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Thursday January 6, 2011

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NASA OPEN SOURCE ARCHITECTURE WINS APACHE SUPPORT
"A NASA-led project has won the full support of the Apache Software Foundation, bolstering development efforts around Java-based middleware that uses metadata to foster cross-platform collaboration."

CISCO, CLOUD COMPUTING AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
"At this stage of cloud development and deployment, standards are still emerging, which is where open source software may be able to help."

SALESFORCE CLOSES HEROKU ACQUISITION
"Salesforce.com closes its acquisition of the Ruby cloud platform vendor amid pledges -- and skepticism -- that nothing will change."

CAN OPEN SOURCE BOOST CLIMATE SCIENCE RESEARCH?
"Environmental planners have penned an essay recently discussing the theoretical approach of applying an open source approach to the study of global climate change."

BROWSER WARS: INTERNET EXPLORER LOSES AND FIREFOX WINS IN EUROPE
"According to a pair of research firms, StatCounter and Net Application, IE is sinking fast, while Google?s Chrome is gaining rapidly at IE?s expense."

SHARP GALAPAGOS TABLETS HIT THE FCC
"Two Sharp Galapagos tablets have hit the FCC. First unveiled in Japan last July and then launched September, the two Android tablets looks to be headed Stateside."

PARDUS 2011 RELEASE CANDIDATE IS OUT NOW
"The release candidate of Pardus 2011 titled ?Hasankeyf? is now available for download. See what?s new since our review of beta 2."

READING FILES FROM THE LINUX KERNEL SPACE (MODULE/DRIVER) (FEDORA 14)
"It seems like operations that communicate with userspace are really discouraged. And I am not arguing with that. Although it doesn't mean that they cannot be accomplished."

THE BEST WAY TO CLEAN GOOGLE CHROME AND CHROMIUM
"BleachBit 0.8.5 includes major improvements for Google Chrome and Chromium making BleachBit the most thorough cleaner for these browsers."

HANDBRAKE 0.9.5 ADDS NEW PRESETS, SOME BLU-RAY SUPPORT
" After more than one year in development, the HandBrake Project developers have announced the arrival of version 0.9.5 of their open source multi-threaded video transcoder."

WHAT ARE YOUR SIX GO-TO ANDROID APPS?
"If you?re the proud new owner of an Android-based smartphone or tablet you might be digging through the Market wondering what you should be installing."

BEST WINDOWS GAMES AND APPS THAT RUN UNDER LINUX
"The following article was created to inform our readers about popular native Windows games and applications which install and run under Linux-based operating systems, with the help of the Wine software."

PREY - AN AWESOME APPLICATION TO TRACK YOUR STOLEN LAPTOP AND ANDROID PHONE
"Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop and android phone if it ever gets stolen."

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LINUX 2.6.37 KERNEL PROMISES TO UNLOCK OS
"Linus Torvalds is starting 2011 off with a bang with the release of the 2.6.37 Linux kernel. The new kernel is the first release since 2.6.36 debuted in October."

7 CLASSIC GAME ON LINUX
"What do I mean as classic game ? Games released prior to 2000 on Amiga or perhaps on other operating systems and now ported to Linux."

A LINUX DISTRIBUTION ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR KIDS
"DoudouLinux provides tens of applications that suit children as soon as 2 years old and tries to give them an environment as easy to use as a gaming console."

EVOLUTION OF UBUNTU OVER THE YEARS - A BRIEF HISTORY
"Lets go back in time and see how Ubuntu evolved over the years to become what it is now - a totally awesome, user friendly and fast changing Linux based distro for all."

SWITCHING TO LINUX (FOR THE RIGHT REASONS)
"I think there's more to switching to the Linux desktop than merely saving a buck. What about the control and freedom from vendor lock-in? Isn't this of value?"

CA COURT RULES SMARTPHONES CAN BE SEARCHED WITHOUT A WARRANT
"In a dissenting opinion, Justice Kathryn Werdegar warned that examining a mobile phone without a warrant may violate the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment."

VIRTUALIZATION WITH KVM ON AN OPENSUSE 11.3 SERVER
"This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server."

INTRODUCTION TO RAID
"In this article I want to review the seven most common standard RAID configurations. But I will also very briefly touch on some of the hybrid RAID configurations."

WHAT THE WWF HAS TO LEARN ABOUT FOSS
"The WWF must have understood by now that you cannot enter the realm of software development without finding the FOSS community on your way. Where and when software is concerned, FOSS is a force to be reckoned with."

MOTOROLA TAKES WRAPS OFF XOOM ANDROID TABLET
"Motorola Mobility today unveiled Xoom, first tablet PC that will run on Android 3.0, dubbed Honeycomb, and features a 10.1-inch display that will be larger than Apple's first-generation iPad."

UBUNTU?S CLOUD-INIT PROMOTES CUSTOMIZATION IN THE CLOUD
"It?s one thing to talk in vague terms about 'the cloud,' and another to write software that actually works with it. Thanks to Ubuntu?s cloud-init package, coding for the cloud can be simple, practical and even straightforward."





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