Using a Bluetooth remote to control Amarok 1.4
A member of the Amarok development team posted some instructions explaining how certain Bluetooth devices can be made to control Amarok 1.4. this is only just the beginning as the LinuxMCE project…
Linux and Open Source: How It Affects Small Organizations
Linux and other open source applications are finding increasing acceptance in the global marketplace in small and large companies alike. Statistics on the growth of a few open source programs—like…
The Other Open-Source IP PBX
The story has a familiar ring. A vendor offers powerful, reliable new appliances to go with the open-source IP PBX (Private Branch eXchange) software it provides and supports. The new boxes make…
Microsoft hits jackpot ahead of Linux
Gaming giant Tattersalls has chosen to abandon Linux as it moves ahead with a $43 million project to streamline its multi-state Maxgaming poker machine business.
The open source operating…
ISO votes to reject Microsoft's OOXML as standard
Microsoft Corp. has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for…
Linux isn't the only platform this would-be senator is standing on
James Purser, a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) supporter, committee member for Linux Australia, and ICT consultant, is running for the Senate in the next federal election as an independent…
Novell Identity Manager Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for User Provisioning
Novell today announced it has been positioned in the leaders quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s, "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning, 2H07" by Earl Perkins and Roberta J. Witty, August 23, 2007.…
OpenSolaris will challenge Linux says Sun
Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java.
…French blow for Microsoft's Office Open XML
France has voted against the adoption of Microsoft's document format Office Open XML as an international standard, while Australia has decided to abstain.
Microsoft offered its OOXML…
Brazil votes against Open XML
"The Brazilian organization in charge of technical standards has decided to vote "no, with conditions" to Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML document format during an International Organization for…