Nero Linux 3 Delivers Blu-ray and HD DVD Data Burning
Nero announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support, Nero Linux 3 has been redesigned to maximize…
Sun and Redflag Chinese 2000 to Collaborate on OpenOffice.org Projects
Sun Microsystems, Inc. , the OpenOffice.org community and Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co., Ltd., today announced a joint development effort that will focus on integrating new features in the…
Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact
Novell plans to reveal the details in conjunction with filing its upcoming annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, spokesman Bruce Lowry said Wednesday at the Open Source…
Open source outlook pondered
Dignitaries from the open source arena pondered the paradigm's future at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, anticipating even greater ubiquity.
Executives from…
Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation Team Up to Reform Software Patents
Novell and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today announced they are teaming up to work on reforms to software patents worldwide.
"It is increasingly obvious that software patents…
Open Source Advocates Unleash Fury at Microsoft
"The List" is nearly 500 names long, and growing rapidly. It might have started out as a light-hearted jab, but it has quickly become a flash point of the building fury in the open source software…
Dell starts selling Ubuntu Laptops Today
Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be…
OLPC on 60 Minutes
"The first English word of every child in that village was 'Google'," he says. "The village has no electricity, no telephone, no television. And the children take laptops home that are connected…
How To Live an Open-Source Musical Life With Ogg Vorbis
In an effort to rally support for the underdog media format, the Free Software Foundation has launched PlayOgg.org, a website promoting awareness of the Ogg format. It's an educational primer for…
Dell's Ubuntu Offering Shows Why Linux Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Dell is moving full speed ahead with its rush to deliver Ubuntu Linux on a bunch of upcoming laptops and desktops, but there's a potential problem looming: Multimedia support on the machines may…