MSMobiles.com posted some exlcusive information over the upcoming announcement of Windows Mobile 5. Also, I posted a review of the Axim X5-Advanced PDA at our friends at TuxTops.com, a PDA that can be found in very good prices lately on the web and can be a good first-PDA purchase.

Apple's greatest hit was not the Macintosh, iMac or iPod, it was the Apple II. The machine helped bankroll Apple's big projects (LISA, Macintosh, Newton) well into the nineties. Read about Apple's history before the Macintosh at the Low End Mac.

Activewin has made available the XBox 360 specifications.

The X-Fi is poised to bring huge tracts of audio processing horsepower to the PC, delivering new levels of audio effects in games, and enabling very versatile digital audio workstations.

The next two years will be crucial for software giant Microsoft. Under attack on numerous fronts, it could falter - or fight back to become even more dominant. In the first of two reports, BBC examines the challenges facing Microsoft.

I have written an editorial/analysis about the spatial metaphor and surrounding debate. My perspective is one I've not seen represented much in the debate so far.

We got in a new loaner from LinuxCertified.com, the brand new LC2210D model: a Centrino 1.80 GHz CPU, 512 MBs of RAM, Intel Extreme gfx card, 40 GB drive and a 14" XGA TFT screen. The laptop comes with the latest Ubuntu installed and sells for $1249. Read more for our review.

Do you own a PDA or a PDA/Smartphone hybrid (any PalmOS, RIM, PocketPC, Linux & some Psion/Symbian-based phones -- note, some smartphones are not PDAs). Come in and vote.

This chapter details the installation and configuration of various Novell Open Enterprise Server clients, and can serve as a cheat sheet for Novell OES administrators.

Do you know, for sure, absolutely, that your automated test is testing what you think it's testing? Probably not, now that we've introduced some doubt. Mike Kelly explains how to get from "I think it's working" to "Yes, it's working correctly."

Now that you're up close and personal with the Mobile 3D API and had a look at how 3D graphics were added in to mobile Java applications, Mikko Kontio continues his series with a look at how 3D modeling software can be used to make things simpler to code and to design.

The Apache guys are trying to implement yet another J2SE. FAQ here.

Opera Software has released Opera 8.01 Technical Preview 1 for Windows. Important changes include several crash fixes and a plugged memory leak related to XMLHttpRequest.

When I read the article on Slashdot & OSNews that Linare was putting out a sub-$500 notebook, I immediately jumped on the deal. I purchased a laptop directly from Linare in early February. Their site stated that I would receive the laptop in 2-4 weeks. I waited in anticipation.