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Positioned as a product for entry-level needs, StillSecure's Strata Guard Free sports many of the same features offered by its higher-end commercial brethren. Strata Guard Free offers several key features that make it an ideal security product for small offices, especially when one considers the price—it's free.

The SilverStorm 9000 Fabric Director system will provide a 20 Gb/s InfiniBand DDR interconnect backbone for an AMD Opteron dual processor-based 110-node Linux Networx Custom Supersystem with integrated visualization and a performance-tuned storage system.

[Wonder how Doom 3 would work on that -- grouch]

Flock is a "social browser" built on the Firefox code base, which integrates blogging, photo sharing with Flickr or Photobucket, "favorites" (a.k.a. bookmarks) using del.icio.us or Shadows, and other collaborative features. Last November I took a look at an early Flock release, and found it to be interesting, if a little bit rough. The Flock folks have been hard at work, and the new Flock beta release looks solid enough to be a must for users who spend a great deal of time blogging, sharing pictures, or using services like del.icio.us.

IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system development.

[LXer member IdaAshley has already posted each of these, I think, but this article puts them all together in one list. -- grouch]

PHP has grown to become one of the most popular scripting languages on the web. It offers many possibilities to its users, from building a complex and innovative content management system to forming a simplistic family photo album. PHP is also a useful programming language in that it helps eliminate redundancy while promoting time-saving and dynamic methodology. With PHP and an object-oriented approach (OO), using PHP has countless advantages. Peter Lavin's highlights this and more inObject-Oriented PHP.

Hyperic, a renowned player in next-generation IT management platforms, is adopting an open source business model for Hyperic HQ, its flagship product.

While I prefer allowing every user to customize his system, some managers may want to keep users from messing up a standard configuration. There are two basic approaches to this process. First, you can disable access to the key tools. Second, you can change ownership and permissions on associated configuration files to prevent changes by regular users.

Also announces addition of two new Linux plans featuring Ruby on Rails and enhancement of their entire Linux hosting plan lineup with PHP 5.

[This is not an endorsement by LXer just as there is no LXer endorsement for other press releases posted.-- grouch]

Four large mobile phone vendors, together with two major wireless operators, will create an open Linux implementation for mobile phones.

IBM Japan today announced the implementation of NYK Line's new accounting system as part of the company's medium-term management plan "New Horizon 2007" announced in March 2005.
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The strongest feature of IBM's mainframe z990 is its ability to run its flagship z/OS operating system concurrently with open and industry standard technologies such as Linux and Java™ Linux on a single server. Another distinguishing feature is the z990 offers an Integrated Facility for Linux, a central processor dedicated to Linux workloads, which allows users to temporarily turn on additional IFL engine capacity for spikes in usage, thereby enabling better cost management and utilization of IT resources.

A consortium of top mobile phone manufacturers and operators has decided to form a foundation to standardise smartphone operating systems.

ASCII art has evolved from flashy text messages cooked up with underscores and hashes to more complex and appealing designs, but creating such patterns takes some effort. boxes is an excellent utility that can help you create interesting ASCII artwork.

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server for SUN Sparc 64bit architecture.

Smart Trade Rolls Out Java Open Source FIX Engine, SunGard and TradingScreen Integrate OMS and EMS Offerings, Ryan Beck Selects Archive Systems to Boost Operational Efficiency

Securtex International is shipping a line of Linux-powered DVRs (digital video recorders) for security and surveillance applications. The Network Advanced Video Surveillance - Embedded (NAVS-E) DVRs support 4, 8, or 16 cameras, and offer simultaneous remote recording/playback/monitoring through Windows client and management software.

The State Ministry for Research and Technology is leading a national drive for government departments, local administrations and businesses to use legal, open-source programs on office computers instead of pirated software.

Opinion: Times of change are times of opportunity. Can Linux make the most of its shot?

Last year there had been much chatter about abandoning any format that did not comply with open-source document standards. This pretty much would have meant that Microsoft's Office wouldn't occupy any of the desktops in State offices.

[I think the author is a bit confused about what "open-source" and "open standards" are. -- grouch]

Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed, a new IT volume from Addison-Wesley Professional, includes new and additional material based on the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora Core Linux distribution, according to the book's publisher.

The new Google Earth for Linux is both a great tool and a great toy, writes DesktopLinux.com columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. Find the TV dish on your roof, discover a new route to grandma's house, or simply be an eye in the sky.