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The Free Software Foundation Europe claims that the fines that the European Commission is proposing to levy against Microsoft are too low to break its monopoly.

If anyone still doubts that Big Business and Politics are bedfellows, catch up with the Peter Quinn Saga.

The Linux-powered Nokia 770 Internet Tablet offers convenient Internet browsing and email through built-in WiFi, or via a Bluetooth connection to a compatible mobile phone. The device boasts a 4.3-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touch-screen, plus integrated WiFi, Bluetooth, and a reduced-size MMC (RS-MMC) card slot.

Dr. Ronald E. Diener, the systems librarian for the Supreme Court Library of North Carolina, has spent his career developing cataloguing systems. His work on a complex library catalogue for the legal profession, where reliability is de rigeur, provides insights into why the Apache/MySQL/PHP combo was his software of choice.

With a fast-growing presence in everything from servers to cell phones, the Linux operating system appears ready for prime time. But is it ready for real time? MontaVista Software thinks so. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company is adding real-time features to its version of the popular software, making it speedier and more rugged. The idea is to have Linux crunch data and deliver results reliably and instantaneously — in real time, so to speak.

Opinion:CIO Peter Quinn's story tells us that if you go up against Microsoft, you can expect everything and the kitchen sink to be thrown at you.

All that glitters is not gold. Those way cheap prices you see on new computers are cheap for a reason. If you are considering a new computer in the near future, you might want to take a look at this.

Well, it's the day after christmas and like me, you got this new keyboard with all those sweet little buttons on top. How to configure that you may ask? Let's explore this together

The holiday shopping season is upon us, so it's time for another polite rant about how awful online shopping can be -- and why it doesn't need to be that way. Online shopping poses a lot of challenges to Web architects, and, unfortunately, some would rather not pick up the gauntlet. Shopping experiences can easily cross the line from inconvenient to unacceptable, and a disappointed customer might not return. Here, then, are a few things to remember when designing your online store.

LXer Day Desk: 12-28-2005

Personal growth occurs in many ways. Pushing yourself into a new endeavor is one of the most constructive ways to achieve such growth. So, why don't we see more of it? It's often easier to stay with what's comfortable. When you step out on the skinny branches, you put yourself at-risk and that's uncomfortable. Those who can handle the discomfort will find the experience rewarding.

  LXer Feature: 28-Dec-05

Is Microsoft's fight over XML document formats really about Microsoft becoming more "open"? Or is Microsoft really trying to control users? How will you respond?

- A common Nepali, for long, has had troublesome access to computers due to two main factors – the need to know basic English to use a computer and the high prices of Windows and other proprietary software required for running various applications. The introduction of NepaLinux 1.0 apparently promises to provide solutions to these problems. But is the software as attractive as its slogan to a desktop user?

Hi all, Following the successful attempt at establishing release qualification guidelines, next on the agenda is addressing the question of amd64, Debian BSD and so forth, by working out some archive qualification guidelines.

There are many 'really alternative' operating systems currently in existence. Most of them are purely for research, personal enjoyment or as a coding sandbox. Some of them, however, want to achieve wider acceptance. Is that goal obtainable, in the current OS climate?

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Due to a glitch in Windows Vista, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will mix up his notes at PDC ‘06 and declare: “Developers, developers, developers….We’re going to bury those guys!”

BusinessWeek Online has rated all open source events of this past year, and narrowed them down to the five most important:

1. Red Hat makes money from free software....

One obvious solution is to approach a software development company and obtain a custom built product.

CHICAGO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Fifteen years ago this Christmas week, Tim Berners-Lee, an obscure scientist working in a European laboratory, invented the Internet browser, now a fixture of the digital economy, experts tell United Press International's The Web.

Sir Berners-Lee today still lives a simple professor's lifestyle, bicycling around town, as his browser was supplanted by the Mosaic browser developed by a college student, Marc Andreessen at the University of Illinois, a few years later. Andreessen's invention led to the creation of Netscape, the Netscape Navigator and other technologies that enervated to the go-go 1990s run in investment in technology on Wall Street and the creation of millions of jobs and hundreds of Internet companies here and abroad, including now household-names eBay.com and Amazon.com.

Drive Recognized as CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Honoree

The creator of Linux claims that testing the kernel is the "perfect distraction" for techies who are bored over Christmas