Tech Chords

I have a tough time explaining the merits of Free and Open Source software to desktop minions. They assume I am biased (which I am!). But my bias has a basis in truth. It's lost on them because despite spending hours in front of their Windows box, they've never actually used the operating system. Ever. Any ...

Leveraging existing distribution channels to streamline supply, is an age old business methodology. But can a downstream software distribution channel be used for upstream hardware collection? I don't see why not. New hardware is getting cheaper, which has an inverse impact on the second-hand computer market. It's cheaper to buy a new computer than upgrade the ...

The greatest sporting spectacle in this corner of the world is less than a week away. The athletes and the sports journalists have started pouring in. So have their cameras. And the first images aren't pretty. But the megapixels of shame drape an inconvenient truth -- the widening disconnect between a third world inside a third ...

Linux has been enterprise-ready for years. Finally, the enterprises are ready for it. And we have Google to thank for it. If you've followed the tech news off late, you know silicon valley giants have been on an acquisition spree of all things Linux. On the OS front, first Oracle took in Sun, and now it's ...

If there was life on the other side of the galaxy, by now even they'd have heard that Android is Open Source and it runs on dozens of phones. But simply powering a smartphone with the crown jewel of Open Source software, doesn't make a phone an open phone. Remember Openmoko? Now there was a project ...