Phoronix has posted screenshots from id Software Quake 4
Latest Jini development kit uses Apache license, part of Sun's plan to make Jini Community resemble an open-source project.
Sun releases Jini with open-source license
Sun releases Jini with open-source license
Novell announced Wednesday it will release its research on desktop software designs to help open-source developers know what is appealing to end-users.
Novell aids open source desktop designers
Novell aids open source desktop designers
MySQL is eyeing a November release date for Version 5 of its open-source database, a major upgrade that the company hopes will make it a bigger player among enterprise customers
New MySQL database may ship next month
New MySQL database may ship next month
The GNU/Linux User Show #18 is online
Move could speed resolution of SCO Group's hot-button Linux-related suit against Big Blue.
IBM drops patent claims against SCO
IBM drops patent claims against SCO
Phoronix has posted AbiWord v2.4.0 screenshots
For the second time in three months, a security breach has shut down the marketing Web site used to promote the Firefox browser. Late Monday, members of the Spread Firefox community were notified that their Spreadfirefox.com site had been hit by attackers looking to exploit a bug in the TWiki collaboration software, which had been running on the server.
Firefox advocacy site hacked again
Firefox advocacy site hacked again
Phoronix has posted screenshots of VDrift v2005-10-02
The TechZone has an article showing how we use Linux everyday and may not know it.
Phoronix reports that Ageia PhysX support Linux
Issue 17 of the GNU/Linux User Show is online
In this introductory article, Steve Hargadon, who spearheaded an OpenSource project to assist hurricane Katrina victims, helps identify the many benefits of using Linux Thin-clients.
Rescuing a School Technology Program: Linux Thin-Clients
Rescuing a School Technology Program: Linux Thin-Clients
The desktop PC in business is a dying entity. Microsoft’s method of licensing and dominating PCs, and thereby the desktop, began over 20 years ago. It began in an era where the unique power of a personal computer offered an individual user freedom to operate applications and control data.
Linux in Business: The Desktop is Dying
Linux in Business: The Desktop is Dying
Opera Software is giving away an ad-free version of their Opera browser as part of the Opera 10-year online anniversary party
The core of IBM Cloudscape is the Apache Derby open source database. With both you can take advantage of Java integration to create Java functions and stored procedures. This article shows you the fundamental architecture of Derby and how it can be embedded inside a client or a server application, the use of standard JDBC calls to manipulate the data and summary of the security mechanisms available in Derby.
Maybe you already noticed that the compatibility list backend engine has been finally updated. What you see is the first phase of a transformation to a free (as in freedom) user submitted compatibility database. All new submissions are automatically licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
Bruce Perens, a luminary in the open-source software field, has been rejected in his attempt to join a new committee at the...
Perens shut out of OSI license committee
Perens shut out of OSI license committee
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O, weighing in on the fractious issue of protecting copyrighted digital content, on Sunday announced a project it calls the Open Media Commons initiative aimed at creating an open-source, royalty-free digital-rights management standard.
Sun Micro announces open-source DRM project
Sun Micro announces open-source DRM project
Smart cards take the functions you've come to expect in magnetic swipe cards to a whole new level: they can contain a large amount of data and even executable programs. The Java
Card spec brings the power of the Java language to smart cards. This article shows you how to use the Java Card's power to build Kerberos-based security to a mobile application with Java Card applets.
Card spec brings the power of the Java language to smart cards. This article shows you how to use the Java Card's power to build Kerberos-based security to a mobile application with Java Card applets.
