Due for release in late 2010, Google recently set loose a beta version of its new Chrome operating system. Already there is much interest from a large crowd of international developers. Much is promised from Google, which feels sure that it has the right marketing strategy for its network-based operating system. We take a look at Chrome OS to find out what it offers…

Linux System Administration Recipes is an easy-to-understand problem-solving book by an experienced system administrator, says Richard Ibbotson…

Like most netbooks that use an Intel Atom processor, the Toshiba Mini NB205works well as an internet device, but not a great deal more…

Why would we want to cover a monitor that costs more than most PCs we review? Because it’s an EIZO Foris, the mother of all monitor brands…

A netbook is only as powerful as the software you install on it. If you install the right operating system and focus your attention on web apps and not software you install on the hard drive, most models reveal their true nature as thin clients that have internal storage for music, movies, a vast photo library, backups and business documents.

A simple cross-platform web browser based on the WebKit web browser engine, which has a small memory footprint, but is still undergoing heavy development…

There are some technical publications which are just like some novels in that you either don’t want to put them down or you don’t want to stop reading them. When O’Reilly first published their GNU/Linux series of books Linux in a Nutshell and Running Linux were quickly seen to be essential reading by the international GNU/Linux community.

A low-cost nettop PC designed primarily for accessing the Internet, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q100 is an ideal computer for knowledge workers and end-user quality assurance testing.

Written by Keir Thomas, a former editor of Linux User & Developer magazine, this is a very handy guide for beginners. If you are new to GNU/Linux, you are most likely using Ubuntu Linux for your desktop.

Here’s the most compelling feature on the Sony VAIO VGN-FW180-E/H: the 16.4-inch screen is just amazingly crisp, exceptionally bright and unusually spacious, at 1600×900 resolution…

A fully featured projector that could easily be the hub of an office or home cinema system…

A network drive serves two main purposes. One, it is a place to store your files – plain and simple. When you are maxed out on space on your PC, a network drive affords the extensive storage required for advanced computing work, media files and backups. The second main purpose: enhancing your digital life. More than just a network drive, the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive – which is about the size of a male hand and styled with an unassuming black enclosure – provides a wealth of powerful and unusual digital media features, many of which work quite well with Linux computers.