1141115597 | On Operating Systems Monocolture | Filled with frustration over some recent rotten conducts, I have assembled an essay saturated with citations on the way Microsoft continues to exploit its desktop monopoly-like state. | http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/01/01/os-monocolture/ | |||||
1147751048 | Microsoft File for Intellectual Property Lawsuit | "...Lucent also sued Microsoft directly in April, alleging infringement of one Lucent patent. In its counterclaims, filed on Monday, Microsoft alleges that Lucent infringes on several of its patents." | http://news.com.com/2110-1014_3-6072553.html?part=rss&tag=6072553&subj=news | |||||
1147752208 | lntel, Microsoft Deny the Demise of the PC | Microsoft and Intel CEOs say the personal computer is far from obsolete, despite a decline sales, competition from mobile devices such as Apple's iPod. | http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/technology/gates_otellini.reut/index.htm?section=cnn_tech | |||||
1147752623 | Motorola, Like Nokia, Develop Linux Phones | Motorola has launched an open source community website around its Linux-based mobile phone stacks, Java specification requests (JSRs), Linux drivers, and testing applications. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8847994509.html | |||||
1147754127 | SugarCRM ('Open Source SAP') Customer Base Doubles | SugarCRM Inc. announced today that it has doubled its commercial customer base in the last six months, attracting more than 600 paying customers since the first edition of its commercial open source customer relationship (CRM) software was released in September 2004. | http://www5.sys-con.com/read/221851.htm | |||||
1147790134 | Unisys Extends Support and Services for MySQL on Linux | "...the company is giving its customers a preview of these stacks as it rolls out an expanded relationship with open source database provider MySQL." | http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=5E8D1107-FAB9-41AE-830E-74F86EC9FFB7 | |||||
1147790658 | Open source grows big and strong | Linux supplier Red Hat is to acquire open source company JBoss for £187m, plus an extra £38m if it meets future sales targets... | http://www.computerweekly.com/Feeds/RS/Articles/2006/05/16/215912/Open+source+grows+big+and+strong.htm | |||||
1147805902 | Microsoft's Fight over DRM Standards | James Middleton reckons Microsoft is about to make its move on the| mobile music market in a cunning stealth play... | http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/expertview/articles/20017351977.html;jsessionid=3AD8769565086CEA63E6A81FD1AFB62D?page=1 | |||||
1147806155 | GNU/Linux distros get OK to distribute Java | Sun has legally cleared the way for GNU/Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo to bundle Sun's Java Runtime Environment (including the Java Virtual Machine) as a part of their packaging. | http:// | |||||
1147843631 | Concurrent to Offer Ruggedized Linux-Based Image Generation Solutions | ImaGen Visual Servers to Incorporate Real-Time Linux Software with NextCom Mobile Technology | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/223195.htm | |||||
1147844180 | Open Source Parasites? | Thousands of people donate their time and expertise to the benefit of all. But not everyone is giving as much as they're getting. Large companies, those with the greatest wherewithal to help, are surprisingly minor players in the roll-up-your-sleeves work of open source development. | http://www.optimizemagazine.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=187203341 | |||||
1147844617 | Automating Installations of Linux | Red Hat and its many clones and offspring, like Fedora, CentOS, White BoxLinux, and so forth have long had a simple built-in mechanism for cloninginstallations on diverse hardware: Kickstart... SUSE has AutoYaST... Debian is no exception | http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsysm/article.php/3606721 | |||||
1147870308 | 'Web-based' Linux - Virtual Desktops for Hire | Independent services provider InQub Ltd. has reportedly begun offering personal remote KDE desktops on Kubuntu systems, and GNOME desktops on Ubuntu installations, for a small monthly charge. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9744789249.html | |||||
1147880090 | Novell Delivers Device Driver Breakthrough to Accelerate Linux Adoption | New Device Driver Process Improves Hardware Support for Partners and Customers, Making It Easier to Integrate Hardware and Software With Linux | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060517/sfw026.html?.v=53 | |||||
1147886740 | Banking Solution Ported for Linux | Fiserv CBS Worldwide, a division of the Fortune 500 company, Fiserv, Inc., announced today that its international core banking solution, ICBS, is now available on Linux. | http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/13727.html | |||||
1147887042 | Linux Port for Smartphone Software with Embedded Wi-Fi | E28 Limited Debuts Linux Smartphone Software Based on Boingo Open Source Wi-Fi Toolkit; Leading Smartphone Developer Completes First Linux Port Using New Boingo Embedded Wi-Fi Toolkit | http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060517005263&newsLang=en | |||||
1147887287 | Open Source Software Giving Voice to the Disabled | It's one thing relying on proprietary technology to write a document, touch up a photograph, or send an email. But the stakes are much higher when the technology may be your only communication link to the world. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=999 | |||||
1147921611 | Symantec CEO: "Diversity is key to secure infrastructure" | At the Gartner Symposium ITExpo in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson addresses past failures to innovate and defends Symantec's ability to compete with the Microsoft "monoculture." | http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6073553.html?part=rss&tag=6073553&subj=news | |||||
1147958369 | Xandros seeks its niche as Linux hype wanes | IDC forecasts that the market for new and redeployed PCs running Linuxwill grow to $10-billion (U.S.) and 17 million units by 2008, with aninstalled base of more than 42.6 million units. Mr. Typaldos is hopingto carve a niche in this growing market, offering Xandros's upstartDebian-based distribution of Linux. | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060518.TWXANDROS18/TPStory/Technology/columnists | |||||
1147959029 | Has Novell Figured Out a Winning Strategy? | "The bottom line is we're making progress," said Lowry. "The new products (notably SuSE Linux) are growing faster than the legacy business (notably NetWare) is shrinking. People seem to think our revenue is in free fall, and it's just not true." | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/50592.html | |||||
1147967767 | China looks to open-source community for advice | China is counting on senior members of the open-source community to help formulate policy ideas to promote open-source software, according to a local software executive. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/18/78442_HNchinaopensource_1.html?source=rss&url=www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/18/78442_HNchinaopensource_1.html | |||||
1147967837 | South Africa: Open Source 'Helps You And Helps SA' | SOUTH African companies are being urged to adopt open source software so they can not only cut their running costs but also contribute to job creation and boost the national economy. | http://allafrica.com/stories/200605180189.html | |||||
1147967886 | Cuba to switch computers to Linux, dumping Windows | Cuba will gradually switch to the open-source Linux operating system for its state computers, eliminating its exclusive use of Microsoft Windows, the government daily Juventud Rebelde reported Tuesday. | http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/05/18/switch.shtml | |||||
1148023044 | JVM vendor readies Linux mobile phone stacks | Aplix, best known for its Java stacks for mobile phones, will addcarrier-specific mobile phone software reference implementations (RIs)to its product line. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3510335224.html | |||||
1148023362 | Red Hat in Favour of Open Source Java | Sun Microsystems' new GNU/Linux-friendly Java license does not go farenough for Red Hat. It says Sun should have open-sourced Java instead. | http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/05/18/red_hat_sun_java_license/ | |||||
1148023684 | Linux System Administration in the New ERA | I refer to the current Linux infrastructure play as the "New Era". Linux has matured rapidly and far surpassed the expectations of the smartest analysts I know. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000041 | |||||
1148023876 | How Linux is getting very close to mass adoption | To be perfectly fair to Ubuntu I had also played with a copy of Vista beta. My sound card was not found, the ethernet adapter was not found, and my graphics has severe issues. So all in all the Ubuntu beta is ahead of Vista right now. | http://www.technologyevangelist.com/2006/05/ubuntu_linux_dapper.html | |||||
1148024130 | NAB, Novell users explore desktop Linux | "I really think Vista is going to be a big fork in the roadmap for desktop operating systems and applications," he said. "Linux, or even Macs, are going to be strong contenders, especially with another 12 months of development." | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1290565474;fp;16;fpid;0 | |||||
1148024924 | New program will train FOSS trainers in India | Why is free and open source software (FOSS) languishing in IT schools all over India? Because there are not enough teachers and trainers there who are familiar with FOSS. | http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/0223225&from=rss | |||||
1148046985 | Open Source FUD on the BBC | The software giant characterises open source as mainly of interest to local community projects, without the benefits of a commercial model. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39270042,00.htm | |||||
1148058473 | Use Word, Get Pwned | "The attacks use Word document attachments in e-mail messages to trigger the security hole and run code that gives attackers control over vulnerable systems, Symantec said." No patch yet. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060519/tc_infoworld/78499 | |||||
1148098591 | Linux iTunes Substitute | "I've tried many fine Linux programs -- KDE's amaroK, RealPlayer 10 for Linux, Xine, etc. --but none have scratched my itch." The author then found Banshee. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8087647297.html | |||||
1148099438 | Oregon lab plays Web host to the stars of open source | Who is the biggest Web host in open source? The answer, at least for the Mozilla Foundation, Debian GNU/Linux, Gentoo Linux, KernelTrap, Drupal, and many others is the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University in Corvallis. | http://mobile.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/05/2018250&from=rss | |||||
1148185687 | Anti-Spyware Leader Unfazed by Microsoft | "We don't see customers satisfied with all their vendors," he (Webroot Software CEO) said. "That creates tremendous opportunity for us." | http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060521/ap_on_hi_te/webroot_s_challenge | |||||
1148186585 | Windows to Linux Migration Review Deeply Flawed | A rebuttal to Mark Golden's Wall Street Journal article: "Mr. Golden's methodology in trying out Linux for his article bears little resemblance to what an ordinary user trying out Linux would likely do. Indeed, his approach almost guaranteed his results." | http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/05/a_rebuttal_to_mark_goldens_wal.html?CMP=OTC-0O724Z062301&ATT=A+Rebuttal+To+Mark+Golden+s+Wall+Street+Journal+Article | |||||
1148204098 | Mellon Foundation invites nominations for open source awards | The Mellon Foundation makes grants in a number of areas benefiting educations, arts, and culture. The Foundation's Research in Information Technology Program directly funds a dozen open source projects and contributes to several more. | http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/06/05/18/1931219.shtml?tid=138 | |||||
1148212573 | SUSE Linux 10.1 - German EasyLinux Version Better than Retail Boxed | The German magazine EasyLinux (July-Aug. 2006) includes a two-DVDs special edition of SuSE Linux 10.1. | http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/05/19/suse-linux-101-german-easylinux-version-better-than-retail-boxed/ | |||||
1148240411 | SOA Web Services and Enterprise Open Source Conference Faculty Announced | This year's conference will feature a distinguished faculty, whose members are the world's top celebrity experts in their fields. | http://it.sys-con.com/read/224916.htm | |||||
1148240842 | Capabilities Advanced Through Open Source Project | Mark Kirkwood has contributed several code modules to the PostgreSQL Global Group | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/224585.htm | |||||
1148273759 | Intel, Microsoft for Pay-As-You-Go PCs | The pay-as-you-go model enabled by FlexGo makes PCs more accessible by reducing the initial cost and enabling customers to pay for computers through subscriptions or as they use them, through the purchase of prepaid activation cards or tokens. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060522/20060521005039.html?.v=1 | |||||
1148295731 | Motorola, Nokia Accelerate Open Source Java Move | Whatever the merits of openness, the handset vendors are determined to promote it, even ahead of the Sun agenda, and Motorola is promising open source Java tools and functionality this year as part of its new Motodev initiative. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/22/motorola_to_open_source_java/ | |||||
1148301895 | New MSWord Vulnerability Already Comprimises Boxes | Following Symantec Advisory on Saturday, a severe Word hack is already being exploited. Hackers have developed malicious code designed to exploit an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 and 2003. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/22/trojan_exploit_word_vuln/ | |||||
1148303491 | Atos Euronext Market Solutions Migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux | The migration is intended to increase the performance by a factor of 10 and reduce costs by a factor of four. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060522/20060522005215.html?.v=1 | |||||
1148321168 | Novell and NCR Offer Linux on NCR POS Platforms | The agreement between Novell and NCR -- one of the world's largest store automation solution vendors -- makes a secure, reliable software platform and hardware combination available for retailers deploying Linux-based POS solutions. | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060522/sfm035.html?.v=52 | |||||
1148321759 | ATK Launch Systems Selects Linux Networx Supercomputers | Linux Networx, The Linux Supercomputing Company, today announced that ATK Launch Systems, a leading provider of advanced weapons and space systems, has ordered one of the company's Custom Supersystems. | http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=130616 | |||||
1148322133 | OpenDocument in Massachusetts: War of the Words | Linux News wonders if The Heartland Institute's Steven Titch is a fan of Orson Welles. Find out what his article, "The Dangers of Dictating Procurement" has in common with the 1938 broadcast of "War of the Worlds". | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/61328/index.html | |||||
1148322440 | System Builders To Novell: We'll Give You A Listen | The title of Timpson's presentation: "Offering Choice In An Open World." | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=188100815 | |||||
1148357982 | S.Korea antitrust body rejects Microsoft objection | South Korea's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it had rejected an objection lodged by Microsoft Corp. over a ruling that the company should unbundle its media player and messaging service from Windows software. | http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060522:MTFH85608_2006-05-22_21-00-30_SEO38379&symbol=MSFT.O&rpc=44 | |||||
1148358593 | Microsoft Acquisition Set to Challenge Xen, VMWare | The move will help Microsoft compete with the likes of VMware and Xen, who have already embraced the hypervisor design. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/23/ms_viridian_forward/ | |||||
1148358817 | Inquirer: Microsoft XP Sucks for Laptops | "One of the sad parts of Microsoft's near-total dominance of the PC world - Mac and Linux people, save your gloating for later - is the stifling of innovations..." | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31880 | |||||
1148359404 | X.Org Gets Modular Roll-up | It includes important new server and driver features for embedded systems, 64 bit platforms, enhanced operating system support, and accelerated indirect GLX support. It most importantly demonstrates to developers and industry immediate benefits of modularization. | http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/06/05/22/231232.shtml | |||||
1148360179 | Linux-Friendly System on Chip | Renesas says it will sample in August a new SoC (system on chip) and development board that support Linux and target telematics and in-vehicle systems | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8880093705.html | |||||
1148360700 | Trolltech flies the flag for Linux mobile apps | Allison said the market for Linux-based mobile applications was beginning to open up as manufacturers and vendors started to ease stringent industry specifications. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;50558947;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1148361440 | KDE e.V. Quarterly Report Q1 2006 Published | The KDE e.V.'s first Quarterly Report for 2006 has been published. Those reports are used by the KDE e.V. to report its activities to the public. | http://dot.kde.org/1148285073/ | |||||
1148399783 | Novell, NCR sign Linux pact for POS gear | Linux isn't just for servers and desktops. It is also for embedded devices such as cash registers and kiosks. | http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=8FE468EF-E092-4059-B80D-88071E735227 | |||||
1148399866 | Small step for NASA, giant leap for Linux | Linux Networx may be based in Bluffdale, but the supercomputer maker has its eyes on the stars. | http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_3854161 | |||||
1148400077 | Unix, Linux Mythology Continues to Unfold | Linux has forced both SGI and Sun to adopt a "we do Linux better" strategy. The word "Unix" is never uttered. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50676.html | |||||
1148400833 | KDE Ships New Release of Free Integrated Office Suite | Improved import/export filters, important fixes for KSpread OpenDocument Support and Krita and updated translations. Also available now is the MS Access tools plugin for Kexi, which gives Kexi the most complete MS Access data import functionality in the free software world. | http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-1.5.1.php | |||||
1148401170 | Motorola: Let's standardize Linux, Java | Unified standards in next-generation Linux-Java mobile applications will need to be established, as the cellular and IP (Internet Protocol) worlds collide in the future, says a senior executive from Motorola. | http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/communication/stories/149218.html | |||||
1148401414 | Open Invention Network Acquires New Patents to Protect Linux | Open Invention Network (OIN), the company formed by IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony, unveiled today some of the new patents it has acquired in order to protect the Linux environment. | http://www5.sys-con.com/read/225732.htm | |||||
1148427741 | IBM Invests US$2.2 Million to Expand Linux Technology Center in Brazil | Investment in Labs and University Collaboration Makes Linux Technology Center in Brazil One of Company's Five Largest Worldwide. | http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=131038 | |||||
1148428008 | Oracle unveils new version of open source BerkeleyDB | Oracle has announced the general availability of the open source Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition Release 3.0. | http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci1189831,00.html | |||||
1148428770 | Life is NOT too short for Linux | Life's too short for Linux, or so David Fearon thought until he needed an OS in a rush. | http://www.pcpro.co.uk/columns/87727/technolog.html | |||||
1148428968 | FSF launches DefectiveByDesign.org | DefectiveByDesign.org is a broad-based, anti-DRM campaign that is targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and DRM distributors. | http://defectivebydesign.org/about | |||||
1148464551 | IBM gains share as server market picks up | IBM gained ground on rivals Dell and Hewlett-Packard in the server market during the first quarter, according to research released Tuesday by Gartner. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6076007.html | |||||
1148465426 | Open the Door for Open Source Deals | There will be more consolidation in the community that values open software development, and that is potentially a very good thing | http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2006/tc20060523_265769.htm | |||||
1148465729 | World's first single-core mobile phone runs Linux | FSMLabs and Infineon Technologies claim to have achieved the world's first demonstration of a mobile phone based on a single processor core... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8513245752.html | |||||
1148466014 | Real world control from a Web page | You can create a Web form on an Apache/Linux server, process the data with a PHP script, then push the control instructions down to the microcontroller over the serial line. | http://hardware.newsforge.com/hardware/06/05/11/1517222.shtml | |||||
1148466265 | Nokia Releases 'Web Browser for S60' Engine Code to Open Source Community | Mobility-Enhanced Code Release to Drive Open Source Collaboration, Reduce Browser Fragmentation & Deliver True Web Rendering on Smartphone Devices | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060524/ukw002.html?.v=61 | |||||
1148481398 | Red Hat Continues Global Expansion with First Regional Offices in Latin | New Red Hat Direct Operations in Brazil and Argentina to Better Serve the Growing Latin American Market Demand for Linux and Open Source Solutions. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060524/20060524005263.html?.v=1 | |||||
1148482105 | Ingram Micro Canada to Deliver Linux Solutions to Major Canadian Resellers | New Agreement Launches Xandros Retail Presence in Canadian Market Giving New Customers Easy-to-Use Alternatives to Windows | http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060524/0130301.html | |||||
1148502998 | Open Source Soaks Database Market | Ingres, MySQL and a handful of other open-source providers accounted for license, maintenance and subscription revenue of $100 million in 2005, an increase of 47%, according to a report by Gartner analyst Colleen Graham. | http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/software/10287856.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA | |||||
1148503653 | Europe: No patents for software | Software patent campaigners have reacted with surprise to an apparent change in the European Commission's stance on those patents. | http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6076418.html?part=rss&tag=6076418&subj=news | |||||
1148503739 | Allchin: Still worried about Vista | Allchin, who's guided many Windows releases in years past, plans to retire once Vista ships. In an interview, he said there are still plenty of things he'd like to see before the operating system is released, including better performance and more application compatibility. | http://news.com.com/2008-1016_3-6076266.html?part=rss&tag=6076266&subj=news | |||||
1148503980 | Mozilla CEO: Why we're still shunned by corporate IT | "Enterprises have intranets that only work with (Microsoft's) IE," Baker (Mozilla CEO) said. "We can't fix their intranet | http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6076320.html?part=rss&tag=6076320&subj=news | |||||
1148504698 | Gartner Changes Software Measurements due to SaaS and Open Source | Gartner attributed the change in its methodology to the emergence and increasing popularity of open-source software and buyer consumption models such as hosted and subscription offerings. | http://www.tekrati.com/firmnews/?id=7099 | |||||
1148505326 | VMware exec: On free specs, virtualization's boost for Linux | Meanwhile, says Chu in this interview, virtualization is knocking down barriers to enterprise Linux and open source software adoption. | http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1177641,00.html?track=sy184 | |||||
1148505685 | Microsoft & IBM come courting | "We've actually seen a decrease in the number of all Windows shops and an increase in businesses using Linux or Unix after several years of decline," said Joe Wilcox, an analyst with JupiterResearch. | http://www.sptimes.com/2006/05/24/Business/Microsoft__IBM_come_c.shtml | |||||
1148505954 | Easy Linux software updates with Mandriva Kios | Mandriva Kiosk web page is a new subscription service for this Linux distribution. Rather than having to download several CDs' worth of data or individual files, users can now select the software they want from a web page. | http://www.pcw.co.uk/computeractive/news/2156806/mandriva-linux-kiosk | |||||
1148545553 | Microsoft Isn't Run by Bill Gates Anymore | In the recent aftermath of Microsoft's last quarter report and the stock's largest price drop in more than six years, it became clearthat investors were disheartened with the software giant | http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06052415.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y&bounce=y&bounce2=y | |||||
1148545773 | Linux Leader Red Hat Sees Brazil Heating Up | Linux has posted double-digit growth for 15 straight quarters, says research firm IDC. Last quarter, sales of servers running Linux jumped 17% vs. a 5.9% increase for Windows-powered servers and a 7.1% drop for Unix servers. | http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/060524/tech01.html?.v=1 | |||||
1148547268 | Linux a Driving Force in Database Market | Linux was by far the fastest-growing database platform, growing 84percent, according to newly released Gartner numbers. | http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=38221&src=site-marq | |||||
1148547475 | Linux bucks slowing server sales | IDC reports lacklustre overall performance but strong Linux sales... Linux servers posted their 15th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth | http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2156824/linux-bucks-slowing-server | |||||
1148548092 | African localisation wins at Stockholm | Director of Translate.org.za, Dwayne Bailey, says KiLinux's award signals a growing appreciation of the role localisation has to play in Africa. "It is very exciting for us to see localisation and open source software win such a prestigious award," says Bailey. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1005 | |||||
1148548396 | MGE Introduces USB-Enabled Power Management Software for Linux | MGE UPS SYSTEMS announced the availability of the first Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) power management solution fully based on open source code. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/227146.htm | |||||
1148575454 | IceWarp Takes the Linux Mail Server Plunge | Merak Linux Mail Server: High-performance, Linux-based e-mailserver supported by a suite of products with anti-spam, anti-virus,FTP, IM, groupware, and WebMail capabilities. | http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3608991 | |||||
1148575658 | New Linux Inclinations? | ...it's clear that the Vista delay -- and the continueduncertainty -- has made some of you more receptive to discussionsabout operating system alternatives. | http://www.crn.com/sections/custom/custom.jhtml?articleId=188103205 | |||||
1148608248 | Oracle's Leanings Are Tipping Point for Linux | The real story here is how fast commoditization is happening. One by one, the great proprietary software franchises are coming under intense pressure from low-cost alternatives. Red Hat acquiring JBoss will surely speed this process. Who knows how fast a big franchise can implode when a tipping point is reached? | http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/50742.html | |||||
1148608530 | Install Linux on your iPod | The goal of this project is to create an easy to use GUI program that enables Mac OS X user with iPods to install linux on HFS+ formatted iPods while still allowing users to keep and use the Apple Supplied OS. | http://www.techspot.com/downloads/2651-ipod-linux-installer-for-mac.html | |||||
1148608756 | Red Hat Acquires Latin American Distributor | The acquisition delivers "on Red Hat's commitment to continued global expansion into international markets," said Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/50740.html | |||||
1148609989 | Report: Open Source a Judgment Standard | "Open source is funny because there isn't, in terms of the normal standards, revenue attached to it in many cases," Wurster said. "So we had to put together some assumptions on how it's actually impacting and put dollar numbers around those assumptions." | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3609211 | |||||
1148649666 | Uncle Vista flip-flops towards the grave | Kedrosky is not alone in his unhappiness with Ballmer's Microsoft and -- as the recent attempts to quell employee discontent and the Mini-Microsoft dissenter's bog make clear ? it's not just media filler copy. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31981 | |||||
1148650345 | GL to the power of X | For NVIDIA cards, you can install the drivers with a couple of commands: sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx linux-restricted-modules-386; sudo nvidia-glx-config enable | http://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature.aspx?CIaFID=1376 | |||||
1148669949 | Denmark moves toward ODF standard | By no later than the 1st of September, all publications and otherwritten documents on the homepage of the Ministry of Science will beavailable in the OpenDocument format (ODF). | http://www.computerworld.dk/art/34035?a=rss&i=0 | |||||
1148671944 | Super-speedy KDE keyboard shortcuts | When it comes to my window manager, I try to do the same thing -- work with tools that let me use the keyboard to navigate as much as possible without having to use the mouse. | http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/18/1546209&from=rss | |||||
1148672273 | Java kit supports Linux, real-time | The Aphelion collection includes JREs (Java runtime environment) and JDEs (Java development environments) for Linux and other OSes. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3617559812.html | |||||
1148672491 | Mac OS X at Odds With Linux | That certainly got the attention of the Apple crowd. Some pro-Mac pundits have gone so far as to defend against the notion that Linux should replace the Darwin kernel for OS X. | http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3609506 | |||||
1148672908 | OLPC reaches milestone as OS, hardware comes together | Unveiled at the Country Task Force Meeting on Tuesday, the new models sported Redhat's Fedora Core 5.0 operating system... The 800x480 screens are expected to get pushed up to a respectable 1200x900 resolution... | http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1007 | |||||
1148714919 | LPI promotes Linux Certification within North-East Asia Region | The Linux Professional Institute is hosting certification events and "exam labs" within the North East Asia region | http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/8750.html | |||||
1148715080 | Embedded Linux market growth plotted | The results of LinuxDevices.com's sixth annual Embedded Linux Market Survey are in! Overall, we find the results encouraging for embedded Linux, and for companies in the embedded Linux OS and tools market. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3319483550.html | |||||
1148715281 | Novell Unveils SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 At XChange | Robert Nitrio, president of Ranvest Associates, a Microsoft solution provider in Orangeville, Calif., said there is a big "inertia" factor with Linux. "That is the key element," he said. | http://www.crn.com/sections/news/top_news.jhtml?articleId=188500663 | |||||
1148715617 | "Elephants Dream" film is an open source success story | DVD sales seem to have generated enough funds to pay the bills, and the Blender Foundation is already talking about other projects. | http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/25/1513215&from=rss | |||||
1148748871 | ATi Linux Driver 8.25.18 | New drivers. More and more manufacturers are supporting Linux nowadays. They know they would otherwise lose business. | http://tweakers.net/meuktracker/12720 | |||||
1148770744 | Linux Sharpens the Blade | The rise of blade servers is one of the big hardware success stories of recent years. IDC predicts that enterprises worldwide will spend more than $7.2bn on blade technology in 2008. | http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2006/106052607.asp | |||||
1148810902 | Linux Powered Robot | The HRP-2m Choromet runs real-time Linux on a 240Mhz CPU (SH-4). This robot has 20 degrees of freedom, a gyro sensor, acceleration sensor and an Ethernet port. | http://www.i4u.com/article5733.html | |||||
1148873218 | SMEs port core apps to Open Source | It is a revolution in the making as SMEs port their core enterprise applications onto Open Source platforms | http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=128672 | |||||
1148899988 | Linux in Super Storage | Multiserver clusters are the new supercomputer stand-in. Here's how storage has adapted to its important new supporting role | http://www.fcw.com/article94640-05-29-06-Print | |||||
1148900221 | Mutual of Enumclaw Decreases Costs w/ Oracle 10g, SUSE Linux | Oracle announced that Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company, a mutual company that provides a broad array of insurance products and services, is using the combination of Oracle Database 10g on Linux to achieve a tenfold increase in performance while reducing infrastructure costs. | http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/673779.html | |||||
1148922547 | US Marshals Switching to Red Hat Linux | Federal agencies want uniform software platforms to run on varied hardware, said Helmut Kurth, chief scientist and lab director at IT consulting firm Atsec. "Linux is one of the few [operating systems] that can achieve that and provide the security they need. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50750.html | |||||
1148922743 | Linux Gets Boost in Indian Supply Chain | Ingram Micro, the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, will now distribute Red Hat's products and solutions to channel partners throughout India. | http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/redhatingrammicro/redhatindiaappointsingrammicroasnationaldistributor/market/stocks/article/216961 | |||||
1148922880 | Ubuntu Linux to support Sun Niagara servers | Canonical's "Dapper Drake" release will include extended support for enterprise users | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/5C5BF521B786C207CC25717D0018F1FC | |||||
1148964869 | Linux Certification in Asia | The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is hosting certification events and 'exam labs' within the North East Asia region (China, Japan, South Korea) to promote Linux and Open Source professionalism. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/228136.htm | |||||
1148964939 | Unleashing Google File System: An Overview | GFS (Google File System) is a distributed file system. A Distributed File System is one that supports sharing of files and resources, whichare stored persistently over the network. | http://osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2245&Itemid=449 | |||||
1148975186 | The Vista/SUSE smackdown! | As unbelievable as it might seem, OpenSUSE actually seems to support more hardware than Vista does at this stage in its development. Linux having more hardware support than Windows -- who says we don't live in a time of miracles?! | http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5613250391.html | |||||
1148994387 | Squaring the Open Source/Open Standards Circle | Happily, there is a remedy to avoid the end that befell Unix, and that remedy is open standards - specifically, the Linux Standards Base (LSB). The LSB is now an ISO/IEC standard, and was created by the Free Standards Group. | http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060529222735399 | |||||
1148994717 | Importance of open source software underscored | "Development of OSS is very important in creating an open market and fair trade opportunities. OSS communities are needed for countries wanting sustainable development." | http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/30/stories/2006053006130200.htm | |||||
1148995090 | CTA mobilises open source with L4 | Government funded research organization, National ICT Australia (NICTA), is demonstrating how its version of open source Iguana and the L4 microkernel work in embedded mobile platforms at its annual technology expo in Sydney on Wednesday. | http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;710118083;fp;256;fpid;56736 | |||||
1149004799 | Linux Computing at MIT | MIT has a thriving Linux community. Their support groups are efficient and encouraging. And they satisfy the needs of specialized research oriented applications with Athena. They are a model of how a university-sized Linux user community, can be managed. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6236/5/ | |||||
1149005002 | Novell hastens driver updates | Linux giant Novell is to speed up the development and distribution of new and updated device drivers for its Suse Linux Enterprise products. | http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2157155/novell-hastens-driver-updates | |||||
1149005167 | Gartner: DB Market up 8% (Linux up 84%) | Linux grew the fastest of all the RDBMS platforms (84 percent), driven primarily by Oracle, and the maturation and user acceptance of the Linux platform as a mission-critical DBMS platform. | http://www.moneyweb.co.za/business_today/456007.htm | |||||
1149005461 | Software provides multi-level security on Linux platform | Using Linux Security Module, PitBull Foundation for Linux provides identification and authentication, discretionary access control, and mandatory access control as well as authorization roles, auditing, system integrity checking, and advanced secure networking. | http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/483703/rss | |||||
1149037912 | Microsoft critic hits pause | Mini-Microsoft is going to give it a rest. The Microsoft employee whose "Mini-Microsoft" blog has ripped the company's execs, strategy, products, and personnel policies says his Sunday night post "is the end." | http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={06FD8C70-D93F-424F-81AA-DBC6C06B67AE}&source=blq/yhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo | |||||
1149038273 | Wrestling with Windows' hidden | Although I might not know about all of Linux's unexpected behaviors -- and it does have them -- they occur less frequently, and often with transparency. With Windows, I have to trust Microsoft. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/19/78413_21OPsecadvise_1.html | |||||
1149038505 | Dell Offers Mac Drivers | Boy has this one got people pondering the possibilities. Dell's support site for its Latitude X1 "ultra-portable" notebook includes "Apple Mac OS" among the list of operating systems for which users can download drivers and utilities. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/30/dell_apple_mac_os_download/ | |||||
1149039508 | Roaring Penguin Kills Spam, on Linux and Other Platforms | With sophisticated criminal rings growing to take advantage of organizations and consumers online, he (CTO) believes the threat is only increasing. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/227973.htm | |||||
1149039607 | Turbolinux to Launch FUJI OS Worldwide | Designed for optimum desktop and laptop computer performance, Turbolinux's FUJI operating system platform features several tools to facilitate the migration from Windows, including OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office compatible software, Active Directory Authentication, file sharing, and other communications tools. | http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060530005770&newsLang=en | |||||
1149039847 | Linux-based VoIP gateway designs boast 1Gbps throughputs | The companies say their combined offering will handle more than 1Gbps of traffic, and more than half a million packets per second -- about 1,000 percent more throughput than "standard software products" have offered. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4478523290.html | |||||
1149040148 | Linux has Been Ready for the Desktop for Years | The hinging question is, is Linux ready for the desktop? The simple answer is yes and has been for years. What do i mean by that? I guess it depends on who is asking and who is answering. More to the point, who cares to know and why? The first mistake is to compare a Linux desktop with a Windows desktop | http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11185-0.html?forumID=90&threadID=195470&start=0 | |||||
1149040624 | The Importance of Configuration Management in Open Source Deployments | ...distributors make decisions about the way things are built orconfigured, and this then affects other parts of the system relyingupon those items... | http://au.sys-con.com/read/219978.htm | |||||
1149040882 | BB completes XP migration to open source | The migration involved 35,000 PCs, and Banco do Brasil now aims to migrate another 30,000 computers that use the OS/2 operating system. These should all migrate to the OpenOffice.org system by year-end. | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-bb-completes-xp-migration-open-source-/2006/05/30/1662778.htm | |||||
1149079756 | Free Software Foundation: Free as in "do what I say" | So, to this columnist, restricting data access to a single platform (i.e. product) is perfectly fine. Sounds like a lockin or a route to monopolisation to me... | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/29/78693_22OPopenent_1.html?source=NLC-OPENT2006-05-30 | |||||
1149080215 | BitDefender Ships Linux-Based Security Suite | The suite provides virus, spam and spyware filtering and comes in versions for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses. Features include support for simple network management protocol, a remote administration interface and group management. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060531/tc_cmp/188700016 | |||||
1149080482 | SteelEye Merger with Japanese Open Source Leader | Ten Art-ni is recognized throughout Japan as a leader in support and deployment of Linux and web application business solutions and is a five year business partner of SteelEye. | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-steeleye-technology-completes-merger-with-japanese-open-source-/2006/05/30/1664233.htm | |||||
1149081113 | NextAction dumps Microsoft for Oracle and open source | Microsoft's SQL Server and Windows Server operating system simply couldn't meet the ever-increasing demands of firm's homegrown database modeling applications. | http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci1191173,00.html | |||||
1149081117 | The Free Standards Group Strengthens Linux Standardization Activities in As | New Japanese Members Including Fujitsu Will Work With FSG to Prevent Linux Fragmentation | http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=131947 | |||||
1149081500 | Open source identity management move from Novell | This is not the first open source identity management initiative but the involvement of identity management heavyweight Novell is significant. The fact that the project is focussing on higher-level identity management issues gives it added significance. | http://www.it-analysis.com/technology/security/content.php?cid=8543 | |||||
1149121729 | Microsoft CEO Defends Company Investments; MSFT Drops | Microsoft shares tumbled in April to a new 52-week low after the company said it planned to significantly beef up investments in many areas where it is not dominant. Analysts worried that while such investments may pay off in the long term, it could hurt more immediate financial results. | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060531/microsoft_ballmer.html?.v=4 | |||||
1149123665 | Picasa for Linux Rants | Perhaps I'm silly but the Google I'd like to see is a Google that doesn't release cheap, half baked "ports" that aren't actually ports... | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32088 | |||||
1149123909 | Open source makes Vista more secure | The feature, called Address Space Layout Randomization (ALSR) has been sneaked under the bonnet of Windows Vista Beta 2 as part of a larger plan to make it more difficult to automate attacks against the operating system. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32075 | |||||
1149124758 | Outsourcing and Linux development boom in North America | A new survey of North American software developers has revealed a marked in increase in outsourcing and offshoring as well increased Linux adoption. | http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4490/53/ | |||||
1149125229 | Getting started with Wacom tablets in Linux | When it comes to support, I have found the Linux Wacom project to be first-rate at answering questions, and the quality of the documentation puts a lot of other projects to shame | http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/05/22/1916249.shtml?tid=131&tid=125 | |||||
1149125532 | ARM11-based mobile apps processor gains Linux support | Freescale's ARM11-based i.MX31 mobile applications processor has gained commercial Linux support through TimeSys's subscription-based Web service offering for embedded Linux developers. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3527558253.html | |||||
1149126402 | Java is not dead | In fact, that'll be a much less risky situation for Java users than we had in the late 1990s, when Hewlett-Packard was writing its own Java clone and Sun sued Microsoft for making its Windows version of Java incompatible with Sun's original. Fragmentation? Incompatability? Been there, done that. Java survived. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1872097736;fp;2;fpid;3 | |||||
1149126745 | Low cost computing for emerging communities | 'This Microsoft suggests is somehow a "better" solution than the $100 One Laptop per Child project that they try to sabotage, for addressing the "needs" of students in poor communities.' | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1565 | |||||
1149127212 | OASIS ODF Accessibility Subcommittee recommendations | Begun at the start of this year, the OASIS ODF Accessibility Subcommittee has just completed its first assigned task: an accessibility evaluation of the ~700 page ODF 1.0 specification. | http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/korn/20060526 | |||||
1149152991 | Denmark goes further with open standards based formats | "The state should adopt and maintain a set of open standards by 1 January 2008" | http://gotze.eu/2006/01/roadmapping_den.html | |||||
1149154442 | Microsoft's Linux overture: More sizzle, less steak | "They've done a pretty good job, especially on the server side," he says. "The problem is there are so many undocumented things about the Microsoft environment, it's a moving target." | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060601.TWEINSIDER01/TPStory/Business | |||||
1149154930 | NICTA readies Linux-powered driving aid | Failing to see a sign may be an excuse of the past for speeding when National ICT Australia's (NICTA) Linux-based Smart Cars technology comes to market within 12 months. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1573194622;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1149155190 | Economic Times: Goodbye MS Office, hello OpenOffice | OpenOffice, a multiplatform and multilingual office suite, gives users the chance to be Microsoft free -- at last! | http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1595038.cms | |||||
1149182774 | Microsoft-led coalition bands against Apple iPod | The nine companies yesterday said they would co-operate to promote Windows Media-based music and video services in a programme not unlike the Plays For Sure scheme Microsoft launched in 2004. The firms will all stress how compatible their respective software, devices and services are and how well they all work with Windows PCs. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/01/ms_allies_against_apple/ | |||||
1149183697 | The Fight Against Linux/'Naked' PC's in China | Many such vendors previously sold PCs with free operating systems such as Linux... Observers believe the Chinese vendors signed their deals with Microsoft in April under pressure from Beijing... In late March, the Chinese government went so far as to issue a decree requiring PC makers to install a licensed operating system... | http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/bs_nm/china_microsoft_dc | |||||
1149183991 | Tax authorities in Lower Saxony switch to Linux | According to a press release, 12,000 computers are affected. Since the end of April, all tax authorities have been involved in migration. By the end of September 2006, the desktop systems are all to be running on Linux except for telecommuters and servers. | http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/73772 | |||||
1149184268 | Leading French Retailers Select MySQL for their Supply Chain Management | Franprix and Leader Price have chosen MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, to manage the data in their enterprise-wide supply chain and product distribution platforms -- servicing over 620 Franprix stores and 490 Leader Price outlets. | http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/8756.html | |||||
1149184693 | Survey Predicts Wave of Enterprise Open Source Database Deployments | "Open source databases are leading the third major wave of mission-critical enterprise open source deployments," said Andy Astor, chief executive officer of EnterpriseDB. "Linux and its variants first demonstrated the tremendous advantages open source software brings to enterprise IT. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060601/20060601005344.html?.v=1 | |||||
1149220607 | CNN: Novell looks to Linux for a lifeline | "And Microsoft continues to suffer from security woes: Windows Vista, long before its official release, has already had to have a security patch issued to fix bugs that hackers could exploit. That's another selling point for Linux." | http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/01/technology/business2_workingtech_0601/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote | |||||
1149222894 | Open Source Graphics Take on Adobe, Microsoft | "Linux needs a top-tier commercial-standard graphics program," the (Xara) team wrote in the release announcement. "The Linux desktop has come on leaps and bounds in the last year or so... And although desktop Linux is evolving at a rapid rate, the platform is behind in the graphics market. We intend to change that," the team added. | http://www.oetrends.com/news.php?action=view_record&idnum=529 | |||||
1149223808 | A view of ODF from the other side | Microsoft should swallow their corporate pride and provide in-built support for ODF, much in the same way that Office has opened and saved WordPerfect and Rich Text format documents for many years. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1569 | |||||
1149224407 | KDE 4 Multimedia Meeting exceeds expectations | Other major KDE subprojects expect to announce similar gatherings. | http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/31/1536229&from=rss | |||||
1149224548 | Another Linux-Java Buy-in For Motorola | The purchase of TTP is also in line with Motorola's plans to deploy the use of Linux with its handsets. The open-source operating system is used in six Motorola headsets, including the Apple Tunes ROKR E2. | http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3610571 | |||||
1149248441 | Open source politics are 'American as apple pie' | Eben Moglen, professor of law at Columbia Law School, says that open source is a fundamentally American concept, contrary to the view promoted by Microsoft and others | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39272565,00.htm | |||||
1149249053 | Office to StarOffice migration leads to huge savings | Bristol calculated a five-year total cost of ownership of £670,010 for StarOffice, compared with £1,706,684 for Microsoft Office. This was despite budgeting half as much in implementation and support costs for Microsoft because many users were already on its systems. | http://society.guardian.co.uk/e-public/story/0,,1786068,00.html | |||||
1149310538 | IBM Applies Open Source Lessons to Commercial Apps | IBM is borrowing some important pages from the Open Source playbook in its pushes to re-architect its most valuable software assets, including Websphere and Tivoli. | http://www.oetrends.com/news.php?action=view_record&idnum=530 | |||||
1149311062 | Kubuntu 6.06 Review on TuxMachines | With all the Ubuntu excitement passed few days it occurred to me that being a KDE fan moreso than gnome, perhaps Kubuntu might be more my cup of tea... | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/7332 | |||||
1149332894 | Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly | The government-run Central Trust of China has mandated for the first time that all desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible, demonstrating the government's desire to widen the nation's usage of open source software. | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/06/03/2003311446 | |||||
1149405553 | Pentaho Donates Source Code to OSS Community | Pentaho Announces Pentaho Report Designer; Donates Source Code to Open Source Community to Deliver Market-Leading Ease of Use for Reporting | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-pentaho-announces-pentaho-report-designer-donates-source-code-/2006/06/01/1666633.htm | |||||
1149405669 | Desktops Need 3-D | The un-innovative Microsoft Windows 95 (and subsequent version) looked so much like 1986's GEM environment I wonder how they didn't get sued over it, Gnome is still mind-numbingly bare, KDE looks more like an overturned toolbox than a desktop, Enlightenment is getting less innovative (I preferred e16 to e17) | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1577 | |||||
1149444542 | How I used Linux network tools to solve real problems | These tools have made my network administration and troubleshooting life much easier, and it is my hope that by sharing this knowledge and experience, you will experience similar success. | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000879&pageNumber=1 | |||||
1149497980 | VMware goes way beyond the VM | VMware Infrastructure 3 will be available with most Microsoft and Linux operating systems as well as Solaris x86. VMware is still fine-tuning support for some 64-bit OSes. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/vmware_suite_three/ | |||||
1149498270 | The Success of Open Source | Operating systems like Linux in particular, and most software in general, actually are subject to positive network externalities. Call it a network good, or an antirival good (an awkward, but nicely descriptive term). | http://www.sauria.com/blog/2006/06/04#1519 | |||||
1149498528 | Microsoft Manipulates Politicians? | Members of Congress and their staff members took about 23,000 trips worth $48.9 million paid for by private interests... "Always on these trips, the question is, who else is along for the ride? A lobbyist for Microsoft? Executives from the company?... Travel almost always is a means for contact," he said. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060605/tc_pcworld/125963 | |||||
1149499102 | JBoss chief Fleury talks up Red Hat acquisition | "CRN: IBM said it makes $1 billion per quarter on its Linux sales. The revenues for Linux distributors are much less than proprietary operating system software vendors make. Is the open source operating system business truly viable over the long term?" | http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=33304&src=site-marq | |||||
1149499331 | Applications processor gains Linux support | LinuxLink now supports Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX31 applications processor. | http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/tme/tme114.html | |||||
1149499523 | Guidelines on Migrating to Open Source/Open Data Standards Software | "The main drive for a successful migration to Open Source and Open Data Standards software(OS/ODS) always starts with a clear assessment of the IT landscape, a clear vision of the needs and benefits of the transitions and continual support." | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060602232630325 | |||||
1149516473 | The Changing Landscape of Linux Users | ...moderately experienced computer users now install and use Linux as a matter of routine - perhaps not full time just yet, but certainly with an expectation to be able to dump their proprietary operating system completely in the future. | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060605#opinion | |||||
1149516558 | Ubuntu ventures into enterprise Linux | So far, those good vibes from the Ubuntu user and developer community have pushed it to the forefront of the Linux distributions since its launch in 2004. But that could all change as Ubuntu's corporate backer, Canonical, tries to nudge it into datacenters as an alternative to Linux distributions by Red Hat and Novell. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060605/tc_infoworld/78798_1 | |||||
1149516784 | The Open Source Car - Unconventional Wisdom and Sustainability | Of course a prodigious rate of innovation is required. Hitherto we have encouraged this through intellectual property rights, which harness the efforts of innovators, for the good of all, by granting a monopoly. But is this the best way? The example of Linux software would suggest not. | http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/articles/05-06-06 | |||||
1149531563 | Unisys and Open Source Continue a New Loveaffair | Unisys Announces Open Source ''Oasis'' in Enterprise Computing Landscape; Integrated software stack, focused consulting services, optimized platforms and vertical solutions help clients realize full business value of open source | http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060605005805&newsLang=en | |||||
1149531865 | In IT, Can Choice Be Bad? | There isn't a need for 30 equally regarded commercial Linux server distributions; Red Hat and Suse will do. There isn't a need for six x86 microprocessor makers; Intel and AMD suit the mainstream commercial market's needs nicely. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/50902.html | |||||
1149572029 | Linux Professional Institute Announces Haansoftas Korean Affiliate | Korean Initiative Represents a Key Component of LPI's Regional Enablement Initiative in N.E Asia | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/231431.htm | |||||
1149572193 | IBM Contributes AJAX Software Development Technology to Open Source Communi | IBM has announced plans to contribute key intellectual assets to the open source community, in an effort to help companies and software developers adopt and share best practices for Ajax software development. | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/231427.htm | |||||
1149572479 | Linux Chosen for Telecom System | Wind River says its commercial Linux distribution was chosen by Mercury Computer Systems for an ATCA-compliant system for telecom application development, evaluation, and deployment. The Ensemble2 system runs Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition (PNE-LE), and features RapidIO hardware, APIs, and utilities. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9382332259.html | |||||
1149572800 | Shawn McCarthy: Open source's impact will only grow | ...Linux is on the rise: It controls more than 12 percentof the government server market today and is projected to have over 15 percent by 2009. It also already controls more than two-thirds of the nation's supercomputer market. The second trend is the acceptance of open source in general, a direct result of Linux's proven viability. | http://www.gcn.com/print/25_14/40878-1.html | |||||
1149573038 | Bahrain's Ministry of Social Development Chooses Linux | A phased deployment of the new 'Linux' environment is in line with the Government's strategic open source initiative and is being managed by Gulf Business Machines (GBM), IBM's sole distributors, excluding selected IBM products and services, in the GCC with the exception of Saudi Arabia. | http://www.ameinfo.com/87985.html | |||||
1149573294 | Linux-powered music phone ships in Japan | Panasonic and NEC collaborated on a mobile phone platform based on MontaVista Linux in 2004, and have subsequently delivered a number of designs based on the platform, including the P900i and N900i, N901iL, P902i and N902i. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9562844772.html | |||||
1149573722 | Auto Parts Manufacturer Selects Linux Networx System | Linux Networx has announced that AISIN AW Co., LTD., one of the world's largest providers of automotive transmissions, is using a Linux Networx Supersystem to enhance product design efforts. | http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/682522.html | |||||
1149574063 | Bye, Apple; Hello, Ubuntu | Mark Pilgim Ditches Apple, Chooses Ubuntu Linux | http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/06/04/bye_apple_hello_ubuntu.html | |||||
1149602825 | China Earthquake Administration Chooses Linux | CEA selected SUSE Linux Enterprise Server after several benchmark tests among the various Linux distributions available in China. | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060606/sftu044.html?.v=63 | |||||
1149603892 | Cybersource wants Linux on white-boxes | Open source evangelist Con Zymaris wants Australian PC assemblers to consider selling dual-boot Windows and Linux systems with a new plan that he claims would "double their profit margins." | http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=38608&src=site-marq | |||||
1149604790 | Open Source Impacts Overall Database Software Market | Two recent reports from major IT analysis firms IDC and Gartner Latest News about Gartner -- which actually adjusted its market measurement in part because of open source -- highlight the significance of that impact. | http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/50898.html | |||||
1149612760 | Novell's Fight for Respect | But Novell has had a key advantage over its peers. In 2003, it acquired Germany's Suse Linux, then second only to Red Hat (RHAT) in supporting and installing Linux, the free operating system that runs on more than a quarter of the world's servers and is slowly making inroads on desktops and other areas. | http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060605_685972.htm | |||||
1149613414 | EU to announce Microsoft ruling next month | The uropean Union's executive arm fined the software group in March 2004 a record 497 million euros (638 million dollars) for abusing itsdominant market power. In addition the commission demanded that the US company divulge information about its operating system needed by manufacturers of rival products. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060606/tc_afp/euussoftwarecompany | |||||
1149614078 | Open Source Model For Hyperic HQ IT Management Platform | In early July, Hyperic will make the complete source code for the platform freely available for download from its Web site under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The GPL has enabled the development of strong communities around Linux, MySQL and many other open source technologies. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060606/20060606005194.html?.v=1 | |||||
1149655988 | Intel Forced to Compete Over Quality, Price | According to an article in EETimes, Intel's processor sales dropped 52 percent this April as compared with April one year ago. Unit sales dropped 21 percent and prices dropped 40 percent." | http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/1538243&from=rss | |||||
1149656872 | Another Google App, Another Google Yawn | ...the real power for any office suite will continue to remain on the desktop. And, as it happens, there already a better and free alternative to Microsoft Office for the desktop: OpenOffice.org. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060606/tc_zd/180190 | |||||
1149657925 | FSMLabs claims first CGL 3.x registration | The OSDL's next-generation Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) specificationhas attracted its first registrant. | http://www.embedded-computing.com/news/db/?3038 | |||||
1149658467 | Ubuntu in abundance | A Linux distribution run by a South African millionaire and based on Debian is seeing a spike in support from major vendors. Is there room in the market for more than two commercialized open source OSes? | http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=39671 | |||||
1149658783 | Another loss for the proprietary model | When money and market share aren't at issue, cooperation becomes assumed. If everyone in the open source world is using the same file format that's not a monopoly ? it's a standard. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=671 | |||||
1149659028 | In the Linux comfort zone... | Windows XP. Riiigggghhhtt. It's okay, I think to myself. I can do this. I've used all the Windows versions since 3.1. I tentatively peer at the screen. It doesn't feel very friendly. I point and click on the Internet Explorer icon. It's slow loading - I start imagining all the filthy little viruses... | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1587 | |||||
1149659706 | When disaster strikes, OSS-based service is there to help | With families separated and desperate to find one another, ContactLovedOnes.org launched a free call-in service, based on open source software, that helped them to reconnect... The VoIP system runs on Asterisk IP PBX and a MySQL database on top of Linux. | http://mobile.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/19/1450231&from=rss | |||||
1149684899 | Symantec Ports Storage Apps To IBM's Power On Linux Platform | IBM said Symantec is working on a port of Veritas products for its Power servers running Linux. | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=188702212 | |||||
1149700742 | TimeSys Announces Major Upgrade to Embedded Linux Developer Suite | Continuously-updated Resource Is The Only Embedded Linux Solution Addressing Entire Development Lifecycle | http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060607005468&newsLang=en | |||||
1149701208 | IBM to Employ Open-Source Development Style for Tools | IBM plans to launch a new development scheme patterned after open-source initiatives for one of its upcoming commercial offerings. | http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1973135,00.asp | |||||
1149740746 | BPI urges Apple to open iTunes | The British Phonographic Institute has called on Apple to make its iTunes DRM compatible with other music players. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/07/bpi/ | |||||
1149741213 | Reader poll: Spreadsheets could erode Excel user base | Following the release of Google Spreadsheets, Microsoft may find it difficult to retain some of its Excel spreadsheet users, according to an informal CNET News.com poll. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6081138.html | |||||
1149741815 | Linux demoed alongside RTOSes on Intel Core Duo | Jaluna has joined Intel's communications partner program, and demonstrated unmodified versions of Linux and various RTOSes (real-time OSes) running simultaneously on Intel's Core Duo architecture. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4427428820.html | |||||
1149742483 | O Canada! Canadians and Open Source | Long article about Open Source GIS and Open Source in Canada | http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2194&trv=1 | |||||
1149742629 | Open Source in New Zealand | With several global IT firms now backing the open source process, New Zealand business and government entities appear to be feeling more comfortable with these applications as an adjunct or replacement for proprietary solutions. | http://m-net.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=311&Itemid=249 | |||||
1149743182 | Mozilla: IE7 Won't Catch Firefox on Security | "We do fix a lot of bugs, but we also have transparency. You're going to know everything that we fix," said Christopher Blizzard, a board member for the Mozilla Corporation. "Internet Explorer has known bugs that still haven't been fixed. We do regular security releases." | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/50961.html | |||||
1149743486 | Re-educating IT buyers | Enterprise software pricing is one of open source's biggestopportunities...and biggest headaches. On the opportunity side, it's ahuge amount of fun to compete against the bloated, unconscionable pricesof my proprietary competitors. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/06/reeducating_it.html | |||||
1149744005 | Can the malware industry be trusted? | Today, players like McAfee, Symantec, Norton, and dozens of other firms fight for a share of a market worth tens-of-billions of dollars a year... "can the malware industry be trusted?" is a resounding "No!" What do you think? | http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/1832223&from=rss | |||||
1149744253 | Jon "maddog" Hall on FOSS in the developing world | ...in a lot of places Linux may be the only computer system they have ever seen. They had never been able to afford the high-priced software and hardware to use computers. Linux, running on refurbished, donated hardware may give these people their first access to computers. | http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/31/1445252 | |||||
1149745069 | Standards Organizations: Work With Me | The groups' collective momentum around interoperability is helping to drive a "mainstream market for standards-based communication platforms," the companies said. | http://www.xchangemag.com/tdhotnews/66h521455259332.html | |||||
1149745405 | Microsoft Stockholders Cuddled, Customers Screwed | "I'm speaking of course of the deadly payload Microsoft will deliver under the name of their new operating system, Vista. In a nutshell, Vista will complete the DRM/Trusted Computing circuit. Hardware makers have already buckled to the Microsoft directive and manufactured their components to do their bidding." | http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/73-Stockholders-Cuddled,-Customers-Screwed.-Microsoft-Sorry,-its-just-business.html | |||||
1149777184 | Why Origami UMPC battery life sucks | The component that really eats battery life in UMPCs is theCold Cathode Fluorescent (CCFL) backlight, which illuminatesthe LCD screen. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32286 | |||||
1149777682 | Firms still leaving door open to hackers | Three in five (61 per cent) firms audited by UK-based penetration testing firm NTA Monitor have one or more high risk vulnerabilities on their internet connections. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/08/nta_monitor_security_survey/ | |||||
1149778496 | WS02 offers open source app server sans J2EE stack | WS02 is offering an open source application server which, unlike that of its rivals, is not based on a J2EE stack but instead focuses on XML and Web services. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060608/tc_infoworld/79049 | |||||
1149779029 | Software Squashes Bugs With Help From Users, Open Source | The best software developers in the world know you can't create codewithout bugs -- it's just not possible. However, new open source LatestNews about open source software being put to use by open source projects including Evolution, Gaim, theGimp, Gnome, Rhythmbox and others can more quickly find the worst bugs... | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Lgc53ypL5pi1Ib/Software-Squashes-Bugs-With-Help-From-Users-Open-Source.xhtml | |||||
1149779657 | The Penguin's Practical Network Troubleshooting Guide | Linux has everything you need to do any kind of networking, plus it has eleventy-eight hundred different software utilities for network monitoring and troubleshooting. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6243/1/ | |||||
1149779821 | NISA V14.0 Software Suite Available For Linux | NISA Combined With Linux Will Enable Enterprise Users to HandleLarge Engineering Simulations With Ease | http://www.linux.sys-con.com/read/232911.htm | |||||
1149780155 | Linux: There's more to it than meets the eye | This is a screenshot... So don't trust your eyes: what you see is made possible with the help of five machines, all running Linux - not counting the Apache web server on our web host, which serves you these pages using Debian GNU/Linux 'Sarge' again, and which makes it six. Now if that's not a Linux success story... | http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=86 | |||||
1149780351 | Certification: Exploring the Ubuntu Professional Certification | The certification has been created through an alliance between Canonical, Ubuntu, and the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). | http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10089/ur0606b/ur0606b.html | |||||
1149827933 | Dell Googles for Growth | The Fool's Seth Jayson recently homed in on the key challenge facing Dell: keeping "cash flow on the grow." Restless investors, seeing the challengeDell faces, have sent the stock plunging so far over the past year thatit's lost a third of its value. | http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06060804.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y | |||||
1149828705 | Bumper crop of Microsoft patches on the way | Microsoft customers should brace for an onslaught of security updates. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6081634.html | |||||
1149829620 | SDK offers "natural" handwriting input for Linux devices | Vision Objects says its MyScript Builder SDK can be used to createinput methods that allow users to write naturally, whether writingemail, sending text messages, or taking notes. It supports cursiveand print handwriting modes, as well "isolated mode," in whichcharacters are separated by vertical lines. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3893820625.html | |||||
1149829762 | Mobile DTV technology supports Linux devices | Intervideo is demonstrating mobile digital TV (DTV) technology thatsupports Linux devices this week, at Computex in Taipei. The companysays its iMobi DTV technology enables device manufacturers to addmobile TV capabilities tomobile phones, PDAs, automobileentertainment systems, portable media players, and other devices. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4951617244.html | |||||
1149830434 | Home NAS server reference design runs Linux | Taiwanese IC (integrated circuit) design house DataStor used embedded Linux to create a home network-attached storage appliance reference design. The NAS Gear design is based on a 200MHz ARM9 processor, supports drives larger than 500GB, and features an integrated blue LCM (liquid-crystal module). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7372620239.html | |||||
1149830494 | ARM9 microcontroller costs $6, runs Linux | Atmel will ship in June the world's first ARM9-based microcontroller (MCU) to support small-footprint RTOSes (real-time OSes), it claims. The AT91SAM9260 is the first of Atmel's SAM9 MCU line, aimed at providing an upgrade path to SAM7 MCU customers in real-time control markets. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8107946385.html | |||||
1149830609 | Linux powers patient pacemaker programmer | IBM and St. Jude Medical used embedded Linux to build a device that lets cardiac care clinicians retrieve and analyze data from implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers, and make programmatic changes to them. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6482197877.html | |||||
1149831217 | Unisys dives into open source/Linux | The database server suites include MySQL and PostgreSQL, as well as tools and services to move databases and application servers from Unix and RISC to Linux and Intel systems. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;65418940;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1149831707 | Open Source Linux Router | Vyatta and Sangoma Technologies have partnered to advance the market for network routers and firewalls based on open-source Linux technologies. | http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/3249 | |||||
1149831866 | The Economics of Free Software | Companies that now sell proprietary software will eventually be forced to give their software away -- but the smart ones will stay in business, selling services, support and content. | http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2929?jsessionid=52bd6b3715b9b61ceb34f7c5ece9be57 | |||||
1149832135 | My Penguin, The Doctor | Many people in the Linux community know that its an operating system built to handle the most mission-critical of jobs. In fact, Linux is so stable, it can handle the most mission-critical job of all: managing the human heart. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6246/1/ | |||||
1149849726 | Nation of Bhutan Chooses Linux | While the promise of integrating the Dzongkha Unicode system,developed since 1998 at a cost of US$523,000, in Microsoft Vista may beout of the window, locals have come up with a much cheaper but moreadvanced software for Dzongkha computing. | http://www.dit.gov.bt/newsdetail.php?newsId=44 | |||||
1149850239 | Brainstorming ways to push open source | Having the latest computer technology is great. But what e-government users from the public sector as well as citizens really want is software interoperability. Unfortunately IT managers still only pay lip service to such interoperability, concludes a European project assessing today's open-source movement. | http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/ID/82321/BrowsingType/Features | |||||
1149850401 | Open source web services get Intel funds | Open-source web services startup WS02 has launched its first product,Tungsten, and taken a $4 million investment from Intel's venturecapital arm. | http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=6181&pagtype=all | |||||
1149861862 | Microsoft wraps up code for 'supercomputer' Windows | Such work, long handled by systems from SGI and Cray, has increasingly been tackled by Linux clusters, though Microsoft has been planning its entry for some time. | http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6081810.html?part=rss&tag=6081810&subj=news | |||||
1149862323 | Windows Live Push Lacking Open API's | Microsoft enlists developers for Live push... Pundits say if more developers begin designing applications around Web sites, rather than the Windows operating system, Microsoft stands to lose. | http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6081838.html?part=rss&tag=6081838&subj=news | |||||
1149862890 | Students think mainframes are cool | IBM is now working with over 250 universities around the world toprovide mainframe courses. The help comes in: The creation of course material covering all the basics including ISPF, JCL, VSAM and Assembler, that all go back to the original 360 days, as well as the slightly newer z/VM, CICS and DB2 and finally the newer boy on the block, Linux. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/09/students_love_mainframes/ | |||||
1149863344 | German Linux migration not a taxing decision | The German public sector has embraced open source enthusiastically. Nine out of every 10 German local authorities are using open source software, according to the MERIT survey, and OpenOffice.org is being run on more than 50,000 PCs in the German public sector, according to Erwin Tenhumberg, a product marketing manager at Sun. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39274196,00.htm | |||||
1149863560 | Pepper Pad Player Gives Linux Place Among Handheld Media Gadgets | ...the latest Pepper Pad runs Linux for the operating system's stability and resistance to viruses and other malicious software, Pepper spokesperson Mark Metzger told LinuxInsider. "It was a very conscious decision not to use Windows," he said. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/50995.html | |||||
1149899695 | New Low for MSFT | MSFT Drops to $21 Territories | http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=358464 | |||||
1149899745 | This week in software wars | While Microsoft has its eyes on Vista, Google is opening up a new front in its battle for a greater piece of the software titan's territory. | http://news.com.com/2100-1023_3-6082330.html?part=rss&tag=6082330&subj=news | |||||
1149900028 | Reviewer Disappointed with Windows Vista | On a very superficial level Vista feels like Windows XP SP2 in a fancy suit. I really do hope that it is much more than that though. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32321 | |||||
1149901530 | Open Source Spreadsheets Praised by Spreadsheets Inventor | "If this is successful, I'll show that a small-business person can go into open source and make a living on it," Bricklin says. "Somehow money seems to show up for open source." | http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060609/ap_on_hi_te/internet_profile_bricklin | |||||
1149902295 | Can Novell SUSE Linux Take On Microsoft Windows Vista? | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 has the feature set, compatibility and flexibility to meet the needs of most corporate desktop users. What's more, at a price point roughly one-tenth of what Vista and Office 2007 will cost, SUSE Linux becomes harder to ignore. | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=188703320 | |||||
1149902929 | Augustin still believes in open source values | "Open source enables people to reach all those customers. It's a distribution model. The people who create great software can now reach the rest of the world." | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=675 | |||||
1149903168 | Go open source or go under | Don't go half-way on open source ... Eventually, unless you go open, you'll go under. Sorry about that. It's one of those harsh realities. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2006/06/go_open_source.html | |||||
1149903486 | Open source promises more business functions | A new wave of open-source tools will offer capabilities for collaboration,portals, content management and business intelligence, say analysts | http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/news/2157985/open-source-promises-business | |||||
1149903774 | Single-chip WiFi radio supports Linux | Conexant Systems is shipping a 68 square millimeter single-chip 802.11b/g radio designed for battery-powered handheld device applications. The CX53121 targets mobile phones, VoIP handsets, cameras, MP3 players, gaming consoles, and GPS gadgets, and supports Linux, according to the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8909671767.html | |||||
1149904354 | The Anti-Linux FUD Approach is Dying | People are not afraid, uncertain, or doubtful about Linux anymore. And they're wondering what all the naysayers are trying to hide. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2006-06-09-019-26-OP-SW | |||||
1149904724 | Yankee Group Server Reliability Study Severely Criticised | It doesn't jibe with Linuxdeployments growing like wildfire. In first quarter 2006, alone, Linuxservers grew 17 percent and account for 12.2 percent of all server revenue,according to research firm IDC. | http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3612216 | |||||
1149904930 | DB2 Database to Run 4 Linux Distros | DB2 9 will initially ship on Microsoft's Windows operating system, IBM'sAIX flavor of Unix and a number of Linux distributions including Red Hat,Suse, Ubuntu and Mandriva, Picciano said. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1785333609;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1149905262 | Linux vs. Windows: Fight to the Death | "Yes, Microsoft software sucks. Yes, it is true that removing all Windows PCs from the Internet will instantly eliminate 95% of spam and malware. It's buggy, inefficient and insecure, and no amount of propaganda, fake studies, or fakier analysts will change that. Microsoft's business tactics set all-time records for corruption and bullying." | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/62606/index.html | |||||
1149906205 | Anti-Linux Lies from Ballmer | Ballmer said Linux is not gaining as much share against Windows as naysayers once predicted. The Linux desktop has gone nowhere and Linux server sales have peaked, he claimed... One open source consultant dismissed Ballmer's contention, and said Linux' momentum is not over. | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=188703264&cid=CRNBreakingNews | |||||
1149954572 | Jive IM Goes Open Source | Jive Software announced this week that it plans to make the source of its IM client available under a free software license. | http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/enterprise/article.php/3612601 | |||||
1149955336 | Newly Developed Open Source Adapter Opens for Alternatives To Microsoft | With OMC Denmark's newly developed adapter "BRUTUS", the market is no longer tied up to Microsoft's own software. "Brutus" will enable the market, hereunder the public sector to choose the most optimal solutions for communicating with the Exchange server. | http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb396312.htm | |||||
1149956295 | A Linux User's Look at Vista Beta 2 | It has a much nicer look and seems to behave better, but it also appears to be a fancy face on the same ole windows with a few new apps thrown in. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/7494 | |||||
1150000607 | Origami UMPCs are a disaster | Microsoft's Origami Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) is looking like the company's biggest flop since Windows ME. Fortunately for Microsoft, it's not paying for this mistake, you are, if you buy one now. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32339 | |||||
1150002130 | The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin | Richard Stallman wrote The GNU Manifesto in 1984. As I said in Chapter 12, "it marks the true beginning of the GNU Project." One part of the Manifesto, "Why I must write GNU," has been a "favorite" of mine forover twenty years... | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060610142459276rn | |||||
1150002519 | A Critique of DRM | Digital Rights Management (DRM) also commonly referred to as "encryption" or "copy protection", is like death and taxes -- things we don't want to think about but are resigned to nonetheless. | http://www.dotreader.com/site/?q=node/20&PHPSESSID=76b82c94fefd7651840a2cd031a6130b | |||||
1150038103 | Rational's 'gated communities' will grow and connect | Social networks will play an important part in future software development, company says | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/C9127AD4E5D4C211CC2571880017C138?OpenDocument | |||||
1150038503 | Red Hat CEO Szulik Outlines Future Plans | As corporations look to develop more open source applicationsinternally, they now have a complete open source stack to build upon.That's something that the marketplace has been requesting for a numberof years now. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/50913.html | |||||
1150038864 | Red Hat expands channel partner network in south India | Red Hat announced that it has expanded its channel partner network in southern India. The new partners signed include Bangalore IT Capital, Ashram, Login & Anora in Bangalore, Dynamic, Veeras & Gem Infotech in Chennai and SP Soft, Softpro & Computech in Hyderabad. | http://www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/106060905.asp | |||||
1150068891 | Dell, IBM, HP Prefer Linux Servers | Preference for Linux is growing, especially in high-performance computing, digital content creation, animation and video segments, say sellers of blade servers. The trend is a gradual shift towards Linux. | http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/06/12/stories/2006061200150300.htm | |||||
1150069636 | Malaysia's Strong OSS Growth | The OSS Master Plan summary also includes some important notes regarding Desktop Linux and OSS use. The report notes that since 2004, growth in the Desktop use of OSS went from 15% to 37%. It is difficult not to notice the overt signs of substantial and beneficial OSS growth. | http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/linuxmalaysia.shtml | |||||
1150081512 | IBM chief calls for end to colonial companies | Samuel Palmisano of IBM, head of IBM, on Monday called on multinationalsto evolve into a new type of corporation if they are to avoid ananti-globalisation backlash that leads to the election ofgovernments hostile to the interests of big business. | http://news.ft.com/cms/s/aa447f34-f973-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html | |||||
1150090442 | IBM, Oracle, Sun Talk Open Source | It's interesting to hear traditional companies' software groups talk aboutOpen Source. If you haven't heard IBM's Bob Sutor speak on the subject, Ithink it's worthwhile, and the viewpoints from the others are good, too. | http://danbricklin.com/log/2006_04_05.htm | |||||
1150090651 | Spreadsheets Inventor Unveils Web-based, Open Source Spreadsheets Editor | In this screencast, wikiCalc inventor and developer Dan Bricklin showsthe power of his Open Source online Spreadsheet editor. Learn how topull external data from other websites, publish a spreasheet to the web, and more. | http://www.socialtext.com/node/83 | |||||
1150091777 | Novell to Unveil Open Source ID management Today | Novell on Monday plans to officially launch Bandit, an open-source identity management project that was quietly started earlier this year. | http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-6082427.html?part=rss&tag=6082427&subj=news | |||||
1150092293 | Kleiner bankrolls Web video-editing upstart | "...Online services such as One True Media and VideoEgg are stepping up to support increasing demand for video editing, and to challenge desktop tools from Microsoft, Apple and Adobe." | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6082552.html | |||||
1150093049 | Gartner: i5/OS Loses Sales to Linux, Others | "While System i5 users continue to give it high scores in termsof functionality and manageability, its technology advancements havenot stopped Windows, Unix or Linux systems from stealing sales." | http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh061206-story03.html | |||||
1150093897 | More Microsoft Rebranding, This Time on Security | It sounds like Microsoft will be releasing more security products (READ: fixing a broken O/S) under the Forefront brand, as well, including a new version of ISA and the evolving family of Antigen security services. | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1975281,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1150094335 | Users report Ubuntu Upgrade effortless | "I am impressed. Everything seems to work..."; Another reports, "The upgrades worked like a charm on both my desktop Dell and my Dell Latitude D610 laptop."; "So far I'm really impressed with [kubuntu]"... | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/7518 | |||||
1150094544 | Towards a free matter economy | This article explores the legal problems that will be faced by free-design communities developing hardware for space. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_6 | |||||
1150109651 | Data Retrieval from Linux Clusters Made Faster | Network storage specialist Network Appliance today made its play inthe high-performance Linux computing market, unveiling an operatingsystem that stores and retrieves data from Linux clusters faster thantypical storage arrays. | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-data-ontap-gx-operating-system-will-help-customers-/2006/06/12/1677239.htm | |||||
1150109916 | Study Projects Strong Growth for Worldwide IT Consolidation Market | Consolidation growth will occur in heterogeneous environments: Linux, 14.4 percent; Windows(R), 9.8 percent; and UNIX(R), 1.2 percent. Linux represents an emerging growth opportunity for consolidation, particularly for servers and software (22.3 percent and 22.0 percent, respectively). | http://vendor.tekrati.com/research/news.asp?id=7210 | |||||
1150110055 | Red Hat puts its force behind the Intel Partner Program | This program is aimed at targeting existing Intel partnersand brings them into the Red Hat's fold to proliferate the Linuxdesktop initiative | http://www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/106061208.asp | |||||
1150110249 | I Technologies Corp (ITC) Joins the Open Source Community | I Technologies Corp (ITC) with its corporate offices located in Hartford, CT announces the release of ITCWorks Ver 2.1, an Open Source all Java Framework Library. | http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb396672.htm | |||||
1150110757 | FiveRuns launches open source management tools | FiveRuns Corp is releasing a hosted systems management service that is initially targeted at SMBs that are interested in open source offerings like the Linux OS, Apache web server, TomCat J2EE container, JBoss appserver, or MySQL database. Customers will download a rich web client based on Ajax, Open Rico, and Ruby on Rails technologies. | http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=D919D386-BAFE-47B9-9099-195FC6F13E3B | |||||
1150111030 | Open Technology Group Expands | The Open Technology Group, Inc. A leading provider of Open Source training solutions, announces its expansion into California markets, with its offering of open-enrollment PostgreSQL Administration and other training programs. | http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb396958.htm | |||||
1150122958 | Nokia makes the mobile 'a full member of the internet' | Fresh from placing key aspects of its Series 60 software architecture, including the all-important mobile browser, into the open source process,it has now ported the Linux-based Apache web server, which powers many ofthe world's websites, to its Symbian Series 60 platform. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/12/nokia_pc_techniques/ | |||||
1150123381 | Oracle: The biggest Linux vendor you've never heard of | Oracle is involved with Linux, Coekaerts says, foremost because Oracle uses Linux. A lot of Linux. Right now almost 10,000 Linux servers are in use internally at Oracle. Essentially, every production server at Oracle is a Linux server. In addition, about 9,000 developers at Oracle are using Linux to develop products. | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-open-enterprise-oracle-biggest-linux-vendor-youve-never-/2006/06/12/1677418.htm | |||||
1150123714 | Hewlett-Packard Getting Closer to Linux | Our regional groups have the freedom to work more locally if a customer wants it. So we do Mandriva in France and Brazil, and Ubuntu in South Africa. If there is big interest when Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell is released, the PSG (personal systems group) can turn on a dime and offer it pretty quickly worldwide. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/b7hsCMALGZ2L15/HPs-Switzerland-Strategy-Playing-in-Unix-Linux-and-Windows-Markets.xhtml | |||||
1150123907 | Nokia 770 (Linux-based Internet Tablet) Gets VoIP, IM | Collabora Ltd. develops Open Source Telepathy framework for VoIP and Instant Messaging on the Nokia 770 Internet tablet | http://sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=25811&hilite= | |||||
1150124471 | Oracle Eases Linux Path | Validated Configurations program makes it easier to run Oracle atop Linux; a longstanding commitment gets deeper | http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=7680 | |||||
1150166569 | Virus Spreads Data, Scandal Over Winny | Compared to attacks on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software, the scope of the Antinny outbreak is narrow. But the Winny mess has caused an enormous brouhaha in Japan. | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060612/japan_winny_woes.html?.v=2 | |||||
1150167236 | Novell looks to Linux for a lifeline | "Our friends in Redmond have done us a favor," says Jaffe, pointingto announced delays in the availability of Microsoft's new WindowsVista operating system. Vista isn't expected to land until January2007, while Novell's Code Ten versions of Linux are expected thisJuly, giving Novell a six-month head start. | http://biz.yahoo.com/hbusn/060612/060106_business2_workingtech_0601.html?.v=1 | |||||
1150167691 | Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw | System affected: Windows... Amazing! Even checking your E-mails with a trusted (what is "trusted" anyway?) on-line service can screw up your computer. | http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6082934.html?part=rss&tag=6082934&subj=news | |||||
1150167885 | Microsoft eyes data-gathering services | Muglia said Microsoft plans to share with partners and corporatecustomers the mountains of data coming into the company. Applications,such as Office and Windows, use an automated system called Watson to"phone home" and send bug information to Microsoft. | http://news.com.com/2100-1011_3-6082893.html?part=rss&tag=6082893&subj=news | |||||
1150168880 | Taiwan fingered as the hub of spam distribution (via Windows zombies) | During the last month, CipherTrust identified a 21 per cent increase in the number of new zombie computers and a 20 per cent rise in unwanted email traffic. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/12/spam_distribution_study_ciphertrust/ | |||||
1150174260 | The End of Native Code? | An average PC nowadays holds enough power to run complex software programmed in an interpreted language which is handled by runtime virtual machines, or just-in-time compiled. | http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/12/2044245&from=rss | |||||
1150174693 | Unisys Tools Migrate WebLogic/Unix Stack to JBoss/Linux | "It is, in many ways, a lot easier to target Unix platforms, as Unisys has been doing, with a Linux stack than a Windows stack, which is why Unisys should have been supporting Linux for many more years than it has." | http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb061306-story08.html | |||||
1150174953 | Microsoft abandons open source discussion | "My view is that Microsoft was never going to give more than lip service to openness, so why bother? If all you're going to pay me is lip service, frankly, I'm happy to decline the honor." | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=676 | |||||
1150175405 | Consultants Promote Open Source, Web-based Applications | Optaros Inc., an open source software consulting and integration firm, today launched a Next Generation Internet (NGI) practice to help| businesses build NGI platforms, leveraging open source software. | http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060612005223&newsLang=en | |||||
1150176231 | Korean triumvirate joins FSG with Linux Standards Base-enrichment plans | Additionally, the FSG has opened an outreach and development office in Korea, described as "one of the fastest-growing Linux markets in the world." | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2929608584.html | |||||
1150176248 | Creating virtual private networks with Tsocks and VTun | Tsocks and VTun are by no means the only programs available that do virtual private networking. Other programs that you may want to have a look at include OpenVPN and Hamachi. | http://tips.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/200234&from=rss | |||||
1150176569 | SCO Group's Legal Expenses Double Losses | SCO, also embroiled in Linux-related, federal suits involving Novell Latest News about Novell, Red Hat Latest News about Red Hat and AutoZone, further endured a precipitous slide in receipts. The company recorded $7.12 million in revenue for the quarter, down 23 percent from the $9.25 million reported this time last year. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51035.html | |||||
1150177085 | Microsoft cozies up to the GPL? | What's next? Dogs and cats marrying each other? It almost sounds like a joke headline, but there it is: a top Microsoftexecutive saying complimentary things about open source. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9006356588.html | |||||
1150177297 | TCO and the PC upgrade problem | "Why Microsoft has never cared to do this for its desktop users is beyond me. Including the people costs of PC upgrades is worthy of note and should factor into future desktop decisions." | http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2006/061206tolly.html?page=2 | |||||
1150209869 | Gloomy Tuesday Patch for Windows | Microsoft has decided Windows 98 is too old to continue patching One of the biggest security updates for more than a year is being released by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws. | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5074406.stm | |||||
1150210336 | Microsoft security chief looks beyond Vista | Windows Live OneCare and Microsoft Client Protection are about security, but realistically they are about manageability; they are about services to improve the simplicity of managing your system, whether it's your home system or enterprise security. | http://news.com.com/Microsoft+security+chief+looks+beyond+Vista+-+page+2/2008-7355_3-6083094-2.html?tag=st.num | |||||
1150210779 | Watch the World Cup in ASCII, via Telnet | There are currently too many connections, but it seems promising. | http://ascii-wm.net/# | |||||
1150211374 | PC shipments slow, but market still healthy | "...strong demand in emerging markets, portable adoption, falling prices, incomplete market penetration, continuing technology development and aggressive competition between component vendors, PC vendors, and distribution channels will continue to fuel solid growth." | http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/06/13/pc_shipments/ | |||||
1150211658 | Microsoft Promises, But Does Not Deliver | TechEd 2006 The one advantage of delivering an uninspiring keynote is that it is very unlikely to inspire a myth or legend that I can later have fun imploding, but that was the task that seemed to be set for Bob Muglia and Ray Ozzie at the Microsoft TechED keynote here in Boston. It was short on technology and long on promises... | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/13/teched_keynote/ | |||||
1150212079 | Linux Australia urges Govornment to support free competition | "Australian small businesses are world-class at using, deploying and building Open Source software. We must be free to do so without fear of lawsuits from the larger incumbents we compete against." | http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4619/53/ | |||||
1150212340 | Agile Software Company Launches Open Source Initiative | Digital Focus' Open Source Initiative willunveil several Open Source Software products over the next several months... Open Source Software has become critical to the infrastructure ofCorporate America. Companies are deploying software such as Linux, ApacheHTTPD, and JBoss in production systems... | http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-13-2006/0004379380&EDATE= | |||||
1150212915 | Hospital OS Software, Key to Sustainable Development in Thai Hospitals | The software is user-friendly as it is developed with JAVA programming language, which can easily work with other applications such as Windows, Linux, and PostgreSQL. | http://www.linuxmednews.com/1148636889 | |||||
1150213472 | Linux Networx Accelerators to Drive Up to 4x Price/Performance | Developers Program Launched to Speed Adoption of Accelerator Innovation | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/234587.htm | |||||
1150213743 | Greenplum Bullish About Open Source Business | "These companies are familiar using open source technologies and have already built entire infrastructures on [open source] building blocks. If you look closely at the genesis of the Internet, it's built mainly on open source standards and LAMP-stacks." | http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=BDE03A2C-7916-4568-ABAD-20AA4F0D8097 | |||||
1150214203 | Digital Maoism | The various formulations of "open" or "free" software are different from the Wikipedia and the race to be most Meta in important ways. Linux programmers are not anonymous and in fact personal glory is part of the motivational engine that keeps such enterprises in motion | http://edge.org/3rd_culture/lanier06/lanier06_index.html | |||||
1150214414 | Venezulela to Train Over 400,000 People in Open Source Software | This training program will be carried out by the National Center of Information Technologies (CNTI, Spanish acronym). CNTI's President, Jorge Berrizbeitia, explained that the first goal is to train the population that does not know anything about this field. | http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000199 | |||||
1150214626 | What happened to GNU/Linux evangelism? | Headlines/Gist: We've got the software and hardware support we wanted; Unrealistic expectations; Trolls;The tech divide; Changes in leadership focus | http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/257/1/ | |||||
1150214764 | Red Hat: Microsoft, Ubuntu no competition | Red Hat is not losing any sleep over Microsoft's impending entry intothe cluster computing space. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,39367291,00.htm | |||||
1150215070 | Comprehensive Guide for GNU/Linux Switch | This page is meant to be a repository for requirements and tips for those thinking about switching to Linux. It should contain short descriptions and links to pages giving more details. | http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/Switching_to_Linux | |||||
1150256405 | Can Novell SUSE Linux Take On Microsoft Windows Vista? | "Simple answer is yes. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 has the feature set, compatibility and flexibility to meet the needs of most corporate desktop users. What's more, at a price point roughly one-tenth of what Vista and Office 2007 will cost, SUSE Linux becomes harder to ignore." | http://www.crn.com/nl/crndailynews/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=188703320 | |||||
1150256973 | US Patent Office Opens up for Standards | The new system allows patent filers to submit PDF applications throughthe USPTO Web site. People submitting material get an immediateacknowledgement that it was received. Older versions of the systemsent confirmation postcards through the mail. | http://www.fcw.com/article94837-06-08-06-Web | |||||
1150259273 | Spyware and Trojans threats on rise | Spyware and Trojan threats are rising dramatically, now accounting forthe majority of the online attacks, a new report reveals. Webroot'slatest report shows that during the first quarter of 2006 the numberof spyware infections jumped to 87 per cent from 72 per cent in thesame period in 2005; a rise of 15 percent. | http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/86554.html | |||||
1150262265 | Windows Pwned Without User Intervention | "While a lot of these (other Microsoft) remote execution flaws require interaction (by the user), this one does not. A user doesn't have to click on a link or open an attachment." | http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6083424.html?part=rss&tag=6083424&subj=news | |||||
1150263669 | Pulver: Media/Video Headed for Internet | "The same DNA that disrupted the telecom industry is well on its way to totally revolutionizing the way the TV, film, and broadcast industry is going to be," Mr. Pulver says, adding that he's now looking for "the Vonage of Internet video." | http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115015879072178440-A6nmpm01i3DujWpgUTyz1DgVFZA_20070613.html?mod=blogs | |||||
1150264523 | Stratus supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Fault tolerant server specialist Stratus will begin offering full support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) running on its latest generation of server hardware from Monday 19 June. | http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2158198/stratus-supports-red-hat | |||||
1150264785 | Linux powers rugged vehicle computer | Parvus will demonstrate a new Linux-ready in-vehicle computer on June 13, at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Rail Conference in New York City. The DuraCOR 1100 is a rugged, Intel Celeron-based "vehicle logic unit" (VLU) that targets "information-level applications" in road and rail transit vehicles. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3234897049.html | |||||
1150264930 | Linux powers remote education system in rural China | Opera reports that a version of its web browser will be used in a line of extremely inexpensive Linux-based set-top boxes that will be marketed directly to individuals in rural areas of China. The boxes will enable the Chinese government to deliver remote education programs to citizens who may not otherwise have access to education, Opera says. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5619102563.html | |||||
1150265167 | Turbolinux Penetrates China | Turbolinux Advances Linux Market Leadership Position in China; Leading Linux Distributor Launches Platform across Qingzang Railway System and Deploys Operating Systems for China Mobile Wireless Music Portal | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-turbolinux-advances-linux-market-leadership-position-china-leading-/2006/06/13/1682401.htm | |||||
1150265564 | Open source makes a good donation | "The main advantages of the upgrade have been the integration of thecharity's IT system and a high level of system reliability. The use of open source software has meant the systems were not only substantially cheaper than proprietary systems, but have been adjusted to the charity's needs." | http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/06/13/216332/Open+source+makes+a+good+donation.htm | |||||
1150266460 | Yankee Group PR's Roller Coaster Ride | Onthe downside, Yankee issued a press release on operating systemreliability that was sure to fan flames among its Linux detractors.Imagine their glee -- the detractors' glee, that is -- on discoveringfactual errors in the release. | http://oped.tekrati.com/OpinionEditorialDetail.asp?Newsid=7234 | |||||
1150267146 | Beware when Microsoft reaches out | Muglia counts his colleague Bill Hilf's research on fodder for its "Get the facts" campaign and future purchased benchmarks, should Vista ever be released, as being about "interoperability." It's all an effort to make Microsoft look like a reasonable party and the GPL crowd as wild-eyed, anti-business zealots. | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/13/195257&from=rss | |||||
1150286326 | EU pressed for caution on tech antitrust regulation | A Harvard law professor who consults for Intel subtly argued the company's antitrust case on Wednesday, without actually mentioning its name, at a European Commission conference on abuse of dominance. | http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-06-14T105739Z_01_L14262697_RTRIDST_0_EU-ANTITRUST.XML | |||||
1150287122 | Red Hat dismisses Microsoft as HPC competition | Scott Crenshaw, general manager of enterprise Linux platform at Red Hat, also dismissed Microsoft's entry into cluster computing. He said that Microsoft was playing catch-up. Linux is associated with high-performance computing, but Windows has never achieved that on a large scale. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32400 | |||||
1150287415 | Intel: Driver flaws no major threat--yet | In a recent experiment, researchers at the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker searched for publicly known vulnerabilities in drivers for Microsoft's Windows operating system. They also hunted for malicious code that took advantage of those security holes. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6083511.html | |||||
1150287761 | IBM Linux Solution Optimizes Enterprise Data Warehousing | IBM introduced a fully integrated and scalable data warehouse solutionfor Linux that combines software, server, and storage resources tomaximize business intelligence and information management performancefor enterprises. | http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1057659 | |||||
1150288685 | Open source DRM is the elephant in the room | Mobile phone podcasting start-up Melodeo Inc has announced that it is creating a new initiative to develop open source digital rights management technology. | http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=07BBDA64-C9F3-44CA-9E90-5320F1820C29 | |||||
1150336773 | Claimed least-expensive thin clients run Linux | Devon IT is shipping a line of very low-cost thin clients based on 800MHz Via C3 processors and a Linux-based "DeTOS" OS. Priced from $150 to $250, the NTAVO NTA 6020-series clients support RDP, ICA, and X-clients, with Java, terminal emulation, and a local browser optional. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9832058108.html | |||||
1150337041 | Open source creates U.S. manufacturing jobs | "Open Source Storage has just opened a 32,000 square foot manufacturing plant. In Sunnyvale. California. On the old Atari campus... Open source. Jobs in the USA. No need for capital. Did you just read that right? You did." | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=680 | |||||
1150337353 | Claimed-first VMEbus board with PCI-express runs Linux | Swedish board vendor Recab is shipping the first VME board with PCI Express, it claims. The RVME1200 "Oden" is based on an Intel Pentium M, runs Linux, and features a single sixteen-lane PCI Express connector, supporting up to 8GB/s of throughput (4GB/s in each direction). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7300251390.html | |||||
1150337647 | Wireless Developer Aims to Make 'Free' Pay Off | ...the company will see if investors are attracted to a businessmodel based on "free" as much as its 4,500 commercial customers seem tobe. Two weeks ago, Trolltech filed for an initial public stock offeringon the Oslo Stock Exchange." | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51095.html | |||||
1150338247 | HI Researcher Continues OpenDocument FUD | ...he then calls on the "zealots" to focus on the merits of ODF. Even though I have written in my responses how ODF is more mature and more "open" than Microsoft's own XML, Titch never even touched the merits of Microsoft's XML or ODF himself. He never addressed why Microsoft could not have contributed to OpenDocument's development. | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/62901/index.html | |||||
1150338527 | Microsoft Sucks up to Massachusetts with Free Software Donation | "...companies often try to gain name recognition by placing their brands with younger consumers... Microsoft's software includes normal applications, such as word processing and spreadsheets, as well as more advanced programs." | http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/06/13/microsoft_offers_schools_in_mass_free_software/ | |||||
1150339312 | JBoss to start open sourcing systems management agent | JBoss is opening up its Operations Network (ON) agent technology to developers in a bid to drive standards in open-source systems management, the middleware vendor has announced... JBoss is now the middleware division of Red Hat... | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;265200110;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1150383762 | Apple's Growing Bite of the Market | By 2008, assuming IDC forecasts for worldwide PC sales of 279 million units are correct, the Mac could account for 3.7% of the worldwide market. The company's share starts to approach 5% by 2010. That's more progress than Mac users have seen in many years. | http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060615_080175.htm | |||||
1150383865 | Attack code comes on heels of Microsoft patches | Just a day after Microsoft released patches for vulnerabilities in some of its software, code designed to take advantage of those weaknesses appeared on the Internet. | http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6084000.html?part=rss&tag=6084000&subj=news | |||||
1150385831 | RTLinux meets the new standard Carrier Grade Linux 3.2 | In its Carrier Grade RTLinux, FSMLabs has expanded the current 2.6kernel, which when compared with earlier versions already in mostrespects sports improved response times, to include hard real-timecapabilities based on the company's own developments in the real-timedomain. | http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/74316 | |||||
1150386142 | Defending Linux against Wingots | The Linux community assumes technical competence as a criterionfor membership, and an MCSE who licenses Linux from Red Hat and paysIBM to put it in and get it running, isn't a Linux community member:at best he's a welcome supporter, at worst he's a relatively harmlessparasite. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=618 | |||||
1150386640 | Copyright fires up Linux, open source advocates | Linux Australia and the Open Source Industry Association today urged the federal government not to abandon market competition. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;774841562;fp;16;fpid;0 | |||||
1150386768 | Obsidian, Stratus partner to build Linux servers | Obsidian Systems and Stratus Technologies have partnered to launch Linux-based high availability servers into the South African market. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1031 | |||||
1150387529 | Canadian MP hosts Open Source event on Parliament Hill | The Hon. Joe Fontana, P.C., M.P., Critic for Science & Research, would like to invite all Members of Parliament, Senators, and their staff to an all party information session on Open Source Software: a viable option to costly software packages. | http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/2497 | |||||
1150387881 | Palamida CEO Talks Open-Source Opportunities | Q&A: The maker of code sleuthing technology for open-source applications sees the market growing swiftly as more enterprises adopt open-source technology. | http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1976304,00.asp | |||||
1150388508 | The colonisation of South Africa continues through software | There are already many FLOSS success stories. The unstoppable march of Linux in particular onto a server, and soon, a desktop near you, is a widely accepted fact. And there's no question that FLOSS is changing the face of software around the world. | http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/10521.html | |||||
1150389088 | Ghostscript leading edge is now GPL! | I have some great news to report. The leading edge of Ghostscriptdevelopment is now under GPL license, as is the latest release,Ghostscript 8.54. | http://advogato.org/person/raph/diary.html?start=411 | |||||
1150420184 | CIOs face severe IT change by 2012 | "A second area of disruption will be software upheaval, caused by trends like open-source development, SOA (service-oriented architecture), the merger of Web-based and desktop services such as Google Inc.'s Toolbar, and composite applications like IBM Corp.'s WebSphere or software from SAP AG..." | http://www.itworld.com/Man/060615techchange/ | |||||
1150425010 | Windows Vista goes to Black Hat | Microsoft has a first this year at Black Hat Briefings and Training USA, the annual security conference in Las Vegas that always attracts a lot of attention. | http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6084369.html?part=rss&tag=6084369&subj=news | |||||
1150425431 | Why Microsoft won't miss Gates | "...it is that the company is now working feverishly just to keep from falling farther behind Google while fighting off the potentially deadly threat posed by open-source software." | http://news.com.com/2010-1014_3-6084534.html?part=rss&tag=6084534&subj=news | |||||
1150425706 | CNET: Microsoft Shows Signs of Age | Microsoft turns 31 this year, and it's showing signs of age... Linux, though, could begin to make inroads here as well. Intel haseven designed cheap Linux desktops for PC makers. | http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6084554.html?part=rss&tag=6084554&subj=news | |||||
1150426067 | The truth about Windows Vista hardware | ...to put things in perspective, Windows XP Pro has a minimum requirement for a 233MHz Pentium processor, 64MB of RAM and 4GB of hard drive space. Just imagine running Windows XP on that sort of hardware and then consider what Vista would be like on a system that passes the Upgrade Advisor with flying colours. Exactly. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/15/windows_vista_hardware/ | |||||
1150426926 | Linux powers security, surveillance DVR | Securtex International is shipping a line of Linux-powered DVRs (digital video recorders) for security and surveillance applications. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5125483292.html | |||||
1150427155 | How to get ready for a move to Linux | Are you planning a move to Linux from a Unix environment? If so, this detailed questionnaire can help you get ready for the migration. | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=18&articleId=9001201 | |||||
1150427379 | Bodog gambles on Linux and JBoss, and wins | Bodog started out using WebLogic and Versant on Solaris, but ran onto problems when a bug repeatedly took servers down at critical junctures. Vendors didn't offer much help, but a switch to Linux and JBoss brought Bodog some much-needed relief in the form of more reliable uptime and scaling capacity. | http://business.newsforge.com/business/06/06/08/1621241.shtml?tid=37&tid=138 | |||||
1150428000 | Open Source Is a Model For Innovation | "At first, he admitted, there tends to be resistance -- particularlyamong members of the R&D community -- to let outsiders into theirlabs. That is where the open source analogy plays well." | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3613686 | |||||
1150428317 | Microsoft Grants Their Way Out of Massachusetts Open Source Mandate | Microsoft was making grants available to Massachusetts public schools and universities... Last year there had been much chatter about abandoning any format that did not comply with open-source document standards... | http://www.bostonist.com/archives/2006/06/15/microsoft_grants_their_way_out_of_massachusetts_open_source_mandate.php | |||||
1150428705 | Coming soon: Native Wi-Fi support for Linux | Software developers who build products for the Linux platform will no longer have to worry about embedding drivers to offer wireless support. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,39367396,00.htm | |||||
1150429813 | Ubuntu ready for big biz | "Ubuntu has a reputation for working well out of the box on desktops, and we have worked to bring that same ease of deployment and configuration to the server marketplace," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of UK-based Canonical, which sponsors the Ubuntu project. | http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=18723 | |||||
1150464235 | Ego-crazed Scoble burns MS bridges | The post here entitled "Why Wall Street didn't believe Steve Ballmer (and what he can do about it)" hit new heights of self-aggrandising and must have made grisly reading for Microsoft's PR. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32466 | |||||
1150465194 | Microsoft's past stock options practice poses questions | Microsoft in 1999 announced that it would end a policy of awarding options at monthly lows and said it would take a $217 million charge, though many details of that discontinued practice haven't been widely known, The Wall Street Journal said Friday. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6084617.html | |||||
1150465694 | Sendmail firming up open source plans | The email software company will open source some of its proprietary products, if legal wrinkles and patent fears can be ironed out. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39275486,00.htm | |||||
1150465933 | Research ministry to 'go open source' | The State Ministry for Research and Technology is leading a national drive for government departments, local administrations and businesses to use legal, open-source programs on office computers instead of pirated software. | http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060616.H05&irec=9 | |||||
1150466327 | FOSS a business opportunity for SMEs | Free and open source software is not only becoming increasingly relevant for Africa... Lith said Connection Telecom is currently supplying support and products to more than 180 clients, most of which are Linux integrators. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1032 | |||||
1150510693 | New Excel zero-day flaw used in attacks | "Attackers are actively exploiting this vulnerability in targeted attacks," Symantec said. The issue appears to affect all versions of Excel, including Excel 2003 and Excel 2000. If the attempt is successful, the intruder will gain full control over the targeted computer, the company said. | http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6084738.html?part=rss&tag=6084738&subj=news | |||||
1150511064 | Gates' planned exit changes everything | "Gates' departure comes at a time of deep soul-searching at Microsoft. The tried-and-true ways of creating and selling software aren't working--witness the latest missed ship date for Vista, the company's hammering by investors for producing uninteresting results in the third quarter of fiscal 2006..." | http://news.com.com/2030-1014_3-6084722.html?part=rss&tag=6084722&subj=news | |||||
1150511307 | Data-thieving worm targets Orkut Windows users | The compromised computer may be added to a network of hijacked PCs, known as a botnet. The pest also tries to propagate by placing a malicious link on the profiles of people in the Orkut user's network, FaceTime said. | http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6084932.html?part=rss&tag=6084932&subj=news | |||||
1150511548 | Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat | A U.S. appeals court has upheld a ruling that Microsoft's Officesoftware infringes on a Guatemalan inventor's technology, lawyersfor the inventor said Friday. | http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6084943.html?part=rss&tag=6084943&subj=news | |||||
1150513971 | Linux-powered VoIP router line gains high-end model | Inter-Tel has added a new, high-end model to its line of Linux-based voice-over-IP communications servers for small- and medium-sized businesses. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8119891455.html | |||||
1150514324 | Google's Linux Leap | We may have just witnessed Google taking the first step into a wholenew territory, one where Linux in the enterprise will be demonstrated onall of a company's machines. | http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3613816 | |||||
1150514464 | Linux Networx Taps SilverStorm for Supercomputing Project | The SilverStorm 9000 Fabric Director system will provide a 20 Gb/sInfiniBand DDR interconnect backbone for an AMD Opteron dualprocessor-based 110-node Linux Networx Custom Supersystem withintegrated visualization and a performance-tuned storage system. | http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/695331.html | |||||
1150517041 | Novell's Desktop Advances | The Better Desktop Initiative: At LinuxWorld Canada 2006, I sat down with Ross Chevalier, Chief Technology Officer of Novell Canada, Ltd, who wanted to talk about why 2006 is finally the year of Linux on the desktop. Or more precisely, "The Year of Adoption for an EnterpriseLinux Desktop." | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6256/1/ | |||||
1150517272 | InfoWorld: Novell hits a desktop home run with SLED 10 | For the forthcoming SLED (Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10, Novell went back to the drawing board to rethink what makes a good desktop. The result is extremely impressive... SLED 10 is hands down the most polished desktop Linux distribution I've ever used -- and that includes Ubuntu. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/16/79142_25TCsled_1.html | |||||
1150517519 | Intel's bridge for the digital divide | A machine comes with either Linux or Windows and ranges in price,with monitor, from $220 to $300. "Most of (the price variation) dependson the taxes in your country," he added (Intel vice president). | http://news.com.com/Intels+bridge+for+the+digital+divide/2100-1005_3-6084250.html | |||||
1150518400 | University Project Leader Embraces Linux Stereotypes | "If you look at benchmarks on similar server platforms, Linux or Sun's Solaris operating system will run significantly better than Windows"... Dr. Kenji Takeda, a project Spitfire leader, is critical of Linux's ability to solve complex mathematical problems and carry out large, sophisticated simulations. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51151.html | |||||
1150519190 | Iranian Linux Released | Sharif Linux is a bilingual Persian/English operating system which has been developed for the local requirements of Iran, specially the Persian language. It is one of the results of the research made by the FarsiWeb Project and Sharif FarsiWeb Inc. since early 1999. | http://www.farsiweb.ir/wiki/Sharif_Linux_2_Released | |||||
1150519362 | CIO Jury: Software licensing 'too complex' | Traditional enterprise software licensing has become too complex and is pushing organisations towards on-demand and open source alternatives, according to IT directors. | http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39159641,00.htm | |||||
1150562704 | Porky Vista Beta 2 Casts Doubt On Future Release Dates | Testers told ChangeWave that Vista's 50 million lines of code expressed itself as too big, too slow, too memory-intensive and too buggy. | http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/opsys_aaejcaiddb_ch/ | |||||
1150563042 | IBM Japan Builds New Accounting System for NYK Line | NYK Line will run its core data on its z/OS-based database and has built a reliable and highly secure open system to run SAP's ERP package on Linux. | http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=136522 | |||||
1150563362 | Great Man Series: The most hated man in cyberspace | To those who believe in a proprietary model, moreover, Stallman is Satan himself. They consider him the enemy of profit, the job-destroyer. They contrast him with contemporaries Steve Jobs and Bill Gates asking, what have you done for your economy, your country? You’re destroying it. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=682 | |||||
1150600644 | Caldera OpenLinux X: Joke? Trial Balloon? Set up? Or a Hoax? | There is a supposed press release on a site owned by The SCO Group,located in Germany, purporting to announce that SCO is releasing a newversion of OpenLinux, Caldera OpenLinux X, based on the 2.5 Linux kernel.I consider it a fake announcement. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060617185813203 | |||||
1150601177 | Show Me That New GNOME Main Menu | GNOME's New Main Menu Revealed | http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2006/06/17/show-me-that-new-gnome-main-menu/ | |||||
1150613942 | Google Chokes on SPAM | Evidence: billions of spammy sites get indexed, many genuine sites are being dropped. | http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.search-engines/browse_frm/thread/905f2f310b04bafa/e3189e1d6c6bfcdc#e3189e1d6c6bfcdc | |||||
1150646620 | Jonathan Schwartz Praises Ubuntu Linux | I'd like to offer my heartiest congratulations to the Mark Shuttleworth and the Ubuntu community - what's Ubuntu? The fastest growing GNU/Linux distro out there (and as you know, volume matters). Dapper Drake is now officially available on the Sun's UltraSPARC platform, the world's only GPL microprocessor... | http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=ubuntu_on_niagara_and_platinum | |||||
1150647467 | Malaysian, Indonesian Trading Houses Place Software Order With German Firm | One of Indonesia's leading trading companies Matahari Putra Prima has ordered 1,500 licences of the TP.Linux software. | http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=203886 | |||||
1150647713 | Free Standards Group Boosts Activities in Asia | "We believe the Free Standards Group and the Linux Standard Base are very important to growing the Linux market," said Masatoshi Yoshida, general manager of the Linux software development division at Fujitsu. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51056.html | |||||
1150649924 | Microsoft's Loss of Key Staff | Microsoft has just lost the services of a man who, over the past couple of years, has done more than almost any other to transform the reputation of the software giant... No, the lowly employee who helped to repair the company's image is Robert Scoble -- also known as Scobleizer -- one of the best-known bloggers in the internet's "blogosphere". | http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-2230350,00.html | |||||
1150685619 | The software protection racket | The BSA says on its Web site you should keep all original disks, documentation, and licenses of any kind for all your software. But do they accept that? Not according to Rob Scott, attorney with Scott & Scott LLP. | http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sbt/2006/0612networker3.html?page=1 | |||||
1150687955 | Mobile Linux forum is force to be reckoned with | It's no surprise to see that a new initiative to standardise Linux in mobile phones includes DoCoMo, NEC and Panasonic. Panasonic points out that it has already shipped eight million Linux-based handsets. It appears a serious rival to the likes of Symbian and The Beast's Windows Mobile 5.0 is in the making. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32483 | |||||
1150690386 | 11 Ubuntu Linux Reviews: All of Them are Positive | This news post contains the many reviews of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS. Currently screenshot tour at OSDir and two reviews at TuxMachines, LinuxForums, ReviewLinux, Linux-watch, DesktopLinux, Nuxified, Linux.com, Tectonic, LinuxInsider, Linux.org, xbit64.net and videos at OSVids. | http://debian-news.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=981 | |||||
1150690642 | Red Hat plants flag in NZ | Leading Linux developer Red Hat is establishing a direct presence inNew Zealand and is on the hunt for a Kiwi to manage its business here... Mr McLaren says Red Hat's business in New Zealand is spread evenly acrossthe main centres, and between government and commercial clients. | http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3703840a28,00.html | |||||
1150708869 | Airwide Solutions expands further into Asia | Airwide Solutions, the provider of next generation mobilemessaging infrastructure and applications software for wirelessoperators, today announced further expansion into Asia with theavailability of its next generation messaging architecture andnew Linux-based router. | http://smeit.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3814&pubid=3&tab=Home&issueid=91 | |||||
1150709398 | Open-source adoption opens market | "Open source is fundamentally changing our company," said Bob Sutor, vice president of standards and open source at IBM, at the event. "Anyone saying 'This is the way we did it five years ago' is a dinosaur." | http://www.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2006/06/19/story6.html | |||||
1150721815 | More of the Same for Microsoft Stock? | Despite Microsoft's reporting improved income over the last few years,the stock price has failed to climb. The company has ceded ground toInternet search competitors like Google and Yahoo, and others areperpetually on the horizon. | http://yahoo.businessweek.com/investor/content/jun2006/pi20060617_076912.htm | |||||
1150722395 | 1,000 Aussies caught in NAB phishing attack | The code exploits a well-known flaw in IE to do its dirty work, and is a variation of the Banker virus, discovered by Websense in early April. Microsoft issued its patch shortly afterwards. | http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/06/19/bank_details_aussies/ | |||||
1150722637 | PC MagazineStratus Grows Linux Support for Fault-Tolerant Servers | Stratus Technologies is greatly expanding the support for standardLinux on its fault-tolerant servers. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060619/tc_zd/181261 | |||||
1150723056 | Drive failure? Yagotta try Knoppix first | A ZDNet reader that goes by the name of Yagotta B. Kidding wasn't kidding when he mentioned that Knoppix (a distro of Linux) was his preferred way for dealing with such nightmares. Knoppix? At first, it sounded a little too "ixish" to me. I run Linux here in my lab for Web, database, file, and print serving... | http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3214 | |||||
1150723274 | Xandros Linux provides better wireless support | "The new edition will extend this with the ability to read and write toan NTFS partition, the native file system used by Windows..." | http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2158535/xandros-linux-provides-better | |||||
1150723520 | Open source Microsoft's nemesis | Linux is the best example. The free alternative to the pricey Windows operating system has already proved popular with computer enthusiasts and now has more casual computer users warming up to it as well. | http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=7d9499e6-5557-4652-8524-5ec83e928ebd&k=10495 | |||||
1150723672 | Turbolinux Accelerates Into China | "The Chinese government aggressively supports open source software and aims to drive the Chinese local software industry," said Turbolinux Vice President of Corporate Marketing Linda Arai. "Large-scale SCO-Unix replacement is another one of the key factors." | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51145.html | |||||
1150755404 | What's the next move for Adobe? | With newly acquired Macromedia, it plans to render Windows 'irrelevent', its CEO says. | http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/14847632.htm | |||||
1150759492 | Red Hat Partners See 'Upbeat' Conditions | Manufacturers and vendors who work with with software company Red HatInc. expect business to grow 31 percent in 2006, according to a survey of130 Red Hat partners conducted by Bank of America analyst Kirk Materne. | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060619/red_hat_analyst.html?.v=1 | |||||
1150761120 | Thoughts On Microsoft's Future | Specifically, I have three problems in mind: Web/Desktop Bridge, Device Bridge and Synchronization, A New OS... The $60 billion question is whether or not they can pull it off. In my mind, all three of those are vital to the future of Microsoft. | http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/marketinginsider/wpn-50-20060619ThoughtsonMicrosoftsFuture.html | |||||
1150762433 | Make Custom PCs Stand Out With Linux | When it comes to building custom PCs, finding an edge is one of the keys to success. Thanks to Linux, system builders have the capacity to make a double threat to the competition. | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=189500295 | |||||
1150762718 | PBXs goes open source route | Private branch exchanges (PBXs) with open source telephony software cost less than voice products from major manufacturers, and allow integrators to customize telecom installations, according to vendors who sell the technology.w.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=39835 | http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=39835 | |||||
1150762979 | Open-Source Message Queuing Protocol Set for Launch | A group of leading user companies, vendors and other organizations plans to launch an open message queuing protocol that will enable users to create systems that compete with or replace proprietary technology. | http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1978635,00.asp | |||||
1150763895 | Global Unichip Presents the Taiwan First Certified High-Speed USB2.0 OTG | "...The design kit including FPGA evaluation board, Linux Reference Kernel, Linux Reference Driver, User?s Manual, Synthesizable RTL Code, PHY simulation model, and Test Pattern is now available..." | http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/news13612.html | |||||
1150764256 | A New Router, a New Direction for a Router Maker | The company competes on price by using as much off the shelf hardware as possible, and bundling it with its own Linux distro, ImageStream Linux | http://www.isp-planet.com/equipment/2006/imagestream_envoy.html | |||||
1150764741 | VHA eyes open-source replacement for VistA | The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is examining whether to base its next-generation electronic health system on open-source software such as the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) system... | http://govhealthit.com/article94945-06-19-06-Web&RSS=yes | |||||
1150788261 | Tomahawk Linux update dual-boots Windows | Singapore-based Tomahawk Computers Ltd. has released an updated version (version 1.1.1) of its Tomahawk Desktop operating system, featuring a fully automated Windows Dual Boot... | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6145235800.html | |||||
1150788306 | Converged gateway ref design runs Linux | On the software side, the Sidewinder reference design includes the open source RedBoot v1.94 bootloader. It currently supports MontaVista Linux 3.1 LSP (Linux support package) patches, with "additional operating system and commercial application software support planned prior to first customer ship," says ADI. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3734992393.html | |||||
1150788670 | Ingres And BEA Offer An Enterprise Open Source Choice For SOA | Ingres Corporation announced it has initiated a partnership with BEA Systems with the common goal of dramatically lowering costs and increasing flexibility by providing a proven, open source alternative for enterprise service-oriented architecture (SOA) development. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/237871.htm | |||||
1150789615 | UMPCs: If at First You Don't Succeed… | Ultra-mobile PCs aren't getting much love, even from Tablet PC backers. The lack of success isn't stopping Microsoft and its partners from trying (and trying again). | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1978818,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1150789813 | AJAX-based email software vendor deploys millionth mailbox | Scalix, which makes email and collaboration software for Linux desktopsand servers, announced June 15 that it has deployed more than 1 millionmailboxes using its AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) basedsoftware. Scalix's Linux email client software offers full-featureddesktop and web-based email and calendaring, the company said. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6923363910.html | |||||
1150790179 | Poor Kids' Laptop Cranks Up | The hand-cranked, $100 notebook computer aimed at helping poor children globally will make its debut in about two weeks, its developer said Monday... Gates: "Geez, get a decent computer where you can actually read the text and you?re not sitting there cranking the thing while you're trying to type"... | http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=17302 | |||||
1150814301 | Microsoft plays Massachusetts Senate card | Accusations are rife that the software giant Microsoft has not given up on getting rid of the State of Massachusetts's plans to shift all its documents to the open source standard OpenDocument (ODF)...Nothing wins votes more than being able to cut your budget thanks to a hefty donation from a big corporate donor. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32515 | |||||
1150824248 | German Linux startup moves HQ to Mass. | A German Linux startup has moved its headquarters in Bedford, Mass., after receiving initial funding from Boston's Atlas Venture... The company's chief technical officer is Boris Nalbach, who previously was vice president of open-source software strategy for Novell Inc. In 2004... | http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/060620/1304341.html?.v=1 | |||||
1150824872 | Key open source firm moving to California | One of Oregon's best-known open source software companies has landed $6 million in venture capital, but is moving to California to spend it. | http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1150770335310110.xml&co | |||||
1150825274 | HP To Support Novell Desktop Linux | Plans call for HP to certify SLED 10 for select desktops--including the nx6310, nx6320, nc6320, nc2400, nx6315 and nx6325 models--before the year's end, the spokeswoman said in response to questions from CRN. | http://www.channelweb.com/sections/allnews/article.jhtml?articleId=189500832&cid=ChannelWebNews | |||||
1150825506 | A Linux Alternative To Windows Media Center PCs | Digital integrators looking for an inexpensive alternative to Windows Media Center PCs may want to look at the MediaReady 5000 from Video Without Boundaries. The Linux-based system offers media distribution, PVR, Internet and other capabilities. | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml;jsessionid=YQF3VWMQPP3YMQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleId=189500212 | |||||
1150825996 | Tutorial: Triple-boot Win XP, Linux and OS X on an Intel Mac | The real show-stopper is in installation. You can boot your favourite Linux install CD easily enough using Boot Camp (just hold down option and alt at boot), but creating a bootable Linux install is no easy task, particularly if you want to triple-boot with XP. | http://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature.aspx?CIaFID=1392 | |||||
1150826577 | Can VMware's open standards moves halt Microsoft? | "Microsoft is coming -- this much virtualisation market leader VMware knows. But the company, led by Diane Greene, seems to know exactly how to stave off the software giant. But is it enough?" | http://www.techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?featureid=2609 | |||||
1150826626 | Meet The Newest Member of the Ubuntu Family: Introducing Xubuntu | Under the hood Xubuntu virtually identical to Ubuntu and is a rock solid distribution rather than a true newcomer. Three years of support is promised, making Xubuntu 6.06 appropriate for a corporate desktop or even for the corporate server room. | http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/06/meet_the_newest_member_of_the.html | |||||
1150868032 | ZoneAlarm glitches hit Eudora, McAfee users | Zone Labs has fixed a bug in a recent upgrade to its security software that is causing trouble for some Eudora and McAfee users. | http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6086095.html?part=rss&tag=6086095&subj=news | |||||
1150868331 | Microsoft gives monopoly robotic legs | Lurking behind all of this is the obvious push to make Windows and Microsoft's developer tools a standard piece of the robotics industry where custom applications, Java and Linux already do quite well. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/20/robo_studio_microsoft/ | |||||
1150868817 | Fighting Microsoft's piracy check | "Recently, the software maker was lambasted over its WGA Notifications tool, which it pushes out as a "high priority" update alongside security fixes... The hacks and workarounds are a sign of the indignation among some Microsoft users, including some CNET News.com readers." | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6085853.html | |||||
1150870041 | Taking Linux for a Spin | "But if the confusion over Windows is deepening, the opposite is true of Linux... Maybe this sort of gentle approach to trying out Linux will convince you to take a closer look at the idea of switching over your entire company..." | http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060601/column-freedman.html | |||||
1150870432 | MCT creates open source centers | Venezuela's science and technology ministry MCT has started up an open source academy (ASL) in the capital district and in the states of Tchira and Carabobo to promote the production of open source solutions, the government said in a statement. | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-mct-creates-open-source-centers-/2006/06/20/1688103.htm | |||||
1150870911 | SCO to Unix Developers: Never Mind. Come Back. Want a BMW? | "I am a bit speechless. SCO's conference today was to say Unix developers can make some money if only they'll develop for SCO again. If they pay you a $1000 then will you at least take a look? Will you code for them for a BMW? As for SCO's anti-Linux litigation scorched earth policy... well, it's never mind about all that." | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060620215356466 | |||||
1150871243 | IP-TV STBs run Linux on DaVinci | Visioneering is readying a line of set-top boxes targeting standard-or high-definition IP-TV (internet protocol TV) systems. The Sonata STBsrun Linux on Texas Instruments (TI) "DaVinci" processors... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4123198942.html | |||||
1150871427 | Open standards-based push email heads for Singapore | Consilient's portable, open standards-based push email software has been selected by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) for use in a service that could bring push email to 1.2 million Asian subscribers. Consilient's "Push" products, which include a J2ME-based email client that could support Linux phones... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3164841120.html | |||||
1150871692 | Dual-mode Linux phone deemed "tres bon" | The first dual-mode WiFi/cellular phone available in France has received a glowing hands-on review from French-language phone news site Mobinaute.com. Neuf's Linux-based "Twin" phone draws praise for its small size, PDA-like features, and responsive, simple user interface. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8358183983.html | |||||
1150871853 | Graphics cards target multi-headed thin clients, support Linux | Matrox Graphics is shipping a family of graphics cards aimed at multi-headed thin clients and network computers. The EpicA series dual- and quad-display graphics cards are supported by binary-only Linux drivers, but source may be available to thin-client builders, according to the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3254911702.html | |||||
1150872746 | Tim Bray to Ditch Apple Platform, Go Linux | "But you know what? I think that if the GNU/Linux/Solaris community can sustain its current level of energy and progress, and if Apple maintains its dysfunctional communications culture, there are going to be better choices just not for me, but for a lot of other people too." | http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/06/15/Switch-From-Mac | |||||
1150873238 | Embedded is a Services Industry | Positioning the intellectual property that goes into embedded systems as "service" rather than "product" distributes risk more evenly between client and vendor, writes embedded services company founder Curt Schacker. | http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2249587589.html | |||||
1150873919 | AVID: A Trend In Motion; Firefox Rocks; IT Without Gates | I was asked last week why I keep changing the D-word in AVID e.g. Antivirus Is Dead, Doomed, Dying and Dysfunctional. To be honest, it's a cheap and obscure trick; here's a tortuous explanation. I am running a campaign to bring down the $3.7 billion AV industry... | http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=13337 | |||||
1150874772 | Former FreeBSD project releases Linux live CD alpha | The GNU-HALO project team, which had been working on a new FreeBSD operating system distribution for several months but ultimately decided to switch over to a Linux core, finally released its first edition, GNU-HALO Alpha 0.1 Linux live CD, on June 19, a team spokesman said. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6384815116.html | |||||
1150892638 | Too many chefs in Microsoft's kitchen? | "With Bill transferring out of that technical strategist role, how do these things get done?" said Rob Horwitz, CEO of analyst firm Directions on Microsoft. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6086066.html | |||||
1150893025 | Most Microsoft Workers Search With Google | An overwhelming majority of Microsoft employees use rival Google to search the Internet, bloggers and a Web metrics company claimed Tuesday. | http://www.techweb.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500876&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb | |||||
1150893338 | Mercury Chooses Linux | "Mercury and Wind River share a commitment to Linux and to open standards," said Mark Skalabrin, vice president and general manager of the Advanced Solutions business at Mercury. "When evaluating Linux-based alternatives, we found that adopting Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition would offer the Carrier Grade capabilities... | http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/windriversystemsdso/mercuryselectswindriverslinuxplatform/market/stocks/article/221569 | |||||
1150894367 | Why Google OS Already Exists | Now that we have established that Google has already won an upcoming OS war without ever having to fire a single shot, this just leaves us with one question: Is Google friend or foe? | http://osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2248&Itemid=449 | |||||
1150911388 | Novell Introduces Portable Training for SUSE Linux Enterprise | Innovative Training Offering Makes Learning About Novell's Linux Platform Easier Than Ever | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060621/sfw023.html?.v=56 | |||||
1150911760 | Levanta for Linux: Rising From Its Past? | As Linux continues its march deeper into Corporate America's racks and racks of servers, his small Silicon Valley company, Levanta, is one of many trying to help companies install and manage all those servers... | http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060621_255365.htm | |||||
1150911956 | Red Hat Announces OVAL Security Compatibility | New OVAL Patch Definitions Provide a New View of Security Advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Users | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060621/20060621005284.html?.v=1 | |||||
1150912168 | Nude worm tempts World Cup fans | The World Cup's popularity makes it attractive to hackers Football fans are being warned about a malicious worm that uses world Cup themed e-mails to infect Windows PCs. | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5103414.stm | |||||
1150912580 | Fixing Windows Registry Errors | The most important reason your should fix Windows Registry errors as they occur is that this one single preventative measure can greatly increase the life-expectancy of your Windows system by stabilizing the growth of its Registry. | http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/expertarticles/wpn-62-20060621FixingWindowsRegistryErrors.html | |||||
1150912855 | Symphony OS | Mezzo does away with menus and uses the corners of the screen as click points to bring up desklet applications. These apps are simple scripts that output html snippets; that ultimately gets drawn on the screen by Orchestra. If you know Perl and a little HTML, you can produce your own desklets in seconds. | http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/expertarticles/wpn-62-20060621SymphonyOS.html | |||||
1150914701 | Sun Solaris Embraces PostgreSQL | After a few delays, Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) is now fully supporting the open source PostgreSQL database on its Solaris 10 operating system. | http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3614606 | |||||
1150914848 | Next gen Linux tablets get Nokia thumbs-up | After the success of its original Linux tablet, the 770, Nokia is already looking at the next generation of internet-only devices. | http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39159770,00.htm | |||||
1150915083 | Is Now the Time to Dump Microsoft and Fire Your IT Manager? | I struck up a conversation with the full-time IT person while she set me up with an Outlook account, a tedious process that took almost an hour. She didn?t think it would be possible for me to check email from home on my iMac, because Microsoft Outlook Web Access was probably not compatible... | http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2006/06/20/is_now_the_time_to_dump_microsoft_and_fire_your_it_manager.html | |||||
1150951204 | SpikeSource shifts gears, eyes smaller firms | The company's original business plan, revealed in fall 2004, was to provide testing and certification services to large corporate customers for open-source "stacks." These stacks are pre-integrated open-source components such as tools, databases and operating systems. | http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6086520.html?part=rss&tag=6086520&subj=news | |||||
1150951832 | Debian gives Linux a Bhutanese touch | Bhutan, a country of 700,000 inhabitants that sits between China and India, now has its own Debian-based operating system in the national language, Dzongkha. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1239885333;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1150951840 | Linux-based robots patrol Berlin soccer stadium | The robot software system is based on the open source Linux operation system. "We decided to use Linux for a couple of reasons," Stengl said. "One is security. Another is that we've found it easier to program our application on this platform." | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062006-world-cup-robots-patrol-berlin.html | |||||
1150952249 | Evolis opens up to Linux | Evolis steps into the Linux community by offering Linux-based solutionsfor plastic cards customization (smart cards, with and without contact). | http://www.cr80news.com/news/2006/06/21/evolis-opens-up-to-linux/ | |||||
1150952717 | An Odd Marriage: the Creative Commons-Microsoft Tool's EULA | Creative Commons has announced that you can download a tool now from Microsoft that will attach a Creative Commons license of your choice to any Word, Excel or Powerpoint document. As much as I appreciate Creative Commons, I think you should look at the EULA and read it carefully before you say "I do." | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060621211919623 | |||||
1150952759 | Fortify Software Sponsors FindBugs Open Source Project | Leading Java Error Detection Tool to Benefit from Unique Commercial-Open Source Relationship | http://au.sys-con.com/read/221858.htm | |||||
1150952993 | Calculating TCO and ROI on open source platforms | David HM Spector explores various factors that come into play in performing these calculations, including intangibles such as an open source system's ability to squeeze more life out of older hardware and to provide your company with options to scale your services when necessary. | http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=172973&promo=200111 | |||||
1150954682 | Whose property is at risk? | How foolish was I. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Hollywood lobbyists and associated campaign contributors, our computers don't just play DVDs the way they can just play CDs. You have to buy extra software to make it happen with Windows. And it appears to be a violation of federal law to play a DVD on a Linux machine. | http://www.denverpost.com/quillen/ci_3956540 | |||||
1150955652 | New GNOME Status Notifications | More stuff from SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10… | http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2006/06/21/new-gnome-status-notifications/ | |||||
1150959292 | Customizing the GNOME Main Menu | ...one line of question that is interesting to me has to do with customizing the interface. One commentstated something to the effect that the interface seems to assume what applications a user will need... | http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2006/06/18/customizing-the-gnome-main-menu/ | |||||
1150963468 | Ten Reasons To *NOT* Use ZFS (Sun's new filesystem) | In response Sun Microsystems' announcement of the release of their new "blazingly fast" filesystem, ZFS. | http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy | |||||
1150985328 | Novell Names Ron Hovsepian to Succeed Jack Messman as CEO | "The Board concluded that a management change wouldbe the best way to accelerate the execution of our growth strategy andbuild value for shareholders. Ron is the ideal choice to lead the companyas we continue with our transition to Linux-based products and identityand resource management..." | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060622/sfth044.html?.v=59 | |||||
1150985715 | Office upgrade hard to justify, warns analyst | Only companies that are signed up to Microsoft's Software Assurance plan are likely to adopt Office 2007 in the near future because IT managers find it extremely hard to justify an Office upgrade to their board, according to analyst group Gartner... | http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6086693.html?part=rss&tag=6086693&subj=news | |||||
1150986378 | Windows CE 6 slips to 2007, report | The latest version of Windows CE, originally scheduled for a Q3 2006launch, has slipped to H1 2007, according to a report. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32580 | |||||
1150986607 | Security software: Microsoft accused of predatory pricing | Microsoft has been accused of potentially stifling innovation in the security sector and threatening to kill the competition through predatory pricing. | http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/06/22/microsoft_predatory_pricing/ | |||||
1150987080 | Execs debate the 'open source effect' | "The game has changed completely. There is rulebook, no guidebook to consult," said SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese, commenting on the difference in business models between her previous commercial venture, Marimba, and open source-driven SpikeSource. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060622/tc_infoworld/79539 | |||||
1150987395 | Eclipse-based BDM/TAG Debugger Supports Linux | Embedded Alley Solutions, providers of embedded Linux professional services, and Ultimate Solutions, an industry leader in the sales and support of professional development tools, have released the LinuxScope JTDTM. This Eclipse-based JTAG Target Debugger is designed for Abatron?s BDI2000 BDM/JTAG probe and is available for immediate purchase. | http://www.sda-asia.com/sda/news/psecom,id,9531,srn,4,nodeid,4,_language,Singapore.html | |||||
1150987777 | Video: Zimbra Co-Founder On Open Source Messaging | Zimbra, the open source software company trying to take on conventional e-mail systems, such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes... | http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/06/zimbra_the_open.html | |||||
1150988297 | Computing for a Cure | To create the simulation, SUNY Stony Brook uses an SGI Altix system with 1024 Intel Itanium 2 processors. It runs on Linux and has 3 TB of memory. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6260/1/ | |||||
1150990951 | Danish Engineering Comparison of ODF and MS's Open XML (Danish) | Openness: ODF 4 - OOXML 1; Maturity: ODF 2 - OOXML 0; Interoperability: ODF 3 - OOXML 1; Current usage: ODF 1 - OOMS XML 0; Applicability: ODF 3 - OOXML 1; Potential: ODF 3 - OOXML 0 | http://ing.dk/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660622001&NL=1&Category=WEBLOG06 | |||||
1151001506 | Motorola joins Eclipse to boost mobile Linux apps | InfoWorld - Motorola will announce on Thursday that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Strategic Developer member and is proposing a project to boost mobile Linux application development. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060622/tc_infoworld/79529 | |||||
1151001846 | Despite Taylor's Departure, Microsoft Continues Anti-Linux FUD | Microsoft Exec: Linux No Threat To Windows On Desktop | http://www.channelweb.com/sections/allnews/article.jhtml?articleId=189600545&cid=ChannelWebNews | |||||
1151002308 | Red Bend Releases Linux Supported vCurrent Mobile Version 4 | With up to 40% faster update time andsupport for Linux and other open operating systems, this new versioncontinues Red Bend's history of innovation in FOTA technology. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/239310.htm | |||||
1151002439 | Active Reasoning Extends Platform Support To z/Linux | The decision to support the mainframe environment was driven by strong customer demand for Active Reasoning's software to run on z/Linux and for event-based DB2 collection on both z/OS and z/Linux. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/239309.htm | |||||
1151002919 | Q1 ultra-mobile PC | Like the first-generation iPod, Samsung's Q1 is an expensive bragging tool. Unlike Apple's gadget, the UMPC simply isn't ready for primetime, even if the price comes down | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/22/review_samsung_q1/ | |||||
1151051380 | News site Digg digs deeper | Digg, the Web site where users decide what is newsworthy, unveiled a revamped public beta site on Thursday that expands beyond technology news and lets people "dig" videos too. | http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6087027.html?part=rss&tag=6087027&subj=news | |||||
1151052068 | Digg to allow users to vote for many types of news | Digg.com, a tech-news phenomenon that has readers recommend online articles to others, is expanding to let users also vote for the most popular general news, entertainment stories or videos, the company said on Thursday. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060623/wr_nm/media_digg_dc | |||||
1151052513 | Seattle Press Delivers Anti-Linux FUD | Title: Novell fires top execs over Linux strategy; Opening paragraph: Novell Inc. ousted its chief executive officer and finance chief Thursday after their plan to focus on selling Linux software failed to revive profit and sales growth. The shares rose as much as 14 percent, the most in nearly three years. | http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/275060_novell23.html | |||||
1151052711 | Inter-Tel bolsters Linux-based IP PBX | Inter-Tel later this month is expected to announce a Linux-based IP PBXwith multimedia support, presence and other advanced communicationsfeatures that could help users perform their jobs more efficiently. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062606-inter-tel-pbx.html | |||||
1151052973 | Open Enterprise: Patent overload hinders open source innovation | They say open source doesn't innovate, but now you know part of thereason why. Patent reform for the software industry is long overdue. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;34802098;fp;16;fpid;0 | |||||
1151053136 | Handheld device dev platform targets Linux | A design services company in Chennai, India is developing aLinux-based reference design for portable devices based on Intel'sPXA270 processor. E-con Systems's Sirius Handheld ReferencePlatform, expected early next year, will run Linux 2.6.16 andTrolltech graphics stacks, according to the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2654180137.html | |||||
1151053910 | Irish college gives open workflow software good grades | O'Connor says the group will continue to use open source software inits research and as part of its own infrastructure. "We will likelyalso release the results of some of our projects as open sourceapplications themselves," he says, "though this is still in the pipeline." | http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/15/1432222&from=rss | |||||
1151067987 | It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux | (11/2005) The next time Bill Gates sends an e-mail through Microsoft's shiny new Wireless LAN it will be passed through a behind-the-scenes Linux-based network appliance. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1151073857 | Development Kit speeds design of embedded Linux devices. | Development Kit SBC-GX533 includes EBX form factor board with compact 13MB embedded Linux image already installed, enabling developers to startwork on projects directly. | http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/487695 | |||||
1151074017 | 6WIND Unveils Linux-Based Embedded Networking Software | Delivers Improved Hardware And Crypto Interface Support For Security OEMs | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/239904.htm | |||||
1151084311 | Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo, Says Merrill Lynch | Microsoft should acquire Yahoo! in order to fend off Google and solidify the software giant's Internet presence, according to a Friday report by Merrill Lynch. | http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/23/microsoft-yahoo-0623markets04.html?partner=yahootix | |||||
1151085105 | France rolls over on iTunes DRM-busting law | France has given the thumbs-up to the defanged version of a controversial law that would have forced Apple Computer to open up its iTunes digital rights management to players other than its iPod. | http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6087321.html?part=rss&tag=6087321&subj=news | |||||
1151085907 | 'This town is big enough for Linux and Microsoft' | A quick straw poll of the audience of around 50 IT professionals atthe Gartner event showed around half are using Linux and roughlytwo-thirds are planning to deploy it in the near future. | http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39159876,00.htm | |||||
1151092368 | Berners-Lee: Net Neutrality - This is serious | When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA. | http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/ | |||||
1151092706 | Key India official endorses OpenDocument | "We are glad to note that with formation of a National ODF alliance, India too would be playing a pivotal role in spearheading the ODF revolution..." | http://www.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=85632 | |||||
1151127785 | Windows zombie builders send out phone texts | Hackers are trying to lure Windows users to a malicious Web site using cell phone text messages, a security company has warned. | http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6087523.html?part=rss&tag=6087523&subj=news | |||||
1151129039 | Microsoft and Linux Rivals Refocus on SMB Servers, Channel Initiatives | One Microsoft partner said Linux is quietly taking root in the SMBspace--and in the channel. | http://www.crn.com/sections/microsoft/microsoft.jhtml?articleId=189501056 | |||||
1151129218 | Linux Gains Ground in Wall Street Nooks, Crannies | Behind the scenes on Wall Street, who is really using Linux? Although developers remain the major practitioners, Linux is also making headway these days as a grid platform for transaction processing, a place for running algorithmic trading engines, and even as a desktop environment... | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6265/1/ | |||||
1151129458 | ERP Enters Open-Source Renaissance | For systems integrators catering to small and midsize manufacturers, there is great news--the world of ERP is entering an open-source renaissance with companies such as Compiere, ERP5, OpenMFG and Open For Business (OFBiz). | http://www.crn.com/sections/special/reports/sellingsmb.jhtml?articleId=189600063 | |||||
1151130051 | Opening Up Windows | "Are Web-based applications the way of the future? A lot of people seem to think so--including the former head of development at Microsoft... Even more ironic is that PI's programs originally were going to run on Linux and not on Windows" | http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/06/23/linux_vista_open_cz_dl_0623linux.html | |||||
1151130593 | Kerala (Population 31 Million) to be FOSS destination | FOSS is a niche market but today's niche is tomorrow's mass market, and was a hardware seller's delighted quip to the Kerala government's move, hardly months after a Microsoft crackdown on free supply of pirated software by dealers. "Offers of pre-loaded Linux operating system could yield good hardware sales margins," says PK Harikrishnan. | http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=131495 | |||||
1151149016 | Windows Vista - We Don't Want You! | But no one is asking the question - do we, the consumers, really need Vista? Recent estimates show that some 16 percent of users are still happily running Windows 98, Windows 98 SE and Windows ME. In 2005, it was estimated that some 48 percent of businesses were still running Windows 2000. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=12 | |||||
1151149276 | Open Source BI Makes Inroads | Adoption of open source software continues to accelerate, taking marketshare from commercial software in key product categories, includingoperating systems (Linux), application servers (JBoss), Web servers(Apache), programming languages (perl and php) and databases (mySQL,PostgresSQL). | http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060624/tc_cmp/189600986 | |||||
1151149688 | New Novell Chief Hovsepian Gears Up To Drive Linux | New Novell CEO Ronald Hovsepian hopes to accelerate the company's channel charge to Linux with simplified pricing models and rebates... A CRN.com quick poll found that 76 percent of respondents felt the appointment of Hovsepian will drive more SUSE Linux growth. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060624/tc_cmp/189601087 | |||||
1151177130 | Ellison Continues to Talk About Oracle Linux Move | Observing that Linux is free to anybody and that the current Linux distributions don't own their IP, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that Oracle could just go and take Linux, and support it better than anyone else and become the "number one distributor." | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/239996.htm | |||||
1151216007 | FUD Never Changes | FUD, of course, stands for "fear, uncertainty and doubt," and is a weapon that Microsoft has long been accused of using to stave off competition and try to sow just enough doubt in customers' minds to back them off from using non-Microsoft products. | http://www.serverpipeline.com/blog/archives/2006/06/fud_never_chang.html | |||||
1151234454 | Apple: The Next Microsoft? | Could it ever happen? Is there even a possibility that we will see OS X on the PC? To be honest, I believe there is. But unlike others who believe that it will happen on a large scale, what I foresee instead is OS X on a very select number of Apple approved PCs. | http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=&task=view&id=2250 | |||||
1151256968 | Royal Bank of Canada invested millions in SCO during anti-Linux lawsuits | Microsoft announced Monday that Peter Cullen, the corporate privacyofficer for the Royal Bank of Canada, will be joining the softwaregiant as its new chief privacy strategist. | http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1009_22-1019988.html?tag=nl | |||||
1151261267 | US government agencies eye data conversion, open source | Both text-to-data migration and non-proprietary software featured in discussions at Gartner's annual government IT conference | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/mgmt/F2C934F161102FC4CC25719600199110 | |||||
1151262165 | Examining options for Windows 98 users | If you do buy a new machine, do you pay the Microsoft Windows tax that makes you buy a copy of Microsoft Windows from original equipment manufacturers (regardless of whether you are going to use it or not), or do you find a machine on the secondary market and avoid paying the tax to get Linux installed directly. | http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000202 | |||||
1151301466 | Redmond wants you to get the message | For Microsoft right now, the business of workplace communications looks alot like the server business of the early 1990s. | http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-6087607.html?part=rss&tag=6087607&subj=news | |||||
1151301889 | SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 | "SLED 10 offers unmatched ease-of-use, polish, and hardware support" | http://www.techworld.com/opsys/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=414&pagtype=all | |||||
1151302050 | Oracle vs. Microsoft: The open source factor | "The biggest threat to Microsoft is Linux and open source software." Myles Halsband, consultant, Monument Data Solutions | http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci1195863,00.html | |||||
1151318683 | Taiwan mandates Linux-ready PCs | Taiwan has mandated that all PCs purchased for government use must now be compatible with the Linux operating system. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,39370618,00.htm | |||||
1151319102 | Open source, open doors | ...Linus Torvalds, the Open Source Development Lab and IBM's open-source center are all key points of attraction for the open-source "industry." But it's an industry that's remarkably fluid and virtual, allowing collaborators and contributors to work and live anywhere they like... | http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1151106981255540.xml&coll=7 | |||||
1151319423 | IT skills shortage -- fact or fiction? | "More imported workers will be needed and we'll have to send more work overseas to outsourcers... Baloney! The software doesn't know, of course, that someone with good Windows administration skills can learn Linux skills to become the new Linux administrator who?s desperately needed." | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/E5F071C651225E16CC257196001A0BF6?OpenDocument | |||||
1151329603 | A look back at Gates' pearls of wisdom | "Internet Explorer is going to be the primary browser used on Windows,and anyone who suggests otherwise is just irresponsible." Nov 2004; "Two years from now, spam will be solved." Jan 2004 | http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_frm/thread/bc34c6587c88eb0b/0d62ec6c5131a3c3#0d62ec6c5131a3c3 | |||||
1151342529 | BioFoundry Announces BioAPI 2.0 Linux Reference Implementation | "Our development of a BioAPI 2.0 Linux Reference Implementationdemonstrates OSS’ continuing commitment to the biometrics communityand its use of standards" commented Alexandru Czimbor, BioFoundryProgram Director. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/240292.htm | |||||
1151342641 | You Need a Corporate Open Source Policy | Decisions about whether or not to incorporate open source intotheir operations involve complex issues that go beyond the technology.With over two dozen approved open source licenses, compliance can betricky. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6267/1/ | |||||
1151343286 | OpenLogic aims to keep open source honest | "...One reason companies like SpikeSource may need to re-focus is that it is the large suppliers who are trying to dominate the open source world. Earlier this month it emerged that Dell is enjoying considerable success selling servers running Linux to corporate users, with Linux now..." | http://uk.news.yahoo.com/26062006/152/openlogic-aims-keep-open-source-honest.html | |||||
1151343689 | Splunk Ensures Developers get Their Open Source at Oregon State University | The lab provides hosting for the most high profile open source projectsin the world, including the Linux Kernel Project, the Apache SoftwareFoundation, Debian Linux, Gentoo Linux, OpenOffice.org, KDE, Mozilla andDrupal... | http://www5.sys-con.com/read/240301.htm | |||||
1151350337 | Linux Networx to Use New Dual-cores in Linux Advanced Technlogy Cluster | System Is Expected to Be Ranked Among World's Top Twenty Most Powerful Supercomputers | http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060626/0139070.html | |||||
1151350515 | Linux Breaks Scalability Records With 1,024 Processors | World's Largest Linux System Image Achieved on SGI Altix 4700 Blade Servers | http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=47559 | |||||
1151350659 | The Windows Vista Challenge for Microsoft | "I can safely say the overall consensus is that Windows Vista is too little, too late... It seems that with Bill Gates stepping down from day-to-day operations and Microsoft evangelist Robert Scoble moving on completely, it does certainly feel like the beginning of the end." | http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2251 | |||||
1151350853 | Desktop Linux could take off at airports | The airport check-in desk could be where "desktop" Linux usage takes off, according to Unisys' European coordinator of open-source software activities. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/26/79639_HNlinuxatairports_1.html?source=rss&url=www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/26/79639_HNlinuxatairports_1.html | |||||
1151393323 | SGI Launches Entry Woodcrest Xeon, Itanium Linux Supers | The servers currently support Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and will support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 in July. The future releases of these two Linuxes--SLES 10 and RHEL 5--will be supported when they become available. | http://www.itjungle.com/breaking/bn062606-story01.html | |||||
1151393636 | How one school system makes the most of open source | Paul Messias knows a thing or two about stretching a buck,and usingopen source software is one of his main techniques. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062606-open-source.html | |||||
1151395443 | Open Source Palm OS Clone | The goal of my little project is to develop a portable OS that is binary and source compatible with Palm OS 5 wherever possible while at the same time moving the system forward...Open Source Palm OS clone | http://www.emuboards.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=26987 | |||||
1151399063 | Linux Networx Sets Visualization World Record | Linux Networx announced that a Linux Networx LS Visual Supersystem has achieved several major visualization records. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/240674.htm | |||||
1151417023 | OpenSUSE Linux Vs. Vista (Video) | "Is Linux prettier than Vista? Check out Xgl on OpenSUSE" | http://dl.tv/blogs/digitallifetv/archive/2006/06/22/14230.aspx | |||||
1151418515 | EU poised to rule against Microsoft | The European Union's top antitrust regulator is poised to issue a formal ruling that finds Microsoft guilty of breaking EU competition rules. The ruling is likely to be accompanied by fines for the US software group of up to Euro2m ($2.5m) a day. | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e6a1d618-0551-11db-9b9e-0000779e2340.html | |||||
1151418682 | EU talks with Microsoft about PDF and Vista | Although the European Union hasn't received a formal complaint from Adobe about Microsoft's plan to let users download a free PDF file reader for Office 2007, the organisation is looking into possible antitrust violations on its own, a spokesman told wire service reporters Wednesday. | http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=34018 | |||||
1151419150 | Ahead of the Bell: Novell | Egbert maintains a "Buy" rating with a price target of $9 on Novell shares,a third higher than Monday's closing price. | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060627/novell_ahead_of_the_bell.html?.v=1 | |||||
1151419260 | Earnings Preview: Red Hat | As the open source software space becomes increasingly crowded -- in April Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison told the Financial Times the company might release its own version of Linux and that it has considered buying Linux distributor Novell Inc. -- Red Hat agreed to acquire fellow open | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060627/earns_preview_red_hat.html?.v=1 | |||||
1151419795 | Word update will mess with your head | Microsoft chooses to update its word processor every couple of years. It feels it needs to so that we all keep buying the new versions. Stuff that isn't broke gets broken so that it can be fixed again. Or so it seems. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32665 | |||||
1151420195 | Transitive's QuickTransit Virtualization Software for Linux | New products are: QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC-to-Linux/Xeon and QuickTransit for Solaris/SPARC-to-Li | http://home.nestor.minsk.by/computers/news/2006/06/2709.html | |||||
1151420338 | Linux runs Windows applications seamlessly with 2X ApplicationServer | RedHat, Suse, Ubuntu and other Linux distribution users can now run Windows applications seamlessly on their desktop with 2X ApplicationServer's Linux client. | http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/14728005cp.shtml | |||||
1151420520 | ESS ports 'ebizframe' ERP on to Red Hat Linux | Eastern Software System (ESS), an ERP company offering cuttingedge technology solutions and services, has announced that itsflagship product ebizframe is now available, in addition to Windows,on Red Hat Linux as well. | http://www.crn-india.com/breakingnews/stories/64966.html | |||||
1151420666 | QEMU a Virtualization System for Open Source World | Imagine walking up to a friend running Windows on a laptop and askingto borrow the machine for a moment. You plug a pendrive into its USBLatest News about USB port, open a window that boots into Linux, log onto a Web site, and download a file, then close the window, remove thependrive... | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/51348.html | |||||
1151420905 | Job satisfaction and open source | The open source world is huge and diverse. If the ideas you push out are any good, there will be an interested and appreciative audience... | http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/index.php?p=626 | |||||
1151421542 | Canadian anti-DRM coalition makes timely debut | Quoting the Free Software Definition, McOrmond says, "Any technology that revokes the right of the owner of a device to be in control that device for lawful purposes (i.e.: revokes the ability to 'run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software' that controls the device) | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/16/203238&from=rss | |||||
1151446063 | Bell Micro in Deal With Red Hat | Bell Microproducts Inc. on Tuesday said it reached an agreement with Red Hat Inc. that allows Bell to develop products based on Red Hat's enterprise version of the open-source computer operating code Linux. | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060627/bell_micro_red_hat.html?.v=1 | |||||
1151446166 | Drop Dead, Netware! | When I think about Novell, I picture a lumbering dinosaur, tethered to the decaying remains of a once-great operating system. The cost of supporting Netware, Novell's old flagship OS, is keeping the company from wholeheartedly joining the exploding Linux market. | http://biz.yahoo.com/fool/060627/115142478909.html?.v=1 | |||||
1151446396 | Three held over Windows virus e-mail plot | Three computer experts have been arrested over an alleged internationalplot to spread Windows viruses via e-mail. | http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6088552.html?part=rss&tag=6088552&subj=news | |||||
1151447242 | Open Source Medical Manager Alternative | If think you might be interested, but are not familiar with this model, please visit GPLMedicine.org which is a site devoted to the benifits of GPL software in medicine. | http://www.linuxmednews.com/1151425467 | |||||
1151447496 | Open Source community subversion as marketing ploy | The launch of Microsoft's Codeplex "shared source" site is merely the latest attempt to undermine and usurp the open source community via clever marketing. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/06/microsoft_attem.html | |||||
1151447766 | How open source transforms business | Don't think of open source as just a software business model, in other words. Think of it as a new way to do business, a new way to leverage all your relationships. Think of it as business evolution in action. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=692 | |||||
1151447891 | Apple Slams Door on Intel Version of OS X | Mac developers and power users no longer have the freedom to alter, rebuild and replace the OS X kernel from source code. Stripped of openness, it no longer possesses the quality that elevated Linux to its status as the second most popular commercial OS. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51262.html | |||||
1151448214 | QLogic To Support OFED 1.0 For Linux-Based Data Center Fabrics | QLogic Corp. announced that its InfiniPath InfiniBand Interconnect will support the newly released OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.0 for Linux-based data center fabrics. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/240928.htm | |||||
1151448502 | A GPL requirement could have a chilling effect on derivative distros | Many derivative distributions, then, seem to be on their own in a difficult situation where good intentions and creativity count fornothing beside the letter of the law. | http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1728205&from=rss | |||||
1151448804 | Sun says open-source Java possible in 'months' | A Sun Microsystems Inc. executive said Tuesday said the company is "months" away from releasing its trademark Java programming language under an open-source license. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/27/79685_HNsunopensourcejava_1.html?source=rss&url=www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/27/79685_HNsunopensourcejava_1.html | |||||
1151481709 | Forbes on Red Hat, Linux | Earnings are expected to rise 23% to 9 cents per share, according to analysts, while sales are forecasted to rise 37% to $83 million. Earlier this week, Banc of America Securities said shares could trade in a range of $25 to $30 as rosy expectations for Linux adoption look priced in the stock. | http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/27/nike-micron-paychex-cx_pk_0627eyeonstocks.html?partner=yahootix | |||||
1151482247 | Yuckee Group: Time Is Ripe For Oracle Linux | Yankee Group research fellow Laura DiDio estimates Red Hat already owns between 75 percent and 80 percent of the commercial open-source distribution market. | http://www.techweb.com/wire/software/189602096 | |||||
1151482515 | SourceLabs automates open-source support | Eyeing the multibillion-dollar software support business, SourceLabshas created an automated system for giving tech help to corporationsthat use open-source products. | http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6088635.html?part=rss&tag=6088635&subj=news | |||||
1151482760 | Interconnect demo chip to run Linux on "post-RISC" core | On-chip interconnect specialist Silistix will create a "demonstration chip" to show off its "self-timed interconnect" generation tools. The unnamed chip will run Linux on Tensilica's Diamond Standard 232L core... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2241974890.html | |||||
1151483186 | Greenpeace goes open source in collaboration push | Greenpeace is developing an online collaboration platform to mobilise climate change, based entirely on open-source technologies. | http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Greenpeace_goes_open_source_in_collaboration_push/0,2000061733,39261468,00.htm?feed=rss | |||||
1151483397 | The Open Source Revolution | At one level, the open-source revolution has been won. When you use a Nokia phone, trade on eBay or do a Google search you're using open-source technology. Open-source pioneers such as Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, fiercely believed in the need to liberate cyberspace from the grip of proprietary... | http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0606/S00555.htm | |||||
1151483508 | Sun Microsystems Inc’ s chief open source officer has predicted the immin | Sun Microsystems Inc’ s chief open source officer has predicted the imminent dominance of a new software model where enterprises pay for the value they get from their software, rather than the right to use it. | http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=EF701286-E9AA-4CCA-A1EA-11015C3EF707 | |||||
1151483741 | Cologne University Becomes Powerhouse for Clustered Linux Computing | Panasas Storage Cluster Enables Prestigious University to Increase the Speed of Research and Maximize Cluster Performance | http://sys-con.com/read/241608.htm | |||||
1151484080 | Embedded Linux--Rising or Falling in Consumer Devices? | ...meanwhile, the mobile phone industry does appear to be heading in a Linux direction. In related news, a group of mobile phone makers--including Motorola, Vodafone, DoCoMo, Samsung NEC, and Panasonic--recently unveiled intentions to collaboratively build an open, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6274/1/ | |||||
1151508058 | Sun: Open source is about self-interest | For open source to prosper, people need to stop thinking of it as "free"and instead think of it as "connected capitalism," delegates at anopen-source conference in London were told on Tuesday. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6088858.html | |||||
1151508894 | Linux spawns Brazilian Wi-Fi firmware for Realtek devices | Linksys revolutionised the Wi-Fi world with its open, Linux-based hardware, which sparked several alternative firmware versions. | http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32691 | |||||
1151509285 | Cybersource in desktop Linux deal with Victorian Government. | Australian Linux and open source solutions company Cybersourcehas deployed 120 thin client Linux-based desktops and servers for the Victorian Department of Justice. | http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4787/49/ | |||||
1151509500 | US to spend millions on ultrafast supercomputers | More deployments for GNU/Linux, which account for the crushing majority in the sector. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1501551069&rid=-50 | |||||
1151553257 | Microsoft shuffles more executives | Microsoft on Wednesday shuffled around several more executives as part of its ongoing restructuring of the company. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6089338.html | |||||
1151553648 | Microsoft fixes Windows security patch | However, the fix can interfere with certain dial-up networking connections. Problems occur only with dial-up connections that use a terminal window, or dial-up scripting, Microsoft said. This type of connection may stop responding after the patch is applied, it added. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6089163.html | |||||
1151554052 | PowerPC networking SoCs gain real-time Linux support | A commercial real-time Linux variant offering separate real-time andnon-real-time execution domains has added support for a family ofnetwork processors that integrate separate application and controlplane processing units. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9262882558.html | |||||
1151554272 | Linux heads to the desktop | In a world in which Microsoft dominates the desktop market with itsWindows operating system, what many computer users don't realise isthat there are other alternatives – alternatives that are not only freeof spyware, adware, and viruses, but also completely free of charge. | http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/17893 | |||||
1151554448 | Sun Denies Open Source Java Imminent | Sun was quick to deny published reports today that it plans to open source Java in the next few months. The company is working on the project, but any transition to open source is closer to a year away. | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3617071 | |||||
1151554621 | IBM-Led Storage Coalition Starts Aperi Open-Source Project | Aperi includes Brocade Communication Systems, Cisco Systems, CA, Emulex,LSI Logic, Fujitsu, IBM, McData and Network Appliance. Novell joinedthe consortium June 28. | http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article/IBMLed+Storage+Coalition+Starts+Aperi+OpenSource+Project/182214_1.aspx | |||||
1151554848 | Hot Water for Danish Prime Minister Because of Visit to MS | Do you remember the visit the Danish Prime Minister made to Bill Gates and Microsoft, right after the Danish Parliament decided to introduce open standards? It seems there is some unhappiness at the visit, which happened immediately afterward. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060625205231730 | |||||
1151555246 | Convergence engine supports IP multimedia platform | Leapstone Systems has integrated its service delivery and content management software with Intel's Linux- and ATCA-based IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) framework proof-of-concept. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5661266918.html | |||||
1151555404 | Fanless thin client LCD avoids biological pollution | The 17-inch T2117FM runs Linux, and is well-suited to critical care environments in hospitals, according to the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7551486368.html | |||||
1151555977 | Test drive challenge: Office 2007 vs. OpenOffice 2.0 | Microsoft wants you to test drive Office 2007... As the OpenOffice crew declares, if you enjoy their test drive, you can keep the car! | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8881597944.html | |||||
1151557265 | Letter to Ontario Minister of Education Addresses Open Source | I would like to be told what policy this school was using to justify dismantling this lab and harassing this teacher. Does the Toronto District School Board have an exclusive agreement with Microsoft? Does the Ontario Board of education have an exclusive agreement? | http://p2pnet.net/story/9207 | |||||
1151589935 | Microsoft dreams of Vista's successor | With Vista not even remotely close to being in the shops yet, the software outfit Microsoft is talking about what will replace it. | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32710 | |||||
1151590119 | IE blighted by flaw duo | A brace of new Internet Explorer vulnerabilities have been disclosed on a security mailing list. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/29/ie_flaws/ | |||||
1151590353 | Modular Linux phone revealed | Japanese mobile firm Willcom is developing a Linux-based modular smartphone for sale in Japan starting in August. | http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2159348/modular-linux-phone-announced | |||||
1151590720 | Red Hat Partners Report More Customers Dropping Windows For Linux | Especially interesting in a Wall Street analyst's recent report is afinding that 45% of Red Hat's partners are seeing customers migratingfrom Windows to Red Hat. | http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=14392 | |||||
1151590959 | Forget the apple; surprise teacher with open-source software Orono's kinde | Orono's kindergarten-through-second-grade classrooms are gettingequipped with computers running Linux and other "open-source" software-- meaning programs that are usually free to buy, and always free totinker with or distribute, unlike software from Microsoft, Apple orother big companies. | http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060628/COLUMNISTS03/106280090/-1/opinion | |||||
1151591616 | Mandriva Linux 2007: Get Ready For Evolution | To this end, besides the qualities that ensured the success of Mandriva Linux 2006, it includes brand new innovations in the fields of office suite applications, Internet, multimedia and the new virtualization and 3D-accelerated desktop technologies. | http://www.mandriva.com/en/company/press/pr/mandriva_linux_2007_get_ready_for_evolution | |||||
1151595820 | Munich's Move to Linux Progresses | As Project director Peter Hofmann told heise online, "Open Source software at the workplace is a reality in Munich." | http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/74868 | |||||
1151608701 | Microsoft exec jumps to Google | Another prominent Google-fighter leaves Redmond. This one concludes: Ifyou can't beat 'em, join 'em. Vic Gundotra, a general manager for platform evangelism at Microsoft anda 15-year employee, has agreed to join Google... | http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/28/technology/msft_brain_drain/ | |||||
1151609865 | The broader implications of open source | Even Bill Gates now knows the value of open source collaboration. His Foundation brings experts from many intellectual silos together and achieves breakthroughs. The Foundation cooperates broadly with others, none worrying about taking credit, just solving the problem. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=695 | |||||
1151610054 | Verso and IBM Partner on Linux Based VoIP | Verso Technologies has said that the company and IBM have executed a strategic teaming agreement to offer the Verso MetroNet VoIP Overlay solution on the IBM® eServer™ BladeCenter platform. The joint offering creates a Linux-based VoIP solution running on the IBM eServer BladeCenter and will be globally positioned and marketed by both companies. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060629121313273 | |||||
1151610761 | Bonfire: the future K3b killer? | Maybe not yet, but it's a good start. Bonfire 0.3.90 is "just anotherCD/DVD burn application for the GNOME desktop." | http://beranger.org/index.php?article=1221 | |||||
1151611096 | Novell takes Microsoft fight to desktop | "Novell has very loyal customers, and a solid install base... It just won't die." | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060629.gttwnovell29/BNStory/Business/?page=rss | |||||
1151657185 | Is It Time For Linux? | John Cherry, initiative manager for the Desktop Linux working groupat Open Source Development Labs, agrees, "For those market segments wherethe Linux-based applications exist to solve user problems, Linux can notonly hold its own but provide a more reliable and less expensivealternative to a Windows desktop." | http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp2826%2F33p26%2F33p26.asp&guid=&searchtype=&WordList=&bJumpTo=True | |||||
1151657403 | Linux Vendor Technalign Partners With InsynQ | To Offer Appgen Accounting Software For TaFusion MEPIS Linux | http://in.sys-con.com/read/242872.htm | |||||
1151657663 | Open-Source-Software Activists Want Bono to Join Cause | But could the lead singer of U2 also become a front man for a grass-roots campaign seeking to change how the music industry does business? The Free Software Foundation hopes so. | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201654,00.html | |||||
1151657853 | Survey: Financial Firms On the Fence for Open Source | Two-thirds of Financial Services firms (69.4%) said they are already using Open Source software... | http://www.oetrends.com/news.php?action=view_record&idnum=534 | |||||
1151658395 | Office 2007 Slips; Will Vista Be Next? | Will Vista now go the delayed way of Office 2007, so that the two will still launch in tandem? So far, the Vista team says no. But we'll see? | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1983845,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1151658564 | IBM's Investment in India Includes Linux Development | Earlier this year, said the release, IBM announced greater collaboration with the open source community to improve the development of general Linux kernel functionality. | http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/100022 | |||||
1151659180 | Is Open Source Software Cheaper? | Subscriptions for JBoss, MySQL, or Red Hat subscriptionsare typically lower licenses for WebSphere or WebLogic, Oracle, orWindows, respectively. | http://uk.news.yahoo.com/30062006/221/open-source-software-cheaper.html | |||||
1151676063 | Leadership vacuum for Microsoft biz apps | Microsoft's fledgling business applications unit remains bereft of clear leadership after Microsoft announced the group's current chief operating officer Orlando Ayala is moving over to target "emerging segments". | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/microsoft_business_applications_leadership/ | |||||
1151714364 | Microsoft Windows Kill Switch | ...if they actually do it, the backlash could do more for non-Windows OSs than anything those OSs could do for themselves. | http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/06/microsoft_windo_1.html | |||||
1151716455 | Better living through free technology | Missoula attorney Monte Jewell used to spend money--a lot of money--onlicensed software fees for his law office. Then, while working atMontana Legal Services, Jewell got to thinking about the culture ofopen-source software, realizing that "software can be free and it canhelp people." | http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5800 | |||||
1151718013 | AA takes Linux road for ID system | Motoring organisation the AA is to implement an identity and access management solution running on Novell's SuSE Linux to automate the management of digital identities for around 6,000 staff. | http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/06/30/216710/AA+takes+Linux+road+for+ID+system.htm | |||||
1151718184 | Web Site Promoting Open Source for European Businesses Relaunched | Linux distributor Interactive Ideas has thrown its weight behind therelaunch of a Web site that aims to increase the use of open sourceLatest News about open source software across Europe. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/7iMp7ZIIAPXyCP/Web-Site-Promoting-Open-Source-for-European-Businesses-Relaunched.xhtml | |||||
1151718551 | Open source multimedia codec API supports x86, ARM | STMicroelectronics has released an open source sample implementation of OpenMAX IL, a standardized API (application programming interface) for interfacing with hardware- and software-based multimedia codecs. ST's Bellagio v0.2 OpenMAX IL sample code supports Linux on x86 and ARM platforms, according to the Khronos Group, which maintains OpenMAX. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4228873473.html | |||||
1151719063 | The Office 2007 demo and Linux | Could it be that Microsoft doesn't want you to know that, if youreally wanted Office 2007, you could do it from a Linux desktop andFirefox instead of having to buy into an all Microsoft solution? It looks like that to me. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4935936784.html | |||||
1151719781 | Uncovering progress in FOSS-based archeology | ....for a variety of reasons, it makes sense for software in archeology to be open, viewed as a service, and controlled by the user community. In this way, even institutes with very small budgets can play a significant role. | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/22/1714202&from=rss | |||||
1151720178 | Portland Project betas common tools for GNOME, KDE | The Portland Project, the collaborative venture of Linux vendors and developers to simplify the process of porting and integrating applications for Linux desktops, has announced the beta release of its first application tools for the Linux desktop's GNOME and KDE environments. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3204411810.html | |||||
1151720284 | SCOPE Alliance Publishes Carrier Grade Linux Operating System Profile | Profile Builds On The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) CGL Requirements Definition | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/242863.htm | |||||
1151766964 | Microsoft Office Live: Powered by Apache/Linux | Who woulda thunk it? The new Office 2007 Preview online demo is beingserved up from an Apache/Linux box! | http://www.kerika.com/2006/06/office-on-linux.html | |||||
1151767210 | Linux Chosen for Post-Production Work | Australian Post-Production Facility, Frame, Set & Match, AdoptsAutodesk's Discreet Flame Visual Effects Systems Running Linux | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/64037/index.html | |||||
1151767469 | The birth of the open source enterprise stack | For the first ten years of its life, free software was largely a hacker's tool. All the early programs ? Emacs, GCC, Perl, Linux ? were written by coders for coders (usually themselves). It was the rapid uptake of the Internet by business in the mid-1990s that led to free software being used by companies, not just their employees. | http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/189186/2b0897ee1d250e53/ | |||||
1151767679 | VisiCalc Developer Creates WikiCalc Variation | Dan Bricklin indicated he's not expecting big financial returns from wikiCalc. "I'm just paying the bills and helping push open source," he said. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51377.html | |||||
1151768262 | Dashboard: Open-Source BI Projects Take Off | The pace of open-source business intelligence development has accelerated in recent months, with new releases of commercially supported products and the emergence of noteworthy end-user applications. | http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500847 | |||||
1151830881 | Open source project integrated into 71 schools | It was conceived to provide colleges and universities in the Philippines with additional tools to teach open source technology and not just proprietary software. | http://technology.inq7.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=7652 | |||||
1151831310 | India seeks translators for smoother GNU/Linux computing | 'We plan to bring computing power to non-English speaking people by translating the desktop menus, help messages, files, FAQs, error messages etc., of GNU Linux System in various Indian languages,' C-DAC officials said. | http://www.dailyindia.com/show/38637.php/India_seeks_translators_for_smoother_computing | |||||
1151831589 | Khronos announces Bellagio OpenMAX IL Open Source Sample Implementation | The Bellagio OpenMAX IL sample implementation is for Linux on x86 PC andon ARM platforms. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060701112158112 | |||||
1151861961 | Open source could become "boring" | Open Source Development labs chief executive Stuart Cohen says, "If Microsoft open-sourced all these apps, they'd have tremendous opportunity in the marketplace." | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/A7807E8A63F325B4CC25719D001A0AA7?OpenDocument | |||||
1151862257 | Motorola joins Eclipse to boost mobile Linux apps | Handset maker will work on open source group's device softwaredevelopment platform | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/0795E3D345EB2CA4CC25719D0019C837?OpenDocument | |||||
1151862431 | SCO's Expert Marc Rochkind Uses Ubuntu Linux as a Server! | SCO's expert, Marc Rochkind, on April 29 put on his blog a report on his daughter using Ubuntu Linux, saying she didn't even realize it wasn't Windows until he told her. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060702054816968 | |||||
1151863102 | Symantec Unveils Linux Supported Remote Control Solution | Enables Transparent Connectivity Between Help Desk Professionals And Remote Users | http://www.linux.sys-con.com/read/242929.htm | |||||
1151863608 | IE Rulez, Firefox Suxz (Sarcasm) | Internet Explorer is much more powerful that Firefox. For example, when Firefox crashes I just have to restart it, and keep browsing. Firefox even remembers the tabs I had open, thanks to the sessionsaver extension. However, when IE crashes it takes down the whole operating system, the fridge, the toaster, and any pacemakers... | http://weblog.henrytheadequate.com/?p=391 | |||||
1151897845 | The Telegraph on Open-source, software-as-a-service and grid computing | So far a company called Red Hat has emerged as one of the most popularopen-source companies. It distributes Linux, an open-source operatingsystem that can be used in place of Windows. | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/07/03/ccorac103.xml&sSheet=/money/2006/07/03/ixcoms.html | |||||
1151898047 | Mobile home for open source | ...open source has achieved significant success in the Web world, primarily for server-based applications, most notably in the form of Linux and Apache. Users of open-source software have noted savings from being able to use less-expensive hardware than might otherwise be required by proprietary software... | http://www.eetasia.com/ARTICLES/2006JUL/C/2006JUL_EDNOTE_WK1.HTM | |||||
1151898325 | Sun, Microsoft answer calls for ODF/Office converter | "Our technical engineers feel that the ways for accessing the range of interface options in Office [are] not fully documented and fully committed to," said Douglas Johnson, corporate standards program manager at Sun. "We don't think Microsoft Office is too proprietary. We know it is." | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=418291310&rid=-50 | |||||
1151898513 | Xandros releases Windows-alike server | "Our key advantage over Windows is price where Exchange and Backup server licences all extra. We're unlimited in terms of licences and also run up on systems to four CPUs. We also help users get away from Microsoft as a single supplier." | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1508523260&rid=-50 | |||||
1151898679 | Solaris Xen support imminent | So far, Linux operating systems such as SUSE Linux Professional 9.3, the upcoming Suse Linux Enterprise 10 and Red Hat's Fedora Core 3 and 4, have been modified for Xen support. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=419291521&rid=-50 | |||||
1151935113 | Novell's Changing of the Guard Better Late Than Never? | Their (investors') beef: He (Messman) was too slow to slash costs, cater to customers, and battle more aggressively with Red Hat for Linux, an operating system distributed over the Internet that's becoming an increasingly popular alternative to Microsoft's Windows. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51483.html | |||||
1151935455 | Open Source Company OpenLogic Unveils OpenLogic Enterprise 4.0 | OpenLogic Enterprise 4.0 includes 18 new OpenLogic certified open source products including Geronimo, Apache Axis, POI and JLDAP. This brings OpenLogic's library to more than 160 pre-certified open source software packages, including the most popular open source databases, applications servers, IDEs and more. | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/243253.htm | |||||
1151966372 | Load ActiveX Controls on Vista Without Administrator Privileges | This seems like a bad idea to me: Microsoft is adding a brand-new feature to Windows Vista to allow businesses to load ActiveX controls on systems running without admin privileges. | http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/07/load_activex_co.html | |||||
1151968131 | EU Regulators Support Fining Microsoft | In a major step toward new penalties against Microsoft Corp., Europe's antitrust regulators voted unanimously Monday in favor of fining the world's largest software company for flouting a 2004 ruling, two people close to the case said. | http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/07/03/ap2856383.html | |||||
1151969250 | SCO's Legal Setback Should Help Linux Users Breathe Easier | Enderle says the ruling means that Linux users in commercial environments can breathe easier, knowing that it's now less likely that SCO will gain control over significant pieces of the freely distributed Linux operating system. "There's still that possibility, but it's getting more remote," says Enderle. | http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190200070&subSection=Open+Source | |||||
1151969503 | Drop Team Adds Linux Support | This marks the first title published by Battlefront.com to offer Linux support! | http://www.gamersmark.com/news/2006/07/1/8039 | |||||
1151970028 | Letter Charges Illegal forced sale of MS Windows, EC Says Not Likely | This is a letter of complaint sent to the European Commission regarding the situation in Belgium, which unfortunately applies to all EU countries, which forces almost all consumers to buy MS Windows despite regulation prohibiting illegal forced and linked selling practices. The EC's response follows the complaint letter. | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/64267/index.html | |||||
1151970612 | LQ ISO Hits 2,000,000 Downloads | LQ ISO recently hit 2,000,000 downloads (and a very short time later is already well over 2,100,000 - which is a good indicator of the growth rate it's currently seeing) | http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2318655#post2318655 | |||||
1151970896 | PC-BSD works for community center | Given this state of affairs, I am always on the lookout for free, easy-to-use open source software. I chose PC-BSD as our standard operating system because of its exemplary performance on older equipment. | http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1442207&from=rss | |||||
1152032424 | Linux cuts Kent Police system costs by 90% | Kent Police has cut the cost of running its major criminal investigations system by 90% using Novell Open Enterprise Server, the company's version of SuSE Linux.... | http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/04/216740/Linux+cuts+Kent+Police+system+costs+by+90.htm | |||||
1152034817 | Dutch Parliament says No to European criminal law against IP violations | Both Chambers of the Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) unanimously concluded last Thursday that the European Commission has no competence to propose a directive to criminalise intellectual property infringements. | http://wiki.ffii.org/IpredNlParl060629En | |||||
1152034948 | S.Korea won't suspend Microsoft antitrust order | A Seoul court rejected Microsoft Corp.'s request to suspend a South Korean ruling that the company must unbundle its media player and messaging service from Windows software, Seoul's antitrust agency said. | http://today.reuters.com/business/newsArticle.aspx?type=technology&storyID=nSEO139655&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=BizArt-C1-ArticlePage2 | |||||
1152035604 | Adobe frees software to win developers | ...by cutting its prices and using open source technologies - Flex Builder2, also launched by Adobe, is based on Eclipse - Adobe hopes to gain greateracceptance. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/04/adobe_flex/ | |||||
1152035873 | Linux Vendor Arkeia Software And Computer Dynamics Partner | To Market Linux Supported Data Protection Software In Japan | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/243375.htm | |||||
1152036139 | Munich Linux 'a reality' | Under the LiMux project, which commenced in 2004, Munich is migrating 14,000 desktops from Windows to a custom Linux distribution running mostly open-source software. | http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=6369&pagtype=all | |||||
1152036427 | West Wales focuses on IP technologies, open source | Information security services firm, 7Safe and the Internet Telephony Service Providers? Association will hold practical workshops on e-security and the future, benefits and threats of VoIP systems. Another workshop on open source will also be held on the day. | http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/07/04/West-Wales-ICT-Roadshow.html | |||||
1152036519 | Open source software represents a better bet for venture capital firms than | Open source software represents a better bet for venture capital firms than traditionally licensed software, according to representatives of three VC firms gathered at the recent Open Source Business Conference in London. | http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=288BD3F2-E55F-49CC-A284-43926C5F66A5 | |||||
1152036862 | GTK and Qt New Releases | Meanwhile, Trolltech has a preview of Qt 4.2, which sports a new 'desktop services' system amongst other features. | http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=362 | |||||
1152036997 | SCO's Future Murky Following Legal Blow | It is unclear how SCO will continue to fund its legal battles: Its cash reserves are disappearing at a rapid pace, while its losses have accelerated over the last year, in large part due to its legal expenses. If not a death knell, the dismissal of most of its claims against IBM is a major blow to its prospects. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51543.html | |||||
1152037339 | Time to adopt open source technologies in bank | We are seeing more secure and robust solutions being developed within the open source arena than from closed private software development environments | http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/Linux/2006/106070301.asp | |||||
1152037650 | The Universities of Tomorrow Must Stay in Touch With Developing Technology | Two examples of how to make tht most of it are the Open Content andOpen Source movements. The OU joins the first this autumn when it launchesa selection of its material on the web, free to use. It alreadyparticipates in the other, using Moodle (an open source code) for itsvirtual learning platform. | http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/558563/openeye_the_universities_of_tomorrow_must_stay_in_touch_with/index.html?source=r_technology | |||||
1152076662 | Closer cooperation: EU and Korea | Closer cooperation: European Union (EU) Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes, second from right, speaks at a news conference in Seoul following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with chairman Kwon Oh-seung of the Fair Trade Commission, Tuesday. | http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/photosalon/200606/kt2006062719345211530.htm | |||||
1152077362 | Linux On the Mitsubishi Amity CN | Running A Current Distribution On A Little Old Laptop (133MHz Pentium processor, 16MB RAM, upgradable to 48MB, 1.2GB hard drive...) | http://www.mizuhoradio.com/personal/caitlyn/lightweightlinux/amitycn.html | |||||
1152107194 | Novell Innovation in Linux Education Drives New Learning Options | Novell Is First Linux Provider to Supply Free Full-Service Teacher Training Courses, and Is Also Cooperating With Thomson Learning to Create New SUSE Linux Enterprise Courseware | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060705/sfw024.html?.v=59 | |||||
1152107472 | Massachusetts holding tight to OpenDocument | State is sticking to its plan to standardize on OpenDocument, says the incoming CIO, describing the move as irreversible. | http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6090196.html?part=rss&tag=6090196&subj=news | |||||
1152107822 | School software licences under review | Does Microsoft Campus give good value for money? | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39278173,00.htm | |||||
1152107973 | Apple to sell education computer for $900 | Apple Computer on Wednesday said it will begin selling a version of its iMac personal computer for about $900 for the education market. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060705/tc_nm/apple_dc | |||||
1152108189 | Port Your UNIX Applications to Linux -- Quickly, Efficiently, and Reliably | Increasingly, developers, architects, and project managers face the challenge of porting their C, C++, and Java applications from UNIX to Linux environments. Now, there's a definitive, start-to-finish guide to porting applications from today's most widely used UNIX platforms: Solaris?, HP-UX, and AIX: UNIX to Linux Porting. | http://www.informit.com/promotions/promotion.asp?promo=3592&rl=1 | |||||
1152108359 | Toshiba ramps up local Linux-based R&D | Internally, Toshiba uses Linux and BSD Unix for file serving and other infrastructure. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;602130269;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1152108569 | Open source urged to remain European | The organizer behind the Open Source Business Conference has called on European enterprise open source companies to retain their roots and avoid the urge to relocate to the US | http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=3C3C31B9-55E4-4F33-98E1-3A48263FCDDC | |||||
1152144087 | SoftMaker Office 2006 to Support OpenDocument Format | ...SoftMaker Office 2006 currently includes only word processor and spreadsheet functions and is still bringing its product up to full ODF compliance. | http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2006070509040463 | |||||
1152144691 | Windows spam zombies give UK ISPs the fear | A massive 96 per cent of 50 ISP respondents cited the proliferation of botnets - networks of virus-infected PCs under the control of hackers - as a key business issue... seven in 10 items of spam originate from infected PCs. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/05/spam_zombie_survey/ | |||||
1152144981 | Merrill Lynch bullish on Google growth | In a research note, Merrill Lynch said it expects Google to continue to remain competitive for distribution partners and potentially gain search share over the next couple quarters, helped by toolbar deals with Dell and Adobe Systems. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6090803.html | |||||
1152145486 | Dr. Notes Cuts Off Customers, Demands Fee | Dr. Notes was originally sold for $1,200 a year but the companywanted her to pay $5,000 a year. When McGovern refused, the companydidn't give her an updated monthly password needed to access theprogram and view records... | http://www.linuxmednews.com/1152125116 | |||||
1152145750 | Comodo Releases Zero Touch Linux for Back Office Automation | The company said ZTL takes a 'best of breed' approach by offering administrators industry-leading server software pre-configured on Comodo's Linux distribution, Trustix Secure Linux. | http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=4587&scatid=2&contid=3 | |||||
1152146018 | Linux 2.6 scheduler improves JVM, SMP, real-time performance | ..the 2.6 kernel's 0(1) scheduler was created to improve performance on highly threaded workloads, such as those created by Java Virtual Machines (JVMs). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3338963092.html | |||||
1152146219 | Linux reference kit targets portable devices with OCR, media players | On the software side, the MDK730 kit includes a royalty-free Linux port done by Mobilic engineers, the company says. The port is said to provide such advanced functions as optical character recognition (OCR), face recognition, voice-to-text, voice-over-IP, network media streaming, and Web browsing. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4874183592.html | |||||
1152146710 | Does it matter where open source firms are based? | It shouldn't. But it does... This leads me to a question. Would JBOSS have been likely to mergewith RedHat if it were in France? RedHat is based in Raleigh, with officesin Boston, and Fleury chose the buy-out instead of going public earlierthis year. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=700 | |||||
1152146995 | Open source lobby a voice in EU patent consultations | Open source software developers are second only to corporations invoicing opinions in a consultation process about the future ofEurope's patent regime, the European Commission said Wednesday. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/070506-open-source-patent.html | |||||
1152147199 | Linux console servers target telecom | Opengear is shipping 48-Volt "telecom" versions of two inexpensive console servers based on Linux and other open source software. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5496581154.html | |||||
1152147456 | School Successes (OSS/Linux) | You probably agree with me that running Windows XP on a 1.4GHz PIII would make that user unhappy. And yet that's the server for the Linux system driving 16 stations (they'll double that next year). | http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/smb/2006/012903.html | |||||
1152147762 | Open Source Outlook/Exchange Alternative Slahses Costs | Some of these installs were done using the free Community Edition, "which works well for small to medium-sized businesses," says Wilson. Added to which, the AJAX webmail feature blows its competitors "a mile away". "It drives like an application," he enthuses. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1049 | |||||
1152148102 | The transition away from Microsoftness | ...focus on avoiding the pitfalls of Microsoft office, and on providingthe compelling features that make people want to use the Linux officesuite instead of Microsoft Office. Instead of prompting people to say"It's free, and it's good enough", make people say "It blows awayMicrosoft Office and, oh, by the way, it's free, too." | http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000055 | |||||
1152148362 | eHarmony and open source software make a good match | eHarmony chooses open source software for its quality, not for its price... | http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/16/1935234&from=rss | |||||
1152167875 | Novell preps training courses for Linux teachers | Novell has a great interest in seeing the overall success of Linuxcontinue, especially with things like Vista approaching release. OSShas growing in popularity vastly the past few years and Novelldefinitely wants to be a part of it. | http://www.techspot.com/news/22117-novell-preps-training-courses-for-linux-teachers.html | |||||
1152168058 | Elluminate Launches Linux Supported Web Conferencing Software | This release has now been tested and certified to work with Red HatLinux as well as Novell SUSE Linux. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/243984.htm | |||||
1152168245 | Xbox Linux distro achieves v5.0 release | The UK-based project team developing Gentoox, a Gentoo-based Linux operating system for the Xbox featuring Linux kernel 2.4.32 and the KDE desktop, announced its latest release on July 5, Gentoox Home v5.0. It is the team's first new release since v4.0 in June 2005. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4450492553.html | |||||
1152168297 | New version of Skype for Linux arrives | Many Linux users had given up on ever seeing a new version of Skype, the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) client, for Linux. They were wrong. Late in June, Skype released a beta version 1.3. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9221359619.html | |||||
1152168467 | Open source, SOA to redefine software landscape | The "four horsemen" of commoditization--service oriented architecture (SOA), open source, software as a service and offshoring--will lead to cheaper prices and a radical change in enterprise software landscape of the future, according to analyst Forrester. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,39373066,00.htm | |||||
1152168786 | Qld uni YAWLs in open source BPM | "For the cost-conscious IT manager, the absence of licensing fees may alsobe important and the risks typically associated with vendor lock-in canbe avoided," said ter Hofstede. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;396496377;fp;16;fpid;0 | |||||
1152169113 | Growth of Open Source Solutions in Healthcare in the 21st Century | The use of Open Source Software (OSS) solutions by health care providers and organizations is an increasingly important trend today. The number of OSS solutions currently available has grown to be quite substantial. The number of new OSS health care solutions under development is equally impressive. | http://www.hoise.com/vmw/06/articles/vmw/LV-VM-07-06-10.html | |||||
1152169299 | Freelancers' Choice is Linux and OSS | Statistical research based on analysis of more than 15000 freelance projects posted to getafreelancer.com (one of the biggest freelance sites along with scriptlance.com and others) shows that Linux was used in 23.8% of all projects, Windows ? in 19.9% of all projects. | http://freelancejob.com.ua/content/view/391/4/#en | |||||
1152169461 | Univention's system administration is now free software | Univention, a provider of a complete Linux suite optimized for corporateuse, is loosening up its licensed policy: from now on, the Germany firmwill be licensing all in-house developments created as part of theUnivention Corporate Server (UCS) under the GNU GPL. | http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/75075 | |||||
1152169671 | Mobile video content management company gains funding | Dr. John S. Ostrem, founder of Linux phone software vendor China MobileSoft, has funded a startup selling Linux-based media management and delivery software for content providers and 3G network operators. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7427771447.html | |||||
1152191103 | EU: Microsoft to Face MORE Fines | EU Antitrust Commissioner Says More Fines Will Be Levied Against Microsoft | http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060706/germany_eu_microsoft.html?.v=2 | |||||
1152191398 | New web tools are changing how office work gets done | Ironically Ozzie (of Microsoft) is the man who gave the world Lotus Notes - the first coming of groupware, which was generally considered ahead of its time. Now he's playing catch-up. | http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/07/10/8380857/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote | |||||
1152191669 | Sun's open-source odyssey | Sun's incoming executive vice president of software says the company envisions a world dominated by open source. | http://news.com.com/2008-7344_3-6090956.html?part=rss&tag=6090956&subj=news | |||||
1152192066 | Malware targets security research tool | The malware infects the scripting language used by IDA, elements of whichare sometimes shared between researchers during joint analysis efforts,to create a Windows executable file. This executable searches out new IDCfiles to create a new executable file. Gattmann is programmed only tospread and doesn't feature any malicious payload. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/06/gattmann_virus/ | |||||
1152192822 | Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide | Worst. Introduction. EVER. Filled with fallacies. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060706/tc_cmp/190300285 | |||||
1152193379 | REAL Software Ships REALbasic 2006 (Visual Basic) Release 3 for Linux | In addition to the over 100 features and fixes that have been added, REALbasic 2006 Release 3 for Linux has been specifically tested and optimized for use with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell. | http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/7/emw407972.htm | |||||
1152196288 | Qlusters: Open Source Meets Systems Management | Recently, Qlusters announced some of the progress it is making with openQRM, its open source systems management solution for virtual environments and data center automation. Since the product was launched in January, Qlusters has seen more than 17,000 downloads, and the number of active contributors to the project has doubled. | http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=13364 | |||||
1152196972 | Microsoft: OK. OK, we'll build an ODF killer. Er, we mean translator. | Is Microsoft clever, or what? Ditto with ODF. Here's the choice it istrying to posit: You will have to download their ODF translatoryourself and install it. Or, just stick with Microsoft's one-stopcompeting solution that is built in to their software offering. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060706064747376 | |||||
1152212090 | Network Appliance Targets Linux Clusters | Network Appliance recently introduced an operating system to power its storage for high-performance Linux computing clusters in large-scale computational systems. | http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=01200000BE7O | |||||
1152212262 | Dirty code, licenses and open source | Dedicated GPL defender Welte, who owns copyrights on pieces of theLinux firewall code, has used that copyright to encourage (or, throughsuits brought in German courts, force) more than 100 companies eitherto remove infringing code or release their corporate source code tothe public. | http://www.computerpartner.nl/article.php?news=int&id=3814 | |||||
1152212553 | Virtualization and the Impact of Open Source | I believe that open source is already challenging the proprietary software world... I'm pretty sure the momentum of commoditization through open source is unstoppable. | http://www.cio.in/esntech/viewArticle/ARTICLEID=1680 | |||||
1152213128 | Desktop Linux Defined: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a very capable, industrial strength desktop which is ready to take on basic desktop chores in the corporate environment, and for the price you simply cannot go wrong. | http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/desktop-linux-defined-suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-10/ | |||||
1152213242 | Getting to know your computer's dual personality | You could begin your experimentation with Linux. Linux is a free and open operating system developed in many different "flavours" (known as distributions), by many different companies and individuals around the world. | http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/wat/news/news_615447.html | |||||
1152252893 | Microsoft Falls Back Again: Announces ODF Plugin Project | The news is being treated in the press as "new news," but in fact Ray Ozzie let slip mention of the project last October, and an open source converter project was started by the same French company last September 26. | http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20060706092209358 | |||||
1152254235 | Sun eyes open source 'stacks' | The company is starting to assess customer demand for, and ways itcan maintain, a set of stacks that would potentially remove the painfor developers trying to integrate Sun's software with popular opensource modules. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/06/sun_open_source_servces/ | |||||
1152254618 | Toronto high school (or Microsoft) expels Linux lab | A computer science facility that had been running without a hitch for years is shut down as a Microsoft system is set up across the board. Was it a knock against open source, or just classroom politics? | http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=39987 | |||||
1152254958 | Sizing up Oracle's open source tactics | Oracle's recent maneuvers in the open source software market are all about the upsell, according to one IT industry analyst. | http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci1197598,00.html | |||||
1152255222 | Hardware vendors missing open-source opportunity | Open source is changing the way that enterprises andindividuals develop, evaluate, and purchase software. Why shouldn'thardware follow suit? | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;800772546;fp;2;fpid;3 | |||||
1152255457 | Keeping Tabs on Open Source Mixing and Matching | People generally start out with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell SUSE, oranother popular Linux distro. Then they go onto the open Internet andstart playing with individual open source projects (on SourceForge,there are currently more than 122,000 registered open source projects). | http://weblog.infoworld.com/ittroubleshooter/archives/2006/07/keeping_tabs_on.html | |||||
1152255668 | Portable Linux DAW records, mixes | Start-up Trinity Audio Group (TAG) is using Linux and open sourceaudio applications in a small, portable, inexpensive digital audioworkstation (DAW) claimed capable of professional-quality recordingand mixing. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7123720612.html | |||||
1152255963 | Integrated thin client does WiFi, dual monitors, Linux | The Itona TI54xx series clients feature built-in 802.11g WiFi, and support for dual monitors, a requirement for many financial applications and customer care centers, according to the company. The clients are available with Linux, Windows CE, or Windows XP Embedded. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9735458976.html | |||||
1152256103 | Single-chip x86-compatible chipset runs Linux | Via says its "single-chip" chipset targeting UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs),ultra-small notebooks, and other portable devices will ship in Q3. TheVX700 combines north- and south-bridge functions into a single35mm-square chip that mates with Via's x86-compatible C7-M and C7-MULV (ultra-low voltage) processors. It supports Linux. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6545457181.html | |||||
1152256248 | CEO Interview: Havaard Nord, co-CEO of Trolltech | This interview with Trolltech Co-CEO Haavard Nord took place the dayafter Trolltech's IPO on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Nord candidly describes Trolltech's products, markets, and plans, which include broading its phone software platform through one or more acquisitions. | http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3980891782.html | |||||
1152256949 | eBay Marketing Director Joins Open Source Company VA Software | Mike Rudolph To Lead The SourceForge.net Marketplace Effort | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/243995.htm | |||||
1152257165 | Red Hat: Still Savvy | "Red Hat sells and supports open-source Linux software, which Google has been using to build and run its operating system." | http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,1985533,00.asp | |||||
1152260423 | EU investigating new complaint about Microsoft | European Union regulators are "studying" a consumer complaint that Microsoft Corp. forces computer makers to sell machines that are preloaded with Windows, excluding other operating systems such a Linux.... | http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/276088_msfteu01.html | |||||
1152274668 | Microsoft partner slams 'flaky' Vista and Office 'hindrance' | The interview with Aussie ZD Net is bad news for Vole which is hoping to attract interest in its operating system from companies exactly like Bartercard. | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32870 | |||||
1152274981 | ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe WiFi on Linux | Drivers are available on the CD for RHEL3_U6, RHEL4_U2, SLES9_SP3, Redhat32bit, Redhat64bit, and SuSE64bit. Though these drivers can be easily downloaded from the Internet as source or packages for any distribution. It was nice to see ASUS bundle these Linux drivers on their support CD, as they had done with products in the past. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=506&num=1 | |||||
1152275193 | Netcore bets on Linux | Netcore's reasons for using Linux-based solutions are its open, secure, reliable and stable standards-based nature. | http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20060710/management03.shtml | |||||
1152275391 | Microsoft shows its ankle for open source | Microsoft's J Cannon wants you to know that the ODF Add-in for Word 2007 is not simply free. It's open... as in free source code. To further embed that message, the author drones: The Open XML Translator is an Open Source project. | http://www.trimmail.com/news/elsewhere/data/1152214772.86/ | |||||
1152282374 | Ed Montgomery Interview on Linux Lab Dismantling | Many people have been asking for for more details on Ed Montgomery, the high-school teacher who had his Linux Lab dismantled. | http://p2pnet.net/story/9246 | |||||
1152288330 | Negroponte: $100 laptops due next year | ...One Laptop Per Child initiative -- whichaims to produce a $100 laptop computer for distribution to children indeveloping countries -- features a hand crank that generates the twowatts of power the machine needs to operate. It uses a Wi-Fi mesh to connect to the Internet, and runs open-source software (Linux). | http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/07/HNnegrapontelaptop_1.html?source=rss&url=www.infoworld.com/article/06/07/07/HNnegrapontelaptop_1.html | |||||
1152326232 | Spin doctors rue U-turn on open formats | Stupidity quote: "Mandating the use of a single standard throughout all government agenciesand offices will hamper innovation and government effectiveness" | http://www.computeractive.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2159909/spin-doctors-rue-u-turn-open | |||||
1152333970 | Think all Wi-Fi networks are secure? | Think again. Many - even those used by business travelers - are vulnerable....Another important step: assigning passwords that contain both letters and numbers to Word or Excel documents containing private information... (I suppose that CNN assumes Mac and Linux users never travel) | http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/06/technology/wifi_security/index.htm?section=cnn_tech | |||||
1152334480 | Microsoft's Open XML Project Deemed a Short-Term Fix | Asked what the ODF Alliance would most like to see Microsoft do, Marcich said "to make ODF native to their suite," but he acknowledged that was unlikely to happen anytime soon, if ever. | http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1985699,00.asp | |||||
1152334926 | Oregon Hosts a Government Open Source Conference | "The adoption of open source software for all forms of governmental applications is rapidly expanding," said Deborah Bryant, conference director. "We're also seeing other interesting management-related trends in the public sector, such as the addition of open source projects to agency portfolios as a means to recruit and retain staff..." | http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/100142 | |||||
1152335054 | Open source theolatry and monocultures | When we compete with Microsoft and other competitors, it's on thebasis of the strength of our product and open source as a superior wayof doing business, not on the basis of ideology and FUD. Open source isabout pragmatism, not dogma. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/07/open_source_the.html | |||||
1152335326 | Can Xandros Linux Desktop Replace Windows Media Center Edition? | On the other hand, you can't beat the feature set included for the price, security and flexibility that Xandros offers to those sitting on the fence. As the product further evolves, Microsoft may very well have something to worry about. | http://www.crn.com/sections/vista/vista.jhtml?articleId=190301193 | |||||
1152335480 | Linux software radio transceiver rev'd | Pentek will ship a more powerful version of its software radiotransceiver, it says. The Model 7142 will offer more processingpower and RAM than the earlier Model 7140. It will ship in severaladd-in card formats, and support Linux initially, followed by Windowsand VxWorks. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5665039830.html | |||||
1152335662 | Bell Micro In Linux Land | "We see Linux as a strong market opportunity. It's much more prevalent in data centers than in the past, and it's been legitimized by vendors such as HP and the applications that are out there," Gammon said. | http://www.crn.com/sections/vista/vista.jhtml?articleId=190300983 | |||||
1152335889 | "Military grade" Linux PDA gains WiFi, Bluetooth | Blumer says SDG is currently readying a beta Linux implementation for the Recon-X series PDAs. Blumer said, "We expect to release the product with beta software in about a week, with a shipping release by the end of July or early August. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7845982528.html | |||||
1152336068 | Ultra-low power network appliance platform runs Linux | ARinfotek is shipping an entry-level, fanless network security appliance platform said to draw just 2.4 Watts. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4030713830.html | |||||
1152336447 | July 2006 Web Server Survey Very Positive for Linux | "It was a good month for the Apache web server, which gains 3.2 million hostnames..." | http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/06/28/july_2006_web_server_survey.html | |||||
1152337068 | Created As Unix, Perfected As Linux? | ...most users have missed out on any real multi-user, multi-tasking computing experience. Linux just doesn't fit their perceived model of a computer. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2006-07-07-009-32-OP-CY | |||||
1152337270 | Microsoft "supports" ODF? | Don't believe for one second that Microsoft is actually "supporting" ODF. The headline reads, "Microsoft Bows to Pressure to Interoperate with ODF." Oh no, Microsoft isn't. The Redmond crew has an entirely different agenda for "supporting" the OpenDocument Format with its own Open XML Translator. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3068790571.html | |||||
1152337447 | Open source as software obsolescence insurance | If you really want to be sure that your favorite program will be around not just today but ten years from now, you'd be better darn certain that it's open-source. If it's not, well, good-luck. You're going to need it. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5187739446.html | |||||
1152337967 | Malta and IBM sign strategic alliance | The strategic programmes and initiatives offered by IBM include educational initiatives such as the setting up of a Linux education programme to certify Maltese students, selected by the Government, as Linux Entry Level Administrators. | http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2005/gp/article_10597.shtml | |||||
1152338236 | Department of Defense Releases Open Technology Development Roadmap | According to OSSI, "OTD methodology will enable DoD organizations and contractors to rapidly adapt and extend existing software capabilities in response to shifting threats and requirements without, being locked in to a specific vendor or held hostage to proprietary technologies." | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/233257&from=rss | |||||
1152359749 | ODF Alliance Applauds Government Acceptance of OpenDocument | The OpenDocument Format Alliance hailed initiatives in Belgium, Franceand Denmark that would mandate the use of software based on openstandards... Last week, India's leading technical institutions,global IT companies and government agencies held their first nationalevent in support of ODF... | http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/100143 | |||||
1152360585 | Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and FLOSS | The OCDSB currently supports two OS environments at the classroomlevel, those being Windows and Macintosh. Linux is installed in a few ofour schools on a standalone basis, where software that will run on it isused in the curriculum. There is considerable interest in expanding theuse of 'open-source' applications in our schools. | http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/2531 | |||||
1152386580 | The Valley really, really wants open source location to matter | Will I need to change my opinion two years from now, since Silicon Valley VCs have invested in 3.2 trillion open source companies in the past two years (potentially raising my earlier $1.3 billion open source investment number to $2+ billion)? | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/07/the_valley_real.html | |||||
1152386772 | Why is Firefox So Darn Popular? | When considering how it handles downloads, the absence of ActiveX, the total lack of Firefox users complaining about excessive spyware infestations and even the fact that the browser has allowed for such great extensions to be created by motivated Firefox users is an exciting achievement. | http://osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=&task=view&id=2256 | |||||
1152427266 | Oracle sets sights on Red Hat’s customers | If Oracle does decide to step in and offer support services for Red Hat customers that could have a massive impact on the Linux supplier, which obviously depends on lucrative support contracts for its revenue. | http://www.itp.net/features/details.php?id=4690&category= | |||||
1152427494 | Linux on the Sony VAIO UX180P (Tablet) | What I Plan To Try Next: Installing SuSE Linux 10.1 on this thing, to the hard drive, dualbooting. | http://mozy.org/vaio/ | |||||
1152453646 | Workshop on Embedded Linux Held in City | Linux is better than Microsoft and learning through embedded linux is good for software engineers, he suggested. | http://www.starofmysore.com/main.asp?type=news&item=10086 | |||||
1152453857 | Fujitsu Siemens Computers Offers Blade Chassis Subscription For Linux | Simplified Linux Licensing Enhances Flexibility In The Dynamic Data Center | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/244823.htm | |||||
1152509404 | Novell to release updated SUSE Linux in July | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10's upcoming release will include advanced Beagle search and numerous enterprise-level software packages, including OpenOffice 2.0, Exchange-compatible mail client Evolution 2.6, the Firefox Web browser and instant messaging client Gaim 1.5. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;713124587;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1152509669 | eWEEK Labs Bakeoff: Linux Versus .Net Stacks | Talk about your Romeo and Juliet: Neither the open-source nor the Windows communities seem to be able to accept a marriage of open-source server components and Windows operating systems. | http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1983364,00.asp | |||||
1152509994 | Open Source Takes on Telecom | In 1999, Mark Spencer needed a phone system for his startup, LinuxSupport Services... Without realizing it at the time, Spencer was at the forefront of a movement to bring open source to telecom. | http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2006/tc20060707_042679.htm | |||||
1152510512 | (Proprietary software:) Pay a little now, pay a lot later | It’s often prohibitively expensive to alter a company’s computing infrastructure once it’s been established, so choosing well from the first day is critically important. That is one of the main reasons why I could never recommend a proprietary system to a business owner. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1666 | |||||
1152530054 | EU to up future Microsoft fines up to 3 mln euros | The European Commission will raise the ceiling of any future fines on Microsoft to 3 million euros ($3.84 million) if it continues not to comply with an antitrust decision, a diplomatic source said on Monday. | http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060710:MTFH19899_2006-07-10_10-39-29_BRU004786&type=comktNews&rpc=44 | |||||
1152530911 | Microsoft Grabs Some Code for its ODF Plugin... From the ODF Fellowship | It seems that when Microsoft was looking to build its new ODF plugin, it took a short cut. It seems to have grabbed some code from the OpenDocument Fellowship's program that converts ODF to HTML, written by J. David Eisenberg. His code is released under a dual license, the LGPL and the Apache 2.0 license. Microsoft has put it into its ODF plugin. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060709143240795 | |||||
1152531255 | Don?t Feed the (Windows) Trolls | The worst thing one can do is to engage trolls, either by trying to fire back at them, or by trying to appeal to their better nature (in my experience, they have none). In short, don?t feed the trolls. Hopefully, if people grow ever more savvy about such things, the trolls will end up feeding solely on each other. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=34 | |||||
1152547431 | Vista: To Delay or Not To Delay? | Should the recent delay in Office 2007 be taken as a sign that Vistaneeds another pushback, too? Or should Microsoft stick to its January2007 Vista ship target? A recent internal Microsoft e-mail debating the merits of a delay hinted (between the lines, we hear) that yet another Vista delay could be in the cards. | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1986615,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1152547651 | Nokia 770 to get phone capabilities | The tablet is an 802.11b/g Wi-Fi-connected Linux computer, intended for browsing the web. It?s popular among high-end users who like to use it as an open platform to work with. | http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=6551 | |||||
1152547863 | Turbolinux 11 International Edition Review | "Fuji" offers an intuitive desktop with many of its elements and terminology borrowed from Windows XP | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060710#firstlook | |||||
1152585343 | Windows-Friendly Macs To Boost Apple: Report | Apple's Boot Camp software, which enables Windows software to run onMac computers, should positively impact Mac market share as early asthe third quarter of this year, according to a new Piper Jaffrayresearch report. | http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/10/apple-computer-0710markets07.html?partner=yahootix | |||||
1152586555 | Linux Networx LS Supersystems Fuel Customer Success | "Linux Networx was an ideal supercomputing partner for us because their unrivaled expertise leads to superior service and more cost-effective systems" | http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=142535 | |||||
1152586732 | The CEO and CTO also talked about why everyone should have a Linux desktop | The CEO and CTO also talked about why everyone should have a Linux desktop pilot running. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/071006-novell-execs.html | |||||
1152586950 | Linux Professional Institute Announces Initiative with Linux Centre | The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the Linux certificationorganization and its Master Affiliate for the Greater China Region,announced Guangdong Linux Center (GDLC) as its sub-affiliate forGuangdong Province -- the largest province by GDP in China. | http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/100155 | |||||
1152587055 | PXA270-based reference design runs Linux | Intrinsyc has added an LCD module and graphics stack based on Opie (open palmtop integrated environment) to its Intel XScale PXA270-based Linux reference design. The CerfBoard 270 with Display for Linux comes with a 2.6.14 kernel and a flexible bootloader, and targets Internet-based devices and appliances, according to the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5248816122.html | |||||
1152587263 | Dual-drive NAS server runs Linux, supports DLNA | Seagate is shipping a Linux-based network-attached storage deviceclaimed capable of providing data security to homes or small offices.The Maxtor Shared Storage II is a dual-drive appliance with gigabitEthernet, two USB ports, a capacity of 1,000GB, and DLNA-compliantmedia server software from Mediabolic. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4359257922.html | |||||
1152587493 | Splunk searches Nagios open source software | plunk's software runs on Linux, Unix (including Solaris) and Mac OS X - and, with the freeware version, offers users up to 500MB of data indexing per day. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;236621817;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1152587639 | The Open Source Advantage in Secure Application Development | The views of proponents of the Open Source model are typified by Eric Raymond's argument that Open Source software is intrinsically more secure since its open nature lets a greater number of programmers view the source code and uncover potential security threats before they're released to the wild. | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/244332.htm | |||||
1152587832 | Sun shines a light on open source | The company has open sourced its Solaris Unix operating system, and chief executive Jonathan Schwartz — a software man himself — said Sun intends to eventually open source its entire software product line, even the Java programming package, something outsiders have long urged Sun to do. | http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39278448,00.htm | |||||
1152588005 | Motorola telecom servers pack Carrier Grade Linux | MontaVista says its Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) distribution is shipping as an "integrated part" of Motorola's "Centellis 3000" line of AdvancedTCA-based servers. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7244999401.html | |||||
1152588210 | From Russia with Linux | Russian outsourcing provider Luxoft has opened a second EasternEuropean development office. The Odessa, Ukraine office will focuson "embedded systems, real-time, and Linux development," according tothe company... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3750021470.html | |||||
1152589051 | KDE and Distributions: Red Flag Interview | Red Flag Desktop Linux is the leading distribution in China and surrounding regions. Its goal is to provide the most professional desktop product available. It has more than an 80% desktop share in the Chinese linux market... | http://dot.kde.org/1152563989/ | |||||
1152589161 | PanAfrica: $100 (Linux) Laptop Rollout Ever Closer | ...the screen is now 7.5 inches of the latest e-Ink technology from 3M which features low power consumption and a very impressive 1200 x 900 screen resolution in black and white mode and 800 x 600 in colour mode. | http://allafrica.com/stories/200607101134.html | |||||
1152589484 | A challenge for Linux developers | As I wrote last month, Ubuntu is one of the most user-friendlydistributions of Linux I've used to date, installing painlessly from justone CD... Make networking and printing on Ubuntu easy and simpleand more people will use it. | http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business06_july11_2006 | |||||
1152599148 | Transforming KDE to look like Mac OSX | Now-a-days a lot of development has been taking place in Linux on the usability front and some of the projects such as XGL are worth the efforts put into it. But for the die-hard Mac enthusiast who would settle for nothing less than a desktop which looks like the original, it is possible with some effort to make a Linux desktop look like Mac OSX. | http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/07/transforming-kde-to-look-like-mac-osx.html | |||||
1152624912 | Open source casts new mold for type design | The open-source approach, born in the field of programming, is catching on in a new area: type design. | http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6092398.html?part=rss&tag=6092398&subj=news | |||||
1152625640 | Migration tool drives Sun-based apps to Linux | IT managers planning to migrate applications from Sun Solaris/Sparc toLinux on Intel Xeon or Itanium processors could cut costs by using newtools from Transitive. | http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/11/216807/Migration+tool+drives+Sun-based+apps+to+Linux.htm | |||||
1152626095 | SageTV Brings PlaceShifting To Linux | SageTV, a Oakbrook Terrace , IL-based personal entertainment software company will announce SageTV Media Center for Linux V5 with place shifting features and Media Extender support later this week, sources say. | http://gigaom.com/2006/07/11/sagetv-brings-placeshifting-to-linux/ | |||||
1152626243 | The rSmart Group Teams with IBM on Open Source Financial System - Kuali | Paul Racioppo, IBM Global Business Services' higher education leader, said, "IBM believes open source projects based on open standards are critical to achieving the innovation and productivity that educational institutions are seeking today. | http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060711005086&newsLang=en | |||||
1152626419 | SMEs and open source - a perfect marriage? | Because open source software is generally free, companies pay only for a mixture of physical distribution and technical support but for simple open source installations it can be just as easy to download the software and install it yourself. | http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/sme/0,3800004380,39160230,00.htm | |||||
1152651103 | Open source Gnome Partition Editor gets easier | Staff without Linux expertise can use free utility to resize diskpartitions with various file systems | http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2160116/open-source-gnome-partition | |||||
1152651222 | Second-generation FPGA modules run Linux | The 2-inch-square Firefly II modules are powered by Altera Cyclone II FPGAs, have onboard RAM/Flash, and are available with NIOS II softcores, uClinux, and open source toolchains, Microtronix says. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7466134955.html | |||||
1152651909 | Serious Sam 2 for Linux | "Linux port of editor and client is nearing its end. What is left to do is some internalpolishing and a few minor issues to resolve. As we are currentlypreoccupied with implementing new features to the Serious Engine 3, thelinux port will be finished and shipped as soon as we catch somebreath." | http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1629 | |||||
1152670543 | Microsoft warns of 5 "critical" security flaws | Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of five "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating system and Office software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer. | http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060711:MTFH63075_2006-07-11_21-04-58_N11184621&type=comktNews&rpc=44 | |||||
1152671379 | Microsoft Looks to New Partners to Drive HPC, Security Offerings | "I remember 10 to 15 years ago when people were saying 'Linux over my dead body,' and now I see people handling their mission-critical businesses off that. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060711/tc_zd/183050 | |||||
1152671509 | EU to fine Microsoft 200-300 mln euros | The two sources said that Microsoft must be in full compliance with the European Commission's landmark antitrust decision of March 2004 by the end of the month, or face a further fine of up to 3 million euros daily. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060711/tc_nm/microsoft_eu_dc | |||||
1152671827 | Time for an Open Source 802.1x Supplicant | I have a suggestion for these guys: Open Source. There are some really smart guys at the University of Utah who have developed an open source 802.1x supplicant but they need partners to help them move the ball forward. What's needed is an open source 802.1x supplicant that emulates the success of the Firefox browser... | http://news.com.com/2061-11203_3-6093015.html | |||||
1152672314 | RedHat sticks Canberra feather in its cap | The Red Hat empire is spreading with Canberra TAFE signing up as thelatest academic institution to partner with the Linux vendor tooffer training to its students and prepare them for the Red HatCertified Technician exam (RHCT). | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=171800845&rid=-50 | |||||
1152672476 | Tumbleweed releases corporate e-mail security appliance | Based on a hardened Linux kernel, the Mailgate 6500 protects corporate systems from e-mail-borne threats with features such as Virus Outbreak Protection, which uses pattern detection to identify new virus attacks even before antivirus companies release signatures, the company says. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1570657632&rid=-50 | |||||
1152673030 | A Closer Look at Damn Small Linux | In summary, I've found this take-along operating system to be a great companion for doing most of what I need from a computer. Once your keydrive is configured the way you want, it will seem like you can take your computer everywhere without really having to take your computer anywhere. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/244333.htm | |||||
1152699640 | Microsoft fined $357 million by Europe regulator | The European Commission on Wednesday fined Microsoft Corp. 280.5 million euros ($357 million), and upped the amount it can be fined per day to 3 million euros, for not complying with a previous antitrust ruling. | http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B9455B76C%2D7917%2D48AE%2D9F7A%2D3B7FEC236EC6%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo | |||||
1152700206 | Microsoft sued over RAM cache acceleration | Computer Acceleration Corporation (CAC) claims Microsoft has illegally used its patent, 5,933,630 - granted to it on August 3rd 1999... CAC claims Microsoft knows about the 630 patent but has continued to infringe on it. | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32972 | |||||
1152701393 | German anti-trust officials received complaint against Intel | The Financial Times claimed the FCO has in its possession a letter from a Saturn employee that implied Intel gave the retailer financial incentives not to stock AMD-based PCs. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/12/intel_german_fco_complaint/ | |||||
1152702883 | State Dept. investigating computer 'anomalies' | The State Department is investigating "anomalies" in its unclassified computer system, the agency said on Tuesday, declining to comment on a report that the department's computers had been hacked. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060712/tc_nm/security_state_computers_dc | |||||
1152703278 | Sybase And IBM Set Transaction Processing Record For Linux | This new record beats the previous 2-core HP/Itanium2 and Oracle 10g performance record for Linux by 58 percent. It also beats the previous 2-core HP/Opteron and Microsoft SQL Server performance record and is less expensive by 23 percent. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/246319.htm | |||||
1152703448 | Accredited open source anti-cracking course launches | The first fully accredited Open Source Security Testing Methodology (OSSTM) program -- a five day hands-on course run by penetration testing specialists Pure Hacking -- will kick off this September. | http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Accredited_open_source_anti_hacking_course_launches/0,2000061744,39263109,00.htm | |||||
1152703618 | Open Source Opens Doors | Malaysia's CIOs are into open source software, and many see it as a wayof cutting costs and upping choice. | http://cio-asia.com/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3975&pubid=5&issueid=96 | |||||
1152723138 | MindTouch Releases Linux Supported Wiki Appliance | Compatible with mixed network environments including Windows, OS X and Linux, MindTouch MOS is offered as a complete, bundled solution and can be installed in minutes without onsite IT support. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/246321.htm | |||||
1152723364 | Proginet Introduces CFI Suite Support For Linux On The IBM Mainframe | "Linux is the fastest growing operating system in the world," said Kevin M. Kelly, Proginet's President & CEO. "Organizations continue to migrate to Linux en masse because it offers significant cost savings over proprietary operating systems, as well as greater flexibility." | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/246324.htm | |||||
1152723504 | Empower Technologies and Texas Instruments Release New Version of Linux OS | Empower Technologies and Texas Instruments have together released thelatest version of Empower's LinuxDA Embedded Operating System (LEOs 2.3)running Linux Kernel 2.6.12 | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060712102419609 | |||||
1152723691 | e-System Signs $100-million Yen Reseller Deal With Linux Vendor Levanta | Levanta announced that new Japanese reseller partner e-System corporation has made an additional commitment to more than $105-million yen in sales of Levanta's Intrepid M Linux management appliance. | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/246655.htm | |||||
1152723938 | Kent Police in switch to Linux | Andy Barker, head of IT at Kent Police, says the architecture has allowed the force to double its infrastructure to more than 4,000 desktops in the past two years without expanding support. | http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2160217/kent-police-switch-linux | |||||
1152761086 | Texas Instruments, Telecom Italia join Linux phone group | Texas Instruments, Telecom Italia and Chinese telecommunications company ZTE have joined the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, the consortium said Wednesday. | http://news.com.com/2110-7344_3-6093555.html?part=rss&tag=6093555&subj=news | |||||
1152761610 | DaVinci gains commercial Linux Gstreamer framework | Marc Guillaumet, business unit manager at Ateme, stated, "With DaVincitechnology, TI has combined the performance of a DSP with the openstructure of an ARM [processor], running Linux, to deliver a flexibleSoC optimized for video applications. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5673706917.html | |||||
1152761740 | Emulex Ships SUSE Linux Drivers | Emulex said that its drivers have been built into the Linux kernel, and support the Linux 2.6 environment, Xen 3 server virtualization, and storage multipathing. | http://www.socaltech.com/story/0004544.html | |||||
1152761994 | Low power EPIC SBC supports Linux device apps | Arcom is shipping a new "ultra-low power" XScale-based EPICformat single-board computer (SBC). The Zeus SBC supports Linux,and takes advantage of the power saving modes of the PXA270 processor. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5139582094.html | |||||
1152762507 | Red Hat Continues Booming Growth in Fiscal Q1 | For the quarter, Red Hat reports software subscription sales of $71.5 million, up 45 percent compared to the prior year's first quarter... | http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb071106-story01.html | |||||
1152763050 | Windows power user tries Xandros | My final thought about all of this is that considering the cost of keeping up with Windows and the need for better security over all computer systems - I can see myself using Xandros exclusively in spite of having to learn to recognize all those different little icon things. | http://www.geektimelinux.com/index.php?q=node/view/322 | |||||
1152763181 | Over 30s VAX, Linux breeds Boeing's new jets | Hawker de Havilland, the local arm of aircraft engineering giant Boeing, will retire its 30-year-old VAX system in favour of its new Linux-based environment in the manufacture of parts for the company's next-generation 787 jets. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1834585068;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1152818529 | Software Freedom Law Center Clears OpenDocument Format for Free Software Us | The Software Freedom Law Center, provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), today released an opinion assuring developers that they can legally implement OpenDocument Format (ODF) in free and open source software. | http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-12-2006/0004395762&EDATE= | |||||
1152819606 | Windows Rootkit Wars Escalate | The rootkit wars have started to escalate with a rootkit named Rustock which is able to remain hidden from all the popular anti-rootkit tools... Works in Vista, too! | http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/13/1456217&from=rss | |||||
1152820338 | Intel cutting 1,000 management jobs | Intel Corp. is cutting 1,000 management jobs as the chip maker triesto become more efficient amid stiff competition and weaker demand forpersonal computers. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060713/ap_on_hi_te/intel_management_cuts | |||||
1152820676 | Linux Pre-installed on a AMD 64-bit Based System for $300 | Technalign has said that they have partnered with Britt Systems in Florida to provide a 64-bit AMD 2800+ computer for under $300.00. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060713123927205 | |||||
1152820789 | Open Source Solutions Provider Red Hat Expands Presence In Bangladesh | Red Hat , provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, announced the growth of its partner network, presence, and services in Bangladesh. This enhanced network enables Red Hat to continue providing regional support, training and sales activities, in addition to localized solutions for Bangladesh. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/246935.htm | |||||
1152821543 | Red Hat looks to symposium to spread the gospel | Red Hat is embarking on a two-month tour of the Asia-Pacific regionspreading news about its latest Linux offering as well as open sourcealternatives in the virtualization and middleware space. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1497154325&rid=-50 | |||||
1152821787 | Word 2007 and Open Office | Word (as it stands now) is deliberately stripping away the formatting in .odt files when it saves them to .doc (currently the only format that OOWriter can work with from Word). | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/64829/index.html | |||||
1152822128 | OSDL taps director for Linux User Advisory Council | Europe is considered a spawning ground for Linux and open source projects. With projects such as Linux, Mandriva, MySQL, Trolltech and many others rooted in Europe, the region is in a position to drive new business opportunities around these technologies, OSDL said. | http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/07/10/daily29.html?from_rss=1 | |||||
1152822232 | Awaresoft Releases Linux-Supported Web Database Management Software | Initially released in July 2005, Aware IM is now used by many business professionals, IT administrators and application developers. Aware IM applications have been deployed in small businesses, large corporations, educational institutions and non-commercial organizations. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/246892.htm | |||||
1152822430 | Gordano Releases Linux Compatible Messaging Suite | ...a new version of the Gordano Messaging Suite (GMS), a multi-platformmessaging system providing an easy-to-use alternative to MicrosoftExchange that is compatible with Windows (NT, XP, 2000, 2003), Linux(Redhat, Suse, Mandrake, Debian, etc), Solaris and AIX. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/246897.htm | |||||
1152822889 | SLES 10 vs. Windows: Built-In Apps | These are not the only difference, of course. Whole office package is included with SLES, i.e. OpenOffice, which though not being used that much on servers... | http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/07/13/sles-10-vs-windows-built-in-apps/ | |||||
1152834867 | Microsoft profit seen flat | Meanwhile, sales at Microsoft's flagship Windows operations that produce the software used to power over 90% of the world's computers may have been lighter than hoped due to somewhat weaker-than-expected sales of personal computers, analysts noted. | http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BE67D6751%2D7D85%2D45B5%2DB909%2D803BC040C703%7D&source=blq%2Fyhoo&dist=yhoo&siteid=yhoo | |||||
1152835254 | New PowerPoint hole used in cyberattacks | Deja vu? Only a day after Microsoft's monthly patch day, a new security hole in Microsoft Office is being exploited in cyberattacks. | http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6094059.html?part=rss | |||||
1152835606 | Embedded Linux specialist RidgeRun runs again | RidgeRun, a stalled start-up focused on Linux development for TexasInstruments (TI) dual-core (RISC/DSP) processors, has re-launched. Thenew RidgeRun will offer Linux, Windows, and RTEMS BSPs (board supportpackages)... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3608590931.html | |||||
1152835791 | Microsoft COO Lashes Out At Linux, Google | FUD snippet: "Then we've got Novell, Linux, Red Hat and other competitors. We're going after IBM and Google," Turner said. "We're going to win because we have a better solution, better total cost of ownership. We're going to get at the competition." | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=190400046 | |||||
1152836091 | Firefox Anti-Phishing Features Score Points | Mozilla's new Firefox 2.0 beta release is now available for download.The latest version of the popular alternative to the Internet Explorerbrowser includes anti-phishing features to protect users from beingtricked by fake Web sites. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51769.html | |||||
1152836384 | Born to be Mild: the HP Compaq nc6220 | I did wonder if the system would perform even better with Linux, so I tried it out with an Ubuntu Dapper Drake Live CD. There were a number of booting errors; however, once these passed, it was clear that Ubuntu was designed to handle virtually all of the hardware on the laptop - wireless worked instantly, as did sound. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=38 | |||||
1152836522 | A family business based on PHP | "We've been humbled along the way many times, but open source has really saved us. We just coudn't afford any other kind of technology." | http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/1616210&from=rss | |||||
1152836634 | Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10: Linux Without Tears | You no longer have to be an uber-geek to run a Linux server. With the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Novell has at last put out a product that's as easy to install, administer and use as a Windows server--in some cases, even easier. | http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190400125 | |||||
1152836774 | Review: Novell's SUSE Puts Enterprise Linux On Easy Street | SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 10 finally cuts Windows Server's ease-of-installation advantage out of the picture. | http://www.linuxpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=190400098 | |||||
1152859399 | 747 Lawnmower Aircraft | See it to believe it! | http://www.jumpingpixels.com/747lawn.html | |||||
1152861541 | Rice goes open source | The University is reviving its old academic imprint through an open source Connexxions system. This also means Rice materials will go under the Creative Commons license. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=709 | |||||
1152861733 | Interview: Philippe Robin, Linux product manager for ARM | Linux is an important part of ARM's long term strategy, enabling developers with access to an open development environment to prototype and build products with the latest ARM technology. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3620346681.html | |||||
1152877840 | States to sue chip makers over price-fixing | Global computer memory chip makers including Samsung Electronics Co. and Micron Technology Inc. were sued on Thursday by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for allegedly conspiring to raise memory chip prices. | http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/060714/chipmakers_suit.html?.v=1 | |||||
1152878355 | FBI grapples with out-of-date computers | The bureau in March sealed a six-year, $305 million deal with prominent defense contractor Lockheed Martin to start over. For the upcoming year, it's requesting $100 million from Congress to launch the four-phase, 42-month overhaul, known as Sentinel, with the target completion date set for 2009. | http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6094070.html?part=rss&tag=6094070&subj=news | |||||
1152879004 | Two Linux PCs Power 12-Station Internet Café | HP, Blueloop And Omni Demonstrate How Upto 10 Users Can Share A SingleLinux Desktop Computer | http://in.sys-con.com/read/247419.htm | |||||
1152879178 | Softek's TDMF IP Enables Faster Migrations Over TCP/IP Within Linux | Softek Storage Solutions, provider of Nonstop Data Mobility software solutions, announced enhanced functionality and scalability for its distance data migration software that enables faster and more convenient migrations over TCP/IP within Unix and Linux environments. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/247416.htm | |||||
1152879321 | What makes open-source developers tick? | When compared with some 110 developers working for Swiss softwarecompanies, those engaged in open-source projects were seen to have morefun. | http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/75475 | |||||
1152908481 | Smooth Sailing With Novell's SLED 10 | Novell should be proud of this latest release. SLED 10 is hands down the most polished desktop Linux distribution I've ever used. If Novell can sustain the level of effort it put into this release for future versions, SLED will rapidly become a serious contender for enterprise workstation use. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51768.html | |||||
1152909219 | Mr. Turner’s Temper Tantrum | Microsoft should pick up a few hints from these examples on how to be a bit more subtle. Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer is apparently in greatest need of education; in a conference held yesterday, he was adamant that enterprise search software was something that Google simply could not have. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=40 | |||||
1152950700 | Xen leads Novell's turnaround effort in Linux | Less substantive, but still important in Novell's eyes, is fancy graphics interface software called Xgl now incorporated into Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10. Novell hopes Xgl will help showcase its innovations. | http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6094603.html?part=rss&tag=6094603&subj=news | |||||
1152951354 | VMware Offers Free Virtualization Server Software | VMWare is making is VMWare Server application available for free inan attempt to gain share in the growing virtualization software market.Virtualization technology allows multiple virtual operating systems torun on a single physical machine... | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51795.html | |||||
1152951623 | Cluster's Open Source Lustre on Linux Powers World's Fastest Systems | Highest Performing Computers in Several Regions Deploy Open Source Lustre Software | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/247692.htm | |||||
1152951911 | Sold! On Open Source (and Linux) | Building an open source?based infrastructure has helped mid-marketBonhams compete with the auction industry superpowers. | http://www.cio.com/archive/071506/open_source.html | |||||
1152952077 | IBM To Support Xen Virtualization Software For Suse 10 Linux | IBM support is a plus for Novell, which is getting Linux out the door with Xen ahead of its competitor, Red Hat. Both have announced support for Xen on their future Linux distributions. | http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190400474 | |||||
1152966505 | A new direction for open source | Tenable officials said Nessus 3.0 would still be free to users, but the company would begin selling technical support contracts and would charge other firms that want to use the newest version of code in their products or services. | http://www.fcw.com/article95251-07-17-06-Print | |||||
1152966721 | RMS on Source Distribution and the GNU GPL | The goal of the GNU GPL is to ensure that all users have the four essential freedoms -- (0) to run the program, (1) to study and change it, (2) to redistribute it, and (3) to distribute modified versions. Access to the source code is essential for freedom 1 and freedom 3. | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/0331201&from=rss | |||||
1152966884 | Open source powers Welsh e-theses project | The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes,preserves, and distributes digital research material. The open sourceplatform is used worldwide as an institutional repostiory. Fedora is alsoan open source software, which gives organizations a service-orientedarchitecture for managing and delivering their digital content. | http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/07/15/Repository-Bridge.html | |||||
1152976149 | Microsoft Uses GNU/Linux | Shock! Horror! | http://news.com.com/5208-12-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=19322&messageID=165223&start=-1 | |||||
1153007071 | SUSE Linux 10.2a2 report | In testing various software packages and modules in the yast controlcenter and gnome control center, I found everything working really wellat this early stage. As far as priliminary testing will allow, thesoftware manager seemed to work well. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/8286 | |||||
1153028952 | GNOME v2.15.4 Screenshot Gallery | Published: July 15, 2006 | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=513&num=1 | |||||
1153029244 | Bridging the Digital Divide | The adoption of open-source software for the Internet, likeLinux-based operating system Ubuntu and the Firefox Web browser, arealso seen by Chapman as important contributions to expanding the Internetin developing countries. | http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=346094 | |||||
1153029445 | IBM, Micorosoft protest Indonesia's open source policy | Microsoft said that Indonesian government's support to the open source application could threat market of informatic technology (IT) software produced by some US IT giant companies such as Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle. | http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=16383 | |||||
1153052596 | Consumer-Friendly Linux Distro Found in Linspire Five-O | If you want a rock-stable operating system that is highly unlikelyever to become a victim of viruses or other malicious applications,Linspire Five-O Linux is an attractive alternative to Windows. Linspireis also worth considering if you think you may want to dig deeper intoLinux and start writing your own software. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51705.html | |||||
1153073570 | The First Prophet of Linux | Modern computing, however, seems to provide empirical evidence to his thesis - in fact, Frank Herbert perhaps should be recognised as the first prophet of Linux. Herbert?s concerns about machines doing our thinking for us finds eloquent expression in the Windows operating system. Think about how many decisions it makes for the user... | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=42 | |||||
1153073940 | Novell's new Linux ready | Novell Inc. will start shipping Release 10 of its Suse Linux on Monday, marking the first full new release of Suse Linux since August 2004, according to the company's president and chief executive officer. | http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060716/BUSINESS/607160310 | |||||
1153074268 | Vendors hindering open-source hardware development | Taking proprietary approach too far is limiting the industry, says Neil McAllister | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/B8F5C111F5908D91CC2571AB001B0F26 | |||||
1153114157 | Freespire Linux OS Beta 1 Released | The first beta of Freespire Linux was released on Friday. Freespire is a no-cost version of the Linspire operating system based on Linux and Open Source. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060716180829528 | |||||
1153114706 | Crossfire 1.2 Released for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows | nspired by TacticalOps, TO: Crossfire is a game based on Epic's awardwinning UnrealEngine and throws you into the life-and-death world of counterterrorism. | http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1728 | |||||
1153115068 | Open source is a hot topic among software developers | Experts say that as start-ups and new markets continue to form in Silicon Valley, more are incorporating open source in their plans. | http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/07/17/focus7.html?from_rss=1 | |||||
1153127990 | DirectX 9 no good for physics on GPU | As DirectX 9 cannot support a lot of objects it is definitely not the perfect answer for running physics on your GPU. Better stick with openGL, which is good for Compviz/XGL 'physics'... (cube, fluid wobble, etc.) | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33071 | |||||
1153128850 | McAfee's new security journal: Sage is not sage | In that briefing, Marcus admitted there were some "controversial" opinions contained in the inaugural issue, but said they were not attempts to create FUD about open source. I've since had a chance to review the first issue and have my own opinion about that. | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/1331229&from=rss | |||||
1153129041 | FiveRuns Open Source Systems Management Solution Rapidly Growing | Incoming beta requests continue to mount each week as FiveRuns buildstoward LinuxWorld, August 15-17, where the company will announcegeneral availability of its systems management solution. | http://www.financevisor.com/market/news_detail.aspx?rid=37794 | |||||
1153129262 | Free and open source software on agenda of workshops in Addis Ababa | In addition to their national networks, EFOSSNET has also been developing linkages with initiatives in other African countries and outside the continent. They are now chair holding members of FOSSFA, the Free and Open Source Foundation For Africa and are part of the global Linux User Group. | http://portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=22553&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | |||||
1153136247 | Notes on Linux: One small step | The new version gives Linux users a full-featured alternative to Microsoft's Exchange enterprise messaging environment. But IBM may be late to the game, with many Linux users moving toward other products, such as Evolution, Scalix, and Zimbra. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060717/tc_infoworld/80059 | |||||
1153137444 | Putting a price on a virtual computer | The software industry is learning that virtual machines can cause real headaches, when it comes to figuring out how to charge for their programs. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6094502.html | |||||
1153137577 | Crackers learn from open source? | Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source software like Linux to improve their malicious code, a researcher at McAfee has said. Also see http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/15/1331229&from=rss on Microsoft FUD potential | http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=6601 | |||||
1153138472 | Fujitsu SSL Selects OpenLogic To Manage Open Source Stacks | Fujitsu SSL has chosen the OpenLogic Enterprise technology platform to configure, integrate, and maintain open source solutions for its clients. | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060717/sfm021.html?.v=57 | |||||
1153150847 | Red Hat Expands Telecommunications Solutions | Red Hat creates Telecommunications Partner Program and services to complement market-leading enterprise Linux offering | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060717/20060717005531.html?.v=1 | |||||
1153151301 | Unmasking Novell's identity plans | Put it all together and you could log on to a Linux workstation securely, using a smartcard and LDAP and have your name and credentials captured by CASA. | http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/07/17/novell_bandit_identity/ | |||||
1153152073 | Linux Poised to Expand Role as Mobile OS | The use of Linux as a mobile operating system (OS) has been steadily growing, with an increasing number of companies announcing plans to develop Linux platforms. | http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/news/2006/jul/17/news3.html | |||||
1153152221 | EU Parliament calls for better support of Open Source | "More research and innovation - investing for growth and employment"aims, among other things, to send a signal to the EU commission... | http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/75560 | |||||
1153152558 | Microsoft's FUD Puppet Bashes Linux, Novell | Ousted CEO Jack Messman "clearly took over a company whose glory days were behind it," said Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. Even so, "the bottom line here is that he was not getting the job done," she said. "Linux and open source were supposed to be Novell's savior, and that hasn't happened." | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51796.html | |||||
1153152719 | Hyperic releases its code | This is something companies considering the open source way need to understand before they get started. Open source does not just change license terms. It can change everything. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=712 | |||||
1153193473 | Oracle packs SOA in PeopleSoft tools upgrade | The updated PeopleTools will expand its support to SQL Server 2005, Linux on IBM zSeries for PeopleTools Application Engine and PeopleTools Process Scheduler, and Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6094978.html | |||||
1153193898 | Open source's biggest services gun? | To be successful in services (and software), you must pick your battles. Or, in open source terms, you must pick your packages/projects. You can't be all things to all people. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/07/open_sources_bi.html | |||||
1153194085 | RDBMS offers native spatial search on mobile Linux devices | Entier supports Linux, among other embedded OSes, and can be configured to a 300 KB memory footprint, making it one of the most compact RDBMSs available, according to the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2423386804.html | |||||
1153194708 | Expression Tools Delayed Until 2007/2008? | It's always a bad sign when a speaker pretends the dates in his/her slide deck aren't really there. It's almost as bad when Microsoft denies that it ever stated a ship date for a product in the first place. But that's exactly what's happening on the Expression Studio design-tool side of the house. | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1990233,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1153194904 | Microsoft Hides Its Mobile and Business Apps Divisions | The company is folding its two worst-performing divisions -- MicrosoftBusiness Solutions (its business applications unit) and its Mobile andEmbedded units -- into the Microsoft Business Division and Microsoft Homeand Entertainment units, respectively. | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1990243,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1153195115 | Red Hat Announces Increasing Presence in Bangladesh | The company said in Bangladesh, the popularity of Linux is increasing rapidly, especially in the banking and telecommunications sector where Red Hat has been able to successfully engage with the government and enterprise. | http://www.itnewsonline.com/showstory.php?storyid=4696&scatid=8&contid=2 | |||||
1153195586 | MontaVista Carrier Grade Linux Available For Emerson's AdvancedTCA Blades | “Embedded Linux is emerging as the dominant platform for building high-availability network infrastructure products, and we are committed to offering our telecom equipment OEM customers the finest carrier grade Linux solutions for our open architecture blades and modules...” | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/248168.htm | |||||
1153206849 | Adobe Reader Now Available for UNIX, Linux Operating Systems | Free software enables commenting, measurement, other tools for reviewing 3D objects in Adobe PDFs. | http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=358991 | |||||
1153207389 | Tactical Software Announces Serial Port Redirector Software For Linux | Brings Tactical Technology To Linux x86 Distributions, Including Red Hat And SUSE | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/248377.htm | |||||
1153207589 | Microsoft's Lampson at Usenix: Write software that expects to fail! | Lampson is a Microsoft Research Distinguished Engineer | http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=41360 | |||||
1153207820 | Novell Ditches JBoss as It Launches SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 | Instead Novell is reported to have turned to Geronimo, the Apache Software Foundation project, which already has the backing of IBM Corp following its May 2005 acquisition of Geronimo supporter Gluecode Software Inc. | http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=1354A76C%2D9A4A%2D4400%2D853E%2DDC2B58BA7980 | |||||
1153231335 | Microsoft Landed On Us | In one fell swoop, I doubled thecost of the PC... I simply couldn't believe it at first; it seemsillogical that to do absolutely everything I can do for free with Linux,in order to do the same with Microsoft, I?d have to spend twice asmuch. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=47 | |||||
1153235916 | Microsoft warns Google off business search | Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,declaring that the market is "our house".... "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate, because that is what they are intending to do." | http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business | |||||
1153239702 | Novell to offer Linux products through OpenPSL in Ireland | "There has never been a better time to use Linux solutions due to lower total cost of ownership, performance and return on investment benefits. By having OpenPSL on board as our second Irish Linux focused distributor customers will now find it easier to do business with Novell in Ireland." | http://www.irishdev.com/NewsArticle.aspx?id=3267 | |||||
1153275597 | Oracle plugs 65 security holes | Many of the vulnerabilities are significant; 27 of the 65 bugs could be exploited remotely by an anonymous attacker, Darius Wiles, senior manager for security alerts at Oracle, said in an interview. Oracle has no suggested workarounds for any of the issues. Instead it is urging customers to patch their systems. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6095620.html | |||||
1153276157 | Internet Explorer damages Intel Itanic webcast | This one actually wasn't that bad. This time it was a technical problem with the webcast. Once again, companies just don't get it, they won't allow you to watch the webcast with anything other than the unacceptable security risk known as Internet Explorer. | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33114 | |||||
1153276557 | Healthcare Industry's First Open Source HL7 Messaging Middleware | Mirth delivers robust HL7 interface capabilities in an open source package, providing an alternative to costly proprietary and in-house systems. | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060718/latu080.html?.v=62 | |||||
1153276833 | Open source in the national interest | Now if you're a CIO tasked with saving money and resources for a large or small enterprise, wouldn't it seem prudent to follow the lead of an organization tasked with saving taxpayers' money and lives? Yeah. Me, too. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/07/open_source_in_1.html | |||||
1153277083 | Linux IPTV/STB stack gains browser option | Opera Software reports that its embedded browser for devices is available for sublicensing with a Linux-based software stack for IPTVs and IP-STBs (Internet protocol TVs and set-top boxes)... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8857218871.html | |||||
1153277604 | Kick the Windows habit | There are some refuges from Windows' frustrating flood of spyware, worms and security problems. You could buy a Mac, use a free version of Linux such as Ubuntu, or you could purchase a Linux product such as Xandros desktop 4.0. | http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/15061788.htm | |||||
1153278156 | Dreamlinux 2.0 XGL Edition | Dreamlinux 2.0 Works was released on July 16 and this time there's a kicker. This time it's available in an XGL edition. Where they may not be the first to put out an XGL edition, I believe they are the first provide the advanced effects for the xfce4 destkop. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/8358 | |||||
1153278330 | Freeswitch: The New Open-Source Telco Switch | The project is sure to grab the eye of major equipment vendors who have been looking for sometime at an open-source carrier-grade switch. IBM demonstrated a fault-tolerant version of the Asterisk open-source IP PBX last year. | http://www.smallbizpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=190500813 | |||||
1153291601 | Introducing the Open Graphics Project | The goal of the project known as the "Open Graphics Foundation" is to make a 3D accelerated video card which is fully documented, free-licensed, and open source. | http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/introducing-the-open-graphics-project/ | |||||
1153291854 | Canonical's Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is an excellent Linux-based operating system-- | Canonical's Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is an excellent Linux-based operating system--so excellent, in fact, that it not only earned eWEEK Labs' Analyst'sChoice designation but has also become our clear favorite among Linuxdesktop distributions. | http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1990777,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 | |||||
1153305738 | Realising the true value of Freedom | ...This is when people who use GNU/Linux and free software will find outhow much they have gained from this movement and then, people will startto realise the true meaning of the word 'Free' in 'Free Software' andassociate it with the word 'Freedom'. | http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/07/realising-true-value-of-freedom.html | |||||
1153305947 | Fujitsu introduces Itanium 2 servers for Linux and Windows environments | Fujitsu continues its collaboration with enterprise vendors of Linux systems Red Hat and Novell, and with the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), contributing to the hardening of the open operating system for business-critical deployments. | http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20060719PR203.html | |||||
1153314501 | Intellectual property in the era of open source | There has been, and will always be, a huge market for innovations, and with or without open source, that IP will deliver superior value to customers as well as investors. | http://news.com.com/2010-7344_3-6095419.html?part=rss&tag=6095419&subj=news | |||||
1153314888 | Even greater errrror massages (sicx2) of our time | Hilarious error messages - an eclectic bunch of them. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/errorrr_massages/ | |||||
1153315253 | Windows CE device emulator goes shared source | Look, but dare not touch | http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS9435810908.html | |||||
1153315760 | OSDL to Host Healthcare Day | Rise in Healthcare IT Spending Spells Opportunity for IT Managers, Profit for Open Source Vendors | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060719/sfw021.html?.v=60 | |||||
1153316189 | Connexions Takes Open Source Approach to Education Content | Previously covered in a ZDNet blog < http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=709 >, Rice University takes the Open Source route for its material. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/51827.html | |||||
1153363673 | Microsoft irons out security patch | Microsoft on Tuesday fixed two glitches related to one of its recently released security patches. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6096179.html# | |||||
1153364571 | Microsoft executive lauds open source | Microsoft is not viewed as an open source proponent, but a key executive said Wednesday the company recognized its benefit and was becoming more open itself. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060720/tc_infoworld/80271 | |||||
1153364677 | Microsoft Agrees to Play Nice | Microsoft will commit to following the principles of its 2002antitrust settlement with the U.S. government beyond its end in late2007, and in some cases, the company will expand upon those requirements,a Microsoft executive said Wednesday. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060719/tc_pcworld/126476 | |||||
1153365557 | NSF Backs Open Source Wireless Mesh Project | Earthlink and Tropos might be looking to make millions off ofmuni wireless, but members of the open source community are hard atwork trying to make wireless networking free. And they just gotsome funds to help their cause. | http://gigaom.com/2006/07/19/open-source-wireless-mesh/ | |||||
1153365850 | Open Source as a Model For Innovation | Innovation is being increasingly recognized as the key to growth, yet most senior executives give their research and development organizations little credit for generating it. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/newss/6281/1/ | |||||
1153366120 | What the Linux World REALLY Needs... | I can think of seven excuses often tossed about, and one real reason of my own creation. | http://www.certcities.com/editorial/columns/story.asp?EditorialsID=206 | |||||
1153368140 | Status of OpenSSL FIPS certification shifts again | The National Institute of Standards and Technology apparently has backtracked on its revocation of OpenSSL certification under the Federal Information Processing Standard. | http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/41379-1.html | |||||
1153368758 | CBR 10 Most Influential: Movers and Shakers | 1. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems president and CEO; 2. Matthew Szulik, Red Hat chairman, CEO and president | http://www.cbronline.com/article_cbr.asp?guid=F08267A9-EF2D-4255-9727-994D0BFC19B5 | |||||
1153368927 | VMware slams XenSource-Microsoft deal | VMware has slammed Microsoft's tie-up with open source virtualization developer XenSource, announced earlier this week, calling it a "one-way street," and accusing XenSource of betraying its open source roots. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1690892892;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1153408047 | Govt. is the Best Bet For Linux in India, Too | World over, the benefits of the open source system are increasingly being acknowledged by the government sector. In India, Red Hat and Novell, the two major players in open source technology, confirmed the importance of its adoption in the government sector. | http://www.channeltimes.com/channeltimes/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=74741&cat_id=819 | |||||
1153408892 | Red Hat in Latin America | It's no surprise that developing countries like Brazil, Venezuela,and Argentina are embracing a radical, yet logical, move to opensource solutions. The environment couldn't be more conducive togrowth. | http://www.redhat.com/magazine/ | |||||
1153409156 | Attensa Unveils Linux-Based Enterprise Feed Server Appliance | Attensa, developer of RSS software for businesses released Linux-based enterprise feed management appliance. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/249724.htm | |||||
1153410533 | The End of the Beginning? | What Microsoft needs to realise is that the days of one dominant operating system are drawing to a close. A future of diversity awaits in which they are one choice out of many; adherence to open, interoperable standards will mean that this plethora of choice will not lead to chaos. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=53 | |||||
1153410839 | Speech Recognition for Linux | Wizzard Software Releases WizzScribe SI For Linux - Revolutionizes Server-Based Speech Recognition By Eliminating Training | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/249714.htm | |||||
1153420482 | Microsoft Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is a kick in the teeth for users | Sounds nice in theory, but home users may be disappointed. For the software operates as a thin client, which means its not exactly a proper operating system and mostly runs from a remote server on a network. | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33161 | |||||
1153421217 | Report advocates open-source approach for software acquisition | The report also noted that the use of open-source software would make ?industry more likely to compete on ideas and execution versus product lock-in.? | http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/41415-1.html | |||||
1153421824 | RIAA conducting "reign of terror" | The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is waging a "reign of terror" against "defenseless people" in its efforts to prosecute people for illegal music downloads. | http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/1651223 | |||||
1153422148 | Feature: Linux free, easy & secure | This is very comprehensive introduction that was published today. Also included as a PDF, being an alternative to HTML. | http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2160505/linux-free-easy-secure | |||||
1153422257 | Down with Brown - Changing Login / Splash Screen on Ubuntu Dapper Drake | Let?s be honest. Ubuntu is a beautiful operating system, but whoever decided that brown was going to be its signature colour wasn?t playing with a full deck. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=54 | |||||
1153476803 | Dual-booting Windows and Linux the easy way (Linux.com videos) | An excellent step-by-step videos-based guide. There is no longer a reason to have any machine in the house/office which is Windows-only. | http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/1654251 | |||||
1153477029 | India's biggest life insurer opts for Linux | All of LIC’s 2,048 branches, 100 divisional offices, seven zonal offices, head office and subsidiary offices will be covered by the deployment. Along with this all of LIC’s desktops will also simultaneously be converted to Linux. Approximately 60,000 users and five to six thousand servers will migrate to RHEL. | http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200607/casestudy01.shtml | |||||
1153478053 | Free and Open Source Software at the United Nations | The United Nation uses FOSS in various ways across several different agencies. Most of the initiatives have only begun recently... | http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/07/20/un_and_foss.html | |||||
1153478221 | Dutch municipality Groningen migrates to OpenOffice | The Dutch municipality of Groningen (180.000 inhabitants)announced a migration to OpenOffice.org. | http://tweakers.net/nieuws/43575/Gemeente-Groningen-stapt-over-op-OpenOffice.html | |||||
1153493672 | Microsoft: Lost In Transition | Microsoft reported fourth-quarter sales above Wall Street's estimates and announced a $20 billion stock buyback, but with its business still in transition, margin improvement is unlikely in the near-future, according to a Friday report by Credit Suisse. | http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/21/microsoft-0721markets03.html?partner=yahootix | |||||
1153493939 | MySpace faces security problems | More than one million MySpace users could have been caught out by a banner advert that installs spyware via a Windows bug. | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5202452.stm | |||||
1153495093 | Use Panda DesktopSecure for Linux for free | Panda Software is launching Panda DesktopSecure for Linux, a complete security suite for protecting Linux workstations. This solution is available completely free to Linux users. | http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=4084 | |||||
1153495397 | Free Software Sets the Computing Agenda | From being on the fringes, ignored or at best derided by traditional software companies, open source has gradually moved to the centre, to the point where today it is free software - and not Microsoft - that is setting the agenda for computing at practically every level. | http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/191699/e9d8ca037c66d4af/ | |||||
1153503332 | Time for a bite of Apple? Yes, analysts say | Now might be a good time to put the Apple back into the investor's cart. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6096967.html | |||||
1153503478 | Linux Super computer tackles bird flu | The super computer has been given a 20% performance boostA super computer, considered one of the most powerful in Europe,has been given a boost in its brain power for the UK's fight againstbird flu. | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/5202730.stm | |||||
1153503984 | Software freeloaders driven to pay ? or use Linux | With software companies better able to crack down on piracy, some people find they're having to make tough choices, according to Grigor Gatchev. Nearly every day in Bulgaria, he writes, computer experts have conversations that go something like this: "Grigor, have you heard of any new ways to register Windows XP? | http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2006/07/21/feature-03 | |||||
1153504206 | Government support for open source wireless mesh | The National Science Foundation has announced a grant to the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUCWN) for help in developing open source standards in wireless mesh. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=718 | |||||
1153504628 | MacroExpressions Releases Unimal 2.0a For Linux | Unimal is an advanced language-independent macro processor (preprocessor); it helps programmers improve software quality and development process, helps improve code maintainability and helps optimize memory usage in a highly maintainable way. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/250443.htm | |||||
1153504809 | Jinglehorse Offers Linux Distributions With EcoSystem Duo | Jinglehorse - manufacturer of desktop computers and provider of computer technology services to businesses and consumers - is now offering several Linux distributions with the EcoSystem Duo... Available Linux distributions for the EcoSystem Duo include OpenSUSE, Fedora Core 5, and Ubuntu. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/250330.htm | |||||
1153546600 | Embedded Linux service gains docs, chip-specific patches | TimeSys's subscription-based online service offering for embedded developershas gained a Linux 2.6.17 reference distribution for Atmel's AT91SAM9261SoC... | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9691344778.html | |||||
1153549750 | Red Hat Preps Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop | Even as Novell released its SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 desktop this week, rival Red Hat is putting the final touches on a new Linux desktop upgrade for delivery later this year. | http://www.crn.com/sections/channelbusiness/channelbusiness.jhtml?articleId=191000038 | |||||
1153550062 | Moving To Open Source Tools & Business Processes | While most people know that Open Source results in quality code as a by product of having more eyes on it, simply knowing that it will be public has provided great incentives to developers enhance the quality of the code. | http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtalk/wpn-58-20060721MovingtoOpenSourceToolsBusinessProcesses.html | |||||
1153550689 | Beware of Microsoft bearing gifts | I've told you that I didn't think that anything good could result from Microsoft's ODF support. I was wrong, though. It's already worse than I expected it would be. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8691455074.html | |||||
1153551506 | Microsoft: Getting to grips with open source | Has Redmond finally accepted that open source should be embraced, or are the company's recent partnerships with community-developed software providers simply another way to crack the competition? | http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020472,39279190,00.htm | |||||
1153551738 | Business urged to see bigger picture in OSS debate | "Usually people tend to say open source is not secure, nobody uses it, and one would be foolish to even consider using it. The reality is that all IT organisations embrace open source to some extent or another. Even Microsoft now supports XenSource, which is a Linux technology." | http://www.pingwales.co.uk/2006/07/21/West-Wales-OSS-debate.html | |||||
1153569684 | Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office | For most of the summer, Microsoft's Office product teams have had little time for development. Responding to a steady influx of flaws in the company's Office productivity suite has occupied many of Microsoft's programmers since late 2005. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/22/bug_hunters_crawl_over_ms_office/ | |||||
1153570994 | The Linux Ethos | Many Linux users are operating under two false assumptions... they think that by switching from Windows to Linux, they’re merely trading one operating system for another... The second assumption is more typical of Linux experts; it’s the notion that Linux belongs to us hip, cool swinging experts, so noobs, shut up. | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=57 | |||||
1153571363 | Oracle #1 on Linux With More Than 80% Market Share | Oracle's Linux commitment began in 1998 with the first commercial databaseon Linux. Today, only Oracle provides support for the complete softwarestack on Linux with applications, middleware, database and the operatingsystem, including Red Hat, Novell/SUSE and Asianux. | http://www.evolvingtimes.co.uk/technologies/linux/index.html | |||||
1153571523 | Technalign Ships Frontier Version Of Linux | Technalign has started shipments of TaFusion MEPIS Linux Frontier. Frontier is the next generation of TaFusion MEPIS Linux that is Ubuntu based. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/250602.htm | |||||
1153571864 | Mobile Linux will have a significant impact on the handset market | According to the IMS research, the use of Linux as a mobile operating system (OS) has been steadily growing, with an increasing number of companies announcing plans to develop Linux platforms. | http://www.phonemag.com/index.php/weblog/read_more/20060722mobile_linux_will_have_a_significant_impact_on_the_handset_market/ | |||||
1153595578 | Bill Gates demands open source | Bill Gates is demanding that AIDS researchers share or open sourcetheir results if they're to get some of the $287 million the GatesFoundation is putting into the search for AIDS vaccines. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=719 | |||||
1153595761 | Bayanihan Linux alternative server OS gets upgrade | It would also serve as an alternative OS for schools, government agencies and small-scale businesses as its minimum requirements is a computer with no more than a low-end Pentium II processor, 128 MB of RAM, 4.3 Gigabytes of hard disk space and a local area network card, which are nearly the same requirements of Bayanihan Linux 4 for the desktop. | http://technology.inq7.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=11218 | |||||
1153596544 | FUD by Association | In what can be best described as a drive-by FUD-ing, Dave Marcus, the security research manager for anti-virus company McAfee claims that malware developers have embraced the open source development model. Of course, the subliminal message that McAfee wants you to get is that internet criminals and Linux kernel developers share the same DNA. | http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/mcafee_fud.html | |||||
1153634541 | Anti-hijack software under development | Some 30 European businesses and research institutes are working to create software that would make it possible from a distance to regain control of an aircraft from hijackers, according to the German news magazine. Microsoft could learn from these guys (botnets)... | http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060722/tc_afp/germanyeuunrest | |||||
1153643061 | Freespire videos | Freespire videos illustrating the process involved in the installation and use of Freespite Linux. Link poiint to installtion. Also see: http://osvids.com/vids/0007/vid_0007.html | http://osvids.com/vids/0006/vid_0006.html | |||||
1153656097 | MI Bankruptcy Courts, E. District, Have Switched to Linux | "On Saturday, July 1, 2006, beginning at 6:00 A.M., the court will begin the process of converting its server platform from Solaris to Linux..." | http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php | |||||
1153658237 | Laptops pre-loaded with Linux getting popular | Indeed, with Linux consistently bettering market expectations, these large firms are offering more choice and lower prices, not just in the server market, but also on laptops. And laptops pre-loaded with Linux operating system are gaining in popularity among Indian customers as well. | http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/16/stories/2004061606911800.htm | |||||
1153663715 | The Bleeding Edge of Compviz/XGL | A 5-minute video that will knock your socks off... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_2vKq5cZk&NR | |||||
1153684434 | Linux-based UMPCs. Update and epiOS interview. | Slowly but surely, UMPC owners are trying Linux on their devices. First we saw John Tokash succesfuly boot Damn Small Linux on the eo/easybook/t700 and we even had some success ourselves with it on the Easybook P7. Then we saw Mozy.org report success with Linux on the Sony UX series and now, Linux on the Samsung Q1. | http://www.carrypad.com/content/view/32/9/1/0/ | |||||
1153684682 | Novell NZ sales up 30pc to $8.4m | Mr Christie says more than 100 smaller schools have now deployed servers running Suse. Other Suse clients include Telecom, Orion Health and the Inland Revenue Department. He expects the latest release of the desktop version of Suse to make inroads on to schools' desktops, currently Microsoft territory. | http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3740864a28,00.html | |||||
1153684884 | Towards one laptop per child | Countries which will initially receive the laptops are China, India, Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria and Thailand... The $100-laptops, which are designed for rough usage, will be Linux-based and have a 500 MHz processor, a 128MB of DRAM, and a 500MB flash memory. | http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2006/07/24/bus/towards.one.laptop.per.child.html | |||||
1153721946 | Q&A: Sun's Simon Phipps details open source strategy | As Java moves toward open source, other Sun products will follow | http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2006/jw-0724-cw-phipps.html | |||||
1153735741 | AMD confirms ATI acquisition | Chip maker borrows $2.5 billion to 'transform the industry' | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33223 | |||||
1153736164 | Shanghai securities company to use Turbolinux | Government agencies have promoted the use of open source software, viewing proprietary software produced by foreign developers as expensive and a potential security hazard. | http://www.webwereld.nl/articles/42119/shanghai-securities-company-to-use-turbolinux.html | |||||
1153736247 | Hands on: Let the Linux music play | How to install the open-source Squeezebox, and use Amarok to manage your tunes | http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2160887/let-linux-music-play | |||||
1153736633 | Open Source Router Launched | While researching that story, I saw the parallels between early open source telecom software and Linux. They both started at the bottom, and are now inching higher-up the food chain. | http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/ | |||||
1153736703 | Open source team to shake up systems management | A fledgling consortium of small companies aiming to bring open source business models to the industry is already attracting larger vendors | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39279496,00.htm | |||||
1153736919 | Open-Source Science | Scientists from Sydney to San Francisco have created an online research collaboration to develop cures for tropical diseases, using the "open source" programming model that produced freeware like Linux and Firefox, the award-winning Web browser. | http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/84/8430sci1.html | |||||
1153737249 | Jack of All Trades, Master of Few | 'It dawned on me that Microsoft is like that for some people. Theycontaminate the horizons, and managers and professionals get locked intoa "comfort zone" which is not easily broken; they get used toMicrosoft providing all the solutions to every problem, and regardanything outside the Microsoft Zone with suspicion.' | http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=59 | |||||
1153737742 | Donor Support in Eastern Cape e-Learning Programme Encouraged | astern Cape Province is ahead of other Provinces in the country in that all departments are slowly being run using OSS. He revealed that all the workstations in the Premier's office are using OSS. This includes operating systems (Linux), word-processors (Open Office Suite) and internet browsers (Mozilla). | http://allafrica.com/stories/200607210866.html | |||||
1153748808 | Fairchild Semiconductor Saves Money, Improves Security with Novell | With Novell Identity Manager, Fairchild improved security and audit results with a centralized view of all user information for more than 3,500 employees. With Novell ZENworks (Linux-based), the company also reduced desktop administrative costs and lowered hardware costs through server consolidation. | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060724/sfm033.html?.v=56 | |||||
1153749187 | OMG!!! MySpace goes titsup | The United States' most popular website has been taken offline by a power outage. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/24/myspace_titsup/ | |||||
1153749439 | Linux gains traction in software market | "There's growing interest in it," said Hock. "People like the stability, security and simplicity of Linux." IDC's Gillen said there's another reason for business people to look at Linux as a Microsoft alternative... | http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0607240173jul24,1,1045976.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true | |||||
1153749754 | Report highlights the increasing opportunities of Open Source Software | Forf?s today (Monday 24 July 2006) launched a report, Open Source Trends and Business Models, that provides guidelines for companies adopting open source models for software development. | http://www.forfas.ie/news.asp?page_id=375 | |||||
1153749941 | Report: Government Entities Quick to Adopt Open Source | Governments are now more willing to disclose and discuss their open technology plans and products because they are less fearful of agency infighting or pressure from vendors of proprietary software, said Open Source and Industry Alliance Director of Public Policy Will Rodger. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/51921.html | |||||
1153750362 | OSDL Adds New Member as Marketshare for Mobile Linux Continues to Rise | Mobile Linux platform provider a la Mobile joins OSDL | http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060724/sfm049.html?.v=62 | |||||
1153763993 | JEPICO To Market LynuxWorks' BlueCat Embedded Linux In Japan | JEPICO will offer the full LynuxWorks product line, including BlueCat Embedded Linux, LynxOS, LynxOS-178 RTOS and LynxSecure, to its growing military and aerospace customer base. | http://in.sys-con.com/read/250861.htm | |||||
1153764288 | Linux opens up a road to the future | The departure of the IT contractor from radio station 3RRR allowed staffer Phil Wales to change career directions from Windows to Linux. His rationale was simple: the web is powered more by Unix-style systems than anything else and for a person with multimedia skills, that's where the future is. | http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19896556%5E15335%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15317,00.html | |||||
1153764493 | Linux Mail Server Scales Up to Enterprise Needs | Scalable Linux mail server based on the HPOpenMail engine that incorporates groupware features for Web, Outlook, and Novell Evolution clients. | http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3622046 | |||||
1153764818 | The Latest from the ODF Standards World | What's been going on in the OpenDocument standards world lately? You'll be happy to hear that everything is moving along nicely | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060724031241110 | |||||
1153765063 | Review: Xandros Server | Xandros Server offers a GUI-oriented approach to system administrationthat should do well with admins familiar with Windows server products...Xandros Server does have a lot to offer, though, particularly for organizations that have standardized on Windows servers in the past. | http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/17/151239&from=rss | |||||
1153765288 | City of Newport News Selects Open-Xchange Server | Open-Xchange Server offers organizations all the advantages of usingLinux and open source software... Open-Xchange Server is ranked #4 out of358 groupware projects on the freshmeat.net website, #1 in documentrepositories, #4 in handhelds, and the #163 most popular overallproject, out of more than 40,000 listed projects. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/2006072407244951 | |||||
1153766040 | Philippines Open source bill – it's about time | The country can reap a good number of tangible benefits from free and open source software (FOSS) and it’s time the government did more to encourage its use. | http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business06_july25_2006 | |||||
1153807614 | WGA and Activation Failures Don't Faze Redmond | "..Now, all of a sudden, Microsoft is saying that their licenses are invalid. And - to make things more exciting - they've dimmed the Automatic Updates settings so we can't change them to Manual. One by one, all of the machines are becoming unusable." | http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/7/24/8477/16185 | |||||
1153808005 | Beware of ransomware, firm warns | Hackers are using sophisticated ransomware, which is malicious code, to hijack a company's user files, encrypt them and then demand payment in exchange for the decryption key, Kaspersky Labs said on Monday. Affects Windows users. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6097741.html | |||||
1153808341 | Symantec Reveals Way of Pwning Windows Vista | "We discovered a number of implementation flaws that continued to allow a full machine compromise to occur," Matthew Conover, principal security researcher at Symantec, wrote in the report titled "Attacks against Windows Vista's Security Model." | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6097976.html | |||||
1153809645 | PowerPC gains unified ISA, common spec for Linux designs | IBM, Freescale, and other Power Architecture Advisory Council (PAAC) members plan to release a new "unified" Power instruction set architecture (ISA) this quarter. Meanwhile, Power.org has released a new branding program, and plans to ship a new "platform architecture specification" aimed at simpler Linux-based reference designs. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2857519384.html | |||||
1153809918 | Open source CRM finds new Soul mate | National voice and data carrier Soul has entered the CRM foray by replacing siloed desktop applications with the open source, Web-based SugarCRM suite... SugarCRM is built on the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1219818328;fp;2;fpid;1 | |||||
1153810175 | USB debugger gains 32-bit ColdFire support | ColdFire processors primarily target industrial embedded applications. They are based on 68K cores, and variously support 16-, 32-, and 48-bit instructions. Some of the newest ColdFire processors have shipped with uClinux. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4681118788.html | |||||
1153810571 | Many Bluegrass Fans Don't Live in a Microsoft World | The bottom line is that I refuse to allow Microsoft, CMT or any other entity to dictate how I use my computer or what I do with my music. If other artists want to be sure that 1/3 of their fan base doesn't get to experience their music, well, that's their choice but, please don't make it my choice. | http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2105 | |||||
1153810891 | Nigeria buys into US$100 laptop concept | The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative for the developing world,the brainchild of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MediaLab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte, is gaining ground in Africa, withNigeria announcing the acquisition of one million laptops. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1237594850&rid=-50 | |||||
1153811199 | MySpace's Latest Outage: More Questions Than Answers | MySpace is a key Microsoft customer, with a back-end infrastructure built on Windows, SQL Server and IIS. Whether you believe MySpace to be "mission critical" or not, still seems like someone would have thought about failover/mirroring.... | http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1993634,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 | |||||
1153811559 | Red Hat's Country Head Honored at the LinuxAsia LFY Awards | The world's leading provider of open source to the enterprise,today announced that Venkatesh Hariharan, Head of Open Source Affairsin India, was honored as the "Indian Open Source Personality of the Year" | http://www.planetpowai.com/news%5C23072006008.html | |||||
1153834294 | Malware targets holes Microsoft already plugged | The Sans Internet Storm Centre has warned of exploit code for three vulnerabilities Microsoft plugged earlier this month. | http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33246 | |||||
1153834850 | The secret of GNU/Linux desktop adoption | ...Perhaps I just don't understand the industry I work in, or why it wouldbe so desirable to deploy insecure and unreliable operating systemsprovided by a sole source provider who has a history of illegal business practices. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1692 | |||||
1153835613 | PC MagazineCompetitors Turn Up the Heat on Microsoft Exchange | "Enterprise customers want an enterprise Linux e-mail, calendar and integration platform, with open-source community support and choice of clients and directories" | http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060724/tc_zd/184227 | |||||
1153835818 | Freescale Teams with Wavesat on WiMAX Reference Platform | The board ships with Linux(R) 2.6.x with Samba on Flash. Offered in the mini-ITX form factor, the reference board makes it easy to design compact WiMAX CPE systems. | http://www.mobiletechnews.com/info/2006/07/24/161624.html | |||||
1153836540 | Overland Storage Releases Linux Supported REO SERIES Virtual Tape Library A | This latest version also supports a new Linux 2.6 kernel and redesigned I/O subsystem. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/251246.htm | |||||
1153836703 | openQRM Project Announces Support For Linux VServer Projects | Qlusters, provider of open source data center management and automation software for physical and virtualized environments, announced openQRM plug-in support for the Xen, VMware, QEMU and Linux VServer projects. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/251243.htm | |||||
1153846727 | Re-thinking the Windows Refund | Instead of fretting about getting a refund for a nice box with thatlegacy system that bogs down and crashes for no reason every otherweek, I would encourage users to save their money a little longer untilthey can afford the nicer boxes with no operating system, or that comeswith a modern, robust system, such as GNU/Linux, already installed. | http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/65792 | |||||
1153847154 | Microsoft Upset Over Groklaw's Article on ODF | But there still isn't a Save As option for ODF in that (Office) menu. Period.And according to the article, there never will be, unless the companychanges its policy. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060725104331240 | |||||
1153854382 | Getting Linux To Disrupt The Market, Not The User Experience | With last week's launch of Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise for the desktop and server, there are now more viable Linux options in the commercial marketplace than ever. | http://www.crn.com/sections/hardware/hardware.jhtml?articleId=191100122 | |||||
1153855320 | Go Government - Go Open Source | The president of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, added to a growing foreign-relations headache for Microsoft with a speech in which he advocated broader adoption of open-source software. | http://eazyvg.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/go-government-go-open-source/ | |||||
1153894631 | Patch Tuesday--let the attacks begin | "...In July, after Microsoft patched 18 flaws, someone has released a zero-day attack on PowerPoint files. Microsoft says it'll patch this flaw on the next Patch Tuesday. However, within the last few days, we've seen at least three distinct backdoor Trojans using the PowerPoint flaws, with more Trojans possible before Aug. 8 this year." | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6098229.html | |||||
1153895434 | Ingres grabs Thinking Instruments | The open source database provider said it has purchased former CA service provider and reseller partner Thinking Instruments, to "immediately broaden its corporate" reach in Germany and the Middle East. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/25/ingres_ca_hires_acquisition/ | |||||
1153896124 | Mobile Linux DVR targets law enforcement, security | Amptronix used Linux as the embedded operating system in a 4-channel mobile DVR (digital video recorder) targeting high-end security applications in law enforcement, aviation, military, and public transportation. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8437427336.html | |||||
1153896936 | Brazilians Reap Benefits Of IBM's Long-Haul Linux Strategy | Big Blue's developer outreach efforts could benefit everyone, in an emerging market where both challenges and opportunities abound. | http://www.linuxpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=191101333 | |||||
1153920278 | Scalix To Open Source E-Mail | Scalix will offer up a good chunk of its next e-mail release to the open source world, the company said Wednesday.Components of Scalix Community Edition will be available under a license modeled on the Mozilla Public License (MPL). That will enable the legal use of third-party code not licensed under the MPL to coexist with commercial code. | http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=191201143 | |||||
1153920419 | The open source approach to education | A new report from Futurelab suggests that the open source model of peer-reviewed collaboration could radically transform educational practice for teachers and learners. | http://education.guardian.co.uk/appleeducation/story/0,,1830420,00.html | |||||
1153921381 | New Linux Drivers for Digitizer, AWG and Fast Digital PCI Cards | Strategic Test Corp has announced the release of new Linux drivers for kernel 2.6 versions of RedHat, SuSe and Fedora distributions. The kernel 2.4 drivers have also been updated. Linux kernel 2.6 gives increased stability and near to real-time operating system performance, useful for measurement and signal generation applications. | http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/7/emw415794.htm | |||||
1153940461 | Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update | "The justification, of course, is the significant security enhancements in IE 7," Schare said. Microsoft recommends that all Windows users install the new browser when it ships, he added. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6098500.html | |||||
1153941437 | MS platform chief: closed-mindedness about open source continues | "Over the past three or four years Linux and open source were something we were fearful of..." | http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/index.php?p=1194 | |||||
1153941959 | Make Dapper Drake Perform on Old Hardware | I recently replaced SuSE 10.1 with Ubuntu 6.06, also known as Dapper Drake, on my main PC in a matter of minutes, and am now enjoying a clean, feature-rich computing environment that is easy to configure and just works. | http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,126471,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp | |||||
1153982054 | Californians to soon get $1.1 bln from Microsoft | California consumers and businesses will soon receive $1.1 billion in delayed payouts from Microsoft Corp. to settle antitrust claims against the world's biggest software maker, lawyers in the case said on Wednesday. | http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2006-07-26T192959Z_01_N26353839_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-MICROSOFT-SETTLEMENT-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=Home-C4-Business-ousiv-8 | |||||
1153982482 | Will all software go open source? | Spencer said Digium's approach is that financial sustainability will be reached through developing whole, packaged products--like phone systems--that don't take a lot of Linux know-how to be created. | http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6098863.html?part=rss&tag=6098863&subj=news | |||||
1153983037 | In Silicon Valley, alternative computing is easy | Linux usage in Silicon Valley is growing tremendously, said Aitkin | http://www.metroactive.com/metro/07.26.06/alternative-computing-0630.html | |||||
1153983207 | Open source and patent trolls | Ron Hovsepian, CEO of Novell, cited the Open Invention Network, which is buying up patents for cross-licensing purposes to defend the Linux environment, making them available royalty-free to developers. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3384 | |||||
1153983406 | Linux devices gain Java software lifecycle management technology | Linux developers building Java-capable devices can now take advantage of a standardized, component-based method for remotely managing deployed software, thanks to patent pledges from the OSGi Alliance and members IBM, Nokia, Samsung, ProSyst, and Gatespace Telematics. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2634830607.html | |||||
1153983614 | Wind River touts multi-core Linux | Wind River says it supports Linux on a dual-core Freescale communications processor capable of SMP or AMP operation (symmetric or asymmetric multiprocessing). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7418198255.html | |||||
1153984345 | Open source compresses data warehouse margins | With this new offering, those same users can now scale to multiple terabytes, without changing the underlying database structure. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=722 | |||||
1153984524 | Google: Open Source Promotes Competition | Some 48 percent of those projects had chosen the GNU GPL (General Public License), with 13.7 percent selecting the new BSD license and 12,7 percent the LGPL, DiBona said before giving a strong endorsement of the merits of the GPL and explaining why the discussion process around the next version of that license is important. | http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060726/tc_zd/184446 | |||||
1153985392 | "Cold War" for Linux is Ready | Cold War is complete on one DVD-Rom; due to be released on July 31st 2006 | http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/info.php?id=24& | |||||
1153985625 | Vietnamese OpenOffice 2 | The developers ask for some mirrors, so maybe you can help; Screenshot: http://hacao.dotpups.de/hacao.office201.png | http://hacao.com | |||||
1154009837 | Where on the horizon is Vista? Another Delay? | "Our estimates have already assumed a delay in the Vista launch to March or April," Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund said in a research note on Friday. Market researcher Gartner said in May that the full launch of Vista could well be pushed back until the second quarter of next year. | http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6098922.html |