Stretching the Education Dollar With Linux
While there are several different distributions of Linux specifically aimed at educators and students, they are not all created equal. Most, however, bear striking similarities -- both in the…
Lumen Software Launches Commercial Open Source SaaS Portal
Lumen Software, a leading provider of commercial open source Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and portal solutions, today announced its flagship platform, Lumenation, and the Lumenation Software…
Buy! Buy! Buy! - into Openness
One of the core problems for open source has always been that as a radical force outside the mainstream it is hard for its supporters to influence conventional players there. In part, this was…
Open Standards software and Next-Gen NASA telescope
A senior software engineer and a marketing manager, both from IBM Rational, talk about open standards system development with the James Webb Telescope project.
Thailand's Leading Teleco Saves Millions with Red Hat
Red Hat today announced that Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS), a mobile communications company in Thailand, has chosen Red Hat for its reliable, high-performing and cost-…
203 Million Mobile Phones To Use Linux OS by 2012
The Linux community is assaulting the mobile phone environment with a two-pronged attack that focuses on commercial operating system solutions and real-time operating system (RTOS) replacement. In…
What DRM-free iTunes means for Linux users
At a press conference in London yesterday, Apple and music label EMI announced that starting in May the iTunes Store will offer tracks from select EMI artists in unencrypted AAC format, encoded at…
Debian Linux controls copter-like UAV
Trek Aerospace used Debian Linux and open-source flight control software to build an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The Oviwun weighs about six…
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell Available on Sun x64
Novell today announced that SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell(R) is now available from Sun Microsystems on Sun* Ultra* Workstations. The Sun Ultra 20, Ultra 20 M2, Ultra 40 and Ultra 40…
Paragon Software Launches New Version of NTFS for Linux
Paragon Software Group, the technological leader in innovative data security and data management technology, announced that it has released Paragon NTFS for Linux 6.0, the latest in its family of…