Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux
"Today I visited PC World (London, UK) because my 5-month-old laptop has developed a manufacturing fault: the hinge to the display has started to crack the plastic casing. Anyone in the know will…
The Linux Foundation Announces First Legal Summits
The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it will hold two legal summits over the next 12 months. These conferences will…
Microsoft and Novell Open Interoperability Lab
Microsoft Corp. and Novell today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell's groundbreaking…
Open Source vs. Money
In today's economy, most people are focused purely on making money. The reason behind making has been, for the most part, lost on most fronts. When asked what the top goal for their life was, many…
Dell's Linux sleight of hand
Pssst, pass it on… Dell is selling Linux-based home PCs and laptops to its UK customers, but you’ll need a very good eye and probably a magnifying glass to find the systems on the direct seller's…
IBM beats Microsoft over the head with its own code
IBM’s iAccessible2, code-named Project Missouri, is a specification for technology used to help the visually impaired interact with Open Document Format (ODF)-compliant applications and was…
Software Freedom Day
Sept 15 2007 is Software Freedom Day (SFD), a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). This celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high…
Oracle support betrays a preference for Linux and x86
Now that Oracle 11g has hit shelves, the question many IT shops ask themselves is which hardware and operating system does Oracle run best on?
That's a question with no easy answers; Oracle…
VMware ESX Server 3i integrated in server hardware
VMware introduced VMware ESX Server 3i, the industry’s next generation thin hypervisor to be integrated in server hardware from Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, IBM, NEC and others.…
EVE Online to Linux
CCP Games, one of the world’s largest independent game developers, today announced a partnership with TransGaming Inc., a leading developer of software portability products for the electronic…