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How To Build A PC, Part 3: Putting It All Together

Final assembly is usually the least time-consuming part of a build. Component selection may require days of consideration, and finding the “best” seller can take up the better part of a day, but plugging connectors and inserting screws shouldn’t take more than a couple hours, even for the most inexperienced builder.
by Thomas Soderstrom.
Part 1: Component Selection Overview
Part 2: Choosing the Right Vendor

Color e-paper trials begin on Tokyo trains

Each cutting-edge display has an 8MB memory that can hold 37 advertisements
by Martyn Williams

MythDora — MythTV 0.2 In a Box

“MythDora 3 is the first MythTV ‘in-a-box’ style distribution to include MythTV 0.20. Based on Fedora Core 5, MythDora 3 is designed to format your hard drive then install everything needed for a fully functional MythTV System. Here is a walkthrough of the entire MythDora installation process, including screenshots and a screencast.”
from slashdot.

Wireless devices to work Europe-wide

EC harmonizes radio frequency bands across the EU to spur use of a range of wireless devices
by Paul Meller.

Make this an open source Christmas

So here’s the deal. Build a Linux box out of obsolete parts. Wipe the hard drive and install some simple open source components ‐ a LAMP stack, Open Office, Firefox.
Now find an institution that lacks computing power ‐ a soup kitchen, a church, a one-room school ‐ and get it in there. Work to add some form of Internet connectivity, an 802.11 system if it’s available, or funding for a wired broadband connection (and 802.11 everywhere else). I’m sure your local United Way will know where you can find such places.
by Dana Blankenhorn.