IBM Privacy Tool Now Open-source
IBM has donated its “Identity Mixer” software to the Higgins open-source project in a move that could help make Internet business transactions safer for all.
The software allows an…
Linux World Expo Site on Windows Server
'A guy posted on our local Linux User Group today: "I was on the Linux World Expo site today: http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/ and when I tried to use their search feature: "msxml4.dll error…
World’s first global mobile Linux initiative
To support their goal of creating the world’s first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices, Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung…
Red Hat's Volley on Linux Management Offering
Call it Red Hat's forward spin velocity regarding Linux management tools. With competition such as Oracle offering full Red Hat support on their own products, Red Hat is now expanding and…
Selling open source just keeps getting easier
One way to know that the open source market is maturing is to analyze how fast companies are able to get to significant revenues. By "significant" I mean $10M and on a sharp, upward ramp. When I…
KDE 3.5.6 Released
The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.6, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other…
Wine 0.9.30 Released
New to the Wine 0.9.30 release, many improvements to Direct3D shaders and state management, support for inter-process memory allocations, OLE32 marshalling fixes and lots of bug fixes.
Wine…
Novell-MS "Building Bridges" Meeting in MA Postponed
You'll be gratified to know that Dan Bricklin's call for questions he could ask Novell and Microsoft about their patent deal and associated issues, and your questions in response, were noticed by…
GNOME 2.17.90 Released
GNOME 2.17.90 has been released, with 2.18 just around the corner (March '07). This release marks the start of the UI Freeze, among other improvements.
GNOME 2.17.90 Development Release.…
Red Hat is under siege
When Oracle launched a direct attack on Red Hat's business model last October, Red Hat's share price sank by 24 per cent. The database company announced it was going to be redistributing Red Hat…