Author: JT Smith
BusyBox announces, this release fixes lots of bugs, adds several new apps and then there are the usual tar updates.
LinuxBoxen.com launches e-commerce site
Author: JT Smith
PRNewswire announces, LinuxBoxen.com has launched its new e-commerce site, which offers customers hardware components bundled
with Open-Source Linux drivers and software.
with Open-Source Linux drivers and software.
VA Linux Systems establishes Japanese subsidiary
Author: JT Smith
VA Linux Systems, Inc., the world’s Linux leader, today announced that it has launched a subsidiary, VA Linux Systems Japan, K.K., to expand its operations into the Japanese market, from Business Wire. (Full disclosure: NewsForge is owned by VA Linux.)
Sun urges Taiwan to stay away from “wintel” PCs
Author: JT Smith
Reuters on ZDNet: Sun Microsystems Inc
Chairman Scott McNealy told Taiwan’s computer
makers on Tuesday they could miss out on the future of
the Internet if they tied themselves too closely Microsoft
Corp and Intel Corp .
Chairman Scott McNealy told Taiwan’s computer
makers on Tuesday they could miss out on the future of
the Internet if they tied themselves too closely Microsoft
Corp
Accelent Systems Inc. introduces acceLinux
Author: JT Smith
Accelent Systems Inc., a leading enabler of Internet appliances, formally introduced acceLinux, the embedded/mobile version of the increasingly popular Linux operating system, from All Linux Devices.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Microsoft antitrust case
Author: JT Smith
The Associated Press on SF Gate News is reporting, the Supreme Court, granting a Microsoft request Tuesday, refused to hear the massive antitrust case that threatens to break the computer software giant
in two.
in two.
Category:
- Linux
MIPS architecture to be ported to Linux
Author: JT Smith
TimeSys announces plans to port the MIPS core architecture to Linux. The press release is at BusinessWire.com.
Company plans to use extensible name service for universal ‘Net addresses
Author: JT Smith
OneName Corporation says that “over time,” the universal address will become users’ “email address, Web address, phone number
and fax number — and a free Web agent, a small piece of software that
represents them in online dealings.” From a report at Seattle P-I.com.
and fax number — and a free Web agent, a small piece of software that
represents them in online dealings.” From a report at Seattle P-I.com.
Category:
- Open Source
Online encryption: digital equivalent of disappearing ink
Author: JT Smith
Several free email encryption services are popping up around the ‘Net. From a report at GlobeTechnology.com.