So how can the Nissan Leaf be the car of the year 2011. What if something better comes out tomorrow?

Well, it's 2011 and in two days we will have a V.A.T. increase from 17.5% to 20% to help deal with the country's finances. I can see the need. I get it, I really do but...

Previously, I have given openSUSE a go in a virtual machine and decided that it might have a chance of replacing Ubuntu as my every day operating system. It is currently getting that chance with a three month test. Read on to find out how installation and the first few weeks have gone.

Does anybody else find the 8 second demos and in particular the Bing adverts from Microsoft both insulting and patronising?

I have been using MySQL Workbench 5.2 (64 bit Ubuntu) for a few days to build a database. MySQL Workbench is an interesting project with the potential to be a truly great piece of database software.It is designed to replace and improve on two good pieces of software, namely MySQL Query Browser and MySQL Administrator; unfortunately it is nowhere near ready. Read on to find out why.