Linux saves Aussie electrical grid, Oct 01, 2009

Quick thinking open sourcerers might have saved an Australian power supply system after its electrical grid control room network got infected with a virus.

Are virtualized servers (running a mix of Linux and Windows) really starting to push into the SMB space?

Glendale Adventist Medical Center has successfully installed SUSE Linux-based thin clients in 65 rooms, using technology from IBM, NoMachine, and Novell, say the companies. Meanwhile, Midland Memorial Hospital is touting cost savings from deploying Red Hat Linux-based OpenVista electronic health record software, says Forbes.

When we look at operating systems, it becomes quite obvious that Linux has taken over the Top 500 list.

Ethernet has emerged over the last decade as the dominant fabric for networking communication, but it's not the only one. InfiniBand, a technology that offers the promise of lower latency for high speed computing applications is making inroads according to analyst reports and the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA).

The Kickfire appliance is a Linux-based, rack-mountable, database appliance tuned for Data Warehousing.

You have to hand it to Steve Ballmer. The man is never short of inaccurate statistics or words to take a dig at the two rivals which Microsoft has been confronting in recent times - Apple and Linux.

Economic downturns have a tendency to accelerate emerging technologies, boost the adoption of effective solutions, and punish solutions that are not cost competitive or that are out of synch with industry trends. IDC research finds that Linux users are clearly satisfied about their choice to deploy Linux, and during trying economic times, the potential for those same customers to ramp up their deployment of Linux is strong.

Wind River (today announced the immediate availability of Wind River Linux 3.0, Wind River’s most feature-rich Linux platform to date. Wind River Linux 3.0 is a pre-integrated, commercial-grade and fully supported Linux platform.

Is there a stimulus package on the way for those who use Linux and Open Source Software? You bet there is but it might not come from where you'd expect. Too many wasted stimulus dollars have already rained down upon those who wasted their own money but this time it'll be different.

A February survey of IT managers by IDC indicated that hard times are accelerating the adoption of Linux. The open source operating system will emerge from the recession in a stronger data center position than before, concluded an IDC white paper.

When it comes to Linux netbooks, PC manufacturers should act more like cell-phone makers and telcos by selling customized and subsidized machines with online services.

Openness will become a key criterion for handset vendors as they develop strategies to help them maximize revenues while reducing costs, reveals a new report by Informa Telecoms & Media.

Timesys Corporation, a provider of embedded Linux software solutions, and Lineo Solutions, Inc. today announced LinuxLink support for two Renesas SH4 processors.

In Microsoft vs. TomTom, Microsoft is suing TomTom in part because the guys from Redmond claim that TomTom's use of Linux in its navigation devices has violated three of its file-system related patents. One reason why Microsoft feels it can do this is that it already has patent cross-licensing agreements covering these patents with other Linux-using companies.

Despite hiring freezes and budget cutting, several high-tech talents remain in demand.

Nokia has announced the availability of the first Maemo 5 SDK alpha release. Maemo is the open Linux-based mobile platform that Nokia created to serve as the foundation for its Internet Tablet operating system.

Many retail outlets in South Africa are now selling notebook and netbook computers with Linux pre-installed.

Recently, the Android OS backed by Google was unofficially ported to an Asus Eee PC netbook, and according to online reports, the Taiwanese manufacturer has set up a team to develop a netbook running on the Linux-based OS.

The competition between Microsoft and open-source software reaches into the automotive space with the announcement of a new alliance among automakers and technology providers called Genivi.

Here's some good news for a change: Linux-related jobs are on the rise.

VMware will release future versions of vCenter, its flagship virtualisation-management software, in Linux versions as well as for Windows.

It looks like a war of words has broken out between Google and the Symbian Foundation over which mobile platform is truly more open. Is there really a right answer to this debate?

The company's SheevaPlug development kit envisions a bill of materials that could place a small, Linux-powered computer in a tiny, compact space.

Mary Lou Jepsen didn't set out to invent the netbook and turn the computer industry upside down. She was just trying to create a supercheap laptop.

Google Android is based on Linux and was originally developed for mobile phones. It’s finding it difficult to gain traction because of the success of Apple’s iPhone. Developers are heavily favoring the iPhone for their applications. The netbook market could be Android’s cup of tea.

For the first time in recent memory, Microsoft has a real operating system competitor for PCs. And Vista is not up to the challenge because they wants to sell it for full price and it’s too resource intensive for low powered netbooks . So Microsoft is relying on its two year outdated OS, Windows XP to take on Linux.

Version 3.0 of the ACCESS Linux Platform has been unveiled at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. The new version offers a richer user interface and compliance with LiMo.

Cellphones are growing up, and they just might pose a new threat to the Intel-Microsoft based personal computers.

It's the world's largest ever desktop Linux deployment.

A flock of new mobile devices unveiled this week at Mobile World Congress are part of the trend toward Linux-powered mobility, incorporating the open-source software stack from the LiMo Foundation.

MontaVista introduces customizable Linux-based Mobile Internet Device Platform.

With deteriorating global economic conditions making their impact felt in the wireless industry, handset OEMs and mobile network operators are looking towards Linux-based operating systems to cut costs and diversify handset portfolios

Intel and LG today announced an agreement that will see LG launch a high-end device based on Intel's "Moorestown" platform in 2010.

NEC and Panasonic will unveil on Monday nine new cellphone models running the open-source LiMo operating system, wireless Linux foundation LiMo said at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.

The world's second-largest cell phone maker, Samsung Electronics, will start to sell several phones using open-source Linux software platforms this year, a senior executive told Reuters in an interview.

Early reaction to Windows 7 is that it's a winner. Could the successor to Vista be Microsoft's last gasp, or does open source have a formidable new rival to Linux?

The variety of Linux distros may be ensuring Linux grabs an ever-increasing share of the enterprise server OS market, Windows pretends to compete against itself, and Apple, well, Apple just doesn't bother.

It seems more and more people are looking at Linux as a real alternative to Microsoft’s desktop operating systems. Both Russia and Cuba have announced that they will be developing their own national Linux distributions for internal use as an alternative to Microsoft products.

Canadian government puts out a call for information on free software.

Discover cloud computing, and learn why there's a penguin behind that silver lining.

The open source project unveiled on Wednesday that brings Microsoft's RIA platform to Linux and Unix was used to stream the Presidential inauguration.

One of the largest mobile operators in the world, Spain's Telefonica, joined wireless Linux foundation LiMo on Monday and committed with five other operators to sell phones using its software this year.

Some fundamental shifts have been taking place in the automotive industry over the past two years that will dramatically change the way multimedia entertainment equipment is designed.

Linux (and principally Red Hat Enterprise Linux) has become the primary production platform for the animation industry, largely due to the engineering efforts of DreamWorks. Behind that effort sits Ed Leonard, chief technology officer at DreamWorks, who has been recognized for his work with an Annie Award for "promoting the Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software development."

Expensive and error-prone digital tapes has forced BBC UK, one of the world's largest television broadcasters, to look at using computers running Linux to help produce its programs.

We are using two dozen open source products, thanks to which we have saved close to $6 million for Virgin America in the last two years. Products today are mature enough to not cause undue risk. Our e-Commerce site, which does 80 per cent of our business today, runs on open source.

British Airways (BA) has set up a special innovation unit to explore ways the airline can use web 2.0, shareware and open source technologies.

Grid computing makes modelling of energy sources very accurate and helps manage them as efficiently as possible

South African Linux and open source specialist Synaq has been contracted to manage and maintain the Linux-based network infrastructure for The Pro Shop, a national supplier of golfing product and services.

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