Nokia to Offer Qt Under LGPL Licensing
Nokia announces that its Qt cross-platform user interface and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under LGPL (Lesser General Public License) Version 2.1 starting with the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for March 2009. ... Read more

Google Creates Open-Source App Engine Project for Exporting Blog Content
Google unveils the open-source Blog Converters project for federating the exchange of data between blogging platforms, including Blogger, MoveableType, WordPress and LiveJournal. Blog Converters is just one facet of a fundamental shift from siloed Web sit... Read more

Hot Open-Source Projects for Enterprise Use
A Palamida survey lists the top 25 open-source projects for enterprises. The survey indicates that organizations view security as a key factor to consider when adopting open-source technology. The 25 top projects represent secure, stable open-source imple... Read more

Red Hat Launches New Maintenance Service
Red Hat has announced a new software maintenance service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), known as Extended Update Support (EUS). This allows customers to standardize on one RHEL environment for up to 18 months. - Red Hat has launched a new softwar... Read more

IBM Lotus Strategist Sees Linux on Netbooks Making Inroads vs. Windows in 2009
Linux and open source will start to chip away at Microsoft Windows desktop software thanks to their popularity on netbooks, those ultralight, low-cost laptops. IBM Lotus strategy director predicts this as a major trend in 2009, as well as the proliferatio... Read more
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GNU/Linux powers state-of-the-art hearing aid research
64 Studio Ltd. has created a Linux distribution for HörTech gGmbH to aid in research on hearing impairment and augmentation technology. "64 Studio was commissioned by HörTech to create a GNU/Linux real-time audio distribution, code-named ... Read more

Ubuntu 10.10 Beta (Maverick Meerkat) Released
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) beta is available for testing. The Ubuntu 10.10 family of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, have also reached beta status. Maverick Meerkat is scheduled for a final release on October 10, 20... Read more

Security advisories for Friday
Debian has updated barnowl (denial of service). Fedora has updated rekonq (F13, F12: cross-site scripting), sssd (F13, F12: authentication bypass), wireshark (F13, F12: multiple vulnerabilities), and F12: kernel ... Read more

Morgan: Finding more women to speak at Ohio LinuxFest: success!
On her blog, Mackenzie Morgan reports on efforts to increase the number of women speakers at Ohio LinuxFest. Due to the outreach, the number of women speakers went from five of 31 last year to 14 of 38 this year. "Recognising the various concerns ... Read more

Embedded Linux Conference videos available
Michael Opdenacker has announced the availability of videos from this year's Embedded Linux Conference, which was held in San Francisco in April. The slides and Theora video are available for most, if not all, of the talks. Opdenacker and the Fre... Read more
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A new year, a new Linux.com

Android-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developers

Municipalities open their GIS systems to citizens

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Configuring storage in FreeNAS
An excerpt from Hungry Pengiun's book Learning FreeNAS has been published by Linux.com. The excerpt is called "Configuring storage in FreeNAS"... Here is an excerpt from the excerpt!!!The essence of the FreeNAS server is to provide storage that ... Read more

Hungry Penguin's PC-BSD 7 review
I (Hungry Penguin) have written another article for Linux.com, this time about PC-BSD.Until recently FreeBSD lacked an easy-to-use desktop version. In 2005 the PC-BSD project was started to provide just that. This month PC-BSD version 7 was released. I do... Read more

LearnFreeNAS.com
Hi,To coincide with the release of my "Learning FreeNAS" book I have started a new website LearnFreeNAS.com.It is a one stop site for tips, articles, tutorials and videos about FreeNAS the Open Source Network Attached Storage OS.Thanks,THP

Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros
The Hungry Penguin's latest article “Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros” has been published on Linux.com.In the article I review the mini-distros DSL and PuppyLinux and also the full desktop distributions PendriveLinux, Ubuntu and Mandriva Flash.I als... Read more

File Synchronization with Unison
Linuxjournal.com have an interesting HOWTO on File Synchronization with Unison
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Clonezilla Live
Clonezilla is a bootable CDROM designed for partition backup and restoration. Unlike SystemRescueCD, Clonezilla Live doesn't contain an array of utilities, rather, it is a single, focused tool. mor... Read more

No Steam for Linux - Right Now
Despite some early teasing, it now seems Steam is not coming to Linux after all - at least for now. more>>

Qt and Layouts
When I first started with graphics - I plotted pixels onto the screen by calculating a memory address and then poking the corresponding value. Times have changed since then. more>>

As Predicted, OpenSolaris Board Disbands
When the OpenSolaris Governing Board issued their ultimatum to Oracle on July 12, few thought it would have the desired effect of saving OpenSolaris. The board sent a message that if Oracle didn't... Read more

Dual Boot openSUSE USB Stick Installer
In the latest round of upgrades and new installs of openSUSE around here I decided to take a different approach and use the network install and install from a USB stick rather than a DVD. While I w... Read more
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Zepheira Announced Today that Bernadette Hyland will Resign as CEO
The Board of Directors of Zepheira, a professional services firm specializing in the application of Semantic Technologies, announced today that Bernadette Hyland, the Chief Executive Officer of...(PRWeb September 02, 2010)Read the full story at http://... Read more

Data Center Monitoring Leader, LogicMonitor, Launches Strategic...
LogicMonitor, an award-winning data center monitoring solution, has announced a strategic partnership with Zumasys, a leading provider of customized Cloud Computing solutions for small and medium...(PRWeb August 31, 2010)Read the full story at http://w... Read more

Javlin Releases Free CloverETL Community Edition ? Answers Growing...
Javlin enables small and medium businesses to discover power of data integration by releasing a free edition of its leading CloverETL software.(PRWeb August 31, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4436944.htm

TrygTech Announces Linux-based Board Support Package (BSP) for Topaz...
TrygTech software combines with the Device Solutions Topaz i.MX25 CPU Module to help OEMs bring consumer and industrial electronic products to market at lower cost.(PRWeb August 27, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prwe... Read more

CybrHost Corporation Acquires Green Dedicated Host
CybrHost Corporation today announced the acquisition of Green Dedicated Host, an Austin, Texas based web hosting company. Green Dedicated Host provides services to customers all over the world. They...(PRWeb August 26, 2010)Read the full story at http:... Read more
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