BBC web TV revamp: Linux and Apple are in

The BBC has announced its web TV plan will provisionally go ahead, despite concern from media watchdog Ofcom over how the launch would affect the UK's commercial telly.

The BBC Trust, which…

Aonix Shatters Ada Price Barrier for Linux

Aonix, a provider of solutions for safety- and mission-critical applications, announced a new “zero-cost” license model for its ObjectAda for Linux product. Recognizing the expectations of the…

Announcing Fedora 7 Test 1 (6.90)

Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targetted spins of the collection as part of…

Getting to the root of open source

Part of the early received wisdom about open-source was that it couldn't last: why would people donate their time and expertise to creating something for no return?

The question interested…

Open source ID projects link up with Microsoft

Developers with the Bandit and Eclipse Higgins projects will demonstrate a new open source tool for authenticating users across multiple ID management systems at next week's RSA Conference in San…

Free Operating System For Blind: Adriane Knoppix

Klaus and Adriane Knopper are working on an operating system for the blind, and as compared to other solutions available, this one is absolutely free.

Free Operating System For Blind:…

GNOME 2.16.3 Released

The latest stable release of GNOME is here: GNOME 2.16.3! This is the final release in a series of point releases for the 2.16 branch.

GNOME 2.16.3 Released.

Open-Source BI Player Gets Internationalized

Open-source business intelligence software vendor JasperSoft Corp. is set to unveil the final piece in its BI suite, JasperETL, after signing its first full-blown original equipment manufacturer (…

Smolt: Fedora Hardware Profiler

Smolt is a hardware profiler for Fedora so we can get a better idea of what type of hardware is out there in the Fedora universe. It's still in beta but those of you running FC6 or newer (rawhide…

IBM's Greatest Hits: Exhibit 12, Sept. 2003 -- What code? Exactly where?

We have seen SCO's answers to IBM's Second Set of Interrogatories, but not the text of the interrogatories themselves [PDF], so here it is, IBM's Second Set of Interrogatories and Second Request…