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Penguins, start your engines. If you watch the Indianapolis 500 on TV this Sunday, look closely at the blue car No. 77 and you might see a penguin running over 250 mph.

Looks like Apple cannot see the funny side of an iGasm sex toy that plugs into an iPod to provide a new meaning to getting down to the beat.

Regardless of who's being paid how much to say what, we need to be extremely vigilant and monitor closely what is published out there against Linux, Free Software and Open Source. We need to expose shills, FUDsters and frauds for what they really are. But simply defending ourselves is not enough. We also need to go on the counter attack. We need to de-legitimize both messenger and the message.

LWN readers will certainly be aware that your editor spends a fair amount of time at development-oriented conferences. In some ways all conferences are alike, but, still, all that experience was insufficient to prepare your editor for OSBC, which is a different sort of affair. Neckties, Blackberries, and Windows laptops are ubiquitous. There are booths for law firms. People wonder about whether customers should buy their "open source" software licenses on a one-time or subscription basis. The wireless network actually works, but power outlets are nowhere to be found. It's all very strange

This guide shows how to set up a Mandriva 2007 Spring Free server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of Mandriva 2007 Spring, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.

SpeedFilm, a transparent, polyurethane film paint protection system for fine vehicles, has come on board the Chastain Motorsports Indy 500 program.

ColdFusion web host HostMySite.com has added two new Linux ColdFusion Virtual Private Server (VPS) plans to their lineup of high-performance products and services. The new ColdFusion VPS plans feature CFMX7, MySQL 5, Red Hat Enterprise, and a limited number of clients per server.

Officials from Microsoft and Novell took to the stage at the Open Source Business Conference on Wednesday to insist their recent cooperation agreement was good for the open source software community, but they were unable to convince everyone of their altruism.

Those Ubuntu-powered Dell machines are almost here.

A new Microsoft-funded study has found that open-source developers do not believe that licenses such as the upcoming GNU General Public License 3.0 should enforce software patents or prevent deals like the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement.

"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 community toward Microsoft and its recent claim of patent infringements.

Announce Engineering Effort in the Ongoing Development of the World's Leading Free Productivity Suite

Customized streaming radio service will soon be available to users of the Sonos wireless music system.

[Sonos is a GNU/Linux-based device - dcparris]

Open source faces other threats, while Microsoft has its own patent fights, Ubuntu founder says.

Learn how to recognize a tightly coupled system and then disentangle it using the Dependency Inversion Principle.

Companies like Google that build their business on software such as Linux have a moral imperative to contribute back to the free software community, a prominent open-source advocate said Tuesday.

[The title is horribly off-base - makes it seem like the GPLv3 will require Google, et. al., to distribute their in-house modified libre software. The article makes it clear this is untrue, but the title is very misleading. - dcparris]

LINA Allows Open Source Applications, Compiled Once, to Run on Windows, Mac, and Linux Platforms with Native Look and Feel

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 Business Conference here. The report had been held up by Novell's investigation into its stock option compensation practices.

- Organizations will jointly lobby governments, international organizations - Novell to support EFF 'Patent Busting' initiative

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 available by 4pm CST today. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n starts at $899.