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Linux Foundation moves on training( 2009-03-20 05:14)
San Francisco - The Linux Foundation is moving on two fronts this week, offering Linux training programs for developers and administrators and taking over the Linux.com informational Web site. Noting that developers are being laid off and that the number...
Linux.com to Get a Makeover( 2009-03-20 05:13)
- The neglected Linux.com domain is about to get a facelift courtesy of the Linux Foundation, which said Tuesday it will take over the site and jazz up its content. SourceForge, which previously maintained Linux.com, stopped publishing original content t...
Think Linux Rules on Netbooks? Think Again( 2009-03-20 05:12)
- There's been a lot of talk -- including from me -- that Linux is hurting Microsoft because of its big market share in netbook sales. But recent figures from the research firm NPD Group show that it's a myth. Windows now has more than 90 percent of all...
TomTom Suit Doesn't Appear To Be a Threat To Linux( 2009-03-20 05:12)
- Last week, Microsoft sued TomTom, saying it infringed on eight patents covering technologies closely linked to Linux. However, The 451 Group analyst Jay Lyman said Microsoft has been going out of its way to claim the litigation isn't aimed at the Linux...
Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream( 2009-03-20 05:11)
San Francisco - It's been a decade since Linux proponents first argued their OS was ready for mainstream adoption. Yet for all intents and purposes, Linux remains nonexistent on "regular" people's desks. Sure, developers and other tech experts use Linux,...
Jaunty Jackalope: Where's the Beef?( 2009-03-20 05:10)
- I'm getting a little worried about the state of open source on the desktop. Modest strides forward have been made in recent times, bringing open source to entirely new audiences. But there might be the faintest whiff of complacency. The two most succes...
Welcome to LinuxLink( 2009-03-20 05:10)
- For as long as Linux has existed, PC World editors have watched closely as the open source OS has grown and evolved from a student project at the University of Helsinki into a powerful operating system available in myriad distributions all around the w...
Yahoo, Sony Shake It Up; Facebook Makes Nice( 2009-03-20 05:09)
- We probably have not heard the last word on the management shakeups and reorganizations from Yahoo and Sony, who both made changes this week. And it's a safe bet we haven't heard the last about Facebook's policies and how it goes about implementing the...
The Windows-versus-Linux server face-off( 2009-03-20 01:23)
San Francisco - Linux certainly has established itself as a prominent server OS these days, pushing Unix into the background. But the open source OS shares the stage with commercial software giant Microsoft, which remains a dominant player with Windows S...
Study: Federal Gov't Can Save Billions in IT Spending( 2009-03-20 01:19)
- The U.S. government could save billions of dollars by moving to more open-source software, cloud computing and virtualization, a recent study suggests. Over three years, the potential savings would be US$3.7 billion for using open-source software; $13....
Garmin-Asus Unveil Their First New GPS Smartphones( 2009-03-19 08:40)
- The new Garmin-Asus venture announced its first two smartphone offerings at the GSM Mobile World Congress and true to earlier promises, they each use a different operating systems, one Linux and the other Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Garm...
Linux.com to Get a Makeover( 2009-03-04 05:29)
- The neglected Linux.com domain is about to get a facelift courtesy of the Linux Foundation, which said Tuesday it will take over the site and jazz up its content. SourceForge, which previously maintained Linux.com, stopped publishing original content t...
Think Linux Rules on Netbooks? Think Again( 2009-03-04 05:29)
- There's been a lot of talk -- including from me -- that Linux is hurting Microsoft because of its big market share in netbook sales. But recent figures from the research firm NPD Group show that it's a myth. Windows now has more than 90 percent of all...
TomTom Suit Doesn't Appear To Be a Threat To Linux( 2009-03-03 01:56)
- Last week, Microsoft sued TomTom, saying it infringed on eight patents covering technologies closely linked to Linux. However, The 451 Group analyst Jay Lyman said Microsoft has been going out of its way to claim the litigation isn't aimed at the Linux...
Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream( 2009-03-02 20:40)
San Francisco - It's been a decade since Linux proponents first argued their OS was ready for mainstream adoption. Yet for all intents and purposes, Linux remains nonexistent on "regular" people's desks. Sure, developers and other tech experts use Linux,...
Yahoo, Sony Shake It Up; Facebook Makes Nice( 2009-03-01 08:11)
- We probably have not heard the last word on the management shakeups and reorganizations from Yahoo and Sony, who both made changes this week. And it's a safe bet we haven't heard the last about Facebook's policies and how it goes about implementing the...
Startup Adds Ubuntu as OS for Unified Communications( 2009-02-26 02:52)
- A startup that offers a free unified communications platform has added Ubuntu to the list of Linux OSes on which users can run its software. Unison now offers both desktop and server versions of its unified communications software on Ubuntu Linux. Unis...
The Windows-versus-Linux server face-off( 2009-02-26 02:52)
San Francisco - Linux certainly has established itself as a prominent server OS these days, pushing Unix into the background. But the open source OS shares the stage with commercial software giant Microsoft, which remains a dominant player with Windows S...
Linux Phones on Tap for 2009 from Verizon, Others( 2009-02-11 01:45)
- Your next cheap phone might be a Linux phone – but you might never know it. The LiMo Foundation announced Monday that Verizon Wireless and other global carriers will be rolling out Linux-based phones in 2009, possibly including low-cost devices ca...
Microsoft releases Web Sandbox under open source( 2009-01-30 20:16)
San Francisco - Microsoft has made source code for its Live Labs Web Sandbox project for securing Web content through isolation available via open source under the Apache License 2.0, according to a report this week on Microsoft's Port 25 site. Web Sandb...
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