really saddened by the fact that this case, challenging the Sony Bono Copyright…

open source our digital future

Citizen journalism meets the wiki phenomenon

Amateur journalists take note: according to Wired, the makers of Wikipedia have now created Wikinews, which allows anyone to write and edit news articles (subject to a similar review process…

libraries open source our digital future

What about open source in libraries?

I couldn't agree more with what Aaron Schmidt wrote about in his Ten Things to Stay Tech Current, but I think he should add a number eleven to his list:…

open source our digital future

Freevo is looking better and better

A couple of months ago, I was impressed by how well TiVo was courting consumers by lowering their price and marketing to busy people rather than to couch potatoes. But…

intellectual freedom our digital future

If it didn’t work for the RIAA…

The MPAA has filed their first bunch of lawsuits against people who offer movies for download. Apparently they were inspired by the rousing success of the RIAA's campaign to sue…

intellectual freedom our digital future

Glad they didn’t have these when I was in school!

Cutting class -- almost a right of passage in high school -- is no longer an option for Houston area students. According to the NY Times, children in Houston area…

Linux more secure? Look at the statistics.

Linux vulnerabilities? What vulnerabilities?

Firefox and its way cool extensions

Kahle vs. Ashcroft

Citizen journalism meets the wiki phenomenon

What about open source in libraries?

Freevo is looking better and better

If it didn’t work for the RIAA…

Glad they didn’t have these when I was in school!

It’s not about information literacy: Why people’s risk calculus around COVID has changed

On 20 Years of Blogging at Information Wants to be Free

A review of Information Literacy and Social Media by Santamaría and Pfannenstiel

Community Time and Enoughness: The heart of slow librarianship