Open Source Comes to GPS
Between military applications and the business that continues to grow exponentially around GNSS and GPS in particular, intellectual property is of paramount importance in this industry—especially…
TomTom uses Linux, but doesn't support Linux users
Having bought several TomTom One navigation systems here at work (Italy), I was browsing their web site to find information about maps. There are several pages of documentation about their devices…
Asterisk creator Acquires Switchvox
Digium, Inc., the Asterisk Company, today announced it has acquired Switchvox, a leading provider of IP PBX phone systems for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The acquisition bolsters…
Windows alternatives gain ground
When it comes to desktop and network systems, small businesses have little choice but to go with the status-quo offerings of Microsoft, right?
Wrong, says Richard Giroux, IT manager at…
Call for Papers Opens for ApacheCon Europe
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) invites submissions to its official conference, ApacheCon Europe 2008. To be held 7 April through 11 April, 2008 at the new Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City…
Monsoon Multimedia to Comply with GNU General Public License
Monsoon Multimedia announced efforts to fully comply with the GNU General Public License (GPL). Monsoon is in settlement negotiations with BusyBox to resolve the matter and intends to fully comply…
Red Hat Does Well, But Why Does It Suddently Need Licensing?
"It is already quite well established that Novell failed to stop Red Hat’s momentum after it had signed deal with Microsoft. The figures which Red Hat included in last night’s report left little…
Just how did Microsoft get OOXML support in Eastern Europe?
After the International Organization for Standardization voted to reject Microsoft's Office Open XML document format as a standard, the detailed results from ISO member countries give us a lot of…
Ubuntu 7.10 Beta Released
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and its variants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Codenamed "Gutsy Gibbon", 7.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of…
Smoothwall 3.0 Released
Smoothwall has released their new version of their free Web-Based firewall. The newer version has lots of new features such as, a fourth interface "Purple for wireless clients". It's also been…