globeandmail.com: Have YouTube, will travel: Australia’s experiment in social media

Have YouTube, will travel: Australia’s experiment in social media
It was an offer the wired generation couldn’t refuse: Earn $150,000 by relaxing on a Pacific island and blogging about it. Now, after an extensive online contest, seven Canadians are among the 50 vying for the ‘best job in the world’

iTWire – Can Microsoft’s Kumo take on Google’s Sumo

Once again one of Microsoft’s worst kept secrets has been leaked, this time a new search engine called Kumo, that is supposed to especially good at searching for images. Is Kumo the saviour that Microsoft has been waiting for to take on Google’s 800 pound sumo or is it just a warmed up version of Live Search?

World’s largest Linux desktop deployment?

Calgary, Alberta-based desktop virtualization vendor Userful announced what it claims is the world’s largest deployment of Linux desktops. Working with the Brazilian government and virtual terminal vendor ThinNetworks, the company has won a contract to deploy 356,800 virtualized “Userful Multiplier” desktops to Brazilian schools.

Hands-on: fat-free Xfce 4.6 has nice new features – Ars Technica

Ars takes a test drive with Xfce 4.6, the latest version of the popular lightweight desktop environment. Our hands-on testing reveals that this mouse can roar.

Linux Foundation has bought Linux.com – Computerworld Blogs

The Linux Foundation has long wanted the Linux.com domain name for obvious reasons. For a long time SourceForge, formerly VA Linux Systems, kept the site, but the company has now sold Linux.com to the Foundation.

Sources close to the deal say that the deal was made because, — an all too familiar story these days — the company needed the money. SourceForge, had, in addition to its well-known open-source eponymous code Web site, been in the media business. In December 2008, however, the company laid off the bulk of its NewsForge editorial staff. NewsForge was hosted at Linux.com. The Linux.com site then became something of a placeholder site, which held only a discussion forum.