» three mobile technologies you won't see in 2006
abi research has published a prediction of technologies it says are unlikely to achieve widespread adoption in 2006.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4347999761.html

» trojan delivers unwanted gift to windows pcs
a new trojan horse program was infecting pcs on wednesday, exploiting a hole in windows systems to sneak onto computers, then dropping adware or spyware or turning them into zombies, according to several internet security companies.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6011406.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

» old worms learn new tricks
year in review: a seemingly endless barrage of variants of the bagle and mytob worms surfaced this year, but what really pummeled e-mail servers around the globe were two sober offshoots.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6009668.html

» chinese mini-pcs run linux, target specialty apps
a systems integrator in guangdong province, china, is shipping an extensive line of pentium-based minipcs that run linux.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3892602873.html

» gadzooks! the gadget oses are wrestling!
our great gadget smack-down tallies up nearly 800 devices, from mobile phones to cow-milking machines, to find out which os is actually shipping in the most gadgets
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8872373083.html

» red hat profits soar
the enterprise linux vendor has reported impressive financial results which, it says, suggest it is attracting a growing number of unix users
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39243459,00.htm

» open source software and the myth of viral licensing
whether software is free, open or proprietary, its use is governed by copyright and the license terms under which the software is published.
http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2025?jsessionid=f5b5d463b5ee799cf06cd074d7068606

» the open source story of the year
there were many candidates for story of the year in open source, and they were nearly all good news stories.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=533

» virus disguises itself as msn messenger beta
a virus masquerading as a new beta version of microsoft's msn messenger has begun circulating, antivirus company f-secure said on its blog tuesday.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6010163.html

» south korea fines microsoft $32 million
antitrust agency accuses company of unfair trade practices
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/biztech/12/06/south.korea.microsoft.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

» former software chief admits stealing trade secrets
a former software executive's guilty plea to charges of breaking into a rival's computers and stealing trade secrets has offered a rare glimpse into the world of corporate espionage.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5989750.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

» do you trust google?
is it possible to innovate without privacy concerns stepping in the way?
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=41

» spray-on computers
grain-sized semiconductors could one day be sprayed onto surfaces like paint onto walls to give computers access to places previously out of reach.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/index.php?p=90

» just who is microsoft trying to kid?
cutting six months off the upgrade cycle will make applications more rife with bugs than ever
http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/comment/2147364/microsoft-trying-kid

» google fixes glitch that unleashed flood of porn
a technology glitch temporarily turned google's new personal listings service, google base, into a vast, virtual red-light district earlier this week.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5969799.html

» who has the right to control your pc?
sony bmg music entertainment opened a rather ugly can of worms when it started selling copy-protected compact discs that planted so-called rootkit software on computers that played them.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5961609.html

» attackers switching to applications, media players
online criminals shifted their attacks in 2005 from operating systems such as windows to media players and software programs, according to a study released tuesday.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5966663.html

» security experts lift lid on chinese hack attacks
security experts have revealed details about a group of chinese hackers who are suspected of launching intelligence-gathering attacks against the u.s. government.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5969516.html

» bellsouth ups dsl speed
bellsouth has doubled the speed of its fastest broadband service in an effort to compete against cable companies.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5956260.html

» new taxes could run rural broadband
new legislation proposed by two u.s. congressmen on thursday could use taxes on internet telephony and broadband services to fund subsidies for rural broadband deployments.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5959140.html

» verizon testing 7mbps dsl
verizon communications is testing a new service that more than doubles the download speeds on its digital subscriber line service.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5969304.html

» secure remote file management with sshfs
it's a dangerous internet out there, kids. if you are going to work on remotely connected machines, do it safely. simple file transfers and interactive sessions have scp and ssh respectively; in fact there is hardly a commercial web hosting provider left that doesn't support them.
http://tips.linux.com/tips/05/11/11/176206.shtml?tid=100

» desktop linux for small business
is your business ready to take the open source plunge? we test five leading desktop linux distributions and come up with one winner.
http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/130818.html

» microsoft to give office access to rivals
microsoft will on tuesday announce it is opening up access to its office file formats to competitors, as part of a move to ensure the software giant does not lose lucrative government markets for its office software.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/e9f5c0f8-5ab7-11da-8628-0000779e2340.html

» saving linux from the lawyers
concern has grown over the past year that linux could be under legal threat from claims it infringes certain software patents.
http://news.com.com/Saving+Linux+from+the+lawyers/2008-7344_3-5965105.html

» forget the os, it's x86 that's important
virtualisation technology is about to take one more step forward, if sun's announcement that it plans to integrate solaris containers for linux applications bears fruit. the feature is, said sun, designed to allow organisations to run red hat binaries unmodified in containers on the sun os by year end. additionally, sun has demonstrated virtual solaris in a xen wrapper.
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?featureid=1989&inkc=0

» banks choose windows over linux
banks worldwide are opting for the predictability and familiarity of microsoft's windows for application servers over linux, according to a global financial services software company.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1360562568;fp;16;fpid;0

» move over, mac mini -- minipc runs linux
a taiwanese systems integrator is readying a tiny linux-powered pc likely to make even mac mini owners envious. the aopen minipc measures 6.5 x 6.5 x 2 inches, is powered by an intel pentium m or celeron m processor, and runs linspire linux.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8464432110.html

» linux pcs: customer service or lip service?
while for years mainstream computer makers such as ibm, hp and dell have been professing their love for alternatives to microsoft windows, the overwhelming majority of open-source-powered machines are business servers and high-priced workstations.
http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/hardware/stories/129955.html

» red hat will never be microsoft
the gist of the discussion is that there are those who eternally see red hat as being on its way to becoming the new microsoft.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1881173,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616

» bringing peace to the windows-linux front
most open-source advocates would say the world of linux and microsoft windows will never meet. but a venture capital-backed startup is bringing the two so close together that the typical windows administrator will be able to launch and manage open-source linux servers from what looks and feels like the familiar window's interface.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173402376

» an old hacker slaps up slackware
slackware is old-school linux. back in the day -- before red hat seized the throne -- pat volkerding's linux distribution was the undisputed king of the hill. many still use it today.
http://distrocenter.linux.com/distrocenter/05/10/17/1538202.shtml?tid=125

» my sysadmin toolbox
every administrator has a set of software tools that he just can't live without. these are the utilities that you install as soon as you log into a new machine, to help make day-to-day tasks a little easier. here are my top 10 tools.
http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/05/10/26/215206.shtml?tid=113

» google throws bodies at openoffice
google plans to hire programmers to improve openoffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense.
http://news.com.com/Google+throws+bodies+at+OpenOffice/2100-7344_3-5920762.html

» red hat seen with little opportunity beyond linux
red hat is the leading global commercial linux operating system distributor, but it remains uncertain as to whether the company can compete effectively in product areas beyond the operating system.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/bonds/2005/10/31/red-hat-linux-1031markets11.html

» linux lawyers offer developers free support
the software freedom law center (sflc), provider of pro bono legal services to protect and advance free and open source software, today announced the expansion of its operations with the appointment of two additional lawyers.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2145159/linux-lawyers-offer-developers

» tech firms to tackle linux desktop standards
some big names in the computer industry are pledging to make the development of desktop applications for the linux operating system much easier than it has been.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5898069.html

» father of wiki quits microsoft; moves to open-source foundation
ward cunningham, one of microsoft's high-profile hires, is leaving the redmond software company to join the open-source tool group, the eclipse foundation.
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1872348,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

» the war (ii)
i've heard a lot of criticism over the years about the linux community.

we're not cohesive enough.
we fight in public forums over technology, licenses and so on.
we use terminology that the uninitiated do not understand.
we're unprofessional.
we're all about hating microsoft.

it's this last point that i take issue with the most.
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/45568/

» stopping linux desktop adoption sabotage, part one
"many it professionals ask me when linux will finally "make it" on the desktop. how will they know when linux has made it? what's holding it back? in what ways is microsoft working behind the scenes to inhibit the adoption of linux desktops?"
http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1134910,00.html

» a survey of linux web development tools
choice is a good thing, and linux users have plenty of it when selecting a program for web development. users can choose from the basic no-frills text editors, to full-featured "what you see is what you get" (wysiwyg) programs. here's a survey of the best programs i've used.
http://programming.linux.com/programming/05/10/03/1828224.shtml?tid=63&tid=47

» windows shut on young developers
recent remarks by microsoft executives and updates to its visual basic show the company understands the need to attract developers to its products. but these moves could be a case of too little too late.
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/comment/2143866/windows-shut-young-developers

» why linux isn't too fat & ms hurts customers
as people make the transition from windows to the increasingly popular linux operating system and open source applications, many questions arise. software consultant peter van der linden aims to answer those questions with his new book "peter van der linden's guide to linux." in this searchopensource.com interview, van der linden explains why users should make the jump to linux for reasons such as cost, security and convenience.
http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1133422,00.html

» grisoft predicts linux virus plague
grisoft, makers of the popular avg anti-virus offering, has warned that it is "only a matter of time" before linux becomes widely targeted by virus and malware writers.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2143697/grisoft-warns-linux-virus

» ibm's top linux expert
irving wladawsky-berger, vice president, technical strategy and innovation, ibm, attributes the success of the os to this growing community of linux contributors. the linux executive report recently spoke with wladawsky-berger about the past, present and future of linux.
http://www.ameinfo.com/69674.html

» simple blood test will accurately diagnose anxiety
a new technique that can accurately diagnose anxiety disorders by performing a simple blood test, was developed at the hebrew university in jerusalem. the researchers hope that the anxiety blood test will soon make its way into hospitals and e.r. rooms and give doctors and psychiatrists a quick and precise tool for examining, and eventually treating, these disorders.
http://www.isracast.com/tech_news/101005_tech.htm

» linux stars in ms movie
in a stroke of irony, microsoft's halo movie will be produced in wellington by servers running the open-source linux operating system.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3437625a28,00.html

» mactopia
from microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/

» house backs bush on internet stance
members of the u.s. house of representatives said this week that the united states should resist international pressure to give up authority over key internet functions amid a mounting feud over the issue.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5891321.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

» linux pioneer wins lifetime achievement award
alan cox, sometime maintainer of the linux kernel and well-known open source dvocate, picked up a lifetime achievement award at the linuxworld awards in london on wednesday night. picking up the award in front of a rapturous crowd, cox stressed the strength of open source development. "open source works because we all walk the path together," cox said. "whether the path is hard or easy, if you have ok people at your back anybody can walk any path."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39226539,00.htm

» microsoft may become major opponent of patents
microsoft has been a major proponent of software patents, securing some 3,000 over the last 20 years but open source experts now claim that far from profiting from the system, the software maker may actually become a victim.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39226541,00.htm

» palm linux mobile phones coming this year?
palm will ship linux-powered mobile phones this year, say sources claiming to be close to the company. the devices will be powered by wind river linux, and pending carrier reaction, may well be the first linux-powered handsets distributed widely within the us.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5058819583.html

» computer terms 'confuse workers'
most office workers find computer jargon as difficult to understand as a foreign language, a survey suggests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4272382.stm

» firefox promo site taken down by hackers
spread firefox, the marketing web site for the open-source firefox web browser, has been hacked again and is expected to be offline until later this month.
http://bellsouth.com.com/Firefox+promo+site+taken+down+by+hackers/2100-7349_3-5888502.html?type=pt&p...

» microsoft windows officially broken
windows was broken and microsoft has admitted it. in an unprecedented attempt to explain its longhorn problems and how it abandoned its traditional way of working, the normally secretive software giant has given unparalleled access to the wall street journal, even revealing how vice president jim allchin, personally broke the bad news to bill gates.
http://www.smartofficenews.com.au/Computing/Platforms_And_Applications?article=/Computing/Platforms%...

» opinion: there are too darned many linuxes
by my count, there are one million, two hundred and seventy thousand, and four hundred and seventeen linux distributions.
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8823760499.html

» how will linux be leveraged in next-gen supercomputers?
linux is at the top of the world's top 500 list of world's fastest supercomputers, but does it have what it takes to stay there?
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/16/1555231

» u.n. agency ready to govern the net
the united nations' international telecommunications union is ready to take over the governance of the internet from the united states, itu head yoshio utsumi said on friday.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5886458.html

» microsoft backs open source in its competition with ibm
when will microsoft stake some of its resources on open-source software? when the product in question helps windows sales and takes market share from ibm.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171202335

» newegg's top 10

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=TOPSELLER&DEPA=0

» microsoft vs. the osi
the subject, as always, is licensing, and osi's efforts to reduce the number of licenses. but the osi also wants to set boundaries, so that the term open source continues to have meaning.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/index.php?p=451

» how open source gave power to the people
in the internet age, it seems, the next big idea to change your industry may come from an unexpected direction.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dcaa9ca4-28d8-11da-8a5e-00000e2511c8.html

» when bill gates first heard about linux
do you know who was responsible for telling bill gates about linux for the first time?
http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/article/1101981004690

» windows or linux, security
the it industry's obsession with comparing windows and linux security is a waste of time, according to top linux bod alan cox. operating system security is, he says, simply awful right across the board.
http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4429

» microsoft slams linux for 'support issues'
microsoft has accused linux of having "support issues" as the redmond giant unveiled the first beta of its windows server 2003 compute cluster solution operating system for high-performance computing (hpc).
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2142469/microsoft-gets-clustering-hpc

» wield
a. to handle with skill and ease.
b. to exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively.
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=wield

» five mistakes gnu/linux neophytes make
new users tend to make some common mistakes when trying out gnu/linux for the first time. the reasons for these mistakes are varied: because gnu/linux is a different kind of operating system; because windows fosters bad habits; because users choose the wrong distribution; because mercury is in retrograde; and myriad other possibilities. here are some solutions to five commonly encountered gnu/linux problems.
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/24/1836223

» $300 pc running linux makes a good starter system
the systemax hardware running the linspire operating system will be a yawner for linux veterans, but it's a good deal for bargain-seakers and newbies.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700330&tid=5979

» 'plone' and the open source software reformation
it would take a long time to drive between the northern ontario towns that make up the roman catholic diocese of sault st. marie, but they are all directly linked by more than a common faith. each local parish -- there are 104 of them, spanning an area east of north bay that includes wawa and whitefish -- is using a web-based system to publish the kind of information once found only in weekly paper bulletins commonly stacked near a church door. these portals also serve as intranets where priests can chat with one another to exchange ideas, record and store the minutes of church meetings, and even provide backgrounders about the sacraments to parishioners.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050901/TWMCLEAN01/TPTechnology/

» linux is harder to live with, reckons poll
companies find that their linux server setups are less hardware-hungry than windows-based systems, if the results of a recent survey are to be believed. this conclusion can be drawn from a recent poll of 1,700 it managers and executives worldwide, conducted by analyst house yankee group, and sunbelt software, vendor of windows system administration and security systems.
http://www.techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?featureid=1720

» new orleans mayor issues 'desperate sos'
new orleans (ap) - storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as flooded-out new orleans descended into anarchy thursday. "this is a desperate sos," the mayor said.
http://home.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=2214&eeid=4675802&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=a...

» it's still all about control
there is this delusion by some open-source opponents that open-source and free software is some kind of wild-eyed, long-haired socialist experiment by neo-hippies who don't bathe, don't have real jobs and sneer at the capitalist, work-a-day world.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1851362,00.asp

» apache encourages female coders
the apache software foundation (asf) is hoping to increase the participation of women in its open source projects by setting up a new mailing list.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/developer/0,39020387,39214398,00.htm

» business users blast microsoft
security experts at london-based sophos labs polled 1,000 business pc users, of whom 35 per cent blame microsoft, not the creators of the viruses, for the recent series of computer attacks against businesses around the world. the malware exploits a newly discovered vulnerability in the software giant's code.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050818.gtwormaug18/BNStory/Technology/

» electric bullets may replace stun gun
quick-footed criminals hoping to avoid the debilitating shock of a police stun gun could soon be facing a more exacting foe--the "electric bullet."
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5837147.html

» worm wars
the recent surge in worms could be part of an underground battle to hijack pcs for use in net crimes, some security experts say--
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5837147.html

» start-ups let fans sell music online
a handful of services now available or launching soon aim to turn ordinary consumers into digital-music retailers, giving people the ability to sell music from their own web sites and make a little money in the process.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5835212.html

» 'evil empire' microsoft warms to open source
microsoft is still as competitive as ever, pointing out the areas where it considers its software superior to linux and other open-source programs. and many open-source programmers remain wary of microsoft, citing areas where they still see the company as capitalizing unfairly on the dominance of windows on the desktop.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/236528_software15.html

» music store bangs the drum for free software
online music site independent music online promotes various free, libre open source software (floss) projects on banner graphics throughout its site, including mozilla thunderbird, openoffice.org, and jlgui. and not only does this music service "walk the walk," it also "talks the talk": independent music online itself is thoroughly powered by floss. the ind-music.com servers run mandriva, apache, and php, and all of its music is in the popular, free (and digital rights management-free) ogg vorbis audio format.
http://www.linux.org/news/2005/08/17/0002.html

» at microsoft, the yin and yang of linux
as microsoft's director of platform technology strategy, bill hilf spends half his time trying to figure out ways windows can work better with linux and the other half trying to outflank the open-source rival.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5829512.html

» kept alive by open source
in 1999, eric s. raymond published the cathedral & the bazaar, a seminal tome on the open source movement in which he writes: "every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch." beloved old technologies don't die. they go open source. for some reason the open source model has enabled dead and dying technologies to stay alive long after commercial interests left them to rot.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3525671

» key bugs in core linux code squashed
serious security bugs in key parts of the latest linux code have been fixed, but some small glitches have been introduced, according to a recent scan.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5817471.html

» the future is open source
in the next five to 10 years, the open source movement will transform the software business, according to several top industry executives speaking at the ao 2005 innovation summit at stanford university.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39210271,00.htm