The students of a missionary school in Pakistan, from first graders to graduates, have become enthusiast Edubuntu users thanks to the cooperation between their administrator and an Italian LUG.

Google Maps opened up a whole new world of mapping on the Web, making it easy for companies and individuals to put their data on a map. But if you want more control over how your maps look, or have data that doesn't really work well with Google Maps, there are other options, including serving your own data with Geoserver.

Bad standards and standard wars are an all too common part of modern information technology. Now, IBM has announced that it's not going to put up with them anymore. And, yes, Microsoft, IBM is looking at you.

At its annual Red Hat Summit in June, the Linux powerhouse announced that it would be deploying its Embedded Linux Hypervisor, oVirt, which is based on KVM in its server line. This lightweight, embeddable hypervisor currently enables users to run run Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows VMs on Linux.

Review of MySQL in a Nutshell, Second Edition ~ reviewed by Steve McInerney The first thing I noticed is that, compared to the First Edition, the second is about 40% bigger. But is it just extraneous fluff or useful information? Useful. Very.

I cannot claim to be a developer, but I have been watching the whole iPhone application development issues with interest.

Mini-sys is a Puppy Linux fork, designed for stable, commercial use
It includes many enhancements for the home and professional user.
'Muppy' is the code name for Minisys-Linux.∞

A collaboration between IBM and a handful of California universities is putting would-be software developers in the thick of things, but only in a virtual way. The program, Innov8, offers a virtual workplace simulation that helps students navigate various scenarios.