Microsoft Looks for the Big Guns in OOXML In-Fighting

Bill Gates has reportedly been making phone calls to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce to push the American National Standards Institute to ignore the votes of its advisory…

Palm to launch Linux-based smartphone in October?

Palm is expected to launch its first Linux-based smartphone in October, with the company likely to introduce more Linux models in the future, according to sources close to the company.

Palm…

Open source license bars claim for copyright infringement

"Plaintiff Jacobsen wrote some decoder definition files and made them available under an open source license used by the Java Model Railroad Interface Project. This open source license granted…

Most Active Open Source Projects in Codeplex

"It is nice to see the open source projects' progress in Microsoft world, especially it is been extremely fast growth after the Codeplex launched, and also GotDotNet suggests their hosted projects…

openSUSE 10.3 Beta2

Announcing the availability of openSUSE 10.3 Beta2.

Important Changes Since Beta2
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* Kernel 2.6.22.3
* glibc 2.6.1
* YaST…

Top 10 Gnome Desktop Tweaks

Over at LifeHacker is a top 10 listing the various ways you can tweak Nautilus and the Gnome desktop to turn Linux into a productivity powerhouse.

http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-…

Open Source Products Just Are Not As Good?

"I hear the argument everyday. That somehow, any open source project must not be very good because it does not cost anything to use it. Well, allow me to poke some holes into that theory,…

New Flash Player Beta

There is a new beta of the Flash Player Update available. That's right: the beta is even available for Linux (same time as Windows and Mac).

http://blogs.adobe.com/penguin.swf/2007/08/…

Levanta Launches Free Linux Management Virtual Appliance

Levanta today announced the release of the Intrepid VM Linux Management Appliance. The Intrepid VM is a VMware appliance version of the award-winning Levanta Intrepid line of Linux life-cycle…

Zenoss and DLT Solutions Partner to Bring Open Source IT Management Solution to Federal Agencies

Zenoss today announced a new strategic partnership through which DLT Solutions will offer Zenoss’ commercial open source IT monitoring solution to its public sector customers. The addition of…