Apple sued for patent infringement, the patent system could be overhauled, and In Re Bilski eliminates some more patents
Read more »Patents Roundup (US): Apple Sued, Government Intervenes, Patents Killed by Bilski
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How to: Sniff Wireless Packets with WireShark
WireShark is free software that sniffs packets on wireless networks. Learn tips on configuring and using this tool when analyzing and troubleshooting 802.11 wireless networks.
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2009: Year Of The Linux Revolution
As our software becomes more Web-centric and our devices cheaper, Linux is becoming the operating system on everyone’s lips for 2009. Sorry, Microsoft [MSFT]. If this week’s news is any indication, you’ve been served.
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LPI exam 101 prep, Topic 101: Hardware and architecture
Welcome to your starting point for studying for the Linux® certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence! And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration.
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Can open source save gaming companies?
News that Myst Online is going open source has excited some people. But is this a valid test of the open source concept?
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Ctalk Adds Full-Language Capabilities, Just In Time Processing, Streaming I/O Extensions
Ctalk's object-oriented library extensions for C programs now provide full language capabilities that allow progammers to use Ctalk objects and messages within most C statements, and add classes and methods to otherwise standard source code modules.
Read more »Microsoft recruits active open source identity
Dick Hardt, known for his contentious Windows port of the Perl programming language and current work on online identity management (dubbed "identity 2.0") has revealed he is heading to Redmond
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Bordeaux 1.6 Released with improved Application support
The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.6 today. Bordeaux 1.6 comes with added support for Google's Chrome Web Browser, Google Earth, Google Picasa, Trillian and Apple's Safari Web Browser. Additionally, Cellar support has improved; you can now delete and install into an existing Cellar. IE6 now installs java, shockwave and latest flash.
Read more »Greasefire Finds Greasemonkey Scripts for the Site You're Visiting
Greasefire is a companion extension to the popular Greasemonkey extension designed to help you customize your web browsing by finding user scripts for any page you're currently visiting.
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Linux Is Not Made To Be Marketed
I recently came across this list of the top ten Linux-powered devices. Most of the devices on the list are things everyone would recognize, yet I was only aware that half of them ran Linux. In fact, I would only expect most people to know that two of them ran Linux, the Eee PC and Google"s Android. That might even be generous.
Read more »Don’t Forget to Talk About the ACTA
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5 Known Linux Anti-virus software for Paranoid Users
Like other Unix-like computer operating systems, Linux is widely considered as secured and well-guarded against computer viruses. Its multi-user environment makes it extremely hard for malware to gain root access to the system files.Though malicious programs that are specifically written for Linux are really small in number, there is still a possibility for them to cause some harm.
Read more »Mandriva Linux Attracts 2,000 Partners
When it comes to Linux, most U.S. headlines involve Canonical, Novell or Red Hat. But another Linux distribution — from Mandriva S.A. of Paris, France — is making a name for itself in the global IT channel. Consider this: More than 2,000 IT partners have lined up to back Mandriva, up from about 1,200 in 2007, The VAR Guy has learned. Here’s the scoop.
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Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft
One of the things that characterizes humanity is our ability to adapt quickly to external change - it’s the key reason, for example, that humans aren’t confined to one climatic zone on the planet.
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Ubuntu tries marketing slogan, fails
Hey, we like Linux, which is why we're a tad concerned by Ubuntu's efforts to come up with a hip training slogan.
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