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Dell commits to green dream

News When questioned on whether Dell would promote Linux more heavily as an environmentally sustainable alternative to Microsoft Windows Vista, which has been criticised by Greenpeace and others for its reliance on powerful hardware and its influence...

Tags: laptop, pc, dell, green

[16 May 2008]

LiMo targets the business mobile

News He told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "We're looking at two of the very well-known Linux-distribution companies that currently operate in the enterprise space but are interested in bridging between the enterprise and mobile.

Tags: business, mobile, linux

[15 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…

Comment So what you are saying is you have no systems management experience on Unix or Linux systems, especially if you regard them as "bulky" - have you taken a look at Vista's hardware footprint recently? So before you dismiss open source out of hand I...

Tags: password, offshore, outsourcing

[08 May 2008]

7 More Red Hat Linux Tips and Tricks

whitepaper Are you looking for a quick and simple reference guide to help you navigate Red Hat® LinuxTM systems? Global Knowledge and Red Hat have assembled a second set of Tips and Tricks written by Red Hat Certified Engineers® (RHCEs) to give you an edge on...

Tags: local area networks (lan), hat, red hat, guide

[30 Apr 2008]

India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...

Photo It comes with a choice of operating system: Windows Vista Business or Novell SuSE Linux. Pictured are the different layers of the cable, including the fibreoptic itself, a protective steel sheath, copper sheet which carries 12kV of charge to power...

Tags: hyderabad, robots, bangalore

[29 Apr 2008]

Photos: Robots, lasers, action

Photo El-E's power and computation is all on board and runs Ubuntu Linux on a Mac Mini. You know the future has arrived when scientists bring together two staples of science fiction: lasers and robots. Ordering El-E to retrieve an item is as simple as...

Tags: healthcare, laser, robotics

[10 Apr 2008]

The Open Group Certification Program: Get Certified for the Job You're Doing

whitepaper In a world of Linux, Windows, and Apple operating systems working on a multitude of hardware platforms, IT engineers must be highly flexible. Discover what the benefits of obtaining the ITAC are and what they can mean to the user and their business.

Tags: linux - open source

[09 Apr 2008]

People are mugs over identity theft

Comment That news may well find favour beyond the present generation of Linux programmers and the traditional Information Taliban. If you have ever attempted to report an internet-related crime at your local police station, you can imagine how the civilian...

Tags: social networks, fraud, identity theft, security

[08 Apr 2008]

Open source to go mainstream, says Gartner

News However, Gartner argues that at the operating-system level, Linux deployments are showing smaller benefits in total cost of ownership as it is applied to more demanding projects, because of the technical skills required to use it: "Much of the...

Tags: gartner, linux, open source

[07 Apr 2008]

silicon.com Classics: 10 weird uses for an iPod

News From running Linux, to committing theft or improving sports performance, silicon.com found Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect. Most people are happy to use their iPod for listening to tunes and watching the occasional video, but the latest...

Tags: ipod

[03 Apr 2008]

Adobe gives Linux breath of fresh AIR

News Google is sponsoring programmers at CodeWeavers who are using Wine to write a Linux version of Photoshop and other Creative Suite applications. Adobe has released an alpha version of AIR on Linux and announced it is joining the Linux Foundation.

Tags: adobe, air, mac, linux

[01 Apr 2008]

Open source owes popularity to anti-US vibe?

News Whitehurst also explained Red Hat's business model, saying that payments for support allowed enterprise users to have a version of Linux which they can rely on: "You can sleep at night, knowing that it does not go down.

Tags: open source, us, conference, anti

[27 Mar 2008]

'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market

News He said that while the market is currently dominated by Nokia and Symbian, Linux and the "growing stature" of Windows Mobile will put pressure on the establishment. More on the iPhone   Apple iPhone 'ready for business'   Doctor...

Tags: iphone, ipod, mobile, smartphone

[25 Mar 2008]

Intel's Classmate registering in Europe and US

News Asus launched its low-cost, stripped-down Linux-based Eee PC last fall specifically for the European, Japanese and US retail markets, and caused quite the stir. More low-cost laptops are headed to a retailer near you.

Tags: olpc, asus, intel, retail

[20 Mar 2008]

Microsoft mobile - king of open world?

News The arrival of OpenMoko and Google's Android are highly anticipated by open source fans such as recently-appointed Linux Australia president Stewart Smith. The world has been turned upside down for Linux developers, thanks to Microsoft's approach...

Tags: mobile, linux, iphone, microsoft

[20 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Cheat Sheet In Google's words, it's a "complete software stack" for mobile phones, built on an open Linux kernel (Linux version 2.6) - so that's an operating system plus all the middleware and key apps you need to drive a mobile phone.

Tags: android, mobile linux, google, mobile phone

[12 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08

Round-Up The leader of the Linux kernel project, which is one of the chief open source threats to Windows, had words of praise for Microsoft. You almost certainly didn't undergo years of academic study to end up strapping RFID chips to the backs of...

Tags: microsoft, torvalds, robots, open source

[29 Feb 2008]

Open source gains business credibility

Open source gains business credibility

News Nic Bellenberg, IT director for publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said as his company does more with the web then open source tools running on Linux are an "incredibly logical choice". Nic Evans, European IT director for Key Equipment Finance, said...

Tags: cio jury, microsoft, linux, open source

[22 Feb 2008]

Linux, Leopard and Vista: The ultimate hack contest

News Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. Linux guys have their propaganda; Windows guys are saying this and that; Apple guys have buried...

Tags: leopard, apple, microsoft, vista

[08 Feb 2008]

Microsoft changes M&A strategy with Yahoo! bid

News Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. I think they've often felt there are few things that they couldn't do better internally. I think it's crucially important but on the other hand I don't think - if for some reason the deal doesn't...

Tags: microsoft, google, web, yahoo!

[05 Feb 2008]

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