• Freescale Cortex-A8 SoC advances to 1080p video

    Updated: 2010-05-31 16:15:51
    Freescale announced an heir to its i.MX51 family of ARM Cortex-A8 SoCs that boosts video decode performance to 1080p HD. The i.MX535 processor offers 720p video encode, up to 2GB of external memory, and improved peripheral support including new DDR3, SATA, and LVDS, and is compatible with Android, Linux, Windows Embedded CE, and Chromium....

  • Community News: OSI Days 2010 Call for Papers Now Open

    Updated: 2010-05-31 15:58:03
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  • Johannes Schluter's Blog: Now in trunk: Improved interactive shell

    Updated: 2010-05-31 14:38:21
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  • Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 05.31.2010

    Updated: 2010-05-31 13:07:08
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  • Meanwhile, in Finland..

    Updated: 2010-05-29 18:20:00
    Being known as a Finn living in the US, sometimes people send me pointers to things Finnish.Now, this weekend is obviously the Eurovision song contest...

  • Investing in the Cloud: Evolution, Not Revolution

    Updated: 2010-05-29 15:00:00
    Venture capitalist Ping Li shares his thoughts on software as...

  • Report: CentOS Goes Commercial

    Updated: 2010-05-29 03:09:48
    The market for CentOS Linux-based appliances continues growing, thanks in...

  • The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard (Part 2)

    Updated: 2010-05-28 21:45:58
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  • Lenovo Tablets, Smartbooks Delayed for Android

    Updated: 2010-05-28 21:37:32
    A pair of the most-anticipated mobile computers from this year's...

  • ARM9-based $100 Android tablets to light up Computex

    Updated: 2010-05-28 19:49:03
    Next week at Computex, Via Technologies' WonderMedia Technologies subsidiary will demonstrate low-cost Android-based tablets based on the ARM9-based, 600MHz WonderMedia Prizm processor and related & SmartTouch& reference designs. The tablets will be manufactured by a variety of Chinese manufacturers, and sold for as low as $100 in the U.S. later this year, says Bloomberg....

  • Hands-On: MeeGo for Netbooks Picks Up Where Moblin Left Off

    Updated: 2010-05-28 17:33:20
    Ars technica reviews MeeGo 1.0. "We conducted extensive testing of the MeeGo 1.0 Netbook User Experience on the same Mini 10v to see how it compares to its Moblin predecessor.

  • Web Development Blog: Create PDF documents Online with TCPDF

    Updated: 2010-05-28 17:12:01
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  • Maverick Community Team Plans

    Updated: 2010-05-28 16:21:01
    As many of you will know, I manage the Ubuntu Community Team at Canonical, which has horsemen Holbach, Castro and Planella in it. A large chunk of my job is to take into account the wide range of needs from our different stakeholders (community teams, Canonical teams, upstreams etc) and to flesh out a strategy for my team for each cycle. To do this I gather input and feedback from the team and these stakeholders and put together strategy that...

  • Novell Auction Could be Patent Troll Bonanza

    Updated: 2010-05-28 16:04:21
    By putting itself on the auction block, Novell has opened...

  • Nokia and Opera Side with Adobe

    Updated: 2010-05-28 15:03:38
    Nokia and Opera said Thursday that they plan to support...

  • KOffice 2.2 released

    Updated: 2010-05-28 15:00:00
    The KOffice 2.2 release is out. "This release should be much more stable and full-featured than 2.1. Version 2.2 has received many enhancements to the layout engine, the libraries and...

  • GPS-Equipped ARM SoC Gets More Integrated

    Updated: 2010-05-28 15:00:00
    CSR says it's now shipping a Linux-compatible SoC (system on chip) incorporating an ARM11-based application processor...

  • Novell Publishes Second Quarter Figures

    Updated: 2010-05-28 15:00:00
    Linux distributor Novell has published the financial results of its...

  • HP Grabs Server Lead from IBM

    Updated: 2010-05-28 15:00:00
    Server shipments from all manufacturers rose 23 percent over the...

  • What Makes Android Tick

    Updated: 2010-05-28 15:00:00
    To the average user, Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platforms are two variations of the same thing -- they're just software that runs smartphones. Both offer touchscreen capabilities, and...

  • GPS-equipped ARM SoC gets more integrated

    Updated: 2010-05-28 14:19:05
    CSR says it's now shipping a Linux-compatible SoC (system on chip) incorporating an ARM11-based application processor and a 64-channel GPS engine. The SiRFatlasV offers 500 or 664MHz clock speeds, supports VGA-resolution video, supports DDR2-400 RAM, and includes an on-chip audio DAC and power management unit (PMU), the company says....

  • NPR.org: Building the Ingest System

    Updated: 2010-05-28 06:10:57
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  • Ruggedized OpenVPX SBC runs Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-28 05:06:53
    Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) announced a military-focused 3U OpenVPX-compliant VPX-REDI SBC equipped with Freescale's PowerPC-based, eight-core 1.5GHz QorIQ P4080 system-on-chip. The XPedite5470 offers PCI Express or Serial RapidIO expansion, SERDES or standard gigabit Ethernet ports, plus MIL-STD 810F Level 1-5 ruggedization and temperature resistance, says the company....

  • CouchDB Heads to the Cloud With Couchio

    Updated: 2010-05-28 02:59:49
    In an effort to accelerate open source CouchDB efforts, Couchio,...

  • Server Sales Surge But Prices Stagnate

    Updated: 2010-05-28 01:49:49
    Total server unit sales increased more than 23 percent in...

  • The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard

    Updated: 2010-05-28 00:05:19
    Which Linux distro should I use? It's one of the most common questions for new and aspiring Linux users. This Distro Scorecard will help...

  • Voltage Tweaking Comes To R600+ GPUs On Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-27 22:50:40
    Earlier this month we reported on vastly improved ATI power management support within the open-source Radeon graphics driver stack for Linux...

  • Apple Picks Death not Compliance for Open Source iPhone Game

    Updated: 2010-05-27 21:20:55
    Apple has removed an application from...

  • BeagleBoard to gain 1GHz SoC, Ethernet

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:57:25
    BeagleBoard.org has tipped a new version of its open-platform development board for hobbyists, sporting a faster 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 SoC and twice the memory. The BeagleBoard-xM runs an upcoming Texas Instruments & DM3730& processor with 512MB of low-power DDR RAM, and a new on-board, four-port USB hub with 10/100 Ethernet, all in a 3.25 × 3.25-inch footprint....

  • Android Apps for Encrypting Calls and Texts

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:53:00
    US company Whisper Systems has released RedPhone and TextSecure, two...

  • Alfresco Enterprise Edition 3.3 Announced

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:41:00
    Alfresco has released version 3.3 of the Enterprise Edition of...

  • An Open Source Principle: One Good Thing Leads To Another

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:00:41
    Remember the 1980s Fixx song One Thing Leads To Another? The lyrics to that song play with the idea that one misbegotten thing, such as a lie, can lead to more insidious things. Perhaps the flip side of that idea has some merit, too, and exploring the fertile territory that surrounds a good idea can lead to...

  • OLPC Announces XO 3.0 Partnership

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:00:00
    The One Laptop Per Child Foundation has announced a partnership with Marvell to develop the next-generation "XO .0" system - a tablet, naturally. "The new family of XO tablets will incorporate elements and new capabilities based...

  • Report: 3D PCs Soon to Boom

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:00:00
    Within a few years, your PC may well be equipped...

  • Does Linux Do Enough for Programmers?

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:00:00
    It seems fair to say that the relationship between programmer and platform is in many ways like a romantic one, characterized by mutual respect and a balanced exchange of give and take on...

  • Palm Loses Mobile Design Guru Matias Duarte

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:00:00
    The man who led development of Palm's WebOS user interface...

  • Distribution Release: Peppermint OS One-05222010

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:00:00
    Kendall Weaver has announced the release of Peppermint OS One-05222010, a lightweight, Lubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution...

  • 8 of the Best Free Linux Video Editors

    Updated: 2010-05-27 01:16:08
    Video editing is the process of editing motion video footage. In the new age of personal video, video editing is becoming a central function of the desktop, with the popularity of video editing software ever increasing.

  • MeeGo v1.0: The Netbook User Experience and API

    Updated: 2010-05-27 01:16:07
    Today's MeeGo v1.0 release represents an important step...

  • MeeGo for Netbooks released -- and it's fast

    Updated: 2010-05-27 01:14:07
    The Intel- and Nokia-backed MeeGo project released version 1.0 of an open source operating system optimized for Intel Atom-based netbooks. MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks -- which we found to be speedy -- comprises Google's Chrome browser, Nokia's Qt 4.6, plus a variety of other tools, and will be followed next month by a handset version, says the project....

  • Report: Netbook Ubuntu: Web Client or Real Computer?

    Updated: 2010-05-26 22:30:08
    Now that Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth is devoting his full energies to desktop design...

  • MeeGo, the New Netbook Linux, Arrives

    Updated: 2010-05-26 21:56:21
    Meego, the new Intel/Nokia netbook Linux is here...

  • FOSS Community Member Launches Documentation Project for Blind Linux User

    Updated: 2010-05-26 21:30:53
    During a recent interview technology blog The Stop, OSS community member Tony Baechler raised the issue of...

  • Atom-powered PC/104 module supports dual displays

    Updated: 2010-05-26 21:15:25
    Aaeon announced a PC/104 CPU module equipped with the Intel Atom N450 processor. The PFM-LNP supports simultaneous dual-view displays, has an 18-bit single channel LVDS interface, provides PCI/104 and Mini-PCIe expansion, and offers gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and serial connectivity, says the company....

  • KDE SC 4.5 Enters Beta

    Updated: 2010-05-26 20:38:00
    In preparations for an early August release

  • Survey: Corporate PCs Cluttered with Malware

    Updated: 2010-05-26 19:35:43
    Many enterprise and government PCs are filled with unauthorized software, including malware...

  • New Chrome Ready to Shine

    Updated: 2010-05-26 19:01:39
    Take a tour of the newly-released stable version of Chrome 5...

  • LinuxCon Program Announced: This Year’s Themes

    Updated: 2010-05-26 18:53:13
    It's been a hectic few months narrowing down the content for this year's LinuxCon. Craig Ross and I have been working on this schedule for what seems like years, but we are very proud to announce it today. You can find it here. I think the program has an amazing mix of business, operations and of [...]

  • LinuxCon Program Announced: This Year’s Themes

    Updated: 2010-05-26 17:53:13
    It’ been a hectic few months narrowing down the content for this year’ LinuxCon. Craig Ross and I have been working on this schedule for what seems like years, but we are very proud to announce it today...

  • LinuxCon 2010 Program and Schedule Announced

    Updated: 2010-05-26 17:38:01
    today the Linux Foundation annouced the schedule for the rest of the two-day event this summer in Boston, MA...

  • Lessons From The Guardian's New Open Platform

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:05:44
    The Guardian's "open platform" was launched last week and features an API that developers can use to integrate Guardian content into services and applications...

  • Development Release: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 7

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:00:04
    Andreas Jaeger has announced the availability of the seventh (and last) milestone release...

  • Hadoop: Where to Find Good Introductions

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:00:00
    here is a commercial open source company, Cloudera, that supports and evangelizes Hadoop, and mainstream organizations and businesses ranging from the New York Times to IBM are using it...

  • Xerox Introduces ACS Cloud Service

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:00:00
    New service will combine public and private clouds for business use...

  • BitTorrent Inc. Open Sources New P2P Protocol

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:00:00
    BitTorrent Inc., the company behind the popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing protocol...

  • Stop SPAM on Your Postfix Server with Spamassassin

    Updated: 2010-05-26 15:00:00
    If you have a mail server, you can almost guarantee that SPAM will find its way in (and out if your not careful)...

  • Multicore simulation engine gains GUI analysis tools

    Updated: 2010-05-26 14:05:07
    Wind River announced a new version of its Linux-ready, multicore oriented Simics virtualization and simulation software for embedded hardware development. Wind River Simics 4.4 adds a GUI-enabled & Analyzer& application for evaluating a virtual representation of the target hardware, as well as an extension builder that exposes Simics APIs for customization and plugin development, says the company....

  • Chrome 5 release includes first stable Linux version

    Updated: 2010-05-26 05:38:21
    Google released version 5.0 of its Chrome web browser -- including the first stable builds for Linux and Mac platforms -- promising faster performance plus new multi-machine sync and HTML5 utilities. Meanwhile, tech pundit Om Malik suggests that Google's Linux- and Chrome-based Chrome OS should step aside to let the fast-growing Android evolve....

  • Intel scraps discrete GPU plans

    Updated: 2010-05-26 05:30:00
    Intel has, & at least in the short term,& canceled its plans to bring a discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) to market. The move follows the company's having missed & key product milestones& for a planned product codenamed Larrabee, spokesperson Bill Kircos wrote in a blog entry yesterday....

  • Review: GIMP vs. The World

    Updated: 2010-05-25 22:50:10
    GIMP is always compared to Adobe's Photoshop...

  • The People Who Support Linux: Driving 4,000 Miles to LinuxCon

    Updated: 2010-05-25 22:43:13
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  • Dell's Android mini-tablet unveiled

    Updated: 2010-05-25 22:21:43
    Dell says its Streak mini-tablet -- featuring a five-inch touchscreen, voice telephony, the Android operating system, and a Snapdragon processor -- will begin shipping next month. Meanwhile, Opera Software announced an Android-ready, & touch-optimized& tablet version of its Opera Mobile 10 browser....

  • Google: Android Fragmentation Isn't Fragmentation

    Updated: 2010-05-25 18:42:29
    Google Android project leader Andy Rubin isn't concerned about the fragmentation...

  • Flash on Android 2.2: Slow loading, but smooth running

    Updated: 2010-05-25 18:26:58
    eWEEK evaluated a Nexus One running Android 2.2 and a beta Flash Player 10.1, and found Flash to be slow loading, but surprisingly smooth and power efficient. Meanwhile, HTC vows that most of its Android phones will move to version 2.2 later this year, and a 4Q release for Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) has been tipped....

  • openSUSE Build Service 2.0 Beta1 Release Brings New User Interface

    Updated: 2010-05-25 17:11:56
    The openSUSE Build Service (obs) is an open package and distribution development platform that provides a transparent infrastructure that allows developers to build for various major Linux distributions and architectures...

  • Google Chrome Updates with Stable Release, Finally Leaves Beta on Mac and Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-25 17:00:00
    Mac/Linux: If you've been waiting for a stable Google Chrome release before trying it out on Linux and OS X, today's your lucky day...

  • $200 Android tablet offers Barnes and Noble access

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:18:09
    Digital photo frame (DPF) maker Pandigital announced an Android-based tablet that offers integrated access to Barnes Noble's eBookstore. The $200 Pandigital Novel 7-inch Color Multimedia eReader is equipped with an ARM11 processor, 1GB RAM, a 7-inch, 800 x 600 touchscreen, as well as 802.11n and SD expansion....

  • Is OpenOffice Drifting Dangerously?

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    Dana Blankenhorn notes that OpenOffice.org is "drifting," which certainly seems to be true...

  • Canonical Pushes Skype Into Ubuntu Repository

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    In an interesting move that now makes it easier to use the popular Skype VoIP program on Ubuntu Linux...

  • VIA's Linux Strategy Takes A Turn With Hidden Driver

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    VIA has inconspicuously handed over some of its code to the OpenChrome developers in order to create...

  • Database Daddy Goes Non Relational on NoSQL Fanbois

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    Postgres and Ingres father Michael Stonebraker is answering NoSQL with a variant of his relational baby for web-scale data...

  • $200 Android Tablet Touted for Barnes and Noble Access

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    Digital photo frame (DPF) maker Pandigital announced an Android-based e-reader tablet that offers integrated access to Barnes Noble's eBookstore...

  • Computex Will Bring Android + ARM Tablets, But Are They Ready?

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    Computex Taipei is coming up next week, and tech watchers should brace for the impending wave of "iPad-killer" stories...

  • Five Questions About Authenticity and the Open Source Way with Jim Gilmore

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    A few months ago, I had the opportunity to meet Jim Gilmore, co-author (with Joseph Pine) of the book Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want...

  • Fedora 13 Released

    Updated: 2010-05-25 15:00:00
    The Fedora 13 release is out...

  • Five-inch tablet runs Android, Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-25 06:43:51
    Shenzhen, China-based Aoson is now shipping a mobile Internet device (MID) that ships with Android, and can also run Linux 2.4, Mac 9.1, and various flavors of Windows, reports Qianlong.com. The Aoson M500 mini-tablet runs on a 624MHz Marvell PXA303 processor, and offers a five-inch resistive touchscreen, plus 3G, WiFi, and GPS wireless capabilities, says the story....

  • Tip: Using Autoexpect to Create Interactive Scripts in Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-25 05:19:54
    Scripting interactive operations can be a challenge, but the expect command is tailor-made for this...

  • Hybrid hard disk gets flashy speed boost

    Updated: 2010-05-25 00:46:49
    Seagate announced what it's calling the & world's fastest 2.5-inch laptop PC hard drive,& combining 7200rpm rotating platters with 4GB of solid-state memory. The OS-independent Momentus XT boots up to 100 percent faster than traditional laptop drives, but costs much less than SSDs (solid state disks), the company claims....

  • Red Hat Taking Deltacloud Commercial

    Updated: 2010-05-24 22:37:52
    Open source vendor is bringing its year-old deltacloud project to commercialization as it expands its virtualization offerings and develops a cloud management engine....

  • IBM Snags Sterling Commerce From AT&T for $1.4B

    Updated: 2010-05-24 22:37:51
    In a $1.4 billion all-cash deal, Big Blue agrees to acquire Sterling Commerce, AT&T's business-to-business unit specializing in integration software...

  • Linux Mint 9: Solid, Simple, Shiny

    Updated: 2010-05-24 22:37:49
    It's lean, it's very green, and it's one of the better Linux distros for users who just want a good desktop right out of the box. Linux Mint 9, dubbed Isadora, was released on May 18th with plenty of new features and software.

  • Using DPKG To Install OpenVZ On Debian

    Updated: 2010-05-24 19:32:32
      To use the DPKG package manager to install OpenVZ...

  • Hacking through the Software Patent Thickets

    Updated: 2010-05-24 19:29:28
    "Probably the vast majority of patents are granted for very specific aspects of a given field. On their own, they do nothing...

  • Intel slims down Cores for thinner laptops

    Updated: 2010-05-24 19:10:17
    Intel announced six new 32nm processors intended for ultra-thin laptops. Topped by the Core i7-660UM, with a clock speed of 1.33GHz and & TurboBoost& frequency of 2.4GHz, the CPUs will be available next month in devices from Acer, Asus, Gateway, and Lenovo, the chipmaker says....

  • Puppy Linux turns to Ubuntu for version 5.0

    Updated: 2010-05-24 19:00:12
    The Puppy Linux project has released version 5.0 of its fast, small-footprint Linux distro, basing it on Ubuntu for the first time. Puppy Linux 5.0 is built from Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx binary packages, offers a new & Quickpet& application suite, introduces a choice of web browsers, and can now boot to the desktop, say the developers....

  • Want to Buy a Linux Company?

    Updated: 2010-05-24 18:03:49
    Two important Linux companies, Mandriva and Novell, are on the sales block...

  • Why Launchpad Rocks: Great Bug Tracking

    Updated: 2010-05-24 16:03:49
    This article is part of a series of articles about why I feel Launchpad is a great home...

  • Intel's New ULV Core Processors Target Super-Thin Laptops [Intel]

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:03:09
    Intel expanded its processor family today with six new chips...

  • Wine 1.2 Gets a First Release Candidate

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:01:00
    The Wine developers have released a first release candidate for version 1.2 of their Windows API implementation...

  • The Very Best Open Source Tools For Video, Audio and Graphics

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:00:06
    If you cycle back 10 years, the sophistication of and available tools for working with video, audio, and graphics--including working with them online--lagged far behind what is available today...

  • WebM: Missing The Assurances Open Source Needs? (ComputerWorld)

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:00:00
    Simon Phipps expresses some concerns about WebM in ComputerWorld UK. "Firstly, the new license Google is using for the project is one that's not been submitted to the Open Source Initiative for...

  • Show Me the Money...(Says Whitehurst)

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:00:00
    Every day I come to work, I get excited about the possibilities of the power of participation...

  • HP Slate to Run Palm WebOS

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:00:00
    As expected and wished for, HP won't use Windows 7 in their incoming HP Slate, but their newly acquired Palm WebOS...

  • Will Microsoft Crumble In The New Era Of Tech Threats?

    Updated: 2010-05-24 15:00:00
    Recently, numerous posts have been found on the web heralding the end of Microsoft, in a world where cloud-based initiatives are gaining traction, and Microsoft is seen as not grokking the cloud...

  • Capacitive touchscreens get larger, support styluses

    Updated: 2010-05-24 14:35:59
    Atmel announced a microcontroller for capacitive touchscreens that allows operation via gloved hands or styluses, supporting screens up to 15.6 inches. The maXTouch technology uses under 1.8mW in a & touch-ready& state and performs & three times better& than competitive products, the company says....

  • MeeGo Bug Jar 2010.21

    Updated: 2010-05-24 04:23:08
    A Quick Look at MeeGo in Bugzilla 2010-05-17 through 2010-05-23 MeeGo Platform As of 2010-05-24 MeeGo Platform contains 1131 items (+121 this week), including 462 open issues (+50 this week): 420 open bugs (+31 this we...

  • Patent Absurdity

    Updated: 2010-05-22 03:55:16
    Thanks to the Free Software Foundation and its donors for producing this video that helps to expose the absurdity of our patent system today...

  • Google Rolls Out IT-Friendly Android OS Upgrade

    Updated: 2010-05-22 01:09:11
    Version 2.2 of the mobile operating system includes 20 new features for enterprises.

  • WebOS heading for HP smartphones, tablets, printers

    Updated: 2010-05-22 00:06:53
    HP will use the Linux-based WebOS operating system it is acquiring from Palm for smartphones, tablets, and printers, but not in netbooks, say reports from HP's positive earnings call earlier this week. Meanwhile, AT T has started selling the Palm Pre Plus and will start selling the WebOS-based Pixi Plus phone in June, says eWEEK....

  • Expandable PC works up to 167 deg. F

    Updated: 2010-05-21 23:35:10
    Adlink announced a rugged, fanless computer that can operate at up to 167 deg. F and has room for two PC/104-Plus expansion cards. The RuffSystem 735 features four serial ports, four USB ports, two Ethernet ports, plus a CompactFlash slot and room for a SATA hard disk drive, the company says....

  • Novell Offers Cloud-Based Identity Manager

    Updated: 2010-05-21 22:49:57
    With this new release, Novell's identity management tools/framework cover the move of services and identity floating in the clouds, and more tools for access and security on the way.

  • French mini-tablet runs Android

    Updated: 2010-05-21 19:46:35
    The French firm EviGroup says it is now shipping an Android-based tablet with a five-inch touchscreen. Running on a ARM11-based 667MHz Samsung S3C6410, the $250 & Evi Wallet& offers 256MB RAM, 1GB flash, a microSD slot, and 802.11n WiFi, says the company....

  • Weekend Project: Monitor Your Server with StatusNet Updates

    Updated: 2010-05-21 18:19:06
    Summer is almost here; do you really want to spend it sitting indoors and monitoring the health of a running server or daemon? Rather than resign yourself to that fate, why not set up your system to post important messages, from regular status updates to emergency messages, through a microblogging service like Identi.ca? It's easier than you might think.

  • Has ASUS Abandoned Netbook Linux?

    Updated: 2010-05-21 17:09:44
    The netbook revolution was started when Asus added Linux to small laptops, but without a word, Asus seems to have left Linux behind. read more...

  • Business Intelligence Player Pentaho Embraces Hadoop

    Updated: 2010-05-21 16:54:49
    Pentaho, which specializes in open source business intelligence (BI) applications,...

  • Open Source Robot is All Eyes

    Updated: 2010-05-21 16:05:28
    A startup called TheCorpora is readying an open source Linux robot based on a Mini-ITX board with an Intel Atom and an Nvidia Ion GPU. The foot-and-a-half tall Qbo lacks arms or legs, but is mobile, can be controlled via WiFi, and offers stereoscopic face, object, and gesture recognition, plus spee...

  • Mozilla Muses Over Open Apps Store But Needs Sharper Focus

    Updated: 2010-05-21 15:00:00
    Mozilla has begun circling its shaky, new age wagons around a web app store model that won't short change developers.…...

  • Intel at Work on Hardware to Automatically Run Older Apps on Multiple Cores

    Updated: 2010-05-21 15:00:00
    Earlier this month Intel’ European research unit posted an overview of a new project they are working on to imp...

  • Salesforce, Microsoft, and Patent 'Alley Thugs'

    Updated: 2010-05-21 15:00:00
    Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com's CEO, uses an earnings call to diss Microsoft and its patent lawsuit.

  • Open source robot is all eyes

    Updated: 2010-05-21 05:05:28
    A startup called TheCorpora is readying an open source Linux robot based on a Mini-ITX board with an Intel Atom and an Nvidia Ion GPU. The foot-and-a-half tall Qbo lacks arms or legs, but is mobile, can be controlled via WiFi, and offers stereoscopic face, object, and gesture recognition, plus speech synthesis and voice recognition....

  • Storage, Services Help Dell Beat the Street

    Updated: 2010-05-21 01:06:59
    The hardware player sees renewed interest among IT buyers -- particularly in storage, services and international sales.

  • Russel Crowe's Robin Hood is Powered by Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-21 01:06:58
    Robin Hood meets Linux. What else could be a better metaphor?

  • Mini-ITX board builds on low-power AMD chips

    Updated: 2010-05-20 23:22:24
    Avalue announced a Mini-ITX motherboard that uses AMD's RS780E chipset and supports low-power AM3 socket processors, including the Phenom II XLT Q54L and Athlon II XL CPUs. The EMX-780E is equipped with up to 4GB DDR2 memory, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, USB and serial I/O, and PCIe expansion, and consumes 7 to 15 Watts, claims the company....

  • Google TV to mix Android, Chrome, and Atom

    Updated: 2010-05-20 22:36:07
    Google announced an Android and Chrome browser-based IPTV platform today that will offer integrated search for content across TV, DVR, and the web. Initially optimized for the Dish Network, Google TV will arrive in set-tops and TVs later this year from Sony and Logitech, based on Intel's Atom-based CE4100 SoC, says Google....

  • End Software Patents Collecting Names of On-the-Fence Decision Makers

    Updated: 2010-05-20 21:59:28
    End Software Patents is anticipating the US Supreme Court decision in the Bilski case and is collecting names of people that would be good to send a copy of...

  • Novell Offers SUSE Service Pack for Enterprise Customers

    Updated: 2010-05-20 21:36:50
    For enterprise users, the reasons to choose Linux include stability, scalability, specialization, and support...

  • A Video Peek At Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1

    Updated: 2010-05-20 17:18:46
    Today, at the Google I/O conference, Google unveiled Android 2.2 (Froyo), which adds a number of enhancements to the platform, including Wi-Fi and USB tethering. With Android 2.2 phones, you'll be able to set up instant-on hotspots, and version 2.2 is also much faster than previous versions.

  • Seven Reasons to Upgrade to Fedora 13

    Updated: 2010-05-20 17:06:26
    Fedora 13 is right around the corner. Code-named "Goddard," the Fedora 13 release sports tons of updates from Fedora 12 and some really exciting new features that will have Linux power users running for their CD burners. You'll find everything from better printer support to experimental 3D support for Nvidia cards and filesystem rollback. Ready to roll up your sleeves? Let's take a look at the best of Fedora 13.

  • Google Announces Android 2.2

    Updated: 2010-05-20 16:29:08
    As expected, Android 2.2 (& Froyo& ) was announced at this morning's Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Touted as significantly faster than Android 2.1, thanks to the addition of a JIT (just in time) complier, the operating system upgrade will also provide USB tethering and WiFi hotspot suppor...

  • openSUSE Strategy Meeting

    Updated: 2010-05-20 16:06:15
    For the past few months we, the openSUSE Board, together with the great help from Kurt Garloff, Jan Weber...

  • Connect to a Mac OS X Screen Sharing Client with Ubuntu's Remote Desktop Viewer

    Updated: 2010-05-20 15:23:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Neil's Open Source Linux Blog News , notes and resources on open source , Linux , and UNIX computers By Neil Johnson , Cadent Technologies . Corp Thursday , May 20, 2010 Connect to a Mac OS X Screen Sharing Client with Ubuntu's Remote Desktop Viewer On my Apple blog I describe how to connect to Mac OS X computers with Ubuntu's Remote Desktop Viewer Ubuntu's Remote Desktop Viewer Applications Internet Remote Desktop Viewer is really Vinagre , A VNC Client for the GNOME Desktop This VNC client supports connections to Mac OS X using the Mac's Screen Sharing service , Apple's built-in implementation of the VNC server . protocol The post includes step-by-step instructions on how to configure the Mac Screen Sharing server , and how to establish a connection with

  • Linux Distros and the Codec Conundrum

    Updated: 2010-05-20 15:00:00
    Codecs have been the topic of much heated conversation on the Linux blogs of late, thanks largely to...

  • Bids for Novell Expected This Week

    Updated: 2010-05-20 15:00:00
    The Wall Street Journal has a brief article stating that Novell is entertaining offers from potential buyers. "As many as 20 companies have expressed interest in Novell, accor...

  • Google Backs Open Codec Against Patent Trolls

    Updated: 2010-05-20 15:00:00
    'Very confident' in face of Jobsian FUD Google I/O Google is "very confident" that the newly open-sourced VP8 video codec will stand up to the sort of patent attack Steve Jobs warned of...

  • Development Release: Trisquel GNU/Linux 4.0 Beta

    Updated: 2010-05-20 15:00:00
    Rubén Rodríguez has announced the availability of the beta release of Trisquel GNU/Linux 4.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution modified to comply with the Free Software Foundation's definition of "free software": "This is the first development release of the 4.0 branch, based on Ubuntu 10.04. As it i...

  • Google announces Android 2.2

    Updated: 2010-05-20 05:29:08
    [Updated, 11:00 a.m.] -- As expected, Android 2.2 (& Froyo& ) was announced at this morning's Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Touted as including the & world's fastest mobile browser,& the upgrade will include USB tethering with WiFi hotspot support, stream music from home PCs, and offer an improved online marketplace, the company says....

  • Open source industrial group joins the Linux Foundation

    Updated: 2010-05-20 00:59:19
    The Linux Foundation (LF) announced that it has accepted the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) as a new Silver member of the non-profit organization. OSADL, which oversees the development of & Latest Stable& industrial real-time Linux kernel versions, among other projects, will collaborate with LF members on embedded and industrial Linux efforts....

  • Linux development platform targets multi-core MIPS SoCs

    Updated: 2010-05-19 23:26:52
    Mentor Graphics has agreed to develop Linux software for NetLogic Microsystems' MIPS-based processors, targeting next-generation Internet networks. Mentor Graphics' Embedded Software Division will provide Linux development software for NetLogic's XLP, XLR, and XLS multicore, multithreaded system-on-chips (SoCs), say the partners....

  • Linux Development Platform Targets Multi-Core MIPS SoCs

    Updated: 2010-05-19 22:26:52
    Mentor Graphics has agreed to develop Linux software for NetLogic Microsystems' MIPS-based processors, targeting next-generation Internet networks. Mentor Graphics' Embedded Software Division will provide Linux development software for NetLogic's XLP, XLR, and XLS multicore, multithreaded system-on...

  • Review: Teo, the New Tough Linux Netbook From ZaReason

    Updated: 2010-05-19 22:10:00
    The nice folks at ZaReason, the independent Linux OEM computer vendor, sent me their Teo tough netbook to review. Is the Teo really tough? It is usable like a real computer? Or just a toy with a funny name?

  • Gartner: Android leapfrogs Linux and Windows Mobile

    Updated: 2010-05-19 21:25:36
    Android has overtaken Windows Mobile and Linux for fourth place in smartphone OS market share with 9.6 percent, says Gartner. The worldwide study of first quarter smartphone sales showed a 707 per cent year-on-year increase in Android sales in North America, while the total smartphone market saw its largest year-on-year increase since 2006, says the research firm....

  • Flash Embraces Google's Open Video Codec

    Updated: 2010-05-19 19:57:22
    Adobe extends Dreamweaver to HTML5 Google I/O Adobe has rolled out an HTML5 development kit and announced that Flash will use Google's freshly open sourced VP8 video codec. The company wants you to know that despite its tussle with Steve Jobs, it very much believes in...

  • Google Pounds the Open Standards Drum During I/O Keynote

    Updated: 2010-05-19 19:14:54
    During the opening keynote at the Google I/O conference this morning in San Francisco, the search giant unveiled new Web technologies and reaffirmed its commitment to open standards...

  • SouthEast LinuxFest names speakers

    Updated: 2010-05-19 16:39:36
    [Updated: 8PM] -- The organizers of the 2010 SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) have announced a second round of speakers for their second annual event, to be held June 11-13 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Some 52 speakers have been announced for the show, including Jon & Maddog& Hall, Wietse Zweitze Venema, and Keith Bergelt....

  • Novell's SLE update adds full KVM support, improved clustering

    Updated: 2010-05-19 16:38:37
    Novell announced SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in server and desktop versions. SLE 11 SP1 advances the server version's virtualization capabilities with full support for KVM, also boosting high availability clustering support, while the desktop version updates audio, Bluetooth, and multi-monitor support, Novell says....

  • Panel PC targets image-intense medical apps

    Updated: 2010-05-19 14:09:04
    Advantech announced a 22-inch panel PC designed for medical applications. The POC-227 includes Intel Core 2 Duo or Celeron processors, an optical disk drive, four isolated serial ports and an IEEE 1394a port, plus a SAW (surface acoustic wave) touchscreen, the company says....

  • Two-bay NAS offers AES encryption

    Updated: 2010-05-18 22:59:56
    Synology America announced a two-bay, Linux-based networked-attached storage (NAS) device for the SMB market, integrating a 256-bit AES hardware encryption engine. The DiskStation DS210+ can hold up to 4TB of internal storage, consumes 30 Watts, and includes the new Synology DiskStation Manager 2.3 software, with improved RAID setup and security features....

  • TI licenses multicore graphics IP

    Updated: 2010-05-18 21:17:58
    Imagination Technologies announced it has licensed its latest Powervr SGX Series5XT IP for GPUs (graphics processing units) to Texas Instruments (TI) for inclusion in forthcoming OMAP SOCs (system on chips). Following a similar agreement earlier this month with Renesas, the collaboration will & define a new zenith of graphics performance for mobile platforms,& the company claims....

  • GM and Google integrate Android app with OnStar

    Updated: 2010-05-18 19:18:33
    General Motors (GM) announced that version 2.0 of the Android version of its OnStar Mobile app for the Chevrolet Volt will feature Google Maps integration. The voice-enabled feature, which shows a Volt's location on Google Maps, may only be the first step in Android integration with OnStar, say reports....

  • Amazon spins Kindle for Android app as e-reader market heats up

    Updated: 2010-05-18 16:35:50
    Amazon.com announced that a free e-reader app for its Kindle Store is coming to Android. The Kindle for Android app arrives amidst growing competition from low-cost e-readers such as the Kobe, Android models like the hot-selling Nook, and multi-function color tablets ranging from the iPad to a possible new Sony device....

  • Linux gains flash filesystem

    Updated: 2010-05-18 00:16:54
    Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 2.6.34, which is notable for adding two filesystems: Ceph for distributed and cloud-based applications, and LogFS, which is optimized for flash-memory based devices. Other new features include a faster KVM virtualization driver based on Vhost.net technology, says LinuxPlanet.com....

  • COM Express module sports 32nm processors

    Updated: 2010-05-17 23:37:11
    Portwell announced a COM Express module that offers Intel's recently introduced & Arrandale& Core i7/i5/i3 processors or the even newer Celeron P4505 CPU. The PCOM-B216VG-VI includes up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, supports up to four SATA devices, and drives three DisplayPort displays, the company says....

  • HTC spins budget Android 2.1 phone with app-sharing feature

    Updated: 2010-05-17 23:25:17
    HTC announced a budget-minded Android 2.1 phone for European and Asian markets. Available in the third quarter, the HTC Wildfire will offer a 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen, a five-megapixel camera, a 3.5mm audio jack, a microSD card slot, and a new app-sharing feature, says the company....

  • Zippy, cloud-based Linux distro off to fast start

    Updated: 2010-05-17 19:37:09
    A new fast-booting, cloud-oriented, & Peppermint OS& Ubuntu variant has been downloaded 25,000 times in its first week. Meanwhile, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone CentOS has been released in version 5.5, adding features such as improved KVM virtualization and expanded WiFi support, and pioneering Linux distro-maker Mandriva is up for sale....

  • Speed up your web page – Serve Gzipped content

    Updated: 2010-05-17 08:07:06
    Today most of the browsers accept compressed content. See this. The compression on a Linux box can be achieved using GNU Zip or GZip. Here is a simple .htaccess trick to serve gzipped content to browsers. <FilesMatch "\.(js|css)$"> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.gz -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{REQUEST_URI}.gz [L,QSA] </FilesMatch> <FilesMatch "\.(js|css)\?.*$"> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.gz -f RewriteRule ^([^?]*)\?(.*)$ $1.gz?$2 [L] </FilesMatch> <FilesMatch "\.js\.gz(\?.*)?$"> AddEncoding [...]

  • Workshops tackle Qt, Linux, and i.MX development

    Updated: 2010-05-15 00:49:34
    Future Electronics and Nokia will host six full-day, hands-on workshops across the North America on using Linux and Nokia's Qt development framework to develop user interfaces (UIs) for Freescale's ARM-based i.MX system-on-chips (SoCs). Starting in Boston on May 18, the workshops will use the Freescale i.MX23 SoC as its sample platform....

  • Dual-core Atom for netbooks?

    Updated: 2010-05-15 00:48:27
    Intel will launch its first dual-core Atom processor for netbooks and other mobile devices during the third quarter, Fudzilla claims. The N550 will be clocked at 1.5GHz, have 512KB of second-level cache per core, and offer an 8.5 Watt TDP, Fuad Abazovic writes....

  • South African netbook runs Ubuntu Linux

    Updated: 2010-05-14 21:55:32
    South Africa-based mobile provider Vodacom has begun selling an Ubuntu Linux based netbook. The Linkbook, which was developed by a South African company of the same name, is equipped with 16GB of flash storage, HSDPA, WiFi, two USB ports, and an 8.9-inch display, says Vodacom....

  • Video analytics chip speeds up

    Updated: 2010-05-14 18:14:30
    Texas Instruments (TI) announced a DaVinci video processor with & smart analytics,& claimed to offer three times the video performance of its predecessor. Designed for video surveillance and security applications, the DMVA2 supports 720P video at 30fps and 1080p at 15fps, and is offered with an IP camera reference design from Appro....

  • Automation appliance offers four ESD-protected COM ports

    Updated: 2010-05-14 05:00:05
    Lanner announced a compact, fanless communications appliance for SCADA systems, industrial automation, and power management environments. The Lanner LEC-3000 runs on a Via Eden processor clocked at up to 1GHz, and supplies two gigabit Ethernet ports, four external USB 2.0 ports, and four COM ports with ESD protection, says the company....

  • VXL fires thin client fusillade

    Updated: 2010-05-14 00:13:11
    VXL announced more than a dozen new & Itona& thin clients with Via processors, including seven models that run Linux. The mid-range Itona TC1536 runs on a 1GHz C7-M CPU, the C32 and C35 run on a 1GHz C7, and the C35S, D35S, D51S, and E35 run on a 1.6GHz C7, the company says....

  • Android 2.2 said to run 450 percent faster, offer USB/WiFi tethering

    Updated: 2010-05-13 21:35:21
    AndroidPolice claims to have tested a pre-release version of Android 2.2 (& Froyo& ), and says it's up to 450 percent faster than Android 2.1, thanks largely to the addition of a JIT (just in time) compiler. The operating system upgrade will also offer USB tethering and WiFi hotspot support, says TechCrunch....

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