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REP. Teodoro Casiño is expected to file a bill this week mandating the use of free and open source software and open standards in all government projects.

The two aren't poles apart, says Neil McAllister

This service is being implemented within the National Vulnerability Database at NIST, based on Red Hat's recommendation.

Freedom. It’s such a loaded term. It represents so many things: the ability to do stuff unfettered, letting the press say whatever they want, invading foreign nations to pass the time, a glorious ideal. I started thinking about it recently because there’s a furniture chain in Australia called “Freedom” and I always get a kick out of signs in shopping centres with arrows that direct shoppers to the food court, toilets, and freedom... “Free” also means lots of things. Free as in libre... Free as in beer... Interestingly enough, they aren’t as different as you might think! In fact, there is a new kind of beer sweeping Denmark, and it is like free software BUT BEER! How fun!

Dear Nick: Why does my computer seem to lock up whenever it tries to open a new link? For instance, I tried to open your profile from RNews, but instead I received the "Not responding" message and my computer sat there doing nothing for about a minute before it recovered and stayed at the RNews page from which I started. I cannot open a new link from anywhere I go. Help! Frustrated ...

[If you support Windows users in your daily operations, you'll want to read this one. It's a tech question for which the response is, "the fix might cost you". At least the tech editor recommends a serious alternative solution - Firefox. - dcparris]

Siemens Medical Solutions' Magnetom family of MRI systems are designed to fit into modern health management. The systems feature multichannel imaging, which allows simultaneous placement of up to four coils. With more and more applications calling for higher resolution images, ultra-high-field MRI technology has become compulsory for medical institutions.

Usage of Eclipse to help build rich, client-side interactive user interfaces has been growing, according to an Evans Data survey.

Spiceworks is adding more IT management features to its free, ad-supported software, for which over 5,000 customers have signed up in about a month's time.

[Not all the news is good. The sad thing is, these businesses could benefit greatly from Free/Open Source Software - no need to depend on adware. - dcparris]

The Plesk version 8.0 is now available on all Avantex Linux servers and all Linux Virtual servers.

Nando's has revamped its ICT infrastructure and restaurant connectivity using Open Source in order to improve productivity. "The [previous] solution was not providing head office with accurate and reliable communications on a regular basis. This would often result in staff having to manually retrieve the missing information from each restaurant," explains Yossi Hasson, sales and marketing director at Synaq.

IP STB (internet protocol set-top box) specialist Softier is demonstrating a new Linux-based model at the IBC tradeshow this week in Amsterdam. The Wave-400 runs Linux on a Texas Instruments (TI) Davinci RISC/DSP chip, and can be customized using Javascript and other web technologies, Softier says.

Trolltech today announced the availability of the Qt 4.2 Release Candidate: a feature-complete preview of the upcoming new version of its leading framework for high-performance, cross-platform development. The Release Candidate is the final preview of Qt 4.2 before the final release, scheduled for early Q4 2006.

Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capiobanco definitely thinks open source contributors should be compensated for their time and effort — at least for the plug-ins and functionality in most demand from his customers.

THE anti-Linux company, SCO has blamed the success of Linux for the reason that its business is still losing money.

Amidst the growing furore about HP's attempt to overtake the CIA, KGB and Mosad as the world's least popular spying operation, Sneak has to admit at least a grudging admiration for the stunning chutzpah of Mark Hurd's evil empire.

Mozilla Corp. has hired a former Microsoft Corp. security strategist to help lock down its open-source products against online attacks.

[This has to be a first - someone actually hiring a Microsoft executive for, of all things, security. And just when I thought I had seen it all! - dcparris]

Endpoint encryption software for Linux desktops and laptops, Pointsec for Linux 2.0. Pointsec now offers Linux users new features including support for remote help, single sign-on and broader security for all system files starting from a pre-boot authentication.

[Pointsec appears to be non-libre. However, it may be of interest to some of our corporate readers. - dcparris]

Dutch mesh networking specialist Hopling Technologies will develop and support Linux BSPs (board support packages) for Fujitsu's WiMAX SoCs and reference designs, the companies have announced. Hopling's BSPs and commercial support contracts will help network operators and product designers bring WiMAX products and services to market, according to the companies.

MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, announced the election of a new independent member to its board of directors: Dana Evan (pictured), CFO and executive vice president of Finance and Administration for VeriSign, Inc.