Reviews of A Balanced Introduction to Computer Science, Your Brain: The Missing Manual, and Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP All in One.

The famous Unix admin utility known as Top has many imitators. We take a look at some of the top Top tools.

The previous major releases of OpenOffice.org didn’t disappoint, so hopes are high for the upcoming version 3.0 of one of the most important open source applications around. We look at what mouth-watering goodies the new version has to offer.

We review Pulling Strings with Puppet, Scalix: Linux Administrator's Guide, and Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More.

We talk to one of the creators of the Django project about the formation of the Django Software Foundation, and we show you how to get started with this user-friendly web framework.

This Linux computer on a USB stick acts as a tiny mobile firewall.

• Essential Linux Device Drivers
• The Principles of Project Management
• Head First JavaScript

• Backup & Recovery
• The Brand Gap
• Mastering phpMyAdmin 2.8

The second major release since SUSE became a community project is looking good. We took openSUSE 11.0 for a test ride.

The key factor that differentiates many companies is not the products they sell, but the services they provide. This month, I look at the first two volumes of the Information Technology Infrastru more...