• Phil Sturgeon's Blog: Power dump() on your PHP applications

    Updated: 2010-09-30 17:04:03
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  • Seven-inch Android tablet starts at $130

    Updated: 2010-09-30 16:55:02
    MP4nation has opened preorders for a seven-inch, Android 1.5 & Rocktab& tablet from Nationite that costs approximately $130, featuring a 600MHz Rockchip RK2808 and GB of memory. Meanwhile, the retailer is also preparing to ship another batch of the 800MHz & Nationite MIDnite& seven-inch tablet, selling for $209 with Android 2.2 and an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU....

  • PHPBuilder.com: Testing with the Zend Framework: How to Get Started

    Updated: 2010-09-30 16:53:06
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  • PHPClasses.org: Lately in PHP podcast, Episode 5

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:20:08
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  • Dell Server Certified for Ubuntu

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Dell and Canonical have jointly certified a range of PowerEdge servers for Ubuntu Server Edition...

  • Dell Goes with Mellanox VPI Combo Cards for IB and 10 GigE

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Mellanox announced this week that Dell blade systems are now available with their single adapter cards that do both 40Gb/s InfiniBand and 10 Gigabit Ethernet for cost-effective connectivity.

  • UK Open Government Licence Removes Barriers to Re-Use of Public Sector Information

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Launched today by the National Archives, a new UK Open Government Licence removes many of the existing barriers to re-use of government held information...

  • Apache Shindig 2.0: OpenSocial Implementation for Java and PHP

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation, Shindig 2.0, the reference implementation of an OpenSocial container for Java and PHP now supports OpenSocial 0.9 and 1.0...

  • MySQL fork Drizzle Goes Beta

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    The Drizzle fork of MySQL, a major reworking of the database software for web and cloud use, reaches official beta status and can now import MySQL databases...

  • Google opens Android Database at Former Phone Store URL

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Remember when Google opened up its own portal for purchasing the Nexus One?

  • What's That Android App Doing with My Data?

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Researchers use TaintDroid tool to analyze potentially sensitive data collected from Android phones by a sample of apps.

  • Dell Drops More Hints About 7-Inch Tablet PC

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:00:00
    Tablet PC fans waiting for the other shoe to drop from Dell will have to wait a bit longer to get the details on what's supposed to be a 7-inch version of the recently unveiled Streak mini-tablet.

  • Zend Developer Zone: ZendCon 2010: 3 Questions for Michaelangelo van Dam

    Updated: 2010-09-30 14:45:04
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  • Site News: Blast from the Past - One Year Ago in PHP

    Updated: 2010-09-30 13:03:13
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  • Keith Casey's Blog: Where Open Source Fails

    Updated: 2010-09-30 06:12:01
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  • Dell's seven-inch Android tablet to be followed by 10-incher, exec says

    Updated: 2010-09-30 05:53:42
    Dell's recently tipped seven-inch Android tablet will ship in a few weeks, going head to head with the new RIM PlayBook and a rumored seven-inch version of the Apple iPad, says an industry report. Meanwhile, Dell is also readying a 10-inch Android tablet for release next year, says the story....

  • Minimalist kiosk distro revs to Ubuntu 10.04 foundation

    Updated: 2010-09-29 22:49:16
    Linutop released version 4.0 of a Ubuntu Linux-based distro optimized for kiosk applications on small, energy-efficient fanless PCs, including legacy 386-based PCs and the company's own mini-PCs. Linutop OS 4.0 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 (& Lucid Lynx& ), has a 700MB footprint, is available in a bootable USB key, and offers a variety of display and security features, says the company....

  • Wind River updates dev tools for Froyo

    Updated: 2010-09-29 20:51:07
    Wind River announced the release of a version of its Wind River Platform for Android that supports Android 2.2 (& Froyo& ) and Adobe Flash Player 10.1. The company also announced a design win with train manufacturer Bombardier for a computer system that will run on London Underground trains....

  • Vision control PC supports six IP video cameras

    Updated: 2010-09-29 19:36:09
    Lanner announced an Atom-based PC that supports up to six IP video cameras and is designed for vision control applications. Featuring a separate Ethernet controller for each port, the LEC-2026 runs fanlessly, supports either hard disk or CompactFlash storage, and has connectors for both a VGA monitor and a serial console, the company says....

  • Ubuntu 10.10 Preview: Steady Progress for Maverick

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:58:14
    Maverick Meerkat, the next release of Ubuntu and its official derivatives, is scheduled to hit the Internet in two weeks' time. When it does, users will find a more polished release that continues Canonical's five-year trend of providing steady incremental improvements. Ubuntu continues to make small usability changes that push each desktop experience slightly forward without tripping up users, but all most people will notice is a faster, more stable Linux distribution.

  • Linux-based flying robots use swarm AI for rescue ops

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:26:54
    Swiss university EPFL has demonstrated a swarm of Linux-based semi-autonomous & Flying Robots& designed for rescue communications. Each winged drone in the & SMAVNET& project is equipped with a Toradex Colibri PXA270 module, plus Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and GPS wireless communications, used to log location and trajectory and communicate with both ground communications and other craft....

  • PHP-Code.net: Securing PHP Applications Part II - Securing PHP code

    Updated: 2010-09-29 17:26:55
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  • Rugged, Atom-based computer ships with remote management software

    Updated: 2010-09-29 16:19:21
    Axiomtek is readying a rugged, fanless DIN-rail computer with redundant components and SNMP-based & AXView& remote management software. The rBOX100 is equipped with the extended-temperature Intel Atom Z510PT and Z520PT processors, and offers gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, serial, USB 2.0, and DIO connectivity, says the company....

  • Amazon Web Services Blog: New AWS SDK for PHP

    Updated: 2010-09-29 16:08:55
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  • Portable Linux Apps: Not Always an Easy Schlep

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    One of the best productivity tools I had when I used Microsoft Windows was a collection of portable applications. I missed those tools when I migrated to Linux.

  • Jetpack 0.8 Helps Automate Web Site Mashups

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    The latest version of Jetpack, the extension framework for Firefox, contains new APIs that allow web sites to be modified via JavaScript...

  • Is Fedora's Boot Time Increasing?

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    The last time we closely examined the boot performance of Fedora Linux was in 2008 when comparing the boot times from Fedora Core 4 through Fedora 8.

  • The ATI R600g Driver Gets Boosted By A New Design

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    We've said it a few times already that the R600g driver continues to advance, but this open-source Gallium3D graphics driver that provides hardware acceleration for ATI R600/R700/Evergreen ASICs (the Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 graphics cards) has now received another huge boost with what has been dubbed as the "new design" and...

  • Vtiger CRM 5.2.0 Released

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    The vtiger developers have announced the release of vtiger 5.2.0 with over 50 new features / enhancements and over 350 bug fixes...

  • WordPress to Replace Microsoft Live Spaces Blogging

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    Microsoft is to close down its Live Spaces blogging service (launched six-years ago as MSN Spaces). Blogs hosted on Spaces will be migrated to WordPress...

  • 7-Inch Tablet Will Launch in Coming Weeks, Says Dell

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    That 7-inch tablet Michael Dell confirmed the other week? It's launching in a matter of weeks, and an even larger one similar to the iPad's size will trot out in 6 - 12 months' time.

  • More Intel Mobile Processors Surface

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:00:00
    Though Intel updated its price list with new mobile processors, some chip prices, including those for new mobile Core i3s, aren't publicly disclosed.

  • PHPMagazine.net: Hello PHPUG ?!

    Updated: 2010-09-29 06:02:47
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  • Android surges in traffic, developer confidence

    Updated: 2010-09-28 23:39:11
    Android ad requests increased 39 percent month-over-month in August and 996 percent during 2010, says Millennial Media. Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson has dumped Symbian, Amazon.com may be developing an Android tablet, an IDC/Appcelerator survey claims 58.6 percent of developers believe Android's prospects are brighter than Apple's iOS, and a J.D. Power survey finds high consumer satisfaction for Android smartphones....

  • Qseven module sports Atom E6xxT processors, 4GB SSD

    Updated: 2010-09-28 23:36:38
    Portwell announced a Qseven module sporting the wide-temperature variants of Intel's recently announced Atom E6xx processors, with an operating range of -40 to 185 deg. F (-40 to 85 deg. C.). The PQ7-M105IT features an onboard 4GB or 8GB SSD (solid state disk) up to 8GB, eight USB 2.0 ports and four PCI Express x1 lanes, and is offered with an available 3.5-inch carrier board, the company says....

  • LibreOffice and Document Foundation Announced

    Updated: 2010-09-28 22:44:45
    Members of the OpenOffice.org community have announced a new foundation to help foster development of the free office suite under a new name, LibreOffice. Dubbed The Document Foundation, the new foundation is designed to provide an "open, independent, and meritocratic" organization for creating a free software office suite.

  • Fedora 14 adds MeeGo -- and spiced-up virtualization

    Updated: 2010-09-28 20:21:19
    The Fedora project announced the Beta release of & Fedora 14 & Laughlin,& featuring faster JPEG downloads and the MeeGo 1.0 netbook environment. Other new features in the Fedora 14 Beta include improved debugging and IPMI server management, and the debut of the & Spice& virtualization desktop framework and & Systemd& management technology for faster start-ups....

  • Free Linux tools streamline DSP coding on TI SoCs

    Updated: 2010-09-28 16:16:46
    Texas Instruments released two free Linux development tools to ease programming of the TMS320C6000 DSP (digital signal processor) included on some DaVinci and OMAP processors. The C6EZRun tool partitions code between the DSP and ARM cores, improving performance and streamlining ARM application ports, while C6EZAccel offers an ARM-side API library of over 130 optimized DSP kernels....

  • Tutorial: OpenSSH Shortcut: Escaping a Session Without Disconnecting

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    When you have an active SSH session and need to run some local commands, you can escape the session without disconnecting, and then return to it. Juliet Kemp shows us how.

  • Open Source Databases Have Come of Age

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    When the Internet and World Wide Web finally went mainstream in the mid-1990s, new Unix-like operating systems running on PCs went mainstream too.

  • A New ATI X.Org Driver Has Been Released

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    While most of the exciting action for open-source graphics now occurs within the Linux kernel for the DRM and KMS and there is all the work being poured into the 3D side via classic Mesa and Gallium3D drivers, the DDX drivers continue to play a role for 2D acceleration and...

  • Mesa 7.9 Makes It To The Release Candidate Stage

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    Mesa 7.9, one of the biggest updates to this open-source graphics driver stack in quite a while, is almost here. Ian Romanick has made available a release candidate for Mesa 7.9 and is saying the final release will be here one week from now (4 October) barring any major issues...

  • Feedback is a Gift

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    This is the fourth in a series exploring the things I have learned from the open source way during my journey with Red Hat.

  • Estonian Government Publishes Open Source Policy

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    The government of Estonia has published its policy on open source software: use of the EUPL, a software forge for public projects and an avoidance of "brand-based products"...

  • From Zero to Mobile Inventor in 10 Minutes

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    App Inventor, beta (imagine that!) software from Google that provides near-WYSIWYG Android app development.

  • Arduino Launches Two New Boards

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:00:00
    Arduino has released two new open source micro-controller boards, one with double the flash memory and both with completely revised USB interfaces...

  • Embedded PC is wall-mountable

    Updated: 2010-09-28 14:31:33
    Ibase announced an embedded system featuring a single-core Atom N450 processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and a 160GB, 2.5-inch hard disk drive. The CSB100-891 runs fanlessly, has a wall-mountable enclosure, and has four USB 2.0 ports plus a VGA output, the company says....

  • Verizon strikes back with Droid R2-D2 smartphone

    Updated: 2010-09-28 05:19:39
    Verizon Wireless will launch its Motorola Droid R2-D2 smartphone Sept. 30 for $250. This Star Wars-themed version of the Android 2.2- and QWERTY-enabled Droid 2 adds a Star Wars media dock and wired stereo headset, plus preloaded content such as R2-D2 notification sounds and ringtones, says Verizon....

  • Android hijacks in-flight entertainment

    Updated: 2010-09-27 23:53:23
    Thales announced the Touch Passenger Media Unit (TouchPMU), an Android-based in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) handheld with an ARM Cortex processor and a 3.8-inch touchscreen. Meanwhile, rival Panasonic is planning its own Android-based seat-back IFEC system, says reports....

  • Rugged, fanless PCs report for duty

    Updated: 2010-09-27 21:47:10
    Adlink Technology announced two COTS (commercial off the shelf) military computers, one featuring a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor and one featuring the 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo L5700. The MilSystem 735 and MilSystem 840 both come in rugged cases with passive cooling, include internal expansion, offer keyed STD-D38999 connectors, and accept 12 to 32 VDC inputs, the company says....

  • MIPS touts its quad-core IP as an Atom-beater

    Updated: 2010-09-27 19:34:41
    Sunnyvale-based MIPS Technologies announced processor IP that will bring multiple cores to products such as digital TVs, STBs (set-top boxes), and Blu-ray players. Said to already have a & yet-to-be-announced lead licensee,& the MIPS32 1074K CPS (coherent processing system) provides up to four cores, a CM (coherence management) unit, a CPC (cluster power controller), and optional FPUs (floating point units), the company says....

  • Amazon Kindle for Android app updated

    Updated: 2010-09-27 16:51:09
    Amazon.com has introduced new features for its Kindle for Android app, including the ability to search within an e-book via typing or voice. Meanwhile, the company has ratcheted up its marketing campaign for the Kindle e-reader itself, releasing a TV commercial that compares the Kindle's low price and better sunlight readability to the Apple iPad....

  • Galapagos tablets to launch with multimedia e-reader service

    Updated: 2010-09-27 16:50:05
    Sharp announced two color e-reader tablets set to ship in December, along with an electronic bookstore that will offer 30,000 books and periodicals with automated scheduled delivery services. The & Galapagos& is available in 10.8-inch and 5.5-inch versions, offers 802/11b/g Wi-Fi connections, and according to one report, runs Android....

  • Calls for Action on UK Government Open Source

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    At last weeks Westminster eForum, participants called for more action from the UK Government on the adoption of open source by public authorities.

  • The 2.6.32.23 and 2.6.35.6 Stable Kernel Updates

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    The 2.6.32.23 and 2.6.35.6 stable kernel updates have been released. They contain another long list of fixes for serious problems of all types.

  • Tesla GPUs Come to IBM BladeCenter

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    I think the most significant announcement at this year’ GPU Technology Conference was the one that didn’ get a press release.

  • Intel Discloses New Mobile Processors, Pricing

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    Intel has updated its processor pricing list with new Core i series chips. The update focuses on Core i5 and i7 chips for laptops and mobile devices.

  • Intel Mesa 7.9 Benchmarks

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    With Mesa 7.9 just around the corner and it sporting a new GLSL compiler, support for new OpenGL extensions, and months worth of other changes to core Mesa and its drivers, we decided to run some benchmarks of the latest Intel Arrandale graphics processor with the past few Mesa releases...

  • Tools, Process, and People Strengthen An Open Compliance Program

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    An effective open source compliance program depends on a mutually supportive triad of tools, process, and people...

  • Oracle Aims to Boost Client-Side Java with JavaFX Improvements

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    At the Oracle OpenWorld event, the database giant revealed some details about its Java roadmap.

  • NComputing: Letting One Computer Act as Many

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    After focusing on education and emerging markets, start-up NComputing is now taking aim at businesses in the U.S.

  • MeeGo Looks Pretty Great On Everyone Else's Phones [Video]

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    Just because Nokia's been slow to deploy MeeGo doesn't mean the developers over at MeeGo Wiki have to be. They've already managed to port the operating system to a Nexus One, Dell Streak, and HTC Desire.

  • Coders tip Google Android for Eclipse of the Steve

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    Fifty-two per cent of developers believe that Google's Android is "best positioned to power a large number and variety of connected devices in the future," whereas only 25 per cent favor Apple's iOS, according to a new study....

  • Fedora 14 Preview: What's New in Fedora 14?

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:00:00
    Fedora 14 is on track for a final release date of November 02, 2010. If all 14 does is improve upon 13, Fedora will have another winner on its hands. Why? Fedora 13 was one of the strongest releases the Red Hat sandbox has had in a while. And with what Fedora 14 has under and above its hood, the next release should up the ante yet again for the Fedora distribution.

  • New York Times: Meet the Defenders of Free Software

    Updated: 2010-09-27 02:20:36
    New York Times reporter Ashlee Vance reported today on the Linux Foundation's Open Compliance program and how we work closely with the individual defenders of free and open source software. Ashlee paints a compelling picture of the differences between license compliance in proprietary vs open source software. The former? The Business Software Alliance and multi-million dollar software audits and lawsuits. The [...]

  • New York Times: Meet the Defenders of Free Software

    Updated: 2010-09-27 01:20:36
    New York Times reporter Ashlee Vance eported oday on the Linux Foundation’ pen Compliance rogram and how we work closely with the ndividual efenders of free and open source software. Ashlee paints a compelling picture of the differences between license compliance in proprietary vs open source software. The former? The Business Software Alliance and multi-million dollar software audits and lawsuits. The latter? Indivuals like Armijn Hemel and other leaders such as the Free Software Foundation, the Software Freedom Law Center, Harold Welte and many others who work with companies to ensure...

  • The Defenders of Free Software

    Updated: 2010-09-26 21:47:27
    Armijn Hemel, 32, lives with his parents in Tiel, a town smack-dab in the middle of the Netherlands. He works as a technology consultant that spends several hours a week on his avocation: pestering some of the world's most powerful consumer electronics companies and technologies companies. Mr. Hemel serves as a volunteer watchman for free, open-source software...

  • Tracking Weekly Enterprise Linux News & Trends

    Updated: 2010-09-24 20:58:55
    In an effort to capture notable enterprise Linux news and trends, The Linux Foundation will be surfacing some of the important milestones and announcements for enterprise Linux each week. This week was studded with major enterprise Linux news...

  • Weekend Project: Set Up a TFTP Server on Linux

    Updated: 2010-09-24 20:58:52
    Most users are familiar with FTP, but if you want to kickstart Red Hat installs, PXE boot systems, auto-provision VoIP phones or unbrick a Linux-based router, you want a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server. Setting one up on Linux is easy, and a perfect project to take on over the weekend.

  • Mini ITX board showcases dual-core 1.8GHz Atom

    Updated: 2010-09-24 20:47:32
    Portwell announced two Intel Atom-based Mini-ITX boards that support dual display capability. The WADE-8075 uses the 1.8GHz Atom D525 while the WADE-8076 adopts the 1.6GHz Atom N455, and both offer the Intel ICH8M chipset, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, four serial ports, up to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, and PCI, PCIe, and Mini PCIe expansion, says the company....

  • Rugged PC/104 SBC taps 1GHz x86 SoC

    Updated: 2010-09-24 18:18:54
    WinSystems is shipping a rugged, PC/104 single board computer (SBC) running DMP Electronics' x86-compatible, 1GHz Vortex86DX processor. The PCM-VDX-2-512 is equipped with two Ethernet ports, four USB 2.0 ports, and four serial ports, provides an optional SSD (solid state disk), and runs on 5.5 Watts, says the company....

  • PacketFence NAC 1.9.1 Released

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    The Inverse development team has announced the release of version 1.9.1 of PacketFence, the free and open source network access control (NAC) system...

  • Pithos Melds Pandora Streaming with Linux Desktops

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    Sure, Pandora plays in a browser window, but it can end up eating CPU cycles, causing instability, and requiring more window space than necessary.

  • CUDA Support in OpenCV Announced at GTC

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    From the start of next year, the open source OpenCV library will be able to utilise the computing power of GPUs...

  • Linux Desktop PC on Steroids From ZaReason

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    I asked independent Linux OEM vendor ZaReason for a high-end super-powered Linux desktop PC to review, and they delivered 8-core madness.

  • 5 Reasons to Wrap Your Enterprise in Python

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    By now, you should at least be passingly familiar with Python. One of the fastest-growing languages, Python has been gaining popularity for years and has reached a level of maturity that makes it a top choice for enterprise development.

  • Ruby-in-Ruby Rubinius 1.1 Released

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    The first feature release for the LLVM powered Rubinius improves performance and adds support for dbm...

  • Red Hat's Fortunes Rise on Cloud, Virtualization

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    Linux vendor Red Hat reports a healthy balance sheet for its second quarter of fiscal 2011 buoyed by solid revenue from its emerging cloud-computing and virtualization businesses.

  • Mozilla Seabird Agitates for Better Mobile Phones

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    The Seabird project is a concept for a phone with dramatically overhauled user interface for a more productive device. Too bad it's just an idea.

  • Atom-based 3.5-inch board offers PCIe expansion

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:00:00
    Axiomtek announced a 3.5-inch embedded board that can be fitted with Intel's Atom N450, D410, or dual-core D510 processors.

  • First MeeGo tablet ships

    Updated: 2010-09-24 05:03:14
    Neofonie-owned WeTab GmbH has shipped what appears to be the first MeeGo-based tablet, the 11.6-inch, Intel Atom N450-based WeTab, which is also said to be compatible with Android. Meanwhile, a super-light NFS N-Pad tablet prototype has popped up running Android on an Intel Atom N6xx (& Moorestown& ) processor....

  • Atom-based 3.5-inch board offers PCIe expansion

    Updated: 2010-09-23 23:55:59
    Axiomtek announced a 3.5-inch embedded board that can be fitted with Intel's Atom N450, D410, or dual-core D510 processors. The Capa800 offers up to 1GB of DDR2 memory, CompactFlash and PCI Express expansion, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, eight USB ports, and four serial ports, says the company....

  • Embedded micro-ATX board runs quad-core Xeons

    Updated: 2010-09-23 22:24:45
    Trenton Technology announced an embedded motherboard that accepts the & Jasper Forest& Xeon processors introduced by Intel earlier this year. The JXM7031 supports up to 192GB of RAM, includes six SATA ports with RAID support, and offers three PCI Express slots and one 32-bit PCI slot, the company says....

  • Linux networking software adds management interfaces

    Updated: 2010-09-23 16:49:05
    IP Infusion and Tail-f Systems say they'll jointly develop packet-based, carrier-grade management solutions combining the former's Linux-based, carrier-grade ZebOS middleware with the latter's ConfD configuration software -- supporting CLI, web, SNMP, and Netconf management interfaces. Meanwhile, IP Infusion says that ZebOS is acting as the control and management plane software for Centec Networks' new Carrier Ethernet CTC6048 processor....

  • OpenShot 1.2.2 Further Pushes Open-Source Video Editing

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    OpenShot, one of the popular and promising non-linear open-source video editing projects, is out today with their first major release in nearly a half-year.

  • Video: T-Platforms TB2-TL GPU Blade is Green to the Max

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    Announced at the 2010 GPU Technology Conference, the TBL-T2 has attracted a lot of attention at the show with its extremely performance per watt.

  • Intel's Atom E6xx Makes it Onto a 3.5-inch SBC

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    Avalue announced a 3.5-inch SBC (single board computer) powered by Intel's Atom E6xx processors. The ECM-QB has 1GB of onboard DDR2 RAM, four USB 2.0 ports, five serial ports, two gigabit Ethernet ports, plus microSD, CompactFlash, and PCI Express Mini Card slots, the company says....

  • The People Who Support Linux: “My Heart for Open Source Began with Linux”

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    This is an ongoing Linux.com series that profiles The Linux Foundation's individual members and begins to collectively illustrate a very important part of the Linux community. Individual members help support the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other important activities that advance Linux, while getting a variety of other fun and valuable benefits. It is this collective support from thousands of individual members that enables The Linux Foundation to provide important services for industry and community.

  • VideoEgg Acquires Movable Type Blogging Software

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    Video advertising expert VideoEgg has purchased Six Apart, creator of the Movable Type blogging tool, for an undisclosed sum...

  • Can Academia 'Release Early, Release Often?"

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    A few months ago, opensource.com ran a story on a textbook for college students learning programming.

  • Red Hat Boosts Revenue

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    Premier Linux distributor Red Hat continues to show strong performance with an increase in revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2011 of 20% over the same quarter last year...

  • Cloud Storage Startup Box.net Launches Android App; BlackBerry App In The Works

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    Today, Box is expanding beyond the iOS platform to offer users a free Android app, which is now available on the Android Marketplace.

  • Hands-on: Reading e-Books on Android with Aldiko

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    Although pocket-sized touchscreen devices are arguably not the most comfortable way to read copious amounts of text, modern multifunction smartphones offer a convenient alternative to dedicated e-book devices such as Amazon's Kindle. With the right third-party software, an Android handset can transform into a capable e-book reader whenever you have...

  • Simplify Computerized Testing with Open Source Education Tool iTest

    Updated: 2010-09-23 15:00:00
    In the classroom, testing can be a test of an instructors patience, organizational skills, time management, and more. With schools (and students) placing more demands to modernize the way educational institutions work, computerized examinations are looking more and more sensible. You'll find plenty of tools to assist computerized exams, but few that are open source and cross-platform. Teachers on the hunt for computer exams should start by looking at iTest.

  • Intel's Atom E6xx makes it onto a 3.5-inch SBC

    Updated: 2010-09-23 14:22:21
    Avalue announced a 3.5-inch SBC (single board computer) powered by Intel's Atom E6xx processors. The ECM-QB has 1GB of onboard DDR2 RAM, four USB 2.0 ports, five serial ports, two gigabit Ethernet ports, plus microSD, CompactFlash, and PCI Express Mini Card slots, the company says....

  • One-Third of Enterprises Suffer From Data Loss

    Updated: 2010-09-23 05:10:13
    New study from security firm Proofpoint finds that nearly one-third of businesses with more than 1,000 employees were hit with some form of data loss in the past year.

  • Automation computer targets industrial networking

    Updated: 2010-09-22 23:26:12
    Moxa announced a Linux-ready RISC/XScale-based embedded computer aimed at industrial networking and automation applications. The UC-8430 is equipped with a 533MHz Intel XScale IXP435 processor, provides optional extended temperature support, and offers connectivity including three 10/100 Ethernet ports, eight serial ports, six USB 2.0 ports, dual VGA ports, and a CompactFlash slot, says the company....

  • Solid State Drives in Enterprise Applications

    Updated: 2010-09-22 22:40:14
    SSDs can improve database and file system performance, but there are a number of issues that need to be addressed to make the most of the pricey drives.

  • Zenoss Finds VMware Leads the Pack: 2010 Virtualization Study Released

    Updated: 2010-09-22 22:03:14
    Today Zenoss released its 2010 virtualization and cloud computing survey. The survey takes a look at use of virtualization and cloud computing in the enterprise. Survey says, VMware has a solid lead in virtualization, KVM is making good strides, and companies want better management tools for their infrastructure.

  • Home energy gateway platform runs mystery SoC

    Updated: 2010-09-22 21:38:15
    Freescale Semiconductor announced a Home Energy Gateway (HEG) & smart grid& reference platform that can be based on three existing ARM processors or a yet-to-be-announced mystery SoC (system-on-chip). Supported with Linux and Windows BSPs by Adeneo Embedded, the HEG offers features for collecting power consumption data over ZigBee networks from Home Area Network (HAN) appliances, controlling power activation, and communicating with utility networks....

  • Bug Labs Open Source Hardware on Verizon's ODI

    Updated: 2010-09-22 20:15:00
    Day 2 of the Verizon Developer Community Conference 2010 offered a deep dive into ares such as open source hardware, network APIs and more. RWH sat down with developers attending and gathered feedback that other mobile app developers will appreciate and hopefully apply in their own endeavors...

  • Timesys spins free web version of LinuxLink development platform

    Updated: 2010-09-22 16:51:34
    Timesys announced the availability of the LinuxLink Free Edition, a & cloud& version of its Linux development platform that provides kernels, toolchains, debuggers, the TimeStorm Eclipse IDE, and the Web Factory build system. The company also announced a LinuxLink subscription for running MeeGo on the new Intel Atom E6xx processor....

  • Rugged transportation panel PC sports Atom E6xx

    Updated: 2010-09-22 16:44:55
    Kontron announced a fanless, EN50155-compliant panel PC aimed at the railway and transportation markets, featuring a 10.4-inch capacitive touchscreen and Intel Atom E6xx processors. The rugged Kontron Display Computer HMITR is equipped with 1GB soldered RAM, up to 32GB NAND flash, Mini-PCIe expansion, extended temperature range support, and I/O that includes Ethernet, USB 2.0, serial, and CAN interfaces....

  • Storage Monitoring via SystemTap

    Updated: 2010-09-22 15:00:00
    With storage becoming increasingly complex, being able to monitor what's happening with your servers has taken on a critical role. To truly understand what is happening with your storage you may need to monitor what is happening within the kernel.

  • Mozilla Joins Open Invention Network

    Updated: 2010-09-22 15:00:00
    On its blog, Mozilla has announced that it joined the Open Invention Network (OIN).

  • Tutorial: Enabling Unicode Email in Mutt and PuTTY

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:49
    Unicode and locale problems rise up and bite at the strangest times; Juliet Kemp shows how to make Unicode, PuTTY, and Mutt work in harmony.

  • Major New Release of PostgreSQL

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:48
    The PostgreSQL 9.0 release includes significant improvements in scalability, security and performance.

  • Motorola Droid X now getting OTA Android 2.2 update

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:47
    Good way to start Wednesday, indeed. Right on schedule (and not a minute too soon), the over-the-air Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) update for Motorola Droid X has started propagating the radio waves.

  • Intel 2.13 X.Org Driver Release Candidate

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:44
    With Mesa 7.9 on the way, Intel has just released the xf86-video-intel 2.13 release candidate as part of their quarterly updates to their open-source Linux driver stack. There aren't any major features as part of the Intel 2.13 DDX driver update, but there are a good number of bug-fixes...

  • Android Will Take Over Airplanes Too

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:43
    Not happy with invading phones, tablets, and TVs, Run Way Girl Mary Kirby reports that Android will live inside airplane seats too.

  • The Ubuntu Application Review Process

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:42
    Canonical has announced a mechanism by which applications will be reviewed for possible acceptance into the Ubuntu Software Centre.

  • Facebook Open Source MySQL Utility

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:40
    Facebook has open sourced a PHP tool for migrating schemas on MySQL servers while keeping the server online...

  • Novell and SAP Team Up to Make SLES for SAP

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:38
    Novell and SAP have partnered to create SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications, with easier deployment and dedicated validated update channels...

  • Nokia Releases Qt 4.7 with Terrific New Mobile UI Framework

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:37
    Nokia has announced the official release of Qt 4.7, a new version of the company's open source development toolkit. The update introduces an impressive new framework called "Qt Quick" that accelerates the development of mobile user interfaces that work across multiple platforms and form factors. Qt is a cross-platform development...

  • PiTiVi Video Editor Updated Ready for Maverick Freeze

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:36
    A quiet update to the open source video editor PiTiVi has been released to beat the final freeze of Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat, which is due for release on October 10th...

  • Zim Desktop Brings Wiki Wizardry to Note Taking

    Updated: 2010-09-22 14:18:35
    Typically, we use computers to help us track our information and organize our data. Most everything else involves the computer functions related to accessing and processing all that information.

  • Special Offer for MeeGo Developers: Qt Developer Days

    Updated: 2010-09-22 06:11:40
    Qt 4.7 and its exciting QML and Qt Declarative goodness has just launched, and the best place in the world to become an expert on it is at Qt Developer Days in Munich or San Francisco.

  • Motorola Droid X gets Android 2.2 upgrade

    Updated: 2010-09-22 05:56:55
    Android 2.2 (& Froyo& ) began rolling out on Verizon Wireless' Motorola Droid X smartphone today, a month after it was initially promised. Customers can have the upgrade pushed over the air to the 4.3-inch, 1GHz Droid X or pull it manually from their phone, says Verizon....

  • Mini PC offers E6xx Atom CPUs

    Updated: 2010-09-21 22:04:27
    Habey USA announced a fanless, ultra-compact PC using Intel's recently announced E6xx Atom. The BIS-6622 includes HDMI and VGA video outputs, a bay for a 1.8-inch disk drive, two gigabit Ethernet ports, and four external USB 2.0 ports, according to the company....

  • Qt gets faster, adds touch UI stack

    Updated: 2010-09-21 21:57:23
    Nokia's Qt Software subsidiary released version 4.7 of its Qt cross-platform application and UI framework, touted for offering much faster performance. The Linux-compatible Qt 4.7 adds two building blocks of an upcoming high-level animation- and touch-enabled UI stack called Qt Quick: a Javascript-based QML language and a & Qt Declarative& C++ module....

  • HMI development platform includes touchscreen display

    Updated: 2010-09-21 21:50:34
    Precision Technology Inc. (PTI) announced a HMI (human machine interface) development platform that runs Windows CE on a TI OMAP3530 processor, and will soon be offered with Android. The Flash Board provides five- or seven-inch touchscreens, 256MB of RAM and 512MB of flash, DVI-D video output, an SD slot, serial and USB OTG ports, and Wi-Fi, the company says....

  • PyGTK Hello World or: How I learned to write my first GUI application on Ubuntu?

    Updated: 2010-09-21 18:56:02
    There are so many things I like about Ubuntu and I can write in extent about all those. My focus is in this post is Python. Python is easy to learn. So easy that one can write GUI apps in just 2 minutes. The title for the post has also indicated this(and is somewhat similar [...]

  • Oracle announces Unbreakable Enterprise Linux kernel

    Updated: 2010-09-21 18:11:53
    Oracle has spun a new version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) it claims is more than 75 percent faster at OLTP tasks and 137 percent faster in SSD access. The & Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel& was announced at Oracle World, which also featured announcements of Oracle Fusion Applications, MySQL 5.5, Java enhancements, and a Linux-ready & Exalogic Elastic Cloud.& ...

  • Kernel Prepatch 2.6.36-rc5

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    Linus has released the 2.6.36-rc5 prepatch, one day later than he had intended.

  • Amarok 2.3.2 with Enhanced Search & Podcast Management

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    Amarok 2.3.2 eliminates a number of bugs and adds improved podcast management, better search functions and a new Quick Start manual.

  • T-Platforms Rolls Out World’s Highest-Density GPU Blade System

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    Today Russian HPC vendor T-Platforms nveiled what it calls the world’ highest-density blade system.

  • Direct3D 10/11 Is Now Natively Implemented On Linux!

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    It's a pity Luca Barbieri or any Mesa / Gallium3D developers are not at Oktoberfest as they are deserving of more than a few Maß of Augustiner.

  • Ubuntu Announces Application Review Process

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    The community manager for Ubuntu has announced that there is a new process in trial for application developers submitting their applications for inclusion in the Ubuntu's Software Center...

  • Hole Closed in Bzip2 Compression Tool

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    A vulnerability in the widely used libbzip2 library could allow attackers to inject and execute code. An update is available to fix the hole...

  • Qt 4.7.0 Released

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    The Qt 4.7.0 release is out. "Although it's a little more than nine months since Qt's last feature release (4.6.0 on December 1st, 2009), the seeds of some of the new stuff in 4.7 were sown much earlier..."

  • HTC Desire HD ROM spawns screenshots aplenty

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    We've already gotten a brief look at the recently-leaked HTC Desire HD ROM -- and the device itself, of course -- but those still looking for more may want to pay a visit to Android Spin, which has dissected the ROM and provided a fairly thorough look at what's in...

  • Open Hardware: What's It All About?

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:00:00
    Open source, open licensing, free redistribution, collaborative, and community-based development – many hands make light work. They've done wonders for Linux, but can these concepts apply to hardware as well as software?

  • Ghostscript 9.0 Supports ICC Profiles

    Updated: 2010-09-21 08:19:00
    The first new major release of the free PostScript interpreter in years now also supports ICC colour profiles and allows third-party Colour Management Modules (CMMs) to be integrated...

  • Oracle Makes Integrated System, Linux Push

    Updated: 2010-09-21 02:20:06
    At OpenWorld, database giant unveils a slew of new systems, including a new Linux operating system kernel and a preview of the upcoming Solaris 11 Unix OS.

  • HP unveils printer with detachable Android tablet

    Updated: 2010-09-21 01:22:14
    HP announced a multifunction inkjet printer that incorporates a seven-inch, detachable Android-based tablet. Based on the HP All-in-One printer, the HP Photosmart eStation All-in-One adds web browsing, Barnes Noble eBookstore integration, and access to HP print apps and widgets via the integrated, removable Android touchscreen, all for only $399, says the company....

  • Stable Kernel Updates

    Updated: 2010-09-20 22:37:27
    Greg has released three stable kernel updates: 2.6.27.54, 2.6.32.22 and 2.6.35.5. There aren't many changes to 2.6.27.54. That series will not be supported much longer. Both 2.6.32.22 and 2.6.35.5 have a fix for a really nasty sigreturn bug on ARM systems, among other changes. Users of these kernel series must...

  • Announcing the Ubuntu Application Review Process

    Updated: 2010-09-20 22:07:41
    Are you an application developer who would like to see your application appear in the Ubuntu Software Center and available by millions of Ubuntu users? Today we are announcing a new process we are trialing which is easier and more accessible for application authors to get their apps in Ubuntu. Recently we formed a community-driven Application Review Board that is committed to providing high quality reviews of applications submitted by application authors to ensure they...

  • EPIC SBC uses less than seven Watts, offers flexible boot options

    Updated: 2010-09-20 20:12:47
    Eurotech announced a fanless, EPIC form-factor SBC based on Intel's extended-temperature Atom Z5xxP processor. Claimed to run on under seven Watts, the & Vector& is equipped with SSD (solid state disk), CompactFlash, SD, and SATA options, each of them bootable, and offers available touchscreen and S-Video interfaces and a bevy of other I/O, says the company....

  • New Free Training Webinar: An Intro to Git

    Updated: 2010-09-20 19:53:08
    We've added another installment to our free training series on The Linux Foundation's Training site: An Introduction to Git, the version control system built by Linus Torvalds. Kernel maintainer and Linux Foundation board member James Bottomley does a great job describing the history of Git and how the kernel community now uses it for all kernel development. He also [...]

  • New Free Training Webinar: An Intro to Git

    Updated: 2010-09-20 18:53:08
    We’e added another installment to our free training eries n The Linux Foundation’ Training ite: n Introduction to Git, the version control system built by Linus Torvalds. Kernel maintainer and Linux Foundation board member James Bottomley does a great job describing the history of Git and how the kernel community now uses it for all kernel development. He also includes a demo. While Git is used by the kernel development community to...

  • Shell In A Box Gives Your Browser Terminal Status

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    Shell In A Box gives you simple web-based terminal access to your Linux system.

  • Peer 1 Launches HPC Cloud Based On GPUs

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    David Chernicoff writes that Peer 1 Hosting in the U.K. has launched an HPC Cloud service based on Nvidia Tesla GPUs: The primary benefit of this type of cloud service certainly seems to be the ability to expand your computing capabilities in areas that you might not previously have considered.

  • Make Ubuntu Sleep Instead of Hibernate

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    If you find that waking up from hibernation is too difficult (or you don't want to waste space on your small drive), Ubuntu's settings don't exact;u make it easy. Here's how to do it yourself.

  • Oracle Spins Own Linux for Mega hardware

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    Oracle has given up on copying Red Hat and is delivering its own Linux to squeeze the last ounce of performance from new cloud-in-a-box and OLTP server giants.…...

  • Cloud Computing Hits Snag in Europe

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    The potential of cloud computing, which is growing rapidly in the United States, is hamstrung in Europe by strict privacy laws.

  • Rumor: HTC's Android Tablet Powered By Tegra 2

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    According to sources who spoke to Digitimes, ASUS subsidiary Pegatron Technology has just received the go-ahead from HTC to build their Android tablet, which is said to be running on one of Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipsets, and will include a touchscreen with 1280 x 720 resolution, 2GB of RAM and...

  • What Would Sheldon Cooper Use? 5 Apps with Bazinga!

    Updated: 2010-09-20 15:00:00
    Thursday night The Big Bang Theory returns to the airwaves for its fourth season. At Linux.com we're big fans of the show, especially Linux user Dr. Sheldon Cooper. To gear up for the return of The Big Bang Theory, Jack Wallen answers the question (in Sheldon's own voice), "what would Sheldon use?"

  • Intel, AMD maintain shares amidst fierce competition

    Updated: 2010-09-20 13:44:04
    Intel and Advanced Micro Devices held their respective market shares of the worldwide processor market in the second quarter, according to iSuppli. The market research firm described the ongoing competition between the chipmakers as an & epic competitive struggle.& ...

  • Enea, NetLogic ship Linux development platform for MIPS

    Updated: 2010-09-20 05:06:51
    Enea announced the release of a Linux configuration and build environment integrated with NetLogic Microsystems' Linux software development kit (SDK). Billed as & an intuitive and extensible Linux jump start kit,& and free to customers using NetLogic's MIPS-based XLP, XLR, and XLS processors, Enea’s offering is said to incorporate graphical configuration, build, and debug tools....

  • Mandriva forks into Mageia Linux

    Updated: 2010-09-20 05:01:34
    After major layoffs at struggling French software firm Mandriva, former employees have launched a new community-based Linux fork called Mageia. Meanwhile, Mandriva itself plans to move its desktop development efforts to emerging countries such as Brazil, while focusing its European group on the server version....

  • Atom E6xx Qseven module breaks cover

    Updated: 2010-09-17 23:34:23
    Congatec AG announced a Qseven module that includes Intel's Atom E6xx processors and is available with support for a temperature range of -40 to 185 deg. F (-40 to 85 deg. C.). The Conga-QA6 draws less than five Watts and is equipped with I.O that includes PCI Express, SATA, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and CAN, the company says....

  • Home NAS device shares files via Wi-Fi

    Updated: 2010-09-17 21:14:44
    LaCie is shipping a network-attached storage (NAS) product users can share wirelessly. The LaCie Wireless Space can be purchased with 1TB or 2TB, and is equipped with an 802.11b/g/n access point, three gigabit Ethernet ports, a 10/100 Ethernet port, three USB 2.0 Host ports, plus UPnP/DLNA and iTunes support, says the company....

  • Third-party I/O hubs adapt Atom E6xx for vehicle and media phone use

    Updated: 2010-09-17 19:44:02
    Two companies have spun products taking advantage of the new Atom E6xx's use of PCI Express as an interconnect. Harman International announced its ICM (IVI Compute Module) for automotive infotainment systems, and Rohm announced I/O hubs and supporting chipsets for both auto and & IP media phone& use....

  • Rugged CompactPCI board adopts Atom E6xx, too

    Updated: 2010-09-17 19:35:41
    GE Intelligent Platforms announced a rugged 3U CompactPCI SBC incorporating Intel's new E6xx Atom processors. The ACR301 features 1GB of soldered DDR2 SDRAM and up to 8GB of flash storage, plus four PCIe expansion slots, dual SATA ports, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, and five ruggedization levels, says the company....

  • COM Express module gets new Atoms and Type 10 pinout

    Updated: 2010-09-17 14:09:06
    Kontron announced a COM Express module using the four extended-temperature Atom E6xx processors released by Intel earlier this week. The nanoETXexpress-TT includes soldered-on memory, a microSD slot, and a Type 10 pinout, and it's designed to tolerate temperatures ranging from -40 to 185 deg. F, the company says....

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