Especially for all Planet Kubuntu readers: there is a fundraiser for KDE. Read more here, here or here.

In short: KDE has grown the last years and now we need new hardware. Please consider donating. Besides the Desktop Environment you can get something in return if you donate!

Microsoft will be responsible in 2008 for the electronic motor management of all formula 1 cars on the grid. As we all know Microsoft has a serious image problem; i’ve gathered some random reactions from users on the internet. Posted below.

For the record: I do respect Microsoft as a company. They have become a big company and so they catch a lot of wind, sometimes that is fair, sometimes not. Without them developing a graphical Operating System a few years back we all would have typed on typingmachines a lot longer.

Some random reactions about MS developing the motor managament software:

You have 15 laps left to activate your copy..
Press any pedal to continue…
Click [OK] if you want to use your breaks …– click — Are you sure … ?
This driver is not certified. Are you sure?
Start -> Run…
It is exactly what the FIA wants, after each update it will go slower

Ok, enough. BTW, Microsoft announced to support ODF. They are even experimenting with a converter at sf.net.