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Eu: Adobe Hasn't Complained in PDF Dispute
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Commission said Thursday that software company Adobe Systems Inc. has not so far made any complaints about Microsoft Corp. shipping its new Office software without Adobe's PDF file reader.
Linux Action Show PodCast debuts
Seattle, Washington (June 21st, 2006) -- The creators of the popular Macintosh-centric PodCast "CastaBlasta" have launched their latest foray into the wide, wide world of PodCasting - the "Linux Action Show". A weekly PodCast, the "Linux Action Show" is, as you might have guessed, dedicated solely and completely to all things Linux.
Linux Engine Drives Pixar's 'Cars'
Pixar Animation Studios meets the challenges of new high-quality animation with proprietary software packages running on Linux. (Linux-Watch)
Novell Names Ron Hovsepian to Succeed Jack Messman as CEO
Thomas G. Plaskett Elected Chairman of the Board Joseph Tibbetts to Leave Company; Dana Russell Named Interim CFO
A Set of RFI Responses Worthy of of Sherlock Holmes
In early May, Massachusetts issued a "Request for Information" on plugins that could help ease the transition from a Microsoft Office based environment to one relying on ODF compliant software.
Irish college gives open workflow software good grades
The Republic of Ireland is investing almost a billion pounds in technology research in 2006 to make Dublin a "technology research magnet." The Knowledge and Data Engineering Group (KDEG) at Trinity College in Dublin is right in the middle of the activity. KDEG is focusing on pervasive and adaptive systems, ubiquitous computing, and smart space management. When KDEG was having trouble with systematic workflow and document collaboration, it turned to a Linux-based solution that allowed Windows and Linux users to seamlessly share and edit documents.
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Community Test Day Tomorrow
In preparation for the release of the first Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta early next month, a Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Community Test Day will take place tomorrow. Interested members of the Mozilla community will be invited to test the upgrade process from Firefox 1.5 to a pre-Firefox 2.0 nightly build. Testers will be encouraged to try upgrading with a variety extensions installed, some of which are compatible with the latest 2.0 nightlies and some of which are not.
["Tomorrow" is today. -- grouch]
Maxthon: China's hip browser
Web surfers in China frustrated by censorship in search engines are increasingly turning to a little-known Internet browser with a big following in the Middle Kingdom.
Web-app Network Team releases latest open source Perl CMS
On June 21st the WebAPP Network (http://web-app.net) released the latest version of their content management system written in Perl and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Getting started with Linux-VServer
BSD users can improve system security with that operating system's jail mechanism, which creates a partition of resources, thereby creating a logical barrier between services running inside different such jails. Under Linux, an application called Linux-VServer implements pretty much the same functionality. It partitions a system's resources -- namely CPU, memory, hard disk, and network -- so that processes inside of the partitions are limited to their context, which makes denial of service attacks less likely to succeed. This is one reason why many hosting companies use virtual servers.
rPath Receives “Start-up of the Year” Award
Software Appliance Company Honored with CED Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
Novell packs SUSE training in a USB drive
Novell on June 21 introduced a "comprehensive" new training course for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 in the form of a portable USB drive. The course offers users a first look at the upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, including both the new server and desktop products, the company said.
Microsoft, Creative Commons make strange bedfellows
Microsoft has partnered with alternative copyright body Creative Commons to create a licensing tool for Microsoft Office documents, allowing authors to easily include Creative Commons licenses in Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents.
Red Hat makes patching easier
Red Hat is providing easier security management for customers by becoming certified for Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (Oval) definitions for its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 security advisories.
Red Hat Announces OVAL Security Compatibility For Linux Users
Red Hat announced compatibility certification with Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) definitions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 security advisories. Red Hat will now produce and support OVAL patch definitions to provide a structured and machine-readable version of advisories, allowing OVAL-compatible tools to accurately test for the presence of vulnerabilities.
Contrasting Linux on POWER Profilers
Profilers help pinpoint common performance problems in an application. This article compares and contrasts three commonly used open source profilers for Linux on POWER -- OProfile, gprof, and tprof -- which are available to end users and programmers for both SUSE and Red Hat Linux distributions. To demonstrate each profiler's strengths and weaknesses, this article profiles a simple sort program, incorporating three different sorting algorithms.
Bring in the (pink) noise
Sometimes we need a little help to drown out the noise that surrounds us. But why settle for archaic bothers like setting up birdhouses by the study window or walking out to the woods, or high-dollar noise generation machines? Free software can generate noise to drown out your distractions, from the comfort of your own workstation.
Top Vulnerable Apps List Includes Sun JRE, Firefox & Skype
Bit9 has compiled a list of the top 15 applications with known vulnerabilities. Often running outside of IT’s knowledge or control, these popular applications run undetected by enterprise IT organizations and are difficult to detect and remove. Bit9 says the list was designed to help IT departments regain control over their desktop environments. Each application on the list has the following characteristics:
Atomogy to Integrate EnterpriseDB in Law Enforcement Records ...
EnterpriseDB, a leading enterprise-class, open source database company, announced that Atomogy, an enterprise software development and consulting organization, will integrate EnterpriseDB Advanced Server into its PROJIS software. PROJIS is a records-management solution for law enforcement and public safety agencies that tracks and stores vital judicial and law enforcement information. More information and free downloads of EnterpriseDB Advanced Server are available at http://www.enterprisedb.com.
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