Linux-powered robots go global
Researchers have unveiled internet-controlled wireless robots which are simple enough for "almost anyone" to build with off-the-shelf parts.
Created by boffins at Carnegie Mellon University…
Tertiary group calls on open source experts for community learning project
A venture funded by the Ministry of Education's e-learning Collaborative Development Fund, implemented by ITPNZ and led by Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is seeking to develop an Open Source Gateway…
OLPC "$100 laptop" to cost $175 and also Windows
The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and…
An Open Letter to AppleTV Hackers
The Neuros people are looking to grab the attention of AppleTV Hackers:
"I am writing to introduce you to Neuros, and to solicit your help in building the next generation open set-top box,…
10 Stunning Facts About Microsoft's Profits
It takes Microsoft only 10 hours -- yes, 10 hours -- to match Red Hat's profits for an entire quarter. Stunning? Check out this exclusive analysis of Microsoft's latest financial results...
…Announcing Fedora 7 Test 4
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of the fourth and final test release of Fedora 7.
Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we MUST have full community…
The Truth About Open Source Security
Is it better to run your company's firewall or IDS using an open source tool, or is it better to buy something off the shelf? Let's step through some of the most common arguments used by each side…
Linux on Wall Street
On Monday I attended the Linux on Wall Street conference. The overall theme of the conference was leveraging open source (and Linux) to power mission-critical business applications, particularly…
Adobe to Open Source Flex
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced plans to release source code for Adobe Flex as open source. This initiative will let developers worldwide participate in the growth of the industry’s…
MySQL hits $50 million revenue, plans IPO
MySQL, purveyor of the open-source database of the same name, is on the road to becoming a publicly traded company, bolstered by $50 million in revenue in 2006.
"It's still in the pipeline…