Yesterday I decided to take the ultimate test of my badly mangled edgy Linux installation. Instead of the tried and true reformat and reload method I wanted to try the distribution upgrade that the automatic update kept on nagging me about. So jumping off of the deep end to see if I would sink or swim I just went ahead and gave permission to the upgrade tool to bump me up to feeling feisty.
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Barracuda Networks joins the Open Invention Network
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Security software appliance vendor Barracuda Networks is joining the Open Invention Network (OIN) today as a licensee. In exchange for agreeing not to assert any of their own patents against the Linux software ecosystem, Barracuda will gain royalty-free access to the significant collection of patents held by OIN—which includes the Commerce One web services patents.
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HP: I'm In! Send All SCO's Bankruptcy Notices Please!
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Now it's Hewlett-Packard that has answered the call from the bankruptcy court and filed a notice of its interest in SCO's bankruptcy
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Everything I need to know about SOA I learned from Linux
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While there are volumes of online magazines, blogs, trade magazines, and books written about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), everything I need to know about SOA, I already learned from Linux and the Open Source Software movement.
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Summarizing the JSON and XML data interchange format debate
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"One of my coworkers recently expressed some displeasure with debates that are fundamentally fueled by industry experts. The discussions are typically inflated with bias, academic tripe, and are of little use to the every day working (wo)man. I could not disagree. In the spirit of redemption, I present to you a more humble view of JSON and XML."
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Turbolinux Couples Online Storage With Portable Device
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Turbolinux, one of the first-generation Linux vendors to enter the business arena, on Monday announced a new online storage service for its Wizpy device, which was first introduced in June. The Wizpy, which behaves as a Linux operating system as well as media player, now provides an online storage service from Omnidrive, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based storage services provider.
Read more »Lightweight Browser Rundown
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Most of modern browsers tend to eating up to tons of your memory, and think nothing of it. So here are some browsers designed for fast action, and minimal operating footprint. These are perfect for your old decrepit little computer that you have raised from the dead using some lightweight linux distro.
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Backing up and restoring your DSL configuration
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Damn Small Linux (DSL) is primarily a live CD, or emulation thereof, which means that the base system is read-only. So how do you save your settings?
Read more »Fingerprint reader SDK targets Linux devices
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A biometric device vendor specializing in fingerprint readers has ported its software development kit to Linux for the first time. DigitalPersona says its "One Touch for Linux" SDK will enable developers to create fingerprint-enabled C/C++ applications that run on PCs, embedded computers, and POS (point-of-sale/service) terminals.
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New Partnership Extends Linux Foundation's Work With Japanese Developers
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The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), a Japanese government research institute supporting open source software and IT infrastructure development, today announced the signing of a collaboration agreement.
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Requesting Ubuntu 7.10 CDs from ShipIt
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Ubuntu is available free of charge and we can send you CDs of the latest version (7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)) with no extra cost, but the delivery may take up to ten weeks, so you should consider downloading the CD images if you have a fast Internet connection.
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Power Up OpenOffice.org with Writer's Tools
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The Writer's Tools extension adds a useful new menu to the popular, open source office suite OpenOffice.org that bakes convenient tools like Google Translate, an online dictionary lookup tool, email backup, remote backup to an FTP server and more directly into OO.org.
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Only 5% of UK firms always choose open source
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Most UK firms are happy to use open source software, but prefer to weigh up each project individually rather than automatically take the open route.
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Linux to power mysterious mobile gadget?
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Israel-based Emblaze Mobile has announced a mysterious new mobile communications device, expected to ship in 2008. The undefined and unnamed device reportedly has been developed in collaboration with Sharp and Access, the latter of which has lately been hard at work perfecting a Linux stack for mobile devices
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Combo PMP/Linux boot device gains online storage
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TurboLinux says it has added online storage capabilities to its combination PMP (portable media player) and personal Linux boot device. The "Wizpy" device will soon gain support for network-based file storage, thanks to a deal with third-party storage service provider Omnidrive.
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