Problem: You have an application on Linux that needs true random data, but the /dev/random kernel pool is empty causing your program to pause. What if you could use a smart card device to fill that pool using a bit of C code?

Designed by PC Engines in Switzerland, the Alix single board computer is highly power efficient, small, and able to run common operating systems without significant modification thanks to its compatibility with the x86 instruction set.

Microsoft is hedging their bets, throwing their weight entirely behind h.264 in Internet Explorer 9, but promising to allow the new WebM codec system to be used, provided that users have installed the codec in Windows first.

Facebook has negotiated special access deals with some mobile carriers so that accessing Facebook does not count against your data cap, and cannot incur overage charges. This could be the first real example to justify network neutrality regulations.

The recent Microsoft document leak serves as an example for everyone, what companies shouldn’t do if they want to keep information secret, and what you should know about the information service providers collect and store about you.

Google may be preparing to released an unlocked Android smartphone in the near future. Is it going to change the entire mobile phone landscape, or is it just one more in a long line of Android handsets?

Targeted for Fedora 13, a new feature based on the Btrfs filesystem will protect against operating system upgrades that malfunction or for some reason need to be rolled back

Google held a press conference today to highlight some of the features of its new Chrome OS, due to launch sometime before Christmas 2010.

Internet service in the U.S. has become a non-competitive landscape of slow line speeds and lately, blatant abuse of power. We may need to start treating internet service like a regulated utility if it is to remain the open engine for innovation we’ve come to know and love

A common problem in the IT world, upgrades sometimes break things. However by combining some excellent tools together the problem can be solved entirely.