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A recent survey by analysts Evans Data confirms a significant increase in the adoption of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform by Eclipse users. Approximately 22% of the survey respondents indicated they were building rich client applications based on RCP, an increase of 130% over 2005.

With all of the redundancy in today's servers, its easy to think that you will never need serial port access to your shiny new server. But what do you do when you're at home and your server is at the data center, and your trusty friend SSH fails you? Go back to where remote access started -- a console server.

Pointsec has announced the latest version of its endpoint encryption software for Linux desktops and laptops, Pointsec for Linux 2.0.

Called Intellectual Resources Canada (IRCan), the project is being led by the CIO Branch of the Treasury Board Secretariat but has its origins in Public Works and Government Services. The departments are setting up a repository of sorts based on GForge, an open source collaboration and code management tool which grew out of the original Sourceforge.net system created by VA Linux.

The Ohio LinuxFest 2006, set for Sept. 30 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, will feature a total of 19 presentations by noted speakers such as Jon 'maddog' Hall, Jeff Waugh, Chris DiBona, Jay Pipes, Michael Johnson, and Jorge Castro -- as well as a guest appearance by live penguins!

The mouse isn't the be-all end-all of the PC-to-human interface system. Before the mouse there was the keyboard, which is perfectly fine to use while searching the vast Internet--once you try a new search engine called visearch. Rob Reilly types away at the engine and interviews its creators within.

Open source software is a given in most enterprise data centers, so it's not surprising to see the ranks of open source companies and projects swell. It's not just Linux anymore - community-developed software is offering alternatives for everything from databases to application servers to network management to disaster preparedness. How do you know which open source approach is right for you? We've pulled out a few start-ups that you might not be familiar with, but we think should be on your radar.

German startup Collax Inc., a maker of Linux-based servers for small and midsize businesses, is bringing its technology to New England. The year-old company is taking up residence in Bedford, making its new local facilities the company's world headquarters as it attacks a growing Linux server market.

This is an ultimate guide to help you start learning about the benefits grid computing can offer. It highlights the basics of grid computing in their proper context.

Open-source true believers have been saying forever that open source is the way to develop software. It turns out they've convinced most programmers that they're right. According to a newly released IDC study, open source isn't just hype; it's now the way most developers make software.

It's no secret that the open source business model is attracting the attention of venture capital dollars. The list of companies that have received millions in funding recently includes JBoss, SugarCRM, SourceLabs, Hyperic, Zenoss, and Digium, to name a few. Still, if your OSS company is hoping to catch the eye of a venture capitalist, don't just jump on the first offer that comes in, say the experts.

Welcome to this year's 36th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the Debian community. Alexander Sack called for people to test upcoming security updates to the Mozilla packages for sarge. Ben Hutchings has managed to upload the final files for DebConf session videos. Three documentary videos filmed by Biella Coleman fill follow later.

Pssst! Hey, you over there. The one running Linux. Maybe you can help me. I'm a freelance journalist by the name of Matt Carter. It's 1986, at the height of the Cold War, and right now I'm stuck inside the Kremlin with a Soviet secret agent by the name of Grushkov. If we don't escape, we'll be killed. At least that's the story as I got it from Mindware Studios and LGP.

The charting component is probably the least satisfactory part of OpenOffice.org. A few minutes with the issue tracker shows that, since OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, 62 issues have been filed for charting. By contrast, the bibliography component and the formula editor, two other problematic subsystems that are comparable in size, have nine and 27 issues files against them respectively. Work has begun on many of the issues about charts, but complete relief is unlikely to come until the final release of Chart 2, the rewriting of the charting component that is due to be part of the as-yet unscheduled 2.6 version of the office suite.

'Open Life: The Philosophy of Open Source' is a newly published book about Open Source ideology and business models.

Quoting the website, "Fluxbuntu is a Ubuntu-based derivative that uses FluxBox as the desktop environment (window manager). It is lightweight, swift and efficient compared to Gnome or KDE. These features makes Fluxbuntu suitable for vast range of computers, from low-end to high-end."

The last year has seen the first appearance of online word processing applications such as ajaxWrite, ThinkFree Online, Writely, and Zoho Writer. Online office applications are an unproven product in a new market. To see how worthwhile they were, I compared their interfaces, basic and advanced features, and their document export and administration capabilities. The results is not only a summary of the four applications' strengths and weaknesses, but also an indication of how far online word processors still have to go before they can match their desktop counterparts.

Tech Analysis: rPath's tools ease custom Linux development, allowing ISVs to offer the best OS environment for their enterprise applications.

MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- DataCore Software today announced that The Machine and Turbine Union (MTU) Friedrichshafen, a leading worldwide manufacturer of diesel motors and engines, has deployed DataCore's SANsymphony software to manage and virtualize its growing storage network. The solution currently manages over 60 terabytes of production data supporting various data bases, SAP R3 and advanced computer aided manufacturing and design applications.

I recently picked up Understanding AJAX byJosh Eichorn. Josh is a core Clear Health developer with Uversa. I am about halfway through it and it is an excellent reference for any web-based EHR developer. AJAX holds the promise of making a web-based EHR just as interactive as a thick-client application.