Google Wave, a product that launched with so much fan fare, has no future as a standalone product any more. Or at least in the eyes of Google. Here’s what they say. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-on-google-wave.html Remember what Bill Gates had to say on Google.. the best day for many of their products is the first day. Ironical!

Ever wondered why Kubuntu doesn’t get the same attention from Canonical. Good read!

My Opinion: Opera is a great browser. It’s fast, elegant, very original, first to the market with new features and it’s feature rich out of the box! To me it’s mail client is very slick and fast and outshines most competitors. It also allows you to shift between operating platforms like Windows, Mac and Linux [...]

The most exciting release of Community developed Ubuntu is going to be released today. This version boasts quicker boot times, better looks and cloud integrations. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. We are compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle. Following Linux norms, this project will be open-sourced, under the Apache License.

BBC announced that a version of the iPlayer that works on the Mac and Linux computers is now available. The iPlayer is the BBC’s online media player that lets viewers stream programmes for up to seven days after broadcast or download and watch them for up to 30 days. While streaming had previously been available [...]

This version of Zimbra Desktop brings us close to a full suite of online & offline features, definitely try it out. Incase you’ve missed all the new stuff packed into previous editions, stop by the respective blog entries on Beta 4 & Beta 3. Zimbra announces the arrival of sharing in Zimbra Desktop for ZCS [...]

Guys, I am really excited to see this release of Songbird. It really promises to be the Firefox of music management and player softwares. For one thing, they’ve taken the Itunes interface seriously. Artist info for even Indian artists is awesome. It imports directly from Itunes libraries and what more, it’s cross platform and is [...]

The final version of OpenOffice 3 is out today, and if you’re looking to save yourself plenty of money, download it instead of buying Microsoft Office — you could save yourself hundreds of dollars, and not lose out on many features. I put the Windows version through its paces, and am about to download the [...]

Today sees the release of Kubuntu 8.10 featuring the KDE 4 desktop. The Kubuntu developers have been hard at work, bringing you the latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. KDE 4 reworks your system with a major new revision of the desktop. This Intrepid release lives up to its name [...]