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My mistake - I used the same link in both places for this article. The second link - to the new information - is as follows: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/newsblog/blog.php?ID=2044 My apologies

PalmSource on Tuesday announced their long-awaited Linux-based handheld operating system, the Access Linux Platform (ALP), which will bring full Palm compatibility to handhelds with a Linux core.

Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more.

In this tutorial (the last in a series of five tutorials on exam 101 topics), Ian Shields introduces you to the X Window System on Linux, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 101. Put the power of X into Linux by installing an X server, setting up an X, GNOME, or KDE display manager, and creating a window manager environment.

Arguably one of nature's more beautiful creations, SQLite has been a blessing for harried network managers and developers across Techdom. The combination of freeware with quality, elegance, scalability and an "anything goes" license, SQLite is a very hard act to follow. It has just one little problem that sounds like it's driving SQLite's developer nuts: multithreading. Here's hoping this weeks' revision fixes it.

It was on December 12, 2006 that Boston Globe ombudsman Richard Chacon promised to investigate how the article by Steve Kurkjian that helped to drive Peter Quinn from office came to be written. What's happened since then? As the reporters say, "Repeated requests for comment have remained unanswered"

The company is releasing its UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 and HyperVisor API specifications to open source under the GPL. (Linux-Watch)

A lot of people complain about the Firefox "memory leak(s)". All versions of Firefox no doubt leak memory - it is a common problem with software this complicated. We look to fix the issues where we can. David Baron and others have done a huge amount of excellent work in this area.

Oracle said Tuesday it bought open-source database company Sleepycat for an undisclosed sum, marking another step by the company known for its proprietary database software to expand its open-source offerings, which are typically lower cost.

Two recent stories – the decision of Gentoo creator Daniel Robbins to leave Microsoft, and the latter's "technical collaboration" with the open source company SugarCRM – have something important in common.

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Further evidence emerged today of Open Source software's move from its traditional stronghold, network infrastructures, into the mission-critical application space. Sirius Corporation, leading European Open Source services provider, has been charged with supporting PostgreSQL for global datawarehouse Pindar Set, in the UK and US.

The PC-BSD team recently released its second release candidate for 1.0. With the final release rapidly approaching, we thought now would be a good time to take a look at what's coming in PC-BSD, a relatively new BSD distribution based on FreeBSD. It's specifically designed for desktop users, and offers a GUI installer that makes it simple for any user to install.

Improving the desktop by improving the applications

I believe that any network or system administrator who wishes to maintain an iptables firewall should learn iptables well, and be able to easily whip up a basic firewall from scratch. But learning how to do this is the tricky part, so this is where firewall builder programs earn their beans. With a firewall building utility you can get a functioning firewall up and running, and have scripts and rulesets to study. There are gazillions of the things, so today we'll look at three that I think are pretty good: Lokkit, KMyFirewall, and Firewall Builder.

As previously announced, LPI has entered a reorganization mode. With the termination of their international exam developers and subject matter specialists, questions abound.

Company fulfills pledge to release UltraSparc chip details to make it easier to bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems.

By releasing"Niagara" specs, Sun hopes to create a community around the processor.

ESPOO, Finland, February 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News), the world leader in mobile communications, and MySQL AB, the leading global supplier of database technology, today announced an agreement under which Nokia plans to use MySQL® Cluster database technology in its next generation telecommunication subscriber register solution. Subscriber registers are essential to maintain real-time information about mobile and converged network users. Nokia plans to incorporate MySQL's database technologies into Nokia's next generation telecommunication subscriber register solution.

I like life simple, and I despise discovering hidden complexities behind mundane tasks. I want minimal effort to yield huge impact -- and that's what I get from the Mandriva PowerPack 2006. I can perform installation, setup, update management, and routine tasks without having to fiddle, tweak, or even think. It's just my desktop, simple and clean, and when I want to kick it into high gear so I can prove to be the best little worker-bee in my office, I click buttons or follow menus, and it just works. Windows definitely doesn't do that!