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Open-Source Copyright Conflict Heats Up
A quick resolution to the Mambo open-source copyright dispute seems unlikely now that one of the parties has rejected an offer for mediation.
Mandrake gets contract to boost Linux security
A consortium including Mandrakesoft, the Paris-based Linux seller that recently exited bankruptcy protection, has won a three-year contract worth 7 million euro ($8.6 million) to improve Linux security.
Danish government agency opts for open source
The Ministry of Finance in Denmark has implemented an open-source project to simplify data exchange between systems.
Case Study on Mozilla and Open Source
"A student of Mine, Julie Blaustein, did her thesis on the creation and transference of value in open source. She used Mozilla as a case to do her thesis. The thesis was completed in December last year. What is interesting though is that many things pointed out to in her thesis (as of late last year) are happening now in terms of the Firefox browser."
Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security
A consortium including Mandrakesoft, the Paris-based Linux seller that recently exited bankruptcy protection, has won a three-year contract worth 7 million euro ($8.6 million) to improve Linux security.
Mandrakesoft: 1-million-euro contract to help build secure Linux solution
Mandrakesoft has won a 1-million-euro, three-year contract to help create a highly secure, Linux-based solution for the French Ministry of Defense. Managed by a five-member consortium, the project will take a Linux based solution to CC-EAL5 (Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 5). This contract, Mandrakesoft's largest thus far, demonstrates the validity of the company's strategy of developing new business in the government and corporate marketplace.
PHP 4.3.9 Released
This is a maintenance release that in addition to over 50 non-critical bug fixes, addresses a problem with GPC input processing. This release also re-introduces ability to write GIF images via the bundled GD extension. All Users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release as soon as possible.
Thanks to Linux, this beer's for you!
Want to send your best buddy, boss, or promising client a drink "on you" via your wireless phone? You can, if your friend lives in London. Eagle Eye Solutions, based in the United Kingdom, is launching a new service today called Buymeabeer.com using a Linux-based server platform.
Local startup serves Windows with Linux
Allowing multiple users to seamlessly access Windows desktop and applications remotely without the performance hit associated with thin clients is being put into production by Sydney-based startup NetLeverage.
Linux takes off at German aerospace firm
Over the last three years MTU Aero Engines has built up two parallel Linux clusters which contain a total of 448 processors. MTU's supercomputer is now ranked at 179 in the Top500 supercomputers.
SpamAssassin sports new open-source license
Programmers on Wednesday released the new version 3.0 of SpamAssassin, open-source software for filtering out unwanted e-mail, but the changes are as much legal as technological.
HOWTO: Using Linux to simplify wildlife hunting
The process of hunting typically requires a lot of time just waiting for the animal to show up. Using a Linux box, a cheap webcam, and a modem, one can make the job a lot more comfortable and take up a lot less of your time in the field.
Hardening Linux authentication and user identity
PAM is an authentication mechanism that originated on Solaris, but is used on various systems, including Linux. The Linux PAM implementation allows a system administrator to choose how users authenticate to various services. New modules can be added by an administrator at any time, offering overall flexibility in how authentication happens.
KDE.org.uk Launched
A new KDE website has been launched! KDE.org.uk promotes the K Desktop Environment and showcases activities of KDE developers and contributors around the United Kingdom. If you want to help with creating more content on KDE.org.uk or get involved in KDE events in the UK, please contact the KDE.org.uk team.
Linux Australia trademark battle takes new twist
A company which had tried to trademark the term Linux Australia, prompting the intervention of Linus Torvalds, is now suing its own former executives
Scientific Linux - Quantian 0.5.9.4
LinuxBeta.com has prepared some screenshots of this 'Scientific Computing Environment'.
Microsoft to secure IE for XP only
If you're one of about 200 million people using older versions of Windows and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet Explorer, get your credit card ready.
What you're telling me by running Windows
There's a community center in my town where you can do things like take classes for a variety of interesting things, play basketball, run on an indoor track, or exercise in the workout facility. Until recently I bought monthly membership passes to use the exercise rooms -- until, that is, someone in management decided to start collecting more information about the members and storing everything on a small, unmonitored, Internet-connected, Windows XP-based network. What were these clowns thinking?
Moving from Windows to Linux by Chuck Easttom
Is this the right book to introduce Microsoft power users to Linux?
Statistical programming with R
This series introduces you to R, a rich statistical environment, released as free software. It includes a programming language, an interactive shell, and extensive graphing capability. What's more, R comes with a spectacular collection of functions for mathematical and statistical manipulations -- with still more capabilities available in optional packages.
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