Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has called for an uniform copyright assignment policy for contributors to free and open source software projects.
Read more »Canonical copyright assignment policy 'same as others'
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What? Free Linux Training Becoming Available
I have often heard people speaking of the fragmentation of Linux, what with all the different distributions, and this makes it harder for there to be a single "standard" for support engineers to reach. Opinions such as these often end with comments about how Microsoft beats everyone else hands down with their certification scheme.
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New ATI Video Driver (10.1) for Linux Supports Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
Last evening, January 27th, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) announced a brand-new version of its versatile ATI Catalyst proprietary Display Driver for Linux users. ATI Catalyst 10.1 updates the software to version 8.69 and it introduces production support for the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system from Canonical.
Read more »Apple’s iPad vs Notion Ink’s Adam tablet with Ubuntu: battle of two worlds
We can safely say that the Apple iPad is received with mixed feelings by the IT-savvy community. The main problem is that the tablet is just not as revolutionary as many expected it would be. It keeps many of the limitations of the iPhone (no multitasking, tightly controlled app-store) and doesn’t provide impressive new features which could keep the balance.
Read more »Mitigate the Security Risks of PHP System Command Execution
Hopefully, you understand how important it is to thoroughly validate all user input accepted through a web form; after all, if you neglect this task, your data could be stolen or damaged via a SQL injection attack, or your users could be spoofed via a cross-site scripting attack.
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What's new in Office 2010?
In this session, we will introduce you to the new functionalities of Office 2010 and what functionalities makes working with SharePoint 2010 in combination with Office 2010 a blast. This demo-filled session shows the new Office 2010 upload center, integration with SharePoint 2010, offline use of SharePoint 2010 and more.
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Opengear Scores $1 Million Open Source Deal
Chalk up another win for open source. Opengear, which makes an open source server console, has won a $1 million business deal. Plus, Linode (a virtual private server specialist) is embracing Opengear. Here are quick details.
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I'm in a good open-source software place
I ran my first Linux live CD in January 2007. I've been using free, open-source operating systems on my personal machines for much of my work for the past two years, more intensively in the last year.
Read more »How to Clone Drives and Partitions with Clonezilla
Some hard drive cloning programs support a wide variety of filesystems. Some can create image files and store only the sectors that are actually in use. Some can clone over a network, and a few can multicast a drive or image file to multiple targets simultaneously. Clonezilla can do all of the above, with the added benefit of being free.
Read more »Emacs Muse 3.20 released
"Emacs Muse 3.20 is now available. Emacs Muse is an authoring and publishing environment for Emacs. It simplifies the process of writing documents and publishing them to various output formats. One of the principal aims in the development of Muse is to make it very easy to produce good-looking, standards-compliant documents..."
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New Qt Training Courses, KD Tools 2.2 Released, Steven Kelly Interviewe
LinuxPR KDAB, the Qt Experts have issued a new release of the Qt Addon collection KD Tools. This release goes along with a significant extension of KDAB's training course offering, now including in-depth trainings and more advanced topics.
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Android angling toward multi-touch
Cypress Semiconductor announced a touchscreen device driver for Android and Linux that supports Cypress' TrueTouch touchscreen controllers, complete with "all-points" multi-touch signaling support. Meanwhile, "Cyanogen" has hacked a multi-touch interface for Google's Nexus One phone, and Google is upgrading the Android-based phone's spotty 3G support, says eWEEK.
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KDE Software Compilation 4.3.5
KDE Software Compilation version 4.3.5 is released. This latest KDE (Linux Desktop environment) Software Compilation is a package of 15 packages with applications. This version is mainly a maintenance release.
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Waiting for the open source impact
Waiting for open source to give Microsoft a much-needed kick up the jacksie has seemed like waiting for Godot. We wait, we wait and we are still waiting.
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Could open source abandon the Google train?
As arguably the world's largest open-source company, Google has a big stake in maintaining its place at the heart of the open-source ecosystem. Recent events, however, suggest that Google can't rest on its laurels if it wants to secure the hearts and minds of open-source developers.
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