In our September issue, I wrote about mentors – specifically, how someone could find one.

My town has one cable company. One or two other options exist for high-speed Internet service – some (but not all) locations support DSL through the phone provider.

Linux usage and adoption poised for further growth.

Additional paper from Ibrahim Haddad added to the foundation's collection.

• IBM Announces Blade Center HX5
• InfiniteGraph Launches Free Program for Technology Startups
• Pliant Introduces New SSDs
• Harris Launches BeOn Push-to-Talk
• Texas Instruments Announces Power Line Development Kit and Software Library

Midwives battling bureaucracy, parties fighting against the general public’s lack of interest, and users needing to synchronize their data – here are three open source tools that attempt to solve the problems of the world.

maddog reflects on events from the early days of Linux and why you can’t always trust your memory.

A look back at 10 years ago... and at 2010.