With broken patent law in the United States and in far east Asia, winners in the mobile space are determined in the courtroom rather than the market
Read more »Linux Battle in Mobile Phones Becomes Primarily Legal, Not Technical, Due to Software Patents
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Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.36 (Part 2) - File systems, networking and storage
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2.6.36 offers VFS optimisations, has returned to integrating Ext3 file systems with "data=ordered" by default and can store data from shared Windows or Samba disks in local cache to improve performance. Numerous new and improved drivers enhance the kernel's storage and network hardware support
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Direct3D 10/11 Is Now Natively Implemented On Linux
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It's a pity Luca Barbieri or any Mesa / Gallium3D developers are not at Oktoberfest as they are deserving of more than a few Maß of Augustiner. In fact, today a new Gallium3D state tracker was pushed into Mesa and it's perhaps the most interesting state tracker for this open-source graphics driver architecture yet.
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How to Unlock Computer if I Forgot My Windows Password?
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How to unlock computer if I forgot my Windows password? This article tells you what to do if you forgot your Windows password. A detailed guide for you to recover Windows password easily and safely. No need to lose your computer data.
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Lifesaver for Maverick
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I think that enough of the planets have aligned in the shape of a failboat that I have been able to successfully upload a source package of Lifesaver to its PPA for Maverick.
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Mozilla Joins OIN
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Open Invention Network (OIN) today extended the Linux ecosystem with the signing of Mozilla as a licensee.
Read more »WebKit’s new attributes
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In the latest nightly builds, the WebKit engine can handle HTML5 attributes for non-blocking JavaScript loading
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Ubuntu, Canonical Wallow in Muddy Waters with Contributors' Agreements
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Canonical is visibly struggling with balancing its commercial efforts with being a corporate citizen of free and open source software (FOSS).
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Strategy, Tactics, and why companies are free to not contribute.
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Yesterday Julie Bort wrote in the NetworkWorld site an interesting post called “Cisco doesn’t contribute nearly enough to open source”, where she contends that “”[despite its] .. proclaims it responsible for a half percent of the contributions to the Linux kernel (0.5%). In reality, Cisco has been a near non-entity as an open source contributor”.
Read more »Oracle pledges MySQL community love
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Oracle has promised to continue developing the community edition of MySQL. But you'd better like the architecture and customers that Oracle is targeting. On Sunday, the database giant's chief architect, Edward Screven, committed Oracle to making not only the enterprise edition of MySQL better but also the community version licensed under the GPL.
Read more »The Bizarre Cathedral - 81
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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral by merc and crimperman
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Ubuntu announces application review process
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The community manager for Ubuntu has announced that there is a new process in trial for application developers submitting their applications for inclusion in the Ubuntu's Software Center
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Oracle updates Linux with Unbreakable Enterprise kernel launch
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Ever since Oracle introduced its Unbreakable Linux support program in late 2006 there have been doubts about whether the company could continue to maintain compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Read more »More Free Guides on Essential Open Source Topics
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Although the actual documentation you get with many open source applications and platforms can feel paltry compared to what you get with proprietary alternatives, many book authors have served up free, online books on open source topics. We round these up on a regular basis here at OStatic, and in this post you'll find seven online books that you can get comfortable with quickly.
Read more »How to Synchronize Dropbox and Ubuntu One Online Backup Services
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How to Synchronize Dropbox and Ubuntu One Online Backup Services: Dropbox and Ubuntu One are two of my favorite online backup services. They both provide safe, reliable, and easy-to-use cloud storage solutions.
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