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The Intrepid Ibex is so close now that we can almost grab and hug it but that won't really happen until next week when the final version of Ubuntu 8.10 will be delivered.

For those who can't go Ubuntu-less for that long, the operating system's developers have offered the (first) Release Candidate of Ubuntu 8.10.

Announced at LinuxWorld just a month ago Good OS LLC's gOS 3 Gadgets has now been released and is awaiting download.

Based on tu 8.04.1, gOS 3 comes with the latest WINE version, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Earth plus Documents, Calendar, and Mail, plus it gives users access to over 100,000 iGoogle and Google Gadgets.

Google is smart and oh-so-sly. The company released its Chrome Web browser and everyone's writing about it. One article I saw recently says Chrome grabbed a bunch of users in short order (see "Chrome Grabs 1 Percent of Market in Under 24 Hours").

I don't know whether to doubt that--or just wonder.

Windows/Mac/Linux: Cross platform application Subdownloader makes short work of locating subtitles for your movies.

A sniffer is a program/device that eavesdrops on network traffic and grabs information traveling over the network.

Filed under: Developer, Utilities, P2P

The company formerly known as Lindows gets acquired as two Debian-based distributions become one.

Targets Google, Apple and mobile Linux in the arms race for wireless device dominance.

Filed under: Design, Fun, Photo, Macintosh

Stob It is time to wake up and smell the elephant in the room. Vista is struggling to achieve escape velocity.

Microsoft finds itself the butt an international joke, but does not seem able to get a grip. The issue of choice of platform is once more up for grabs.