Submission + - Microsoft Drops GPLv3 Like a Hot Rock 1
pilsner.urquell writes: "Microsoft yesterday issued a statement proclaiming that is isn't bound by GPLv3. Grolaw has a very humorous article about Microsoft's statement."
Feed Linux.com: Help choose the 2007 SourceForge.net Community Choice Award winners (linux.com)
Now that the SourceForge.net community has selected the nominees, you can vote for the projects you think represent "the cream of the crop on SourceForge.net."
Submission + - Red Hat wants interoperability without patent pled
AxminsterLeuven writes: Ars Technica reports on Microsoft's refusal to work with Red Hat on Windows/Linux interoperability, without Red Hat signing a patent deal first: "Linux distributor Red Hat wants to work with Microsoft to improve interoperability without signing a patent pledge, but Microsoft says that a mutual patent indemnification pact — like the controversial covenant not to sue that Microsoft established with Novell — is a prerequisite for collaboration."
Submission + - Iphone battery program 1
epidemic99 writes: According to this article there is already a battery recall program issued by Apple for the Iphone. What is even worse is that according to the article Apple is not covering the battery repair, which can't be replaced by users and will cost $79, plus $6.95 for shipping! How can Apple not cover a product that was just released a week ago? If this article turns out to be true it will be a huge PR nightmare for Apple, who is just starting to gain some traction. Even Microsoft recently announced that they are extending their Xbox 360 warranty to 3 years after the products repeated hardware problems.
Submission + - Red Hat admits to secret patent talks with Microso
E5Rebel writes: "Red Hat's chief executive has revealed that the company held talks with Microsoft last year over a possible patent agreement like the software giant's controversial deal with Novell.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operatin g-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?newsid=3780"
Submission + - Develop Ajax on ASP.NET and port to Linux (ajaxwidgets.com)
polterguy writes: "With the latest Gaia Ajax Widgets release it is now possible to port Gaia Ajax web applications written for ASP.NET onto Linux by using the latest version of Mono. In the latest release of Gaia Ajax Widgets the developers behind the product announced 100% support for not only Mono but also Opera. Not bad for a "service pack" release. The Gaia Ajax Widgets website. A screenshot of their Gaia Window with their Hasta La Vista Skin taken from a Ubuntu system running Gaia on Mono."
Submission + - Googlebot following Gmail users?
omeomi writes: "I recently set up a script that emails URL's with unique id's to users of a mailing list that I maintain. When users click on the URL in their email, they are directed to a private page on my website, and their username and IP address is logged. However, I noticed that when the user is a Gmail user, their IP address is always followed by a Googlebot-IP address (confirmed with whois). It appears that the Googlebot follows Gmail users when they click on links in their emails. I wonder, what does it do with this information? Is it used only for Gmail-advertising, or are these pages that I've intended to be private and unique being indexed by Google? Has anybody else experienced this?"
Submission + - Nintendo to open up Wii Console (bbc.co.uk)
the_crowing writes: [Nintendo] has released a set of game-making tools called WiiWare that give budding game makers the data they need to use the console and its innovative controller. Wii owners will be able to download the games through net channels accessible via the console. Nintendo said the first games would be available for download in early 2008.
Submission + - Major eclipse release adds ruby IDE
sghbirch writes: "The Eclipse Foundation has announced the availability of its annual coordinated project release, this year code named Europa. The new release adds direct IDE support for ruby, new runtime code for server apps, and developer tools for service-oriented architecture.
A complete list of changes and new features
can be found here
The new release will be available from eclipse.org on Friday 29 June."
The new release will be available from eclipse.org on Friday 29 June."
Submission + - Theo de Raadt details Intel Core 2 bugs
Eukariote writes: Recently, Intel patched bugs in its Core 2 processors . Details were scarce, soothing words that a BIOS update was all that was required were spoken. OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has now provided more details and analysis on outstanding, fixed, an non-fixable Core 2 bugs. Some choice quotes: "Some of these bugs (...) will *ASSUREDLY* be exploitable from userland code.", "Some of these are things that cannot be fixed in running code, and some are things that every operating system will do until about mid-2008".
Submission + - Google Desktop Search for Linux (desktoplinux.com)
oever writes: "Google has released Google Desktop Search for Linux today. The closed source software package will compete with the large selection of open source desktop solutions that are currently available. Interest in projects like Beagle and Strigi might decline as a result of this release. Google Desktop Search does not yet adhere to the free desktop search standard Xesam."
Submission + - Linux finally getting XBMC
B47h0ry'5 CuR53 writes: XBMC is getting ported to Linux. A few developers of Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux using OpenGL and the SDL toolkit. In this effort, they are recruiting developers. XBMC is, by far, one of the finest projects to come out of the open source community; and to think it is homebrew. XBMC is a massive project, with the current SVN branch weighing about 350M before compilation. Porting it will be a big effort and any hackers willing to contribute should check out the Linux port project.
Submission + - A Full Linux Alternative To Windows Home Server?
ben_ writes: The ZD Net UK website has a proposal for the open-source/Linux community to come up with an alternative to Windows Home Server.
From the posting: "There are a lot of Linux experts on this site. I challenge them to come up with a list of applications that work the best for each of the given functions found in Windows Home Server. Show me a list of something that you guys think will beat or meet Windows Home Server, that will work for a lot of people and that you think can be easily reproduced. I will build it and give you an honest appraisal of my experiences while doing it. I will document it well enough that others less skilled will be able to do it. I'd like to be able to release it as a DIY compilation distro if possible."
From the posting: "There are a lot of Linux experts on this site. I challenge them to come up with a list of applications that work the best for each of the given functions found in Windows Home Server. Show me a list of something that you guys think will beat or meet Windows Home Server, that will work for a lot of people and that you think can be easily reproduced. I will build it and give you an honest appraisal of my experiences while doing it. I will document it well enough that others less skilled will be able to do it. I'd like to be able to release it as a DIY compilation distro if possible."
Submission + - Wii fights PS3: new game every 2 weeks!
destinyland writes: Last week Sony announced they'd release
34 new PS3 games within the next year — but the Wii just struck back. On July 30, after the release of Mario Strikers Charged, Nintendo will release an astounding 12 new Wii games within the next two months. And the release rate for Nintendo DS is even more amazing, with two new games every week from July through September — 36 in all. If the console wars will be won with games — Nintendo just launched a nuclear missile.
Submission + - Is a Virtual Firewall ready for use in production?
hunte writes: I'm planning a server/network infrastructure upgrade. I manage a couple of web servers (with circa 300 small/medium web sites), one database server, one mail server and an OpenBSD firewall on a 10 mbps line. I want to consolidate all my old servers into a single "big piece of iron" powered by some virtualization software (like VmWare, XEN, etc... is not the point).
Is a good choice using this virtual machine infrastructure also for the firewall?
Of course, the virtual machine host will be totally fault tolerant and redundant.
Is a good choice using this virtual machine infrastructure also for the firewall?
Of course, the virtual machine host will be totally fault tolerant and redundant.
