IBM, HP share bragging rights on supercomputer list, Jun 27, 2007

IBM still operates the fastest supercomputer in the industry, but rival HP has more of them in operation, according to a closely watched global survey.

Mårten Mickos is living proof that you can take 12 years to graduate from college with an esoteric degree (technical physics) and still become a CEO. Not that he was slacking:

With this year's New York Senate and Assembly session now ended, local voting activists are chalking up a victory for the public at the expense of Microsoft Corp. and the e-voting industry.

The CAP ("customizable Atmel processor") integrates a Linux-friendly ARM9 core together with a metal-programmable function block where users can implement cores, DSPs (digital signal processors), or custom peripherals.

ISP Host Europe, which supports firms in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, is using systems from Red Hat.

Trolltech will provide free phones and SDKs (software development kits) to developers willing to target its Qtopia application development framework for mobile phones. The Qtopia Greenphone Grant Program will provide an unspecified number of awardees with Qtopia SDKs, along with Trolltech's open, Linux-based Greenphone target device.

Songbird is a new music player from a San Francisco startup with the unique name Pioneers of the Inevitable.

China's brand of Linux has become established and realized excellence, according Lu Shouqun, president of the China Open Source Software Promotion Union

Mozilla and Google are collaborating on an effort to make web applications work offline.

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