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LDAP is not your father's naming and directory service. Application vendors large and small, commercial and open source alike, have embraced LDAP as a centralized service for authentication and 'white pages' type information. These days, if you're not wearing a 'got root?' t-shirt and yelling at the suits to get LDAP, you're probably the suits wondering if LDAP is right for your environment. With features for security and integration far beyond that of other services, LDAP is probably something you should spend at least a bit of time discovering. Let's get started!

I believe that patent laws need to be looked at more closely, and not just for drugs. There is sometimes need to provide incentives to some innovators, through the rewards of a temporary statutory monopoly, to offset risky and costly research. There is sometimes a need to encourage innovators to disclose their inventions so they become available at the end of the term of the monopoly. Sometimes this monopoly is not only not needed to stimulate innovation or disclosure, but can also get in the way of innovation.

"The momentum behind Linux in Japan has attracted some important companies to OSDL, says CEO Stuart Cohen. Indeed, there has been a spate of recent announcements coming from Asia, suggesting that Linux is becoming a viable alternative for companies there, a trend that already has taken shape in the Western Hemisphere.

PalmSource has announced a new suite of developer tools, including an integrated developer environment (IDE) based on the Eclipse open source the United States information technology industry.

What looks like a simple method invocation but actually talks to another process for you?

"The KDevelop Team is proud to ship KDevelop 3.0, the first major release of the completely rewritten, award-winning Integrated Development Environment (IDE)."

"Microsoft is moving to a new phase in its competitive attack, arguing that the company is better than IBM and Linux when it comes to connecting different applications."

"Linux Networx announced today the addition of two new executives as part of its long-term growth strategy to expand the company's presence in supporters."

"RedHat and SuSE kernel and security teams revealed an integer overflow in the do_brk() function of the Linux kernel allows local users to gain root privileges."

Today I installed KDE 3.2, third major release of award winning KDE3 desktop platform, on my Fedora box. I have been using KDE 3.2 RC for the past few days and the final version from today. My first impression is "wow".

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is remote control software which allows you to view and interact with one computer (the "server") using a simple program (the "viewer") on another computer anywhere on the Internet. The two computers don't even have to be the same type, so for example you can use VNC to view an office Linux machine on your Windows PC at home.

On Monday, OSNews had the pleasure of talking face to face with Trolltech's CEO and founder, Haavard Nord. Mr Nord discussed with us the new features found in Qt 3.3 (download, changes, announcement), Qtopia and the arising market of Linux in mobile phones as well as in the business computer market. Update: ITManagersJournal hosts a Trolltech article as well.

"The SCO Group took its intellectual property challenge of Linux to Harvard on Monday and received a cold reception from area students opposed to the company's legal tactics."

"The GameCube Linux project on Groundhog Day released an alpha version of Linux running on the Nintendo GameCube. The busybox-based release supports screen output, networking code, a telnet server, and a webserver. The project aims to enable GameCube use as a thin client, multimedia terminal, server, or runtime environment for "homebrew" development."

"Although only a minor upgrade, Mozilla 1.6 gains several features that were missing from the excellent Internet suite—namely, support for NTLM-secured sites and improvements to the mail client. The free, open-source Mozilla remains the best browser option available today, and the mail client has become a viable option for any business."

"Linux is everywhere. it's in your Web server. It's in your data center. It's in your desktop, your laptop and your handheld. It may soon be in your car and home appliances. It's being used by NASA to operate the Mars rover."

"Amazon.com Inc. is among the largest, most visible proponents of the Linux operating system. When questions are raised about the capabilities of Linux to scale and be sufficiently secure to operate enterprise systems, Amazon is often cited as an example to answer those questions. At the recent LinuxWorld conference in New York, Eric Lundquist, editor in chief of eWEEK, had a chance to sit down with Tom Killalea, vice president of infrastructure at Amazon.com."

"Security company WatchGuard has launched an appliance for smaller companies to combat hackers, worms and DDoS attacks"

"Taking place on the prestigious Del Mar Fairgrounds, Desktop Linux Summit 2004 will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on April 22 and 23, 2004. Desktop Linux Summit 2003 accommodated 600 participants, and sold out almost a month before the actual event. Anticipating unparalleled interest in the growing desktop Linux movement, this year's venue will accommodate twice that, with the number of both exhibitors and attendees expected to double from last year."

"The only issue in trying NeedleSearch is that it only works with the open-source web browser, Mozilla. Don't think of this as a drawback. If you've never tried Mozilla, by all means do so. It's free, and offers many compelling features, in addition to being largely unburdened by the all too frequent glitches that require patches to Internet Explorer."