News stories from Friday 29 August, 2008

SUSE & openSUSE: “Flock web browser is built in Web2.0 and social networking as the core theme of the browser supporting Social networking, Photosharing, Bloggin, syndications.”.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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SUSE & openSUSE: “Flock web browser is built in Web2.0 and social networking as the core theme of the browser supporting Social networking, Photosharing, Bloggin, syndications.”.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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SUSE & openSUSE: “Flock web browser is built in Web2.0 and social networking as the core theme of the browser supporting Social networking, Photosharing, Bloggin, syndications.”.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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SUSE & openSUSE: “Flock web browser is built in Web2.0 and social networking as the core theme of the browser supporting Social networking, Photosharing, Bloggin, syndications.”.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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IBM Developerworks: “Visualize when your team members, customers, or systems are available by extracting message data and displaying it in Google Earth.”.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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“emacs-server.bash will let you start up an emacs-server in the background (perhaps from an init.d script?). You can then use emacsclient to create frames or TTY connections to the new server.” .. Complete Story Bookmark It

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Ekin Mero?lu has announced the first beta release of Pardus Linux 2008.1: "We’re happy to announce Pardus 2008.1 Beta, the first beta for the upcoming Pardus 2008.1. Some of the highlights are: a new version of Network Manager with ad-hoc, 802.1x and connection sharing capabilities; the...

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Kris Moore has announced the availability of the first beta release of PC-BSD 7.0, a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD 7.0: "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 7-BETA1! This release marks the first PC-BSD based on FreeBSD...

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According to IDC, Linux is booming. At just 9.4 percent of the overall server market in terms of revenue in 2007, Linux has now climbed to 13.4%of the overall server market, with Unix at 7.7% and Windows at 36.5%. If Linux server vendors want to continue to grow, at some point they’re going...

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The Green Party has called for an overhaul of patent laws that would prevent software being patented. .. Complete Story Bookmark It

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Senator Barack Obama and the Democractic National Convention Committee, In his campaign speeches, Senator Obama often evokes images of citizen participation in the governmental process. He proclaims that his message of hope is built on the foundation of mutual respect, and the prospect of working...

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IBM Developerworks: “The N810 is an embedded handheld system with an 800×480 display. It has Bluetooth, wireless, and USB connections. The underlying kernel is a 2.6.21 Linux® kernel, adapted for the hardware.”.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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HowtoForge: “This article shows how to run a file- and print-server for small and medium enterprises (SME) on one single Ubuntu 8.04 server. It is very easy to set up, and management is done with an easy-to-use web interface called eBox so once the system is set up, you can forget about the...

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The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name — but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity? Examining the roles of the organization shows how complex the FSF’s advocacy role has become. It also reveals the range of...

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The target is businesses which are heavy users of Linux and open source in their enterprises. So no surprise its first keynote will be from Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian, with a Q&A moderated by Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin. by Dana Blankenhorn.. Complete Story Bookmark It

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Angus MacDonald, chief technologist for Sun Microsystems, Australasia, has put together a slide presentation that he calls “The Future of the Eco-Datacenter,” which investigates the increasingly pressing conjunction of ecology and economy as it affects the datacenter. He talks about the...

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Bordeaux is a commercial User Interface to the Wine software that allows Linux systems to run Windows software. The Bordeaux Technology Group distributes this software and provides professional support to companies and individuals running Windows apps on Linux (and soon FreeBSD). I interviewed...

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Everyone knows that Microsoft Exchange is expensive - but ubiquitous â?" and plenty of open source projects and vendors have been trying a variety of technical approaches to replace it. While none is yet a drop-in replacement, a PC World article looks at ways that some administrators can get a...

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At the BSD booth at LinuxWorld San Francisco, I met up with the Director of Marketing at oDesk. ODesk provides a platform for business and qualified technology contractors to connect. Their service includes an application to record the hours worked, screenshots of work in progress as well as...

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2008 is well underway and it is interesting to review predictions for the year. One of Gartner’s predictions for IT organisations and users in 2008 and beyond was: .. Complete Story Bookmark It

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Project Gutenberg, the online library of more than 25,000 free books, is a treasure trove for bookworms and casual readers alike, but turning electronic text files into a readable form is not as easy as it may seem. In theory, since etexts are just plain text files, you should be able to open and...

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This month saw the release of LyX 1.6 release candidate 1. Occupying a position somewhere between a word processor and a mark-up editor, LyX is designed to meet the needs of professional and academic writers by allowing them to focus on their content rather than formatting and layout. It achieves...

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US-CERT on Tuesday warned of attacks against Linux computers using compromised SSH keys. SSH (Secure Shell) is a network protocol designed to provide secure network communication via public-key cryptography. According to US-CERT, the attack appears to rely on stolen SSH keys to gain access to a...

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Debate is reaching a fever pitch over a new security feature in Firefox 3.0 that throws out a warning page to users when a Web site’s SSL certificate is expired or has not been issued by a trusted third party. .. Complete Story Bookmark It

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The world at your command line loving fingertips .. Complete Story Bookmark It

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