"It's over. The magic is gone. The dream is dead. The egg has fallen off the wall and no amount of 'sudo' super glue can put his pieces back together again. I'm referring, of course, to the not-so-recent departure of Con Kolivas from the Linux kernel

One of the few things about which the great Samuel Johnson was in serious error was his definition of the lexicographer as a "harmless drudge". For while drudgery may certainly be involved in the writing of dictionaries and the "detailing of the signif

With all sorts of political lingo, it begins to become confusing, and sometimes a political dictionary could set us all straight, says The Weekly Standard .

"Why is it they get to spread laughter and cheer, While we stalk the graveyards, spreading panic and fear? Well I could be Santa, and I could spread cheer.

The Ministry of Education's Secretary General together with the ICT department, has just finished carrying out an evaluation exercise to establish the efficacy of the One Laptop per Child project.