The newly elected President of America has asked the experts: why should we use open source? Its an interesting question for two reasons, the first is the most obvious: the White House is considering a more commited move to open source products, and sees value in them. The second is interesting because the answer really [...]

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Freeware RegShot (LH Featured) allows you to take snapshots of your Windows registry and compare the differences (much like diff would). This is a great tool if you want to roll back changes, or see what changes an application or changes inside an application make to the registry. From darker purposes, to debugging, to safety [...]

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Image from Wikipedia PolishLinux has an english screenshot review of KDE4 (currently still in beta) – “PolishLinux.org has an extensive screenshot review and commentary on the development version of the Free and Open Source KDE desktop. Highlights include the ability to run any desktop applet prepared for Mac OS X inside Plasma, on-the-fly annotation and [...]

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Source: FlickrVirgin America uses Linux to entertain its passengers whilst in-flight. Slashdot reports – “CrunchGear has an interesting interview of the Director of Inflight Entertainment for the airline Virgin America discusses their adoption of Linux for the passenger’s seat back computers. ‘The ability to compose a music-video playlist is pretty cool and on the horizon. [...]

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Microsoft has released a preview (Windows only) of their newest Desktop Search product, Windows Search Preview 4.0 [via LH]. “Windows Search 4.0 introduces several improvements I’d like to call out making search even better in Windows Vista: With Windows Search 4.0, the Windows Search Team has fixed most of the reported bugs causing a majority [...]

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Excellent LifeHacker post this morning listing free ways to synch folders between computers. Nothing sucks worse than getting to the office in the morning and realizing you left the most recent copy of an important file—whether it’s your to-do list or a PowerPoint presentation—on your home computer. No matter where you are and what computer [...]

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There is a great article at arstechnica about using Bittorrent to roll out patches to 6500 machines. You can read more here. The peer-to-peer protocol allows PCs to download most of the updates from each other—the remaining servers are mostly needed to send out the first few copies and then coordinate the up- and downloading. [...]

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“Computer makers have been told they’ll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite strong ongoing demand for the OS. Analysts and computer makers are wondering if the move is premature given Vista’s ongoing performance and compatibility issues. Dell recently said it would reintroduce XP on a [...]

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LH has compiled another “best list” of Vista SideBar Gadgets. I have to admit, I disabled my sidebar, but I’m sure there are some of you who’d appreciate this… LifeHacker’s Best Gadgets

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