What follows is a list of thirty pieces of software that are the cream of the crop of open source software for Windows. Not only is every piece of it free, almost all of them directly replace expensive software packages.

Link to 30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows

If and when that terrible day your Mac dies finally catches up to you, you can be back up and running with all your applications, settings and data in under 5 seconds with a bootable system clone. …

Link to Step By Step: Mirror Your Mac on a Bootable External Drive

Latest version 2.3 of free, open source office suite application OpenOffice.org is now available for download. The upgrade includes new features, overall polish and security patches.

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Want to upgrade your PC but not sure of the type of memory you need or the capabilities of your machine? On Linux try this: <i>sudo dmidecode | more</i> which gives you a ton of information from the serial number to the number of memory slots you have available. No more guessing next time you’re buying upgrade parts.

Link to Get the lowdown on your Linux hardware

The tiny, implantable ID chips approved for use in humans may cause cancer. Are they worth the risk?

As part of an update to Office 2003, Microsoft is cutting off the feature, which it says can save time, but risks exposing confidential information.

Link to Microsoft disabling Word 2003’s ‘fast save’ feature

The Mozilla Foundation is funding a subsidiary to improve the open-source e-mail software. Will more plug-ins and a universal mailbox come next?

Link to Mozilla tries Firefox recipe with Thunderbird

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