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Linux will be on a third of smartphones in 2012, Linuxworld, 08/20/07
By 2012, Linux will be running on nearly 31% of all smart devices, thanks to a growth rate faster than Windows Mobile and Symbian, according to predictions from a research firm.
Linux products help Novell boost revenue in third quarter, LinuxWorld, 08/30/07
Linux products helped Novell boost revenue in its fiscal 2007 third quarter to $243 million, compared to $234 million a year ago. Novell reported a net loss of $3.4 million.
Microsoft employee offered incentives for OOXML support, LinuxWorld, 08/30/07
Microsoft admitted Wednesday that an employee at its Swedish subsidiary offered monetary compensation to partners for voting in favor of the Office Open XML document format’s approval as an ISO standard.
Open source court ruling impacts debated, LinuxWorld, 08/29/07
A recent federal court ruling pertaining to open-source software in model railroads could derail enforcement of open-source licenses altogether, according to Mark Radcliffe, general counsel for the Open Source Initiative.
PowerFile launches Blu-ray-based archiving, LinuxWorld, 08/29/07
Here’s a rare event: Blu-ray in a business archiving system. U.S. archive product supplier PowerFile has upgraded its Active Archive Appliance to the A3 Enterprise Edition, using 50GB Blu-ray disks instead of DVDs as before.
Microsoft firm on OOXML standardization, LinuxWorld, 08/29/07
Following criticism from the Open Source Industry Association (OSIA) over its ambition to have the Office Open XML (Open XML or OOXML) format accepted as an international (ISO) standard, Microsoft’s group product manager for Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, spoke with Computerworld about why the world needs two standard document formats.
Kenbushi Pro media center software now free, 08/29/07
Lava Software has released Kenbushi Pro 7.1, an update to its media entertainment software for Mac OS X, Windows and soon, Linux. The software is now free for personal users, schools and charity organizations. For commercial users it costs $24.95 per user.
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LinuxWorld Community, 08/28/07: LWN discusses the release of Adobe Flash 9 for Linux. This will probably be the last release that people have to worry about, since Gnash is getting really close. No YouTube videos yet, but Gnash is consistently getting enough Flash ads that I’m going to have to put FlashBlock on my all-Free Debian boxes, not just the bastardized machine I use for work.
