European Commission boosts open source
The European Commission has taken steps to promote the use of open source systems and software in the public sector. It has selected a consortium led by Unisys Belgium to create and manage the…
Reiser filesystem development to continue
Hans Reiser, the developer of the ReiserFS and Reiser4 filesystems, has been arrested in Oakland, California as a suspect in the disappearance of his estranged wife Nina Reiser. As the news of his…
Opening doors to open source for women
From thoughtless comments on mailing lists to outright rudeness, women constantly battle the perception that there is no comfortable place for them in the predominately male world of open source…
"Multiplied" Linux Desktop Migration Strategy for Novell SLED and openSUSE
Following is a six-page white paper that summarises the value of pursuing a Multiplied Novell SLED 10 or openSUSE strategy. Modern PCs spend most of the day idle. The Multiplied Linux Desktop…
Parallels Releases Workstation 2.2 Linux
Available free to Current Parallels Workstation Customers.
Parallels announced that it is releasing the final release version of Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows and Linux, the company…
PowerSquid Surge3000 Review
When buying a new computer, any good sales associate will likely suggest the additional purchase of a surge protector for your new system. Often buyers decline and pass this off as a commission…
Eudora goes Open Source
QUALCOMM is announcing that its Eudora email program will become an open source product effective the first half of calendar year 2007. As an open source product, it will be free to all customers…
Microsoft denies BayStar connection
Microsoft has denied allegations that it offered to guarantee an investment made in The SCO Group, a software company embroiled in a long-standing intellectual property dispute with IBM.
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Highly Anticipated ''Portland'' Ready for Primetime
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), the global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux and open source software, and freedesktop.org, the open source project focused on…
Torvalds takes bite of Mac mini
Linus Torvalds has picked up one of Apple's new Intel-based Mac minis to play with, but the Linux creator still prefers Apple's old PowerPC architecture for his primary desktop machine.
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