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Can I bring my laptop?
Although many college kids these days have a laptop, a surprising number of high school students also have their own portable computers. Colleges and universities expect students to bring their own equipment and, by and large, have the facilities, policies, and infrastructure to securely support a variety of users.
The OSFlash Initiative: Web Developer's & Designer's Journal ...
Newly appointed Web Developer's & Designer's Journal Editorial Board member Aral Balkan of OSFlash.org answers a few brief questions about the amazing promise that the Flash Platform holds in the age of Web 2.0 and the role that Balkan sees for open-source Flash in that equation
More Users Mixing Windows, Open Source Server Apps
Faced with the allure of open source applications among its customer base, Microsoft has toned down its .Net-only rhetoric. "It's a myth that open source and Windows can't work together," said Ryan Gavin, a director of platform strategy at Microsoft. "Customers just aren't religious about these things."
Palmsource Pushes Open Source Technology for Mobile Phones
PalmSource is promoting the Access Linux Platform, Palm's latest operating system, designed for Linux
Visually impaired prevent Massachusetts move to open source
A group of visually impaired campaigners have brought a temporary halt to plans by the US state of Massachusetts to move to open source document format (ODF), because the software to read them does not work with screen magnifiers.
Interview: Tom Conrad, Pandora's CTO
Join me as I talk to Pandora’s CTO Tom Conrad about his OpenSource initiative and the Music Genome Project. Pandora is primarily based on open source software - from the PostgresSQL [sic] database running in Debian Linux to the web client developed in OpenLaszlo.
Updated open-source software targets Exchange
Scalix announced version 11 of its rival to Microsoft's ubiquitous email software, adding features such as real-time indexing of email for fast searching. Meanwhile, Zimbra released version 4.0 of its Zimbra Collaboration Suite with a new tool that lets users embed fully functional documents and spreadsheets in email.
Virtual PCs are the key to secure computing
When you sit down at a client computer that’s not hooked into a locked-down corporate network, there’s a drill. There are email rules that block potentially hazardous attachments, including JPEGs and Office documents.
Virtual Linux Could Be Answer To Costly Data Centers
Lenovo and Novell showed off the first Linux ThinkPad, and Hewlett-Packard pledged its support for Debian Linux. Yet despite the show of big-name vendor support at last week's LinuxWorld conference, the biggest buzz involved the prospect of Linux virtualization taking over more of the data center.
Linux thriving in critical roles
Any lingering doubts about corporate America's willingness to trust Linux and other open source tools were erased at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco last week.
Xensource And VMware Join Forces On Common Approach To ...
Peace has been established on one IT front: XenSource and VMware are working together on virtualization in the Linux kernel. The two companies, which originally disagreed on how to build support for virtualization into the Linux kernel, are committed to working together on a common approach, says Simon Crosby, CTO at XenSource, the company that builds products around Xen virtualization software.
Opera 8.0 vs. Pocket IE: The Battle of Mobile Browsers
With the advent of mobile Internet age, it is not uncommon to find even common people with sophisticated devices. Thanks to the mobile revolution, the prices of both the devices as well as the services are coming down.
Installing Debian GNU/Linux using debootstrap
Most Debian GNU/Linux neophytes find that distribution's default installer a bit difficult and ugly. While developers are working on a new installer for Debian Etch, there is a fully baked command-line alternative today: debootstrap.
Vmware Faces Competition For Virtualisation Market
August 21st, 2006: "VMWare has done a great job of educating the market", says XenSource as it goes after what CEO, it claims is the 96% of that market not currently served by the competition. But VMware could still benefit from in-fighting.
Installing Debian GNU/Linux using debootstrap
Most Debian GNU/Linux neophytes find that distribution's default installer a bit difficult and ugly. While developers are working on a new installer for Debian Etch, there is a fully baked command-line alternative today: debootstrap.
Analysis: Now Is The Time To Consider Open Source CRM
Open source apps are a tiny fraction of the CRM market, but the advantages and advancements make it a worthwhile contender for more.
Department of Defense study urges open source adoption
The Open Technology Development road map, a recently authored government report, advises deputy undersecretary of Defense Sue Payton to integrate a comprehensive open source strategy into defense department procurement and development policies. Written by consultants for Advanced Systems & Concepts in collaboration with major technology companies and the Open Source Software Institute, the 79-page report advocates adoption of open technologies, support for and adherence to open standards, and discusses topics like licensing and software project governance.
Database Wars Hot Up With Oracle Targeted By Commercial
August 21st, 2006: EnterpriseDB - a company seeking to sell commercialised versions of the heavyweight Open Source PostgreSQL database system - takes the rapidly heating DB fight to Oracle
[O.k., it's good to see PostgreSQL battling Oracle. Can't we keep it libre though?
Access Linux Platform at LinuxWorld SF
David Beers was in attendance at LinuxWorld San Francisco where PalmSource was exhibiting the Access Linux Platform. PalmSource also held a full day of hands-on tutorials in which they built and debugged native applications for mobile Linux. In this article David brings us up to date on ALP, its progress and other details on and what was being presented about ALP at LinuxWorld. Read on for the full report.
aKademy 2006 Sponsors
aKademy 2006 has announced the sponsor's list for KDE's World Summit. This is one of the our most impressive list of sponsors to date. Our Gold sponsors are the home of Linus Torvalds OSDL and the KDE based distribution Kubuntu. Housing the conference as our host institution is The School of Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin. Read on for the full list.
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