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The growth of free, open-source software presents developing countries with an opportunity to escape from technological dependence, United Nations University experts say. They say Linux represent a phenomenon changing in the information technologies world.

As governments around the world increasingly turn on to open source software, the West Australian government has no choice but to play a leadership role if it doesn't want to be left behind.

Nicholas Negroponte has become a household word in China today even though it is quite difficult for Chinese to remember and pronounce his name. This is not only because of his famous investment on Sohu.com but also because of his controversial best seller Being Digital and his unconventional and legendary life.

My question in a nut shell then is this: if those guys can do a podcast of Groklaw automatically, why can't the same mechanism be used to podcast anything in text a blind person wanted read, preferably in Ogg? Of course, a person on his own computer doesn't need a podcast, only the file.

[Got an account on Groklaw? Know something about screen readers? Accessibility is an urgent need.]

" I thought you'd be interested in knowing that the Wallace v. FSF case has been dismissed, with Mr. Wallace ordered to pay the Free Software Foundation's costs. Mr. Wallace's application to file a fourth Amended Complaint was denied and the Free Software Foundation's Motion to Dismiss was granted."

The Real-time Linux Workshop is soliciting papers for its eighth annual conference, set for October 12-15 in Lanzhou, China. Papers should present original work on general topics related to real-time Linux research, experiments, and case studies, as well as integrating Linux with other RTOSes (real-time operating systems), according to organizer Nicholaus McGuire.

Dear Nick: You keep talking about Linux, but what is it? Can I run my regular programs on it? How much does it cost? What's the big deal anyway?

Answer: Linux is an operating system, like Windows is an operating system. Both let you run applications, interact with hardware such as cameras and microphones, and use disk drives. They both have windows, mouse cursors, right-click menus, on-screen clocks, utilities, cool toys ... pretty much everything you could expect.

Article in UK-Based Magazine 'The Economist' Seems Disappointingly FUD-Ridden offering an opinion that suggests neither Weber or The Economist is aware of things like BitTorrent.

He is quick to note that ETrade’s IT group understands risk pointing to the company’s move to open source software beginning 2002.

The system is designed to scale with both UNIX and Linux enterprise applications on demand. Dow Jones Electronic Publishing and an extensive IBM team worked closely to enhance Dow Jones application performance.

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[ED: If you get kicks from finance and implicit Linux recognizition by the fat cats, then this is a must read. What's happening to the WSJ? Falling behind? - HC]

Craigslist chief executive, Jim Buckmaster, aims to offer a public service, not add zeros to his bank balance

Craigslist only charges in three cities - asking for fees from companies placing recruitment adverts on its San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York sites. Is this business model sustainable? Buckmaster thinks so. Costs are kept low by using open source software such as Linux, which means there are no licensing costs to pay. The company doesn't want to employ many more staff.

The company has for years marketed its products to the tech elite within big companies. Now Microsoft is making concerted effort to speak the language of top executives.

[All this time I thought they avoided the "tech elite" to get the CEO to buy the latest viral-ware for the trickle-down effect]

Turbolinux, Inc., a global leader of Linux-based solutions, today announced that it was honored with an NEC CLUSTERPRO Award for Best Sales of Linux High Availability Clustering Software at the CLUSTERPRO 10th anniversary celebration.

"We aren't looking to compete with the mainstream PC brands such as Lenovo and Apple as we are in a different class altogether," said Zhang Fuxin of the Institute of Computing Technology. The laptop uses Linux software and does not support Microsoft's Windows program, he said.

15 and 16 July 2006 the Crystal Space team, together with the Center of Learning and Knowledge Management and Department of Computer Science in Mechanical Engineering (ZLW/IMA) at the university of Aachen (Germany) will hold the very first Crystal Space Conference. During those two days developers and users of Crystal Space will talk about technical and artistic issues related to developing 3D games using the Crystal Space framework.

[Ed.: Has link to conference registration site.]

[Ed.: 24 monitors, 30 million pixels, 12 Linux servers, $40,000 LCD]

“Other schools and institutions have built power wall displays, but what makes this one unique in that ours is reconfigurable and can be curved around the user,” North said.

A small, US-based professional services and consulting company specializing in embedded Linux reports that its revenues grew by an order of magnitude in 2005, while its staff size tripled. Embedded Alley Solutions CEO Pete Popov says the company was also able to increase its level of profitability during the year.

Second S2 title coming to a Linux Client near you

"We received tremendous support from the Linux community for our first title, Savage: The Battle for Newerth," said Marc DeForest, co-founder and lead designer of S2 Games.

"Skolelinux, the Debian-edu project's Custom Debian Distribution, is installed in hundreds of schools in Norway, Germany, and other countries. "

Negroponte's $100 laptop meets "Varsavsky’s Madrid-based venture to create a 'bottom-up' global mesh of Wi-Fi hot spots" meets Gottschall's "Linux-based firmware to allow people to share Wi-Fi connections safely"