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With everyone piling onto Facebook about privacy concerns, Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge dig into the issue to see if there is realy a problem or whether it is just a bunch of tin-foil hat wearers getting their knickers in a twist. Of
Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge take a look the Ubuntu Software Center and look at the good and bad points and what it poses for the future. Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? Do you like the Ubuntu
Between the Shot Of Jaq listenership there is probably thousands of old tired computers sitting in our houses gathering dust. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge explore what we can use these aging dinosaurs for and what challenges we face i
Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge kick of another shot in the popular Perfect 10 series, this time exploring the perfect 10 hosted web applications. Of course, we are the start of the conversation, but what do you think? What are your favo
Recently we have been seeing something of a revolution in not only indie gaming, but indie games that turn a buck or two. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge explore whether the time is ripe for indie games developing to fund their projects,
In our popular Perfect 10 series, Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge discuss what their favorite install web applications are, but…what are yours? Of course, we are the very start of the conversation! What do you think? What do you th
Today it is possible to download an application that tells you the name and address of sex offenders in your local area. While this information has always been available, Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge explore whether the fact that tech
In the continuation of our Perfect 10 series, Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge take a look at the top ten latest and greatest Linux desktop applications. Our Perfect 10: Simple Scan, gEdit, Calibre, avant-window- navigator, D-Feet, Gwibber
Everyone has gone a little crazy recently about tablet.s Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge peel back the hype and explore what different options we have available for tablets…not just the iPad…and what the opportunity for Open
In a new series in which the Shot Of Jaq team highlight the top ten of a given category, Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge give Android the Perfect 10 treatment, highlighting their fave apps, many of which you may have never used. Of cours
The world is being rocked by mobile Internet via 3G. Despite such technological revelations, it has taken Linux a little longer to catch up. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge talk about whether the free desktop is really ready for the mobi
We often celebrate multiple languages as one of the many outputs of the Open Source methodology. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge explore how the translations community works and ask how effective it currently is, and how effective it cou
Yesterday in a feat of great pomp and ceremony the mighty Google announced Google TV; their entrance into the consumer TV market. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge take the announcement apart, assess what it means for the industry, what it
Talking over the internet isn't new. But there is a new kid on the block: Mumble, a group voice chat system. What can it do for us that we don't currently have? Will we see Mumble displace Skype or IRC? Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge discuss
RSI is a growing problem in the tech community. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge talk about whether it's given the importance that it deserves and how to alleviate the problems so you can be a happy hacker. Join the conversation and
Who do you need in a dream software team? If you had enough money to set up a software startup, would you spend it all on developers? How important is management and sales and marketing and HR? Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge look at which parts of a com
We have a wide variety of professions represented across the Shot Of Jaq community. Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge talk about their typical work days, covering the kind of work, tools and approaches involved with the hope of the communi
Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge explore Jono's Severed Fifth project and the different lessons learned in trying to bring Creative Commons music to the world. Of course, we are the very start of the discussion! What do you think? D
In a world filled with seemingly endless network bandwidth, ultra-thin computers, and with the recent banishing to history of the floppy disc, is there really a need for physical media any more? Jono Bacon and Stuart 'Aq' Langridge explore wh