DB2 9 for Linux, Unix, and Windows
DB2 9 is the result of a five-year development project that transformed traditional (static) database technology into an interactive data server that merges the high performance and ease of use of…
A Linux thin client for every child
In September this year, the Macedonian government announced one of the most ambitious educational technology projects ever proposed: to provide 180,000 of its school-age children with computer…
OLPC Talks About Plans to Distribute in America
In a recent interview, representatives from the One Laptop Per Child project disclosed current plans for distributing the XO Laptop in the United States, and discussed the ways in which even local…
Novell and Real Time Linux
Last week, Novell began shipping SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 for running high-performance, time-sensitive applications, and apparently Red Hat is feeling a bit threatened.
Note to…
Linux Kernel Developer Ted Ts’o Joins Linux Foundation as Chief Platform Strategist
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Linux kernel filesystem maintainer Ted Ts’o is joining the organization as a…
Sun promises prizes to boost open source effort
Sun Microsystems will today release details of a new award program meant to spur growth and activity within the company's open-source efforts, according to a post by Sun's open-source officer,…
ESET Launches New Products for Linux
ESET announced three new products for Linux and FreeBSD users. The new Gateway, File and Mail products provide SMB and enterprise users with the highest level of malware protection throughout…
Flash Player 9 Update 3 now available
Adobe has released the final version of its Flash Player Update 3, an important update that brings several new features:
* Mainly, support for H.264, one of the most efficient video…
North, South Korea Unite Over Linux
The new project, tentatively named "Hana Linux", was announced at the ICMIP 2007 event in Yenji, China, last week and will be developed jointly by both Koreas and China, according to a report from…
Belgium Government Deploys IONA's Open Source
IONA Technologies announced that the Belgium Ministry for Education is using IONA's FUSE Open Source technology for a newly introduced centralized student registration system. The system which was…