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LinuxCertified.com announces bootcamp for IT professionals

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR announces, LinuxCertified.com, a leading provider of Linux training, will offer its next weekend bootcamps on October 14-15 in the San Francisco bay area.

The failure of the free software movement

Author: JT Smith

This opinion piece from Dr. Dobb’s Journal states, although the Free Software Movement has succeeded in creating GNU/Linux and other free software, it has made little progress in its larger goal of making all software free, and faces serious challenges due to increased popularity of existing free software.

Category:

  • Open Source

Industry leaders gather to address web security

Author: JT Smith

PRNewswire is reporting, Guardent, Inc. and eWEEK, together with SecurityFocus.com, Symantec, MITRE, and others today announced
plans to convene a summit meeting to help establish a “best-practice” standard for disseminating information about digital security vulnerabilities.

Category:

  • Linux

Common UNIX Printing System 1.1.3 Released

Author: JT Smith


Linux PR:
Easy Software Products today announced the 1.1.3 release of the Common UNIX Printing System (“CUPS”), an IPP/1.1-based printing system for UNIX.

LinuxIt! Computers brings Linux systems to PC gamers

Author: JT Smith

Thanks to the availability of the XFree 4.x software package and the
NVIDIA open source video card driver, now gamers can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience under Linux, reports Linux PR.

House subcommittee votes to ban Internet fees

Author: JT Smith

CNet News reports, in a surprise move, a House subcommittee late last night voted to bar federal regulators from imposing any fees on Internet traffic, including voice services.

Syndeo Collaboration Suite 2.1 supports IBM’s RS/6000 platform

Author: JT Smith

Macadamian Technologies Inc., a provider of eBusiness and Linux solutions, today announced that the Syndeo Collaboration Suite 2.1 is now IBM Netfinity ServerProven, and now fully supports IBM’s WebSphere Application Server and DB2 Universal Database on the RS/6000
platform, from Canada NewsWire.

Launching into Java

Author: JT Smith

Java World reports on new client-side technologies bringing Java apps out of the Web and onto the desktop.

Apple licenses Amazon’s 1-Click

Author: JT Smith

Reuters on ZDNet: Apple Computer Inc. on Monday became the first company to license Amazon.com’s 1-Click technology, a coveted and controversial process that vastly simplifies online shopping.

Sun snaps up Cobalt Networks for $2B

Author: JT Smith

After the merger, Cobalt, whose server appliances run on
Linux, will become the server appliance business unit of Sun’s
Network Service Provider organization, reports ZDNet.

Category:

  • Linux