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Having converted quite a few people to the world of GNU/Linux, I am often asked by parents, "Can I set up parental Web filters for my children using Linux?" The answer is yes, and here's how.

Interview with Sérgio Amadeu da Silveira, the Brazilian government member Microsoft wanted to sue.

The state of Mississippi today put Linux at the heart of its crime-fighting initiatives. A Linux-based mobile system that links local authorities and agencies to public safety information rolled out today in three counties. The Mississippi Automated System Project enables police officers, for example, to have access to mug shots and arrest warrants from their vehicles.

With Microsoft's new Windows CE 5.0 operating system, all licensees will be able to ship products commercially built from their modifications of the operating system's shared source code, Microsoft Corp. announced at this week's Microsoft Windows Embedded Developers' Conference (DevCon) 2004.

Microsoft has dismissed high-profile European government defections to Linux, such as the city of Munich, but admitted Europe will be a key battleground in the ongoing Windows versus Linux war. Speaking to silicon.com at the Tech Ed 2004 conference in Amsterdam this week, Microsoft's European general manager Philippe Dumont said there are cultural reasons for some governments wanting to limit dependency on US-based multinationals.

As Java industry leaders prepare to debate at JavaOne 2004 whether Java's stewardship might be better in the open-source community than with Sun Microsystems, the technology's creator James Gosling weighed in on why he thinks open-sourcing Java remains a tricky issue.

Apple Computer has published updated source code to its Rendezvous network-configuration technology for use in Windows, Linux, Unix and Java applications.

Sun has brought the debate over who is "more open source" down to the playground level, and both companies could do better at it.

PeopleSoft's newly available PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne Tools 8.93 now supports the Linux operating system and BEA WebLogic infrastructure, to increase productivity, reduce installation times, and increase customer choice.

Linux Media Arts, Inc. (LMA) has announced that the L-SERVER, the first 64-bit Linux DDR is now available as a turnkey Digital Disk Recording system for a list price of $8,995.00. This is a groundbreaking price and the first time HD DDR's have been priced well under the typical $30,000 mark for similar systems.

Little doubt exists; a legal cloud hangs over Linux from infringement claims of the SCO Group, Inc. In spite of that cloud, Linux server sales grew 56.9 percent in the first quarter of the year. Linux sales in 2004 follows six consecutive quarters of double-digit growth for the free operating system during unprecedented legal attacks from SCO over the same period.

The new program is designed to attract affiliates among colleges and universities interested in Linux research and deployment. The first institutions joining OSDL under the new program are Marist College, Oregon State University, Stanford University, Tokyo University of Technology and Waseda University in Japan.

Red Hat will this year introduce a new high-end enterprise qualification, even though some observers question whether such certificates are the best way to demonstrate open-source skills.

Skype -- which bills itself as the Global P2P Telephony Company -- is now offering a Linux version of its beta Internet telephone software and service. Like the Windows version which debuted ten months ago, the Linux version is free: at least for the moment. You can download and start using the beta immediately. If you do, you'll be surprised at how good it sounds.