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Overhaul your Firefox bookmarking with help here, or see our tutorial on super bookmarks.....
Which Linux distros are best for multimedia enthusiasts?.....
David Liu, founder and CEO behind gOS--the Linux operating system you remember from the $200 Wal-Mart machines--weighs in on the gOS 3 beta and netbooks.....
Marketcetera adds real-time equity data to its open source trading platform.....
Where did Red Hat come up with its name?.....
Red Hat has taken the unusual step today of publicly disclosing the terms of a settlement with Firestar Software over allegations of patent violation. At the time of the settlement, all Red Hat would say was that it satisfies the most stringent patent provisions in open source licenses Today, they're saying a bit more.
Last week, Microsoft announced Equipt, a subscription service for Microsoft Office and related products. The product, which will cost $70/year and be sold at Circuit City stores, will provide the user with one year of updated anti-virus and spyware programs, Microsoft Office, and access to the Live workspace product for sharing documents. Equipt is not an open-source package. Rather, this is a way to keep the revenue coming from Microsoft Office. But Microsoft's new pricing strategy both vindicates and challenges business strategies employed by open-source companies.
At $156.6 million, Red Hat's first quarter revenue is up 32 percent year-over-year, and Matt Asay notes that it increased R&D spending by 33 percent.....
Openmoko is shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India.....
Wired weighs in on Google's Android OS.....
Coverity's David Maxwell on quality issues in open source software.....
Is there a partnership or acquisition in the works involving Red Hat and Oracle? The grapevine apparently claims so and we speculated about an Oracle acquisition a while ago--still think it makes sense.....
How many members of the open source community are women? It's hard to get an exact number, but a post at Pingdom lists many of the leading women, and cites market research showing them at about 1.5 percent of the total community.....
Open source tools for the digital living room.....
A Dutch charity is funding an open source project to create smart card software.....
