Asia and Open Source
It's early morning and I'm down at the ABC studios in Sydney right now getting ready to be interviewed for a business news programme broadcast across Asia (they say there is an audience of 40…
Progeny Linux has closed shop
With not much of an explanation, Progeny Linux Systems has closed shop. Their statement is as follows: "We are sorry to inform you that Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. ceased operations April 30, 2007…
Polytechnics to develop open source gateway
The Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics of New Zealand (ITPNZ) is embarking on a project to develop an open source gateway to Ministry of Education’s e-learning resources.
The project…
Dell to Offer Ubuntu 7.04, it's official!
Back in February when we launched IdeaStorm, we received overwhelming feedback from the community that you wanted Linux client options available throughout Dell's product line. In response, we…
Linux Foundation Announces Open Source Developer Travel Fund
The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the formation of the LF Community Developer Travel Fund. This project stems…
One man writes Linux drivers for 235 USB webcams
A lone hobbyist programmer sitting at his home in France is responsible for adding 235 USB webcams to the list of those supported by Linux. He tells the INQUIRER about this often unknown and…
Sun Mulls Deeper Open-Source Ties
Releasing Solaris under the GPL -- an idea Jonathan Schwartz first broached publicly in a January, 2006, blog post -- could catalyze large numbers of developers to write software that runs on Sun…
Coverity to Regularly Scan Security and Quality of 250 Open Source Projects
Coverity, Inc., makers of the world’s most advanced source code analysis solution, today announced a major infrastructure upgrade to scan.coverity.com, an open source software quality and security…
Utah Open Source Conference - Reminder to submit your paper
Just two weeks left to get your papers in for the Utah Open Source Conference. The deadline for paper submissions is May 15, 2007.
The Utah Open Source Conference is shaping up to be the…
Real-time Java: Threading and synchronization
This article examines aspects of threading and synchronization that an implementation of the Real-time Specification for Java (RTSJ) must support.