IBM joins podcast craze with audio think-pieces – Yahoo! News
“The world’s largest computer company said on Friday it plans to introduce a series of occasional podcasts on its investor relations site as part of a broader effort to communicate directly to its investors and the wider public about hot topics.
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Novell to Open Source SuSE Pro
Sources: Novell Plans to Open SuSE Linux Pro to Community
“Novell will be launching a community-based Linux distribution, OpenSuSE, at next week’s LinuxWorld in San Francisco, according to sources close to the company.”
Mozilla, Inc.
So the Mozilla Foundation passes control of development over to a for-profit subsidiary, citing financial and tax reasons. Sounds a bit odd. I work for a non-profit and we would never turn development over to a for-profit, at least not directly. We would setup a for-profit subsidiary and license it the code to exploit commercially outside of the range of our non-profit charter. I’m thinking these boys either got bad advice or they aren’t explaining it very well. Either way, we’ll certainly be hearing more about this.
InformationWeek > Open Source, Mozilla > Mozilla Creates For-Profit Unit, But Insists It’s Not ‘Selling Out’ > August 3, 2005
“The Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday launched a for-profit subsidiary that will take over the development of the popular Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client, but assured its supporters in the open-source development community that it wasn’t “selling out.”“
IBM on Migrating Web Apps from IE to Mozilla
Migrate apps from Internet Explorer to Mozilla
“Ever have trouble getting your Internet Explorer-specific Web applications to work with Mozilla? This article covers common issues associated with migrating applications to the open source Mozilla-based browser. You’ll first learn basic cross-browser development techniques, and then develop strategies for overcoming the differences between Mozilla and Internet Explorer.“
Microsoft Launches Longhorn Server Beta Too.
This is a private beta, with no date set for a more general public beta release.
Microsoft Delivers the ‘Other’ Longhorn Beta 1
“It’s not just the first beta of Windows client that is going to testers today. Microsoft also is delivering on Wednesday the first beta bits of its Longhorn Server product, due to ship in 2007.“
New Vista Opens: Windows Beta Due
Looks like Microsoft is bringing Vista to beta a bit early. While the Vista homepage reports that the public beta will launch August 3, 2005, both Computerworld and Infotmation Week are reporting that a private relase of the beta will occur today, Wednesday July 27, 2005.
Make WinXP Do The OSX Thing
I’m a big fan of modifying your XP desktop to make it work better. The OSX route is one way to go. I prefer a complete shell replacement.
MAKE: Blog: Seven Steps to turn your PC into a Mac
“Instead of waiting for those Intel Macs to ship, you could just transform your XP PC in to a Mac, well- at least the look and feel. These are 7 steps to do just that. My pal Lenn did this awhile back, and people used to ask if his Sony laptop was some weird new Mac or something.”
Compromise Windows With USB Device
Of interest to teknoids, especially with more and more schools handing out USB keys like candy.
USB Devices Can Crack Windows
“Vulnerabilities in USB drivers for Windows could allow an attacker to take control of locked workstations using a specially programmed Universal Serial Bus device, according to an executive from SPI Dynamics, which discovered the security hole.“
freshmeat.net: Project details for Solaris Operating System
Yeah, Sun open sourcing Solaris is old news, but in case you wondering there is a Freahmeat project for Solaris:
Yahoo! Snaps Up Konfabulator
Good move for Yahoo! as it gives them direct access to the desktop on windows and Mac platforms. Expect a lot of little Yahoo!Widgets in the near future.
Macworld: News: Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator
“Yahoo! Inc. on Monday will announce the acquisition of Konfabulator, a Macintosh and Windows application that allows users to run mini files known as Widgets on their desktop — the same model used by Apple for its Dashboard application. Yahoo! company executives said they would also be giving Konfabulator away for free, completely doing away with the US$19.95 currently charged for the product.“