• News from VMworld 2011 and Beyond

    Updated: 2011-09-01 02:17:25
    Once again, it's time for VMworld and time for vendors to roll out all sorts of announcements. Since Linux plays such a big part in the world of virtualization and cloud computing, let's take a look at some of the news around VMworld that relates to Linux.

  • PICMG 1.0 board offers Core CPUs, 6Gbps SATA

    Updated: 2011-08-31 21:57:21
    Axiomtek is shipping a full-size PICMG 1.0 single board computer (SBC) designed to accept Intel's & Sandy Bridge& generation Core i7/ i5/ i3 processors. The SBC81210 supports up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and offers PCI expansion, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, six USB 2.0 ports, dual serial ports, and four SATA ports, including one 6Gbps port....

  • Mark Hamlin's Blog: Debugging xdebug (tcp, dns, ubuntu, osx, vmware) ((all at once))

    Updated: 2011-08-31 19:04:43
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  • Intel's New SNB Acceleration Architecture Still Maturing

    Updated: 2011-08-31 17:54:15
    In early June there was the introduction of the Sandy Bridge New Acceleration Architecture by Intel that dramatically excelled the 2D and 3D performance of their processor graphics on their Sandy Bridge hardware along with previous-generation IGPs. Here is a look at how the SNA acceleration architecture is performing today.

  • VentureBeat.com: Exclusive: Facebook opens up about open-source software

    Updated: 2011-08-31 17:48:17
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  • HP TouchPad gets Android port and final production run

    Updated: 2011-08-31 16:26:21
    To meet the high demand for its discontinued, but steeply discounted $99 TouchPad tablet, HP says it will do one more production run before finally killing the project for good. Meanwhile, an alpha Android port to the WebOS-based TouchPad has been demonstrated, and a bounty for a full Android hack has increased to $2,300....

  • Tutorialzine.com: AJAX-enabled Sticky Notes With PHP & jQuery

    Updated: 2011-08-31 16:16:35
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  • Apache Patches Web Server DoS Vulnerability

    Updated: 2011-08-31 16:15:00
    The Apache open-source project patched its Web server software Tuesday to quash a bug that a denial-of-service tool has been exploiting.

  • Red Hat Sets up RHEL 7 Discussion Forum

    Updated: 2011-08-31 16:03:00
    Red Hat has set up an online discussion group where customers can exchange ideas about improvements for the upcoming RHEL 7...

  • Liip Blog: 2-Step Verification with Google Authenticator and PHP

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:53:18
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  • How To Install VMware Player On Ubuntu 11.04/Linux Mint 11

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:43:52
    This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Player on an Ubuntu 11.04 or Linux Mint 11 desktop system. With VMware Player you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc.

  • SSL Certificates: What's Left to Trust?

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:27:15
    Tuesday morning, Chicago-based authentication services provider Vasco Data Security announced its DigiNotar subsidiary, which issues certificates for SSL used to secure financial and other discrete transactions online, detected a security breach that forced it to issue improper certificates.

  • HP TouchPad gets Android Port and Final Production Run

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:26:21
    To meet the high demand for its discontinued, but steeply discounted $99 TouchPad tablet, HP says it will do one more production run before finally killing the project for good. Meanwhile, an alpha Android port to the WebOS-based TouchPad has been demonstrated, and a bounty for a full Android hack...

  • Linux Benchmarks, Reviews Coming For September

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:15:48
    Besides a 40-way graphics card comparison between the open and closed-source Linux drivers for both NVIDIA and ATI/AMD graphics processors, there's also a number of other interesting articles coming up on Phoronix. Here's some of what you can expect to see next month on Phoronix...

  • Red Hat Seeks Wish List Items from Customers for RHEL 7

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:12:47
    There are strong signs that Red Hat is approaching the next wave of its considerably successful business story. As CEO Jim Whitehurst has noted, virtualization is emerging as a big concern for the company going forward, as it increasingly squares off with VMware in that space.

  • Add a Nginx Reverse Proxy to Your LAMP Setup

    Updated: 2011-08-31 15:12:02
    Apache is a reliable HTTP server that still holds more than 65% of the web server market, according to Netcraft. Unfortunately, Apache was not designed with performance or scalability in mind. While alternative solutions might be more efficient, switching is not always the best option.

  • Chris Jones' Blog: PHP 5.3.8 RPMs are on oss.oracle.com

    Updated: 2011-08-31 14:40:06
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  • Atom-powered industrial PC offers choice of expansion slots

    Updated: 2011-08-31 14:13:09
    Axiomtek announced a fanless, industrial & shoebox& PC with two expansion slots, offering four different combinations of PCI or PCI Express cards. The IPC922-212-FL includes single- or dual-core Atom processors, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, multiple ports, plus both hard disk and CompactFlash storage, according to the company....

  • Community News: Latest Releases from PHPClasses.org

    Updated: 2011-08-31 13:01:33
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  • The People Shaping the Future of Linux

    Updated: 2011-08-31 05:29:16
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  • DocVert Can Handle All Your Document Conversion Needs

    Updated: 2011-08-31 04:22:56
    Thought you'd be living in a Microsoft Office-free world by 2011? Unless you're in a Linux-only shop that does business only with other Linux-only shops, the chances are that dream remains a few years away, and you still have to drag out an office file converter periodically. The trouble is, each free software office suite has its own, and they vary in their capabilities. Enter DocVert, a worthy GPLv3-licensed utility to keep at the ready, thanks to its choice of CLI- and Web-based interface options, and its flexible output formatting.

  • Dual-band Wi-Fi router can flip to a better channel

    Updated: 2011-08-31 00:03:44
    NetGear announced the availability of a dual-channel 802.11n router claimed to be the first home Wi-Fi router that can automatically switch to another channel when the first gets overcrowded. The N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Premium Edition (WNDR3800) runs Linux on a 680MHz MIPS CPU, offers five gigabit Ethernet ports, plus a USB port that supports private cloud file sharing says the company....

  • Linaro released in Android and Ubuntu images, supports Linux 3.0

    Updated: 2011-08-30 21:55:24
    Linaro has released a new version of its Linaro open source Linux tools, kernel, and middleware stack for ARM Cortex-based consumer electronics. Based on the Linux 3.0.3 kernel and GCC 4.6 toolchain, Linaro 11.08 offers Android and Ubuntu images for the BeagleBoard-xM, Pandaboard, Snowball, and Samsung Origen development boards, plus a new build for the Freescale i.MX53 board....

  • Android sets records again, as Windows Phone 7 languishes, comScore says

    Updated: 2011-08-30 20:07:15
    Amidst steadily growing smartphone usage, Google's Android has garnered a record 41.8 percent of the U.S. market, according to comScore. Meanwhile, the needle hasn't budged much for Microsoft -- now at 5.7 percent -- as customers apparently wait for the & Mango& update to Windows Phone 7....

  • Motorola business phone offers Android 2.3

    Updated: 2011-08-30 18:32:06
    Motorola Mobility announced an enhanced version of its QWERTY-enabled Motorola Pro phone destined for Europe and Asia. The Motorola Pro+ moves up to Android 2.3, is considerably lighter, and offers improved 640 x 480 resolution and Corning Gorilla glass for its 3.1-inch screen, but carries over a 1GHz processor, a five-megapixel camera, and business-oriented features....

  • Samsung DRM Driver Could Make It Into The Kernel

    Updated: 2011-08-30 18:31:59
    Last week I wrote about Samsung releasing code to a new DRM driver for one of their ARM SoCs, the Exynos 4210 that's used by the Samsung Galaxy S II and other mobile devices. It looks like this open-source kernel driver from Samsung stands a chance as being the first...

  • Running WordPress On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04

    Updated: 2011-08-30 17:05:14
    This tutorial shows how you can install and run a WordPress blog on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.04 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (promounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). In addition...

  • Linux-ready 4G base-station SoCs begin sampling

    Updated: 2011-08-30 16:08:42
    Freescale Semiconductor has begun sampling the first system on chips (SoCs) built on its Linux-ready QorIQ Qonverge architecture for femtocell and picocell 4G base stations. The QorIQ Qonverge PSC9130/31 (femotecells) and PSC9132 (picocells) SoCs support up to 16 and 64 simultaneous users respectively, and simultaneously support multiple air interfaces, including LTE, WiMAX UMTS, WCDMA (HSPA+), and CDMA, says the company....

  • VXTIndia Blog: How to setup your new VPS Ubuntu server

    Updated: 2011-08-30 16:02:47
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  • Toshiba Launches AT100 Android Tablet in Europe

    Updated: 2011-08-30 16:00:00
    Toshiba's first Honeycomb-powered tablet has a 10.1-inch screen and a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 250 processor, and is now available in Europe. At 15.8 mm deep and 765 grams, it is one of the thickest and heaviest Android devices yet...

  • Harnessing Citizen Participation Via Social Media and Open Source Tools

    Updated: 2011-08-30 15:00:00
    Last week, I had the opportunity to present for the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) summer meeting along with Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. Earlier this year, he announced that Baltimore County would be launching 23 technology initiatives and he shared a bit about their social...

  • Two Reasons Why an Amazon Tablet Could Compete with the iPad

    Updated: 2011-08-30 14:54:06
    Not long ago, when Amazon first reported that it would be selling the Kindle eBook device, many analysts scoffed, and they had good reasons to do so.

  • Google Brings GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap To Software

    Updated: 2011-08-30 14:27:02
    Here's some very exciting news coming out of the Google Chromium OS team for upstream work they continue making to Mesa... They have enabled GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap in the software drivers! This means that it may now be possible to use compositing window managers nicely from the Gallium3D software drivers like LLVMpipe...

  • Low-cost Open Source Wi-Fi May Cover New Ground

    Updated: 2011-08-30 14:07:51
    Geeks Without Frontiers is at the final stage of building a low-cost, open source Wi-Fi software that aims to provide affordable broadband in new locations.

  • HP Could Revive The TouchPad, Says Former webOS VP

    Updated: 2011-08-30 14:01:40
    Hold on to something tight, webOS geeks. Your favorite tablet, which I can only assume is the TouchPad, might not be the last webOS tablet incarnation from HP. An HP executive and former webOS VP recently stated that the company could resurrect the TouchPad stating to euters, “tablet computing is a segment of the market that’ relevant, absolutely.”

  • Barnes & Noble's Nook Revenue Up 140 Percent

    Updated: 2011-08-30 13:46:44
    Barnes & Noble is seeing store sales drop, but when it comes to its Nook, things are looking up.

  • GIMP 2.7.3 Adds Single Window Mode

    Updated: 2011-08-30 13:00:00
    GIMP 2.7.3 has added one of the most requested features in the program’ history: a single window mode. Version 2.7 is part of the development branch, so unfortunately, the feature wont hit most distro repositories for a while.

  • Amazon Could Sell 5 Million Tablets Next Quarter

    Updated: 2011-08-30 13:00:00
    If it reaches a price point below $300, Amazon could sell 3 to 5 million tablets in the fourth quarter, according to Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps.

  • User Group: South Florida PHP Users Group (Boca Raton, FL)

    Updated: 2011-08-30 06:13:52
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  • As Linux Moves Into a New Decade, Companies Look for Linux Talent

    Updated: 2011-08-30 02:47:17
    The Linux community has been united around the globe over the last few weeks in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Linux. As we head into a new decade, many of The Linux Foundation's members are looking for Linux talent to help advance the OS into the future.

  • Rapid Releases: How Are They Working for Firefox and Thunderbird 6?

    Updated: 2011-08-30 01:04:56
    The Firefox 6 browser and Thunderbird 6 email app are both out now, and if it seems like just yesterday that you were reading about Firefox 5 — no, it's not your imagination. Both releases are part of Mozilla's new rapid release strategy, which means there are fewer new features in each version, but hopefully less breakage as well. In this case, Web developers get some new tools on the browser front, but Mozilla still has major problems to iron out of the new release approach.

  • Magento Admin Tip: Run mysqldump Without Locking Tables

    Updated: 2011-08-30 00:12:26
    Hey all Magento administrators or developers out there, just a short tip here on how to avoid locking tables when you perform a full mysqldump on a live server. This does not apply for any shared hosting, but only the more advanced dedicated hosting (VPS/cloud or not). When you perform a mysqldump on a live environment, the default behaviour is to lock the entire set of tables until the dump is complete, even if it takes 1 minute or less, it means that during that minute, users will not be able to checkout, or admins may not be able to perform any transactions in the back end.

  • 'Fastest-ever' thin clients get Linux versions

    Updated: 2011-08-29 23:29:22
    Wyse announced that its & fastest thin clients ever& are now shipping and added two new Linux versions. All are powered by AMD's single-core T52R clocked at 1.5GHz or dual-core T56N clocked at 1.6GHz, but the Z90D7 and Z90DW run Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Windows Embedded Standard 2009, respectively, while the Z50S and Z50D run SUSE Linux Enterprise, according to the company....

  • Fujitsu's Android tablet is ready for bathtub readers

    Updated: 2011-08-29 22:10:28
    Fujitsu and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo will next month release an Android tablet you could use in the bathtub, featuring a 10.1 inch touchscreen and dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP4430 processor, according to the Datacider.com website. Meanwhile, Toshiba's poised to release a slimmer followup to its chunky Thrive, according to a Notebook Italia report....

  • Samsung unveils LTE-equipped phone, tablet

    Updated: 2011-08-29 18:07:52
    Samsung announced LTE (long-term evolution) editions of its Galaxy S II smartphone and Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet computers, claiming potential download speeds of up to 100Mbps, and uploads of 50Mbps. The phone also upgrades to a 4.5 display and eight megapixel camera, while the slate weighs only a pound and is just over a third of inch thick, the company says....

  • A 40-Way Gallium3D Graphics Card Comparison

    Updated: 2011-08-29 17:24:19
    If you're not following me on Twitter, you're missing out on news and some very interesting photos that were posted this weekend. No, it's not of the latest beer, but of a feast of graphics cards. A 40-way comparison of NVIDIA/AMD graphics cards on Linux with the open-source Mesa/Gallium3D drivers...

  • CyanogenMod Team Gets Android Working On HP TouchPad

    Updated: 2011-08-29 17:14:24
    There have been a flurry of efforts in recent days aimed at getting a workable version of Android up-and-running on the webOS-based HP TouchPad.

  • An LLVM Backend for Sparse

    Updated: 2011-08-29 16:44:23
    The sparse C parser has long been used to run certain types of static analysis checks on the kernel source. It has been a slow-moving project for some time. Now, however, Pekka Enberg and Jeff Garzik have announced a project to couple sparse and the LLVM backend to produce a...

  • Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Squeeze

    Updated: 2011-08-29 16:24:07
    This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Debian Squeeze system.

  • Galaxy Tab Delayed Down Under

    Updated: 2011-08-29 16:16:03
    Apple is heavily rumored to be working on an HDTV with TV subscriptions, Facebook Deals is dead, and Samsung postpones releasing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia due to patent litigation.

  • Nouveau Fan Management Code Published

    Updated: 2011-08-29 16:07:55
    At long last, if your computer has previously sounded like a jet engine when using the open-source Nouveau driver with your NVIDIA GeForce/Quadro graphics card, there is a solution. Fan management code has now been published by the Nouveau developers to support controlling the graphics card's fan speed when using...

  • Laptop has dual screens, discrete graphics

    Updated: 2011-08-29 15:57:21
    An Alaskan company says it will soon ship a laptop computer that sports dual 17-inch displays, each with 1920 x 1080 pixels. Available in November, gScreen's & SpaceBook& comes with a Nvidia GTS 250M discrete graphics processing unit, a 500GB hard disk drive, a DVD drive, and a choice of Intel Core i5 or i7 processors....

  • August has been the craziest tech month ever

    Updated: 2011-08-29 15:41:44
    August is typically regarded as one of the slower months, at least when it comes to tech news. But this August? Not so much....

  • Gopher Problem in Squid

    Updated: 2011-08-29 15:34:00
    A flaw in the code for processing Gopher responses can cause Squid to crash at least...

  • The Mozilla Public License - Almost 2.0 (Part 1)

    Updated: 2011-08-29 15:30:00
    Over the past 18 months, the Mozilla community has been revising the Mozilla Public License. See earlier post. We recently announced, in true community development fashion, a release candidate--the text that we hope will become MPL 2.0 after one last set of eyes review it.

  • Citrix Open Sources Cloud.Com Tools, Accelerates in Infrastructure Battle

    Updated: 2011-08-29 15:12:24
    Stepping up what is already fierce competition in the race to provide cloud computing platform infrastructure, Citrix Systems announced in July that it has completed the acquisition of Cloud.com. As we've noted, the move puts Citrix in closer competition with VMware and other cloud computing players.

  • August Has Been the Craziest Tech Month Ever

    Updated: 2011-08-29 14:41:44
    August is typically regarded as one of the slower months, at least when it comes to tech news. But this August? Not so much....

  • Wide temperature range COM Express module offers soldered DDR3 RAM

    Updated: 2011-08-26 23:47:13
    Arbor announced a COM Express Type 2 module with an industrial temperature range of -40 to 185 deg. F. The COM-746E incorporates an Intel Atom N455 processor with 2GB of soldered DDR3 SDRAM, PCI Express and PCI expansion, plus SATA, gigabit Ethernet, serial, parallel, and USB connectivity, says the company....

  • Fanless signage module sports Core i7 processor

    Updated: 2011-08-26 23:27:14
    Norco unveiled a computing module that complies with Intel's Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) for digital signs and sports an Intel Core i7-2665LE processor. Designed to slot into the back of a signage display, the BIS-6330 accepts up to 4GB of memory, has a gigabit Ethernet port and two USB 2.0 ports, and includes a Mini PCI Express slot, the company says....

  • Weekend Project: Record Podcasts with Traverso

    Updated: 2011-08-26 23:13:14
    As a writer of fiction, one of the tools I use to help promote my books is the podcast. I admit that my go-to tool for podcasting (along with a really good mic) is Audacity. But I am always in search of newer and possibly better tools for the trade. One application I have found for podcast recording is Traverso.

  • Sony Ericcson unveils Xperia Neo V, promises Gingerbread for other phones too

    Updated: 2011-08-26 21:33:44
    Sony Ericsson announced a mid-range, 3.7-inch Xperia Neo V phone -- equipped with a Facebook-enhanced Android 2.3.4 release that will also be rolled out to all its Xperia phones in October. Meanwhile, Verizon Wireless decided not to offer the Samsung Galaxy S II that's expected to be unveiled on AT T, Sprint, and T-Mobile on Aug. 29....

  • Google Docs app now uploads images directly to documents

    Updated: 2011-08-26 18:09:02
    Google updated its native Google Docs for Android application, giving users the ability to drop photos taken from their Android device directly into a Google document. Meanwhile, the Android-compatible Google+ social networking service now enables sharing of web-pages from its & +1& button....

  • Google Docs App Now Uploads Images Directly to Documents

    Updated: 2011-08-26 17:09:02
    Google updated its native Google Docs for Android application, giving users the ability to drop photos taken from their Android device directly into a Google document. Meanwhile, the Android-compatible Google+ social networking service now enables sharing of web-pages from its & +1& button....

  • Android conference announces speakers

    Updated: 2011-08-26 16:41:07
    O'Reilly Media opened registration for its Android Open Conference, scheduled for Oct. 9-11, in San Francisco, and announced speakers from companies including Arduino, Adobe, BestBuy, Google, Intel, LinkedIn, Motorola, Twitter, and WalMart. Meanwhile, the 10th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 10x) has issued a call for papers for its Jan. 20-22, 2012 show in Los Angeles....

  • Android Conference Announces Speakers

    Updated: 2011-08-26 15:41:07
    O'Reilly Media opened registration for its Android Open Conference, scheduled for Oct. 9-11, in San Francisco, and announced speakers from companies including Arduino, Adobe, BestBuy, Google, Intel, LinkedIn, Motorola, Twitter, and WalMart. Meanwhile, the 10th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 10x) has issued a call for papers for its...

  • How Open is Open? A PaaS Scorecard

    Updated: 2011-08-26 15:37:24
    In this post, we attempt to define and score key criteria that should be used to measure and assess how well a particular Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering meets the standard of “open”.

  • An Updated Apache DOS Advisory

    Updated: 2011-08-26 15:31:57
    The Apache project has updated its advisory on the recently-disclosed denial-of-service vulnerability. The news is not good: the scope of the vulnerability has grown, the workarounds have become more complex, and there is still no fix available. "There are two aspects to this vulnerability. One is new, is Apache specific;...

  • Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (So What?)

    Updated: 2011-08-26 15:16:17
    Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’ only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term...

  • A Windows User's Guide to Getting Started with Linux

    Updated: 2011-08-26 15:03:37
    There are countless Windows users who have never once tried using Linux, and in many cases, they are unaware of the benefits they can get from either switching to Linux entirely, or using both operating systems (as I do).

  • Ubuntu 11.10 (So Far) Screenshot Tour

    Updated: 2011-08-26 14:52:06
    Jono Bacon has put up a tour of the Ubuntu 11.10 desktop for those who would like to see what it is going to look like. "As you can see, Unity provides a lot of workable space and the shell just wraps around the app in the most minimal way...

  • Mozilla Won't Jettison Firefox Version Numbers

    Updated: 2011-08-26 14:48:03
    A widely reported debate recently arose after a discussion on a Mozilla forum about how upcoming versions of the Firefox browser should not carry a version number in the familiar "About" box.

  • Management Tool for PostgreSQL

    Updated: 2011-08-26 14:17:00
    PostgreSQL specialist EnterpriseDB's new Postgres Enterprise Manager aims to simplify management of large database deployments...

  • Reflections from LinuxCon

    Updated: 2011-08-26 13:50:31
    I just returned from a great trip to Vancouver for LinuxCon North America 2011. Here’ a quick (and visual) report on the proceedings, with a bias toward the FOSS compliance presentations.

  • Magento Extensions Here We Come…

    Updated: 2011-08-26 02:23:13
    I'm excited to announce a new division of Activo was recently born: Magento Extensions. This new division will focus on the various magento extensions which we have working on in the past 3 years. Essentially, every single piece of code that we have developed or delivered to our clients was written properly by extending Magento via their extensions mechanism. Some (not all) of these functionalists were developed further to easily integrate with other websites and hence allow a wide variety of online merchants to enjoy these advanced features.

  • Arch Linux moves up to Linux 3.0

    Updated: 2011-08-25 22:29:03
    The Arch Linux team has released the first new all-in-one update for its minimalist, rolling-release Linux distribution in 15 months. The Arch Linux 2011.08.19 installation features support for Linux 3.0 and the syslinux bootloader, and offers experimental Btrfs and NILFS2 file-systems, and more flexible source-file selection, says the team....

  • What We Know For Sure on Linux's 20th Anniversary

    Updated: 2011-08-25 21:47:12
    Twenty years ago today Linux creator Linus Torvalds posted a message online that would change the world:

  • On Second Thought, Firefox Will Keep Its Version Numbers

    Updated: 2011-08-25 19:35:12
    It became a very heated debate over a very small thing: whether accelerated releases of Mozilla Firefox going forward will contain version numbers in its About dialog box.

  • $200 Android tablet features 1.2GHz Cortex-A8 processor

    Updated: 2011-08-25 18:33:43
    X10 has begun selling a seven-inch Android 2.3 tablet for $200. The X10 AirPad has a 1.2GHz, Cortex-A8-based Rockchip 2918 processor, 4GB of flash storage, a seven-inch, 800 x 480 pixel capacitive display, a two-megapixel camera, plus an HDMI output delivering 1080p, says the company....

  • $200 Android Tablet Features 1.2GHz Cortex-A8 Processor

    Updated: 2011-08-25 17:33:43
    X10 has begun selling a seven-inch Android 2.3 tablet for $200. The X10 AirPad has a 1.2GHz, Cortex-A8-based Rockchip 2918 processor, 4GB of flash storage, a seven-inch, 800 x 480 pixel capacitive display, a two-megapixel camera, plus an HDMI output delivering 1080p, says the company....

  • 20 Years of Linux

    Updated: 2011-08-25 15:59:00
    Twenty years ago, a computer science student by the name of Linus Torvalds publicly announced for the first time that he had been working on an operating system. Today, Linux is an essential part of the IT world...

  • Data Deduplication with Linux

    Updated: 2011-08-25 15:27:51
    Lessfs offers a flexible solution to utilize data deduplication on affordable commodity hardware.

  • High-end NAS systems offer USB 3.0, optional 10GbE Ethernet

    Updated: 2011-08-25 00:25:07
    Qnap is shipping two desktop Turbo NAS network-attached storage servers with 3.3GHz Intel Core i3 processors, aimed at high-end SMB environments. The 10-drive TS-1079 Pro and eight-drive TS-879 Pro offer RAID, iSCSI, and SATA 6Gb/s support, plus dual eSATA ports, six USB ports (two of them USB 3.0), and dual gigabit Ethernet ports, with an option to add dual 10GbE ports....

  • Android car receiver offers hands-free telephony, web access

    Updated: 2011-08-24 22:00:16
    Parrot is readying what it claims is the world's first Android-based car receiver for an October release. The Parrot Asteroid offers a 3.2-inch display, GPS-based location services, Bluetooth, optional 3G access to web services, a 4 x 55 Watt MOSFET amplifier, plus support for music sources including Internet radio and a built-in FM/AM tuner....

  • Intel, Freescale, Marvell sued re. on-chip power management

    Updated: 2011-08-24 21:58:38
    Intel, Freescale, and Marvell are being targeted in a lawsuit claiming they've infringed on a 1996 patent involving on-chip power management. The complaint by & Power Management Systems LLC& reportedly names Intel's Atom Z6xx, Freescale's i.MX515, and Marvell's PXA940 as relevant products, adding that the alleged infringement is not necessarily limited to these processors....

  • Fantastic Chrome Extensions for Linux Users

    Updated: 2011-08-24 21:19:47
    Google Chrome is not only the fastest loading and rendering browser available, it's also grabbing market share the fastest. And like all good browsers, Chrome offers thousands upon thousands of extensions that can be added to expand the functionality and fun of the browsing experience. Problem is, with so many extensions available, it's hard to know which ones are of the most interest to certain user groups. So, I took the time to dig through the piles to find what I thought to be the best collection of available Chrome extensions for Linux users. So, without further ado, let's get on with the list.

  • Galaxy line gains four new Android 2.3 phones, new naming scheme

    Updated: 2011-08-24 18:51:16
    Samsung announced four new Android 2.3 Galaxy smartphones, as well as a new naming scheme for the Galaxy product line. The new phones include the Galaxy W (3.7-inch, 1.4GHz), the QWERTY-enabled Galaxy M Pro (2.66-inch, 1GHz), the Galaxy Y (three-inch, 832MHz), and the keyboard-ready Galaxy Y Pro, according to the company....

  • Mozilla WebAPI wants to replace native apps with HTML5

    Updated: 2011-08-24 18:40:00
    Mozilla has launched an ambitious new project aimed at breaking down the proprietary app systems on today's mobile devices. The project, dubbed WebAPI, is Mozilla's effort to provide a consistent, cross-platform, web-based API for mobile app developers.

  • First NFC-Ready Android Tablets Debut

    Updated: 2011-08-24 16:04:08
    NFC is coming to Android tablets this fall, in two seven-inch, Android 2.3 models announced by Sharp and TazTag respectively. The Sharp RW-T107 is an enterprise-focused tablet that supports the Sony Felica flavor of NFC in Japan, while TazTag's TazTab combines NFC with a biometric fingerprint scanner, plus ZigBee, Wi-Fi,...

  • Changing Desktop Appearance On Linux Mint 11

    Updated: 2011-08-24 15:57:14
    This tutorial is supposed to show how to change the desktop's appearance to people who are new to Linux. For this tutorial I am using Linux Mint 11 with the Gnome desktop. This is the default desktop you have installed on your system.

  • Three Worthwhile Open Source Project Management Apps

    Updated: 2011-08-24 15:40:16
    Congratulations – you’e just taken charge of a large, multifaceted project incorporating many resources over a long period of time. What now? Without project management software you might quickly lose focus.

  • Rapid7 Launches Open Source Magnificent 7

    Updated: 2011-08-24 15:13:11
    I have written now several times about Rapid7 and their commitment to the open source community. It started a while back when they acquired the Metasploit project (a leading pen test tool) and hired its manager, HD Moore to an executive position.  ince then, Rapid7 has continued to put its...

  • Thoughts From Eucalyptus System's CTO As it Rolls Out its Version 3.0

    Updated: 2011-08-24 14:54:31
    Eucalyptus Systems is moving ahead with a new version of its private and hybrid cloud platform.

  • Embedded controller's manageable even without OS installed

    Updated: 2011-08-24 14:38:50
    IEI announced a fanless embedded controller that's remotely manageable even without an operating system installed, thanks to ASF (Alert Standard Format) 2.0 compliance. The TANK-101B uses CompactFlash or hard disk storage, comes with Intel Atom N455 or D5235 processors, offers four serial ports (one isolated), sports two CAN ports, and includes a Mini PCI Express slot, according to the company....

  • X.Org Server 1.11 Set For Release On Friday

    Updated: 2011-08-24 13:00:00
    X.Org Server 1.11 was originally planned for release on the 19th of August, but following a one-week delay, it should be officially released this Friday. This is another significant update to the X.Org Server...

  • How To Migrate Joomla Content (Articles) Using phpMyAdmin

    Updated: 2011-08-24 13:00:00
    Joomla is the world's leading Content Management System (CMS). This article applies to Joomla 1.5 content (Article) migration to Joomla 1.7 using phpMyAdmin database tool.

  • Distribution Release: BackTrack 5 R1

    Updated: 2011-08-24 13:00:00
    An updated release of BackTrack 5, an Ubuntu-based distribution with specialist software designed for penetration testing, was announced (and released via BitTorrent) last week. Today direct downloads of ISO images are also possible. Here is a brief extract from the official release announcement: "We're finally ready to release....

  • Tweaks To Extend The Battery Life Of Intel Linux Notebooks

    Updated: 2011-08-24 09:00:05
    While the Linux power consumption may be up on recent kernels depending upon your hardware configuration, there's a few known but not too commonly used tweaks for reducing your system power consumption and extending your battery life when using Intel integrated graphics on your favorite Linux distribution.

  • First NFC-ready Android tablets debut

    Updated: 2011-08-24 05:04:08
    NFC is coming to Android tablets this fall, in two seven-inch, Android 2.3 models announced by Sharp and TazTag respectively. The Sharp RW-T107 is an enterprise-focused tablet that supports the Sony Felica flavor of NFC in Japan, while TazTag's TazTab combines NFC with a biometric fingerprint scanner, plus ZigBee, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, and optional 3G....

  • First Look at Poseidon Linux, the Linux For Scientists

    Updated: 2011-08-24 01:38:09
    Poseidon Linux is designed for the international scientific community, bundling a big batch of science-oriented software into a single live DVD, plus a batch of desktop productivity and multimedia applications. Poseidon 4.0 was just released with significant changes, so let's take it for a test drive.

  • More Android malware's emerging, but absolute threat still small, McAfee says

    Updated: 2011-08-23 22:52:15
    Researchers have uncovered Android 2.3 malware known as & GingerMaster,& which takes advantage of a jailbreak exploit to gain root access and execute instructions from a remote server. Meanwhile, McAfee Labs says malware developers are focusing on Android more than any other platform -- but adds that the number of actual threats found on smartphones in the wild remains small....

  • Vehicle PC's claimed to boot in five seconds

    Updated: 2011-08-23 21:51:12
    Portwell announced a fanless vehicle computer that is claimed to boot in less than five seconds, thanks to Coreboot technology. The PCS-8277 has a AMD G-Series processor, two 2.5-inch bays for SATA devices, two gigabit Ethernet ports, and support for wireless networking plus a GPS receiver, according to the company....

  • Android devs gain tools to begin Google TV 2.0 ports

    Updated: 2011-08-23 20:57:36
    Google announced a preview release of the Google TV add-on for the Android SDK, supported on Linux with KVM emulation. The add-on lets Android app developers start preparing their software for porting to Google TV, in anticipation of the Android 3.x & Honeycomb& IPTV platform that's expected to ship later this year....

  • DevOps: What It Is, Why It Exists and Why It's Indispensable

    Updated: 2011-08-23 19:00:00
    In my experience in operations there's always been a difference in perspective between Dev and Ops, but it's always been more of an impediment than a benefit.

  • Sony brings Walkman brand into the Android age

    Updated: 2011-08-23 18:23:51
    Sony Ericsson announced a music-oriented Android 2.3 smartphone with a dedicated Walkman music button and & deep& Facebook integration. Due to ship in the fourth quarter, the Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman offers a 1GHz processor, a 3.2-inch inch display with 480 x 320 pixels, a five-megapixel camera, a front-facing VGA webcam, plus Sony Qriocity music and video content services....

  • The Asus Transformer Is Now Available For $349 At Walmart

    Updated: 2011-08-23 17:22:38
    Remember when the Asus Eee Pad Transformer was the hottest thing since Laserdisc? Remember when it was hailed as an iPad killer with its fancy IPS screen, low price and sweet name.

  • Microsoft to help sell Hyper-V infused Linux distro in China

    Updated: 2011-08-23 16:59:31
    Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C) announced a deal through which CS2C's Linux-based NeoKylin Linux Server distribution will be matched with Hyper-V Open Cloud architecture. The combined offering, which puts Microsoft in the unlikely business of selling Linux solutions, is aimed at developing cloud applications in China, and is expected to be deployed in the defense infrastructure, as well as industry at large....

  • Three Linux Wireless Summit Videos

    Updated: 2011-08-23 15:59:56
    Videos of three talks at the recently concluded Linux wireless summit have been posted. These talks cover the implementation of dynamic frequency selection, 802.11s mesh networking, and mesh network testing with wmediumd.

  • Microsoft to Help Sell Hyper-V Infused Linux Distro in China

    Updated: 2011-08-23 15:59:31
    Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C), announced a deal through which CS2C's Linux-based NeoKylin Linux Server distribution will be matched with Hyper-V Open Cloud architecture. The combined offering, which puts Microsoft in the unlikely business of selling Linux solutions, is aimed at developing cloud applications in China, and...

  • Alpha Version of Fedora 16 "Verne" Released

    Updated: 2011-08-23 15:44:00
    The distribution, which is scheduled for an early November release, uses GRUB2, GNOME 3.2 and KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.7. Fedora has deferred the switch to Btrfs...

  • Google Move Hints at Chrome for Android

    Updated: 2011-08-23 15:33:45
    The Android browser is becoming a full-fledged member of the WebKit browser engine project. That could help Web developers, Android users, and Google itself.

  • Kinect with Linux

    Updated: 2011-08-23 15:28:52
    The Minority Report has been in rotation on cable lately, and you've probably seen the futuristic vision of Tom Cruise standing in front of a large screen, manipulating information with waves of his hands.

  • New GPL Licence Touted as Saviour of Linux, Android

    Updated: 2011-08-23 15:01:13
    The Free Software Foundation reckons its new version of the General Public Licence removes the problems bedevilling version two, but not everyone is convinced the problem even exists.…...

  • From Mozilla: WebAPI for HTML5 Experience on Phones

    Updated: 2011-08-23 14:57:00
    In order to provide what it claims will be a basic HTML5 phone experience, common across browsers and operating systems, Mozilla has announced thge development of WebAPI...

  • Could Big Data Be the Next Big Move for Red Hat?

    Updated: 2011-08-23 14:55:10
    Is Red Hat interested in joining the Big Data trend? One of the biggest trends in computing at enterprises and even small- and medium-sized businesses is Big Data crunching, using tools such as the open source Hadoop.

  • Linux-ready camera gets dual-core AMD G-Series processor

    Updated: 2011-08-23 13:38:10
    Ximea GmbH announced new & smart cameras& that include AMD G-Series processors and monochrome or color image sensors ranging from WVGA (752 x 480 pixels) to five megapixels. The Currera-G devices include flash storage, microSD slots, VGA and Ethernet ports, and isolated digital I/O, the company says....

  • Lessons from LinuxCon North America 2011

    Updated: 2011-08-23 02:19:00
    Every conference, at least the good ones, has a theme to tease out and lessons to learn. LinuxCon North America 2011 was one of the best, and having the good fortune to be in Vancouver, BC last week for LinuxCon, I learned quite a bit.

  • Embedded Linux test software focuses on high-risk segments

    Updated: 2011-08-23 00:22:17
    Wind River announced a new version of its Linux-ready, embedded device test automation software. Wind River Test Management 4.0 can now identify high-risk segments in production code, as well as focus testing solely on changes made between builds, among other new features, says the company....

  • $99 TouchPad a hit, as Ubuntu and Android ports emerge

    Updated: 2011-08-22 23:21:52
    Sales of the & discontinued& HP TouchPad have been brisk after its price was cut to as little as $99, and hackers are working overtime to port Ubuntu and Android to the WebOS-based tablet. Meanwhile, analysts speculate on who might acquire HP's WebOS operations, which include a 2,000-plus patent portfolio that one analyst says could recoup the cost of HP's Palm acquisition....

  • New AMD APUs get Turbo graphics, 1333MHz DDR3 support

    Updated: 2011-08-22 20:40:56
    AMD announced three additions to its E- and C-Series & Fusion& APUs: the 1GHz C-60, the 1.3GHz E-300, and the 1.65GHz E-450. All offer & all-day battery life,& DisplayPort++ and HDMI 1.4a support, and the ability to use 1333MHz DDR3 memory, while the C-60 and E-450 add a new Turbo mode....

  • Whatever Happened to High Productivity Computing?

    Updated: 2011-08-22 15:16:01
    Andrew at the HPC Notes blog is wondering what happened to the term, High Productivity Computing? The focus on Productivity in “HPC” was about making sure the value of HPC was recognized and the optimum benefits extracted for the budget. This is clearly...

  • How-To: Release Stuck NFS Mounts without a Reboot

    Updated: 2011-08-22 15:14:40
    Computing environments may revolve around heavy usage of NFS infrastructure. Network areas are hosted and provided by storage file servers, with compute servers mounting the exported areas into their directory tree.

  • openSUSE Conference 2011 Keynote Speakers Announced

    Updated: 2011-08-22 14:49:00
    The openSUSE project has published the program and keynote speakers for this year's openSUSE Conference, which will take place from 11 to 14 September 2011 in Nuremberg, Germany...

  • JetBrains Releases Meta Programming System 2.0

    Updated: 2011-08-22 13:37:00
    JetBrains has introduced a new version of its MPS, a system that allows developers to use the "Language-Oriented Programming" paradigm to create their applications. New functions are designed to simplify the development of custom IDEs...

  • Linux 3.1 Kernel Draws More Power With Another Regression

    Updated: 2011-08-22 13:27:14
    If you were hoping that the Linux 3.1 kernel would fix the big power regression problem that's caused by PCI Express Active State Power Management (ASPM) being disabled on more systems since the release of the Linux 2.6.38 kernel, you're not in luck.

  • When it Comes to Project Work, Casting is Everything

    Updated: 2011-08-22 13:00:00
    One of the key tasks of management is coordinating activities--making sure the right people are working on the right projects at the right time. Most companies default to a top-down allocation system: people are put on projects according to availability, favouritism, or sometimes, pure luck. That's reasonably efficient, but the...

  • WordPress Powers 14.7 Per Cent of the Top Million Web Sites

    Updated: 2011-08-22 13:00:00
    Speaking at this year's WordCamp conference, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg provided details from the project's first ever user and developer survey and announced that 14.7 per cent of the top million sites are now powered by the blogging and publishing platform...

  • CyanogenMod Development Slows, but Will Continue

    Updated: 2011-08-22 13:00:00
    A posting on the CyanogenMod web site has confirmed that the project will continue, with work on the next version in progress. The recent slowdown in development is due to private commitments of the volunteer developers...

  • Podcast: Dell Dudes Getting Big Data Clouds

    Updated: 2011-08-22 13:00:00
    In this podcast from TheCloudcast.net, Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely interview some of the players behind the open source Crowbar software for OpenStack.

  • PHP Users Warned Not to Upgrade to 5.3.7

    Updated: 2011-08-22 11:44:00
    The PHP developers have warned users not to upgrade to the latest stable branch release of the PHP scripting language due to a serious bug related to the crypt() function...

  • Google could reap $10.5 billion by 2015 by making Android proprietary, report says

    Updated: 2011-08-22 05:40:47
    If Google were to make Android proprietary, with devices built exclusively by Motorola, it could earn $10.5 billion in profits by 2015, yet that still may not be worth it, says Piper Jaffray. Meanwhile, Google's Motorola acquisition should bolster Google TV, other analysts say....

  • LinuxCon wishes happy 20th to Linux

    Updated: 2011-08-20 01:08:51
    The LinuxCon conference that ended Aug. 19 in Vancouver featured a 20th Anniversary Gala for Linux and plenty of discussions on a fast-changing industry. Highlights included a call for a long-term Linux kernel, keynotes from Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst and IBM Linux guru Irving Wladawsky-Berger, and fork-loving Linus Torvalds taking a mellow approach to the code rift with Android....

  • A Look at Oregon State University's Open Source Lab

    Updated: 2011-08-20 00:49:33
    One of the key themes at LinuxCon North America 2011 is the ubiquity of Linux. Many people use Linux in many ways, often totally unaware that they're depending on Linux. Likewise, those of us in the open source community depend heavily on Oregon State University's Open Source Labs (OSUOSL), but may not even realize just how much. Thanks to one of the final talks at LinuxCon by Lance Albertson, it's much clearer now just how important OSUOSL is.

  • Signage systems support Intel's Open Pluggable Specification

    Updated: 2011-08-19 21:47:20
    Axiomtek announced a digital signage computer that adheres to Intel's signage-specific Open Pluggable Specification (OPS). Sold either separately or inside the 31.5-inch OFP320, the OPS860 module includes Intel's 2.1GHz & Sandy Bridge& Core i7 processor, 4GB DDR3 memory, gigabit Ethernet and PCIe, dual USB 2.0 ports, plus a VGA port....

  • Clay Shirky Says Good Collaboration is Structured Fighting

    Updated: 2011-08-19 19:30:00
    Companies and projects focusing on large-scale collaboration might want to start thinking about collaboration in a new way. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody closed out the second day of LinuxCon North America 2011 with a contrarian look at collaboration.

  • IBM's Irving Wladawsky-Berger Talks Linux Then and Now

    Updated: 2011-08-18 23:41:23
    The second day of LinuxCon North America 2011 kicked off with a key figure to Linux's success, Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger. Formerly responsible for IBM's response to emerging technologies, Wladawsky-Berger talked about the disruptive force of Linux then and now, and IBM's relationship with Linux through the years.

  • HP discontinues WebOS operations

    Updated: 2011-08-18 22:45:58
    HP announced it would discontinue its current WebOS operations, including the TouchPad tablet as well as the Pre 3 and Veer smartphones. The announcement came after reports of sluggish sales of the TouchPad, which has struggled in the market despite 20 percent price cuts....

  • Motorola Droid HD seen in wild with Droid Bionic

    Updated: 2011-08-18 21:03:38
    Images of a super-thin Motorola Droid HD phone popped up on the web along with the latest iteration of the delayed, but soon-to-be-released Droid Bionic. The Droid HD appears to feature Android 2.3, a 4.5-inch qHD or higher resolution display, and an eight-megapixel camera....

  • Pictures: 20th Anniversary of Linux Gala

    Updated: 2011-08-18 15:40:29
    Here are some pictures from last night's amazing 20th Anniversary of Linux Gala and celebration. Lots of great costumes and a very special guest in a tux...

  • A Conversation with Linus Torvalds

    Updated: 2011-08-18 07:40:00
    A celebration of Linux's 20th birthday wouldn't be complete without an appearance from Linux creator Linus Torvalds. While Torvalds is famously reluctant to speak, he did take the stage at LinuxCon North America 2011 for a conversation with Greg Kroah-Hartman.

  • The Next 20 Years? Who Knows?

    Updated: 2011-08-18 06:31:29
    Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, took the stage in Vancouver, BC to talk about the challenges that Linux will face in the next 20 years. Whitehurst's topic meshed nicely with the lead-in keynote from Jim Zemlin. While Zemlin examined the world without Linux, Whitehurst took a look at the next stage — Linux over the next 20 years.

  • MeeGo IVI Achieves GENIVI Compliance

    Updated: 2011-08-18 05:47:13
    I am very excited to share with the community and industry that MeeGo is among the first operating system offerings that have officially been certified by GENIVI to be compliant. This is another great milestone in the collaboration between GENIVI and MeeGo. In July 2010, The Linux Foundation and GENIVI announced that MeeGo is the platform of choice for GENIVI. Both GENIVI software releases, Apollo (October 2010) and Borg (May 2011) utilize MeeGo IVI releases 1.1 and 1.2, respectively, as their foundation and add GENIVI-specific packages.

  • Controversial Unity desktop gets UI makeover in Ubuntu 11.10

    Updated: 2011-08-18 05:18:50
    Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth unveiled an improved Dash interface for Ubuntu's controversial Unity desktop in version 11.10, featuring panel changes and highly-filtered search. The Ubuntu project recently unleashed the third alpha release of Ubuntu 11.10 (& Oneiric Ocelot& ), offering Linux 3.0 as well as Mozilla's Firefox 6.0 browser and Thunderbird 6.0 email client....

  • Imagining a World Without Linux: Jim Zemlin Opens LinuxCon North America

    Updated: 2011-08-17 23:39:37
    What would the world be like without Linux? That's the question posed by Jim Zemlin in the opening keynote for LinuxCon North America 2011. At first glance, it might seem like a world without Linux would be much the same — but if you think about it (as Zemlin has) things would be a lot different.

  • SPDX spec standardizes open source compliance reporting

    Updated: 2011-08-17 22:17:06
    On the opening day of LinuxCon, the Linux Foundation's SPDX workgroup announced the first release of a standard for sharing open source license information. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) 1.0 standard, which is part of the foundation's Open Compliance Program, provides a common format for sharing data about software licenses and copyrights, thereby streamlining and improving compliance....

  • SPDX Spec Standarizes Open Source Compliance Reporting

    Updated: 2011-08-17 21:17:06
    On the opening day of LinuxCon, the Linux Foundation's SPDX workgroup announced the first release of a standard for sharing open source license information. The Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) 1.0 standard, which is part of the foundation's Open Compliance Program, provides a common format for sharing data about software...

  • It’s All About the Platform Now

    Updated: 2011-08-17 21:09:06
    Robert Fabricant's article, The New Political Platforms (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/158/smartphones-iphone-android) in the September edition of Fast Company is certainly an excellent read. He compares the current platform battles in the smartphone landscape (Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone) with the way that political campaigns are run and covered. Here are a few quotes...

  • Core-powered COM Express module adds ECC memory, USB 3.0

    Updated: 2011-08-17 20:38:23
    Portwell announced a Type 6 COM Express module that supports & Sandy Bridge& Core i5 and i7 processors and ECC (error-correcting code) memory. The PCOM-B217VG-VI-ECC offers up to 16GB of RAM, two 6Gb/sec. SATA ports and two 3Gb/sec. SATA ports, multiple PCI Express lanes, plus both eight USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports, according to the company....

  • Gallium3D OpenCL GSoC Near-Final Status Update

    Updated: 2011-08-17 20:02:32
    Google's 2011 Summer of Code is coming to an end with today being one of the soft deadlines for the student developers to finish up work on their summer projects. Of the Mesa / GSoC summer projects this year, I mentioned the MLAA support for Gallium3D was a success with...

  • Microsoft Wishes Linux a Happy 20th Birthday

    Updated: 2011-08-17 19:02:00
    An animation that Microsoft made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Linux kernel was shown this morning during Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin's opening keynote at LinuxCon.

  • Meshcentral.com - Session API Support

    Updated: 2011-08-17 18:49:16
    A few days ago I read about a Mozilla Experiment called BrowserID and an associated Browser Session API which would help users log in and out of web sites.

  • LinuxCon, 20th Anniversary of Linux Celebration Kicks Off

    Updated: 2011-08-17 15:08:25
    Today is a big day for the Linux community. I'm writing this from Vancouver, B.C. where Users, SysAdmins, developers and business executives have gathered for the third annual LinuxCon and the official celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Linux. This week is about celebrating as a community the accomplishments of the last 20 years and to [...]

  • LinuxCon, 20th Anniversary of Linux Celebration Kicks Off

    Updated: 2011-08-17 14:08:25
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  • Bridging the Boxes: Hacker Matchmaking in Upstate New York, the Open Source Way

    Updated: 2011-08-16 19:41:35
    Geographically, Rochester Institute of Technology and Syracuse University are separated by less than one hundred miles. They are both private universities, each with their own strengths, and represent the western and eastern centers of central and upstate New York.

  • New Firefox 6 Belies Rapid-Release Complaints

    Updated: 2011-08-16 18:17:30
    Although Firefox 6 is the second stable version of the browser to be released under the new six-week release cycle, a new effort by Mozilla to explain how it works indicates that the company is concerned about pushback from a vocal minority.

  • Celebrating the “Best of” Linux Videos

    Updated: 2011-08-15 23:54:17
    We created our Linux Video {http://video.linux.com} forum a few years ago to provide a place for the community to share Linux tutorials, inspirational stories and fun content. As one of the first and still one of few Linux-specific video forums, it has become quite a treasure trove of video content and information on Linux.   Each year since creating the forum, we've hosted [...]

  • Debian – The best Linux distro

    Updated: 2011-08-11 16:57:31
    When one of my friend introduced me to Ubuntu Linux I was impressed by its user friendliness. Till that day I had used Red Hat Linux, Fedora and Knoppix. They were not cut out for an … More→

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