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Mozilla extension would tap into typed commands
An experimental extension to Mozilla Firefox lets people substitute simple text commands for complex Web tasks such as putting links to maps in e-mail messages.
Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs for emerging markets
Dell unveiled Wednesday two new laptops and two desktops in its Vostro range designed to meet the needs of small and medium-size
enterprises (SME), governments, and educational institutions in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.
Microsoft virtualization tools reinforce user's data center plans
Hosting provider RackForce Networks expects that Microsoft's just released Hyper-V virtualization technology will give it
a chance to take a major step in its business strategy.
Database vendors add Google's MapReduce
Greenplum and Aster Data Systems, two startups involved in large-scale data analysis, announced this week that their products
will support MapReduce, a programming technique originally developed by Google for parallel processing of large data sets
across commodity hardware.
Novell's iPrint open to attack, say researchers
Attackers can exploit bugs in Novell's iPrint application to obtain corporate information or hijack computers, security experts
said today.
Sun for sale? Dropping profits, stock price fuel speculation
Sun could be for sale, analysts say.
Two years on, Microsoft and Novell extend partnership
Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase a further $100 million in coupons for SUSE Linux support from Novell, furthering
a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their server environments.
Talend readies open source tool to tackle dirty data
Open source data integration vendor Talend on Wednesday unveiled a tool aimed at scrubbing dirty data from corporate information
repositories.
Dell loses bid for 'cloud computing' trademark
Dell cannot register "cloud computing" as a trademark because the term is a generic one describing services offered by many
companies, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has said in an initial ruling.
ISO, IEC reject appeals, approve OOXML spec
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have given the
green light to publish the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML (OOXML) specification after organization leaders rejected appeals
from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard.
Key Legal Win for Open Source
Open-source software has been in widespread use for longer than most people realize-consider the majority of websites running
on Apache Web server software for more than a decade. It has particularly flourished in the business community over the last
several years, despite some uncertainty regarding the legal status of open source software licenses. But an opinion by the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this week is likely to go a long way toward dispelling that uncertainty.
Open source advocates hail appeals court ruling
Free software advocates are praising a federal appeals ruling that allows greater protection for open-source software against
copyright infringement.
Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, says he's fed up with what he sees as a "security circus" surrounding software
vulnerabilities and how they're hyped by security people.
Mozilla experiments push Firefox envelope
Mozilla is experimenting with several ideas to push the browser envelope, including one that could turn the browser into a
messaging hub.
IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source
With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its
legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions for Linux
and open source during his keynote address on Wednesday at the Black Hat conference.
• Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs
• Mozilla names best Firefox 3 add-ons
• Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
• Dell Latitude ON - big win for Linux
• Open source advocates hail appeals court ruling
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo San Francisco, August 4-7, 2008.
Linux Plumbers Conference Portland, OR, Sept. 16-19, 2008.
FreedomHEC Santa Monica, November 8-9, 2008.
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