Can there ever be too much choice? Is that a bad thing? Well, to me in recent months it feels that way as I seem to have installed more Linux distributions than you can shake a stick at! Serial installers are a common phenomenon within the Linux community, but I say to you all, alas, I am cured!!! So, what makes Arch Linux all that? Well read on...

Microsoft is leaving its options open on charging for full versions of anti-spyware and virus disinfection tools. Speaking in London yesterday, Detlef Eckert, chief security adviser for Microsoft EMEA, revealed there will be a second beta of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware application. However, the company remains unsure how the product will evolve from then on.

Sun has a whitepaper from Seal Rock Research comparing Solaris to Linux for Enterprise Level deployment.

What happens when two coalitions within a standard come into conflict, and it doesn't get resolved quickly? The ultrawideband technology standard shows you.

ExtremeTech's own (and OSNews reader) Jim Lynch is a long-standing Linux and occasional Windows user. He recently got a Mac for the first time, a G5. Did he like it, will he stay to the new platform?

ActiveWin.com recently had a chance to interview Dee Dee Walsh, Director of Communities for Windows Client Group. Elsewhere, Longhorn migration will be more than a technology upgrade -- it will affect IT staff skills and knowledge, as well as the way employees work, says ComputerWorld.

To really take advantage of the best tools in computing requires that you become quite comfortable with using the command line interface (CLI). In general, nearly every task -- aside from graphical work itself -- can be accomplished from the CLI. Once the user becomes more adept at CLI work, these non-graphical tasks can be done more quickly, with more fine-grained control, and with less demand on computer resources. Find out more, in Ed Hurst's article.

Verizon Wireless said that it will use Microsoft's Windows Media technology as part of the foundation of its new cell phone streaming video service. My Take: What took them so long? Even in Greece you can watch TV via your mobile phone via Vodaphone's service for some time now. And why Europe has more advanced phones & services than US has? Trying to find a Bluetooth phone at Sprint for example, it's already an exersize in patience.

eXpert Zone reports: "Straight from haiku-announce: "I've been thinking a lot lately, and I decided that I'm going through with finishing the USB stack (even though I don't really like it). For my reasons of the delay, and what I'm doing about it, check my blog, I've just written a long post on the subject." A first milestone release is in the near future."

The following is the experience of a user of Linux for the desktop who got a Mac Mini. Is he making the switch?

Here's an article in Technology Research News about interfaces that allow direct gestural interaction with virtual objects contained in volumetric displays, in which output occupies a volume of space, like a crystal ball.

Sun today announced the largest single release of patent innovations into the open source community by any organization to date, marking a significant shift in the way Sun positions its intellectual property portfolio. By giving open source developers free access to Sun OpenSolaris related patents under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), the company is fostering open innovation and establishing a leadership role in the framework of a patent commons.

Pyrex is a language specially designed for writing Python extension modules. According to the Pyrex Web site, "It's designed to bridge the gap between the nice, high-level, easy-to-use world of Python and the messy, low-level world of C." Almost any piece of Python code is also valid Pyrex code, but you can add optional static type declarations to Pyrex code, making the declared objects run at C speed.

The government is taking a long look at the upcoming operating system, and wants to make sure that it complies with the antitrust ruling. The desktop version of Longhorn is due in 2006, while the server edition arrives in 2007.