Cost-Conscious Companies Turn To Open Source

Martyr4BK writes "Businessweek has a slew of special reports today on open source software discussing the benefits for buyers who are cost conscious and open source being the silver lining for the economic slump. more
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:11:55 +0100

What Needs Fixing In Linux

An anonymous reader writes "Infoweek's Fixing Linux: What's Broken And What To Do About It argues that the 17-year-old open-source operating system still has problems. more
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:09:07 +0100

iPhones, FStream and the Death of Satellite Radio

Statesman writes "Only a little over a year ago, the FCC approved the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio companies and the combined stock was trading at $4 a share. more
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:08:50 +0100

Linux Foundation Says All Major Distros Are IPv6 Compliant

ruphus13 points out news from the Linux Foundation, which announced that all major Linux distributions meet certification requirements for the US Department of Defense's IPv6 mandates. more
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:09:11 +0100

MS Says Windows 7 Will Run DirectX 10 On the CPU

arcticstoat writes "In what could be seen as an easy answer to the Vista-capable debacle, Microsoft has introduced a 'fully conformant software rasterizer' called WARP (Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform) 10, which does away with the need for a dedicated hardware 3D accelerator altogether. more
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:09:11 +0100

Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer Source Is Released

chrb writes "With the recent discussion here on proprietary blobs in the Linux kernel, it's nice to see that today Sam Leffler has released the source for the Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer under the ICS license, which is both GPL and BSD compatible. more
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:09:16 +0100

On the State of Linux File Systems

kev009 writes to recommend his editorial overbiew of the past, present and future of Linux file systems: more
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:09:04 +0100

The State of Open Source Hardware In 2008

ptorrone writes "MAKE Magazine has put together their 3rd annual 'State of Open Source Hardware 2008' — more
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:09:03 +0100

<em>Left 4 Dead</em> Demo Includes Linux Steam Client Libraries

SheeEttin writes "If you've been longing to play games from Steam on your Linux machine, you may not have to wait much longer &mdash; more
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:09:01 +0100

Linux Kernel Booting On the iPhone

mhm was one of many readers to note that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to the iPhone. more
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:08:50 +0100

Proprietary Blobs and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel

jammag writes "Ever since the GNewSense team pointed out that the Linux kernel contains proprietary firmware blobs, the question of whether a given distro is truly free software has gotten messier, notes Linux pundit Bruce Byfield. more
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:09:04 +0100

Web Browser Programming Blurring the Lines of MVC

lkcl tips his in-depth article up at Advogato on the difficulties for the MVC programming model that are introduced by Javascript and AJAX, and solutions for them. more
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:09:17 +0100

Microsoft Researchers Study "Cyberchondria"

Slatterz introduces us to the first major study on "cyberchondria" more
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:09:10 +0100

What The Banned iPhone Ad Should Really Look Like

Barence writes "To demonstrate just how misleading the latest (and now banned) iPhone television ad really is, PC Pro has recreated it using an iPhone 3G and a Wi-Fi connection &mdash; more
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:08:58 +0100

Blockbuster's Movie Download Box Runs Linux

DeviceGuru writes "In a better-late-than-never move, Blockbuster has introduced a video-on-demand (VOD) service accompanied by a 'free' set-top box (STB). more
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:09:04 +0100

Massive Botnet Returns From the Dead To Spam On

CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer reports that the big spam-spewing Srizbi botnet, shut down two weeks ago when McColo was shuttered, has been resurrected and is again under the control of criminals, security researchers said today. more
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:09:15 +0100

jQuery in Action

Michael J. Ross writes "As perhaps the only substantial computer language embedded inside of the major Web browsers, JavaScript has brought an unprecedented level of power to client-side programming for the Internet. more
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:09:27 +0100

Apple Sued Over IPhone Browser

SpuriousLogic writes "A Los Angeles real estate developer is suing Apple for patent infringement over the way the iPhone navigates Web sites. more
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:08:53 +0100

Experts Tell Feds To Sign the DNS Root ASAP

alphadogg sends along news that the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration has gotten plenty of feedback on its call for comments on securing the root zone using DNSSEC. more
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:09:22 +0100

Triple-Engine Browser Released As Alpha

jcasman passes along a heads-up on Lunascape, a Japanese browser company that is releasing its first English version of its Lunascape 5 triple-engine browser. more
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:08:52 +0100

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