Just a quick one – if you haven’t seen this yet, Swati Bansal over at ITSpice has an excellent article – 19 Most Effective Open Source Tools For Developers. Great roundup if you haven’t seen it already…

I’ve just read this piece on eWeek about ten mistakes Google is already making with Chrome OS.  Some I agreed with, some I disagree with, but I felt stroungly enough to post my answers here…  I advise you to read the eWeek article first, otherwise none of this will make any sense… (more…)

Google have launched a new service, called Google Public DNS. DNS, for those that don’t know, is the system that translates a domain name – such as www.esotechnica.co.uk – into the actual address that the computer connects to its services: such as retrieving a web page like this one, retrieving (or sending) your email, downloading a file, or just checking what time it is.

But before I talk about what Google Public DNS is and does, it’s worth reminding ourself what life was like before DNS… (more…)

The Guardian reports that details of criminal trials have been published online in a new archive. Court transcripts aren’t there, but dates and addresses are, so this is more likely useful as a genealogical resource than anything else. Still, another interesting database…

An Indian site called Techno 360 has published what are apparently leaked screenshots of Google’s Chrome OS. Well, maybe – the site is sceptical as to their provenance due to the sleek look of them, and Google’s famed indifference to visual polish.

However I’m not so sure. With the recent upgrades to Gmail and others, it’s possible – just possible – that Google has splashed a few pennies on some designers to polish things up a bit. Well, you never know…