At long last GNOME 3.0 launches
The twice delayed GNOME 3.0 will finally be released to the public on Wednesday. It features a completely new user interface, meaning get ready for a learning curve to discover how to interact with your new GNOME desktop. The UI is...
Wireless carriers delay paying Japan's text-to-give donations
As the fallout from the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown tragedy continues to unfold, Americans want to help. We learned from the Haiti disaster that the easiest thing to do is to text a donation to our favorite relief...
Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9
When it comes to browsers, faster is better. Chrome 10 kicks the butts of the brand new Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9 in benchmark tests run on my 2Ghz Intel-based Windows 7 PC. All three new editions of browsers released this...
Open source is socialism at its best
Open source is a system where the line between a project's users and its owners blur. It is socialism at its best. Because it doesn't preclude commercialization, the 'open source' concept has the power to change other industries in...
Bigger, faster enterprise storage: Linux NAS goes 64-bit
My, my, my ... Linux-based network-attached storage has grown up. This month, two vendors released 64-bit NAS units geared toward the enterprise, capable of enormous storage density and equipped with enterprise-class price...
Fun with Linux: How to wipe out Windows to install Ubuntu, then decorate with a penguin
If you've got some non-geek friends and relatives that need to be convinced to give Linux a try, here's a how-to video to help. It will walk them through how to install Ubuntu to any Windows machine, to set up the fun stuff like the...
You may be entitled to an award for creative use of Red Hat or JBoss
If your implementation of Red Hat or JBoss was simply brilliant, you may be entitled to official recognition (and other goodies) from Red Hat for it. The company is seeking submissions for its 2011 Red Hat Summit & JBoss...
Top 12 Google Labs experiments
Take thousands of the world's most brilliant engineers and tell them to spend 20% of their time on whatever takes their fancy. Then give them a home for the results. That playground exists at Google Labs.
Some of the experiments...
Motorola Atrix 4G: The next big thing to infiltrate the enterprise?
AT&T will begin taking pre-orders for the Motorola Atrix 4G on Feb. 13 and it will arrive March 6. The Atrix is a device that will run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and with it the line between smartphones and personal computers will...
Red Hat, Verizon, HP side with Microsoft on i4i patent dispute
Red Hat, Verizon, and HP have jumped in to provide support to Microsoft in its patent dispute with i4i. The group combined forces to file an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that challenges poor quality software...
Saying no to smartphones: most mobile users will buy new 'dumb' phones
With all the media attention smartphones and their apps have gotten, you'd think they were universally loved. Turns out the next mobile device most wireless service subscribers will buy will be yet another "dumb" phone. This month,...
Red Hat entices customers to stay on older RHEL 5.x
RHEL 6.0 was released in November ... long live RHEL 5.x? Under its commitment to support its enterprise Linux distros for seven years, Red Hat has released 5.6, a new-and-improved version of its older Linux operating...
Intel demonstrates first open source MeeGo tablet at CES
In a quiet corner of the giant Intel booth at CES there's a not-so-crowded demo stand with the label MeeGo. There you'll find the WeTab tablet, the first MeeGo tab already shipping in Europe. From this underwhelming beginning the...
Red Hat acquires Makara to boost its cloud
In its first acquisition in two years, Red Hat today announced it was buying cloud app management provider Makara for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition boosts Red Hat's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) as it builds support for its...
Acer announces three Android tablets and an Android smartphone
Acer on Tuesday released an entire blitz of new Android devices, among other goodies like its own app store and media-streaming service. The new Android wares are due out by April, 2011. Here's a rundown.The 4.8-inch Acer smartphone,...
Jason Deli chain ditches open source e-mail for the Google cloud
Kevin Verde, CIO of the nationwide chain of restaurants, Jason's Deli, loves open source. He's even a fan of the open source e-mail platform he recently yanked out in favor of cloud-based Google Apps. But with 1,800 e-mail users to...
eBay to use Joomla as the 'open source glue'
EBay is well-known as a lover of open source. When I heard it signed the Joomla! Contributor Agreement as part of its plans to build a cutting-edge social network for 16,000 employees, my first thought was "Will eBay be building an...
Microsoft trying to scare users away from OpenOffice in new ad
Just when OpenOffice.org users thought the future was getting safer, Microsoft has started to crank up the FUD machine. This new ad could once again stir animosity in the hearts of open source advocates for the statements it makes...
Canonical ties Ubuntu 10.10 tightly into Amazon's cloud
On Sunday, Canonical will release its next upgrade to Ubuntu, Version 10.10, and to hear executives talk about the server edition of this Linux distribution, it's all about the cloud -- particularly Amazon's cloud.Why Sunday? Because...
Red Hat urges patent office to deny most software patents
Yesterday, Red Hat had something to say to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) about granting software patents. In all fairness, the USPTO asked for public input on how it should use the Supreme Court's Bilski...
