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ActiveGrid Studio 2.0 and ActiveGrid Server 2.0 Releases Enable Best-of-Breed Web 2.0 LAMP Technology on Java Infrastructure

The Eclipse Foundation will release software from ten of its projects in tandem next Friday, reflecting the maturity of Eclipse and open source software, in general. The Callisto release includes updates to the Eclipse platform, which other tools can plug into. In addition, there are updates to the business intelligence tools project, Eclipse Modeling Framework, the Web Tools Platform and others.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SecuGen is pleased to announce the next release of its Software Developer Kit (SDK) Collection, which is used to build powerful biometric software applications that incorporate SecuGen's increasingly popular fingerprint recognition technology. The SecuGen SDK Collection Release 9 supports the widest range of platforms in the industry, including Java, Sun Solaris, Windows, Windows CE, Windows CE .NET, Linux (USB), DOS, Microsoft .NET, and Pocket PC 2003.
[Includes broader support for GNU/Linux variants as well - dcparris]

BioFoundry, a division of OSS Nokalva, announced the immediate availability of a BioAPI 2.0 Linux Reference Implementation. The BioFoundry BioAPI 2.0 Reference Implementation which fully implements the ISO BioAPI specification, ISO/IEC 19784-1 is now available for Windows and Linux. BioAPI 2.0 introduced several important new features, while extending the component model of BioAPI 1.1.

A rich open source platform on offer

MS Exchange it's healthy, but missing something. That, at least, appears to be the opinion of Andrew Oliver, project lead on the JBoss Collaboration Server team. And he has a point.

Comment of the day from the story, "How Apple and Microsoft are advancing desktop Linux"

One of the frustrations that many people express about dealing with posting comments or what have you using the Firefox browser is that they can't spell check their posts.

eHealth News Portal is presenting a new Project named eHealth Directory EU. The goal of the eHealth Directory EU is to be most comprehensive directory of the eHealth (in special European) quality web sites.

Information overload is a serious problem for most users. We all have so many sources of information to deal with, it's hard to keep them under control. One way to help deal with information glut is to use a good RSS and Atom feed reader, such as Akregator.

Many IT professionals believe that Oracle's recent moves in the open source software (OSS) market -- including its purchase of open source stalwart Sleepycat Software Inc. -- were undertaken in an effort to destabilize Microsoft.

One of the biggest hurdles for Linux migration is getting people who have been using Windows for years to cope with the transition to the new operating system, the nuances it has, and the problems associated with data migration.

RICHMOND, British Columbia, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Empower Technologies Corporation (Empower) is very pleased to announce that it has begun a joint international sales effort with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to promote its LDK591x family of LEOs (LinuxDA Embedded O/S) for TI's OMAP591x dual-core processor embedded software development kits to over 2,000 of the top universities and technical colleges worldwide. "We are delighted to have Empower Technologies join the efforts of the TI University Program to provide access to high technology equipment at educational prices, such as their LDK5910 and LDK5912 developer kits to engineering students, researchers and educators worldwide," said Cathy Wicks, worldwide university program manager, TI.

Novell Inc's newly appointed CEO Ron Hovsepian has said he expects the Linux and identity-management software vendor to be able to execute its strategy quicker now that he is at the helm.

Government requires future desktop PCs to be compatible with Linux, but is not pushing for the open-source operating system to be installed.

As organizations bring more and more open source software into their IT environments, they are beginning to realize the need for more control. Decisions about whether or not to incorporate open source into their operations involve complex issues that go beyond the technology. Open source expert Maria Winslow outlines what companies need to properly implement and take advantage of open source.

O regon can take a couple of small lessons from the recent announcement that Compiere, an open-source software company, would leave Portland to join its latest investor in California.

Not hard, really

The Eclipse Foundation is stepping up its developer challenge to Microsoft with a coordinated tools release calculated to attract vendors and IT shops targeting the delayed Windows Vista.…

Lately, I have been asking myself one question over and again: Is this the end of Microsoft? This burning question came to pass after speaking with a couple different corporate executives. I can safely say the overall consensus is that Windows Vista is too little, too late.

[The author needs to clarify why he thinks more than two versions of Windows is a bad thing, especially in light of the multitude of "versions" of GNU/Linux available - mostly geared toward different demographic groups. - dcparris]

Furthers commitment to mobile open source development as an Eclipse foundation board member and strategic developer

In another event in the series of meetings leading to the KDE 4.0 release, the developers of the core libraries will meet in the Norwegian woods (this bird has flown) from July 1st to July 7th.