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| OpenMail attracts 1 million Linux users |
Saturday August 12, @01:20PM [ GNU/Linux ]
By Grant Gross
Managing Editor
When Hewlett-Packard ported its OpenMail mail/messaging software to Linux in October 1999, OpenMail evangelist Richi Jennings was hoping for big things.
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| Vendors gear up for LinuxWorld with press releases |
Monday August 14, @10:20PM [ GNU/Linux ]
The Linux Journal provides a roundup of press releases as LinuxWorld begins. |
| Vernon named editor at large of Linux Journal |
Monday August 14, @10:01PM [ GNU/Linux ]
The Associated Press previews LinuxWorld with a story about companies embracing the operating system. |
| Steve Jobs fights a tough biography |
Monday August 14, @09:58PM [ Closed Source ]
The New York Times has a piece Monday on Steve Jobs' campaign against Alan Deutschman's critical book about his tenure at Apple called The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. Vanity Fair was set to run an excerpt and it was cancelled at the last minute, apparently because of space.
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| Linux developers provide add-on features |
Monday August 14, @09:36PM [ GNU/Linux ]
Linux developers are working on several pieces of add-on software that "gives the freeware operating system big features it previously lacked," ZDNet's Inter@ctive Week says.
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| Red Hat's fix for the usermode security problem |
| Corel shares surge on new Linux fever |
Monday August 14, @09:02PM [ Business ]
The CBC reports on Corel's 20% hike in stock price Monday. |
| Opinion: Caldera-SCO deal may scuttle Monterey |
Monday August 14, @08:49PM [ Business ]
eWeek columnist John Taschek talks about Caldera's predicament after acquiring SCO, and the impact on the IBM-backed Project Monterey.
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| Hundreds sign up for Linux boot camps |
Monday August 14, @08:33PM [ Press Releases ]
More than 275 IT professionals have signed up for free on-site Linux training and certification offered by Sair Linux Inc. at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose. The company will offer Linux certification reviews and exams all four days of the conference, according to a press release at LinuxPR Monday.
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| Transvirtual to put Linux on PDAs |
Monday August 14, @08:27PM [ General News ]
Transvirtual Technologies will introduce a development platform for Linux on handhelds, according to ZDNet's eWeek. The company will introduce Pocket Linux Developer Kits at LinuxWorld this week. |
| Linuxcare survives near-death experience |
Monday August 14, @08:06PM [ Business ]
ZDNet's Sm@art Partner reports on Linuxcare's near-death experience. Without a CEO, the company has inked several big deals over the summer, including support agreements with Fujitsu Siemans Computers and Compaq. |
| Institute to introduce Japanese Linux certifications |
Monday August 14, @07:53PM [ Press Releases ]
A consortium of local companies will fund the translation effort, creating Linux Professional Institute-Japan. The translation project is expected to be completed by fall 2000, according to a press release at LinuxPR. |
| Linux-related stocks rally Monday |
Monday August 14, @06:07PM [ Business ]
On news that IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Compaq Computer saying they'll support the Gnome Foundation, several Linux-related stocks rose in trading Monday, reports Bloomberg. |
| RadioWallStreet.com hosts Linux discussion |
Monday August 14, @06:06PM [ Press Releases ]
From LinuxPR: Linux League Commissioner and weekly RadioWallStreet.com contributor, Francis Gaskins, hosts a panel of guests Monday to review Linux trends, with comment on IBM, Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Red Hat. Check out the broadcast.
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| Opinion: What do Linux, classical music have in common? |
Monday August 14, @05:45PM [ GNU/Linux ]
Linux adminstrator Russell Miller compares Linux zealots to fans of classical music, in OSopinion.com. |
| Red Herring: 'Linux stocks land in the poorhouse' |
Monday August 14, @05:23PM [ General News ]
From a RedHerring.com story: "Linux companies are having a hard time figuring out how to make money from something that's free. Quelle surprise. Last year the entire sector generated a measly $67 million in revenue, which pales in comparison to operating system revenue from Microsoft alone. The Evil Empire, Linux is not."
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| AOL's Linux software published on Web site |
Monday August 14, @05:15PM [ General News ]
A technology site, Techpages.com, made America Online's Linux software available Sunday, reports CNET's News.com. AOL's been working its Linux software, code-named Gamera, since May 1999. |
| Getloaded.com loads more trucks with Baymountain's help |
Monday August 14, @05:00PM [ GNU/Linux ]
The trucking site benefits from Baymountain's full-service managed hosted
solution, reports Linux PR. |
| Linux: best kept secret for Virtual Private Networks |
Monday August 14, @04:30PM [ GNU/Linux ]
OpenReach's TrueSpan lets companies connect multiple sites to the same LAN, via the Internet , reports Planet IT. |
| Dot-coms falling from Nasdaq's grace |
Monday August 14, @04:30PM [ Internet ]
The market has begun to boot Internet companies that are falling below its standards, reports The Standard. |
| Linux group pushes petition about European patent laws |
Monday August 14, @04:30PM [ Patents and Trademarks ]
The Register reports that the Eurolinux.org, together with some other non-profit organizations, has produced an online petition for the European Parliament protesting against planned changes in European patent laws. |
| MandrakeSoft ports Linux-Mandrake to SPARC |
Monday August 14, @04:00PM [ Announcements ]
NewsAlert reports that MandrakeSoft today announced that its award winning solution, Linux-Mandrake, has been ported to Sun Microsystems' SPARC(TM) and UltraSPARC(TM) platforms. |
| Guide to choosing a modem for Linux |
Monday August 14, @04:00PM [ Business ]
"The real test of the BSDs on the corporate desktop is going to be the
spreadsheet" from BSD Today. |
| Ogg Vorbis - The Free Alternative To MP3 |
Monday August 14, @03:00PM [ Open Source ]
Interview with Christopher Montgomery about the process and the product necessary to take on mp3, from Slashdot. |
| TurboLinux delivers first IA64 port of Helix Code GNOME |
Monday August 14, @03:00PM [ GNU/Linux ]
TurboLinux, Inc., today announced availability of the fifth upgrade of its IA-64 Linux distribution that includes the world's first IA-64 port of Helixcode's GNOME desktop and other enhancements to optimize performance on Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor-based server and workstation systems, reported by NewsAlert. |
| Interview with Apache's Behlendorf |
| Dell to demo Linux on Itanium |
Monday August 14, @02:00PM [ GNU/Linux ]
The Register reports that Dell will demo an Intel Itanium-based server running Linux at LinuxWorld Expo later today. |
| Sun puts dollars and suits behind GNOME |
| New competition for Microsoft |
Monday August 14, @01:30PM [ GNU/Linux ]
The New York Times reports that a group of Linux software developers and
computer makers plan to create a foundation to offer a unified desktop user interface and a set of productivity programs intended to compete
as a free alternative to Microsoft Office. |
Monday August 14, @02:30PM [ Internet ]
The International Olympic Committee has essentially blocked Web sites from covering the games in Sydney, Australia reports TheStandard. |
| Legal advice for your 'Company X sucks' site |
Monday August 14, @08:16AM [ General News ]
So you think a big corporation has done you wrong, and you want to announce it to the world? Wired.com has some
warnings and advice. |
| Site appeals to cell-phone haters |
Friday August 11, @01:00PM [ Humor ]
Do you sometimes want to smash the cell phone of the guy who just cut you off on the freeway? From phonebashing.com: "It was not by chance that we came to be doing what we are now doing. We have been looking for a fiendish project to get our teeth in to for the past six months. A friend who works for a lighting company, that shall remain nameless,informed us that he was working on a video shoot for an anti mobile phone song. He also let us know that the main characters in the video would be wearing man-size mobile phone suits. After an evening of heavy drinking a plan was hatched and all concerned decided that this was a cause worth fighting for." |
| Home-Made Airplane Lands on Truck |
Friday August 11, @10:00AM [ Internet ]
A United Nations arbitrator has awarded comedian Rita Rudner the right to the Internet domain name ritarudner.com. |
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