Open source tool helps fight measles, Dec 04, 2007

DataDyne punts EpiSurveyor as a free, open source tool that can be used to make hand-held data entry forms, collect data on a mobile device and then transfer the data back to a desktop or laptop for analysis.

For the last year I've waged war across my desktop, wiping out Microsoft fortifications and bunkers in anticipation of abandoning Windows, but Redmond's last remaining stronghold is the Outlook Calendar.

As a lawyer, law professor and software programmer, Eben Moglen is passionate about technology, software and user freedom. A former board member of the Free Software Foundation and the founder, president and executive director of the Software Freedom Law Center in New York since 2005, Moglen has worked to protect and advance open source and free software.

For the last several years, Red Hat has been pushing forward the development of real-time enhancements for Linux. Yet the company has made no formal product announcement of how it would attempt to productize its real-time Linux innovations.

When it comes to choosing a computer this holiday season, many of the hottest options are boxes that run alternatives to Microsoft Windows as their operating system. PCs and laptops running Linux are making strides in the consumer market, and for good reason. Linux machines are cheaper and often more energy efficient than their Windows and Mac counterparts.

There's been more than a bit of buzz circulating in the Linux community about the upcoming release of KDE version 4, and there's also more than one way to try out the release candidate -- such as a live CD.

While there are some Linux users who still insist on running free software exclusively, a growing number are more than happy to mix and match open-source and proprietary software. For these latter users, Ubuntu 7.10-based Mint 4.0 is a distribution made in heaven.

It has taken more than two years, but the One Laptop Per Child initiative has finally released its much-anticipated laptop: the OLPC XO-1.

True or False: Switching from a Windows-operated computer to a Linux-operated one could slash computer-generated e-waste levels by 50%: The answer is: TRUE

Bitter political foes South and North Korea are to jointly develop a version of Linux.

2.6.24-rc4 has been released today.
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