News
OLPC's dual-boot Linux, Windows laptop due out soon
A low-cost XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child Project that carries both Windows and Linux will be out within the next month or so, according to an OLPC official.
Sun updates xVM virtualization software
Sun has released a new version of xVM VirtualBox, its platform for desktop virtualization, and is also starting to offer enterprise
support for the platform, the company said on Thursday.
Red Hat buys Qumranet to extend virtualization reach
Red Hat has expanded its support for virtualization technologies with the acquisition of Israeli software company Qumranet,
developer of the open-source KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) project, for US$107 million.
Red Hat buys desktop-virtualization vendor Qumranet
Red Hat Thursday extended its virtualization wares to the desktop, spending $107 million in cash to acquire open source vendor
Qumranet.
Mozilla renews Google cash cow deal
Mozilla has renewed an agreement with Google Inc. that pays the browser maker for assigning Google's search engine as Firefox's
default, Mozilla's former CEO said this week.
Wider implications of the Red Hat breach
Reports of data losses and system breaches are almost becoming passe but from time to time events happen that take on a life
of their own and have effects far beyond what the initial breach would normally represent.
Continuent launches open-source database scale-out stack
Open-source middleware maker Continuent has launched a database scale-out stack called Tungsten, which support open-source
databases like MySQL as well as proprietary ones from the likes of Oracle.
Quick fix for Firefox 3 bug with Yahoo Mail
If you use Firefox 3 and Yahoo Mail (the nice new interface, not Classic), you might be dealing with a bug I've noticed where
the message pane scrollbar doesn't display. It's not a game-breaker, as you can still use the page-down and page-up keys
to navigate, but it's an annoyance.
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.
Cisco buys into e-mail with $215 million PostPath acquisition
Cisco is buying PostPath, a maker of e-mail and calendaring software, for $215 million and plans to add those capabilities
to its on-demand Web Ex Connect collaboration platform.
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.
• 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.
Featured Whitepapers
| The Trend from UNIX to Linux in SAP(r) Data Centers |
