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Intel boosts Linux virtualization – LinuxWorld, 01/15/07
With Intel processors supporting the company’s Virtualization Technology (VT) becoming more pervasive, Linux kernel developers are writing the code to improve hardware virtualization and hence performance.
Kernel space: KVM virtualization layer progress – LinuxWorld, 01/16/07
Linux virtualization frenzy has a new challenger: the simplified virtualization technology, KVM, has made it into the standard kernel. Could it be a better approach to using the virtualization features of new Intel and AMD processors?
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IBM/Lotus to put social networking tools, sharing software in spotlight – LinuxWorld, 01/18/07
IBM/Lotus next week plans to move its work from the lab to the limelight of Lotusphere, where it will introduce a bundle of social networking tools designed to revolutionize the way companies collaborate internally and with partners.
Drug market analysis team replaces Oracle data warehouse with Netezza – LinuxWorld, 01/18/07
The drug market-analysis team at Wolters Kluwer Health used to turn away customers every month. It wasn’t because they didn’t have enough staff to handle every data request from customers in the pharmaceutical industry. The problem was their Oracle-based data warehouse.
Sun Rock processor project advances – LinuxWorld, 01/18/07
Sun is moving forward with plans to develop a processor with as many as 16 cores on one piece of silicon, quadruple the capacity available now.
Linux ups Web cams to Wi-Fi – LinuxWorld, 01/18/07
By its own developers’ admissions, Linux supports more hardware devices out-of-the-box than any other operating system but that won’t stop a slew of new drivers being added in upcoming releases.
The SCO Group continues its downward slide – LinuxWorld, 01/17/07
The SCO Group, which continues to fight legal battles over Linux and Unix, reported growing losses in 2006 as it jockeys to establish itself as a mobile application and services provider in the face of stiff competition in its traditional Unix business.
Cisco’s iPhone violates GPL, expert says – LinuxWorld, 01/17/07
Even while Cisco is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright in the same product.
Open source group updates free wiki app – LinuxWorld, 01/17/07
Organizations looking to get their feet wet with Web 2.0 technologies might want to check out an updated version of open source enterprise wiki software that developers say can help companies embrace collaboration and speed application development times.
Q&A: Second Life preps improved search, audio – LinuxWorld, 01/17/07
Linden Research is hard at work to enhance the voice capabilities, search features and navigation interface of Second Life.
Adobe delivers Flash Player 9 for Linux – LinuxWorld, 01/17/07
Adobe has released Flash Player 9 for Linux, allowing users of the open source operating system to create or use multimedia applications with the latest version of Flash.
Sun undercuts Red Hat on support pricing – LinuxWorld, 01/16/07
Sun is presenting a challenge to Red Hat with competitively priced support in an update of its Solaris 10 operating system, announced Tuesday.
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Interoperability and patents: Jeremy Allison, 01/17/07
Did the Microsoft-Novell deal really have anything in it to promote interoperability? In a podcast, we talk with Jeremy Allison, a developer who specializes in smooth ways to share data between Microsoft and Linux platforms.
