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TechWeb - InformationWeek - The $249 Linux-based minidesktop consumes only 2 watts of power, compared with the 100 watts of some desktops. Full text
Open source: What you should learn from the French (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - A decade ago, European countries leapt out of the gate to take the lead in the radical open source movement -- none more so than France -- and left U.S. developers in the proverbial dust. Through policies and high-profile projects, the French Republic for years has been advocating for all open source all the time, in government and education. Full text |
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The $249 Linux-based minidesktop consumes only 2 watts of power, compared with the 100 watts of some desktops. Full text
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Open source databases are being adopted for use with interactive Web apps, small portals, RFID applications, and other new workloads in the enterprise. Full text
InfoWorld - Linux is set to make a major impact in the mobile computing realm, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed at a conference Monday morning. Full text
InfoWorld - WSO2 is releasing on Monday WSO Mashup Server Version 1.5, an open-source product for deploying mashup services featuring Google Gadgets support and interfaces to relational databases and other data sources. Full text
TechWeb - InformationWeek - SCO, which is in bankruptcy protection, may have gotten off lightly. Novell believed it was entitled to more than $20 million in compensation. Full text
PC Magazine - A new open source project allows computer users to add surreptitious location tracking to their systems. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available. Full text
PC World - Cyberlink is putting more emphasis on Linux and netbooks since the Eee PC craze began. Full text
PC World - An early version of an open-source tool for checking the quality of open-source software is now available. Full text
PC World - XTuple has launched the latest edition of its ERP product, which employs a hybrid open-source model. Full text
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Thrift helps keep Facebook's many moving parts working together and keeps outside developers producing new applications in the language that is best for the task. Full text