Pentaho CEO to Speak at Open Source Meets Business Congress
Pentaho Corp., creator of the world's most popular open source business intelligence (BI) suite, today announced that Pentaho CEO Richard Daley will be speaking at the Open Source Meets Business…
Xbox 360 to Run Linux / Homebrew Soon?
An anonymous person at the German 23C3 Hacker Congress showed what could be an Xbox360 hack/exploit during one of the 'Lightning Talks'. Lightning Talks is a daily event at Chaos Communication…
Son's Testimony May Be Key In Reiser Murder Hearing
The testimony of 7-year-old Rory Reiser emerged Tuesday as a key factor in the case against Oakland software developer Hans Reiser on charges that he murdered his estranged wife Nina Reiser, who…
The year of the Linux desktop
You'll see these words in more than one article penned by the pundits. Every year since about 2003 has been called the year of the Linux desktop - and then, when that fails to transpire, those who…
Fedora Legacy shutting down
In case any of you are not aware, the Fedora Legacy project is in the process of shutting down.
The current model for supporting maintenance distributions is being re-examined. In the…
Tamil Nadu (India) may shut door on Microsoft
The Tamil Nadu government, which is on a fast-track pushing the state to the top in the Indian IT sector, has almost shut its door on the software giant, Microsoft, preferring the Open Source…
Open source personal tracking system gets first test
An open source wireless tracking system for following people around buildings got its first public use last week at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin.
The creators of the…
Beryl Website Hacked
On January 2nd, 2007 Beryl was the victim of an online attack directed at our MySQL server. This attack removed most entries for the past several weeks and will cost countless hours in repair and…
Linux to push on into mission-critical computing
Having acquitted itself well at the network perimeter, enterprises are now ready to let Linux in on its crown jewels: mission-critical computing, claims report.
Almost half of the world's…
First phase of Korea's open source city a success
Korea's fifth-largest city, with a population of 1.4 million, has completed the first phase of its open source adoption strategy.
Gwangju Metropolitan City, which counts auto manufacturing…