How much power is your system really using? And how much can you actually save with the new generation of energy-conserving techniques and components? This month we study the phenomenon known as Green IT.

Professional users are always searching for an edge. Whether you work with Linux as a webmaster, programmer, system administrator, or security consultant, you know the best solution depends on finding the right tool for the job. We thought you might be interested in the following new products and updates.

On August 20, developer Andreas Krennmair announced the official release of Newsbeuter, the “mutt of RSS feed readers.”

A new bugfix for KDE 4.1, codenamed 'Codename', has been released by the KDE community.

Around $330 gets you a Linux-based Pandora handheld by shopping online, although the first buyers had to hurry.

The GIMP graphics program includes many new and interesting features in version 2.6.

U.S. firm Funambol announces an Android version of its Open Source mobile sync application for the new Google/T-Mobile G1 phone.

Multimedia software MPlayer notifies of security holes in the Real demuxer code that can result in arbitrary code execution.

On September 29, 13 out of 23 employees from the technical committee of Standard Norge signed an open letter announcing their resignations. The reason: Norway’s “yes” to OOXML