Linux Breaking News

CyberLink sees opportunities in netbooks, Linux
Multimedia software maker CyberLink sees a lot of opportunities in the fast-growing netbook segment of the computer market, from online access to files stored on home PCs to multimedia software made for Linux OSs. More..

Matasano launches multi-firewall dashboard
Security research and consulting firm Matasano has entered the security appliance game with a new product called Playbook, designed to take some of the pain out of managing large numbers of firewalls from different vendors. More..

Giga-byte, Chunghwa to launch Linux M528 MID in August
Taiwanese electronics maker Giga-byte Technology has teamed up with mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch the M528 mobile Internet device in August, a Giga-byte representative said. More..

An earthshaking use of open source
A German scientific research institute is using an open-source database running on Linux and x86 hardware to store global seismic activity data and to interpret that data. The purpose is to ensure that countries around the world are in compliance with the terms of the nuclear test ban treaty. More..

Cognos business intelligence software ported to System z
IBM's Cognos 8 business intelligence software is now generally available for System z mainframes running Linux, the company announced Monday. More..

Mobile Linux groups join forces
After steadily losing membership this year, one of the earliest mobile Linux groups will close and join another faster growing initiative. More..

Mobile Linux groups fuse to advance unified OS
One industry group focused on writing standards for mobile Linux is closing its doors and blending its efforts with another industry group focused on writing mobile Linux code. More..

Symbian deal will open up mobile platform market
When Nokia announced this week that it had agreed to purchase Symbian and open up some of its code for public use, many analysts said it was a direct shot across Android’s bow. More..

Cloudbook maker Everex snapped up by Newmarket
Low-cost PC maker Everex this week said it had agreed to be acquired by systems integrator Newmarket Technology for an undisclosed sum. More..

New Eee PC arrives, Linux same price as Windows
ASUS has announced the release of the new Eee PC 901 and the reduced prices of the previous 701 and 900 models. More..

Q&A: Red Hat CEO Whitehurst talks patent disputes, open source virtualization
A half-year after becoming president and CEO of Linux vendor Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst was in Boston this week for the annual Red Hat Summit. The former COO of Delta Air Lines sat down with Network World’s Jon Brodkin to discuss open source, a new patent settlement, and Red Hat’s moves in virtualization. More..

Red Hat debuts new hypervisor, open-sources Linux management platform
Red Hat released a new server virtualization platform and open sourced the code of Red Hat Network. More..

Microsoft releases near-final beta of HPC Server 2008
Microsoft Wednesday said it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship by year-end. More..

Red Hat develops Linux-based hypervisor, virtualization security tool
Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive. More..

IBM supercomputer dual-boots Windows and Linux
IBM has demonstrated one of the highest profile supercomputers yet to run Windows as well as Linux - the Akka system, installed at the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) in northern Sweden. More..

Novell patches Suse Linux kernel for VMware efficiency
Novell Monday released updates to its Suse Linux kernel designed to make the operating system more efficient when running on top of VMware environments. More..

Wall Street becoming Linux stronghold
NEW YORK -- Wall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing and support models won't make using the technology more trouble than its worth. More..

IBM, Los Alamos smash petaflop barrier, triple supercomputer speed record
IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory have built the world's first petaflop machine, a supercomputer named Roadrunner designed to ensure the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, IBM said Monday. More..

Acer sees Linux as key to low-cost laptops
Acer, the world's third-largest PC maker, believes that Linux software is a key to the low-cost laptop computer movement and hopes to create a community around the devices, a top executive said. More..

Win4Lin overhauls Linux desktop virtualization
Virtual Bridges this week launched version 5 of its Win4Lin Desktop virtualization system, with performance increases that it claims beat the likes of VMware Workstation and other competitors in the growing desktop virtualization market. More..

IBM releases ODF-based Office killer
IBM has officially launched the commercial version of its Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications, and looks set amount a challenge to Microsoft Office in its enterprise heartland. More..

Ubuntu offers Remix, a lighter Linux for mobile users
To keep up with the growing popularity of the recent wave of low-cost, flash drive-equipped, wireless, small form factor "netbook" computers, Ubuntu Linux Tuesday announced its own specially modified Linux operating system that can run on the machines. More..

Desktop Linux face-off: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9
Over the past decade, Linux has emerged from a herd of obscure and nerdy operating systems to warrant a place in even the most technologically unsophisticated business environments. And in the past three years, a few distributions have made stupendous leaps in performance and usability, winning the affection of millions of mainstream desktop users. More..

Asus to launch laptops with Linux Net software
Asustek (Asus) is trying out its Express Gate Linux software in laptop PCs, a bid to make multimedia files and Internet access a snap for users More..

Splashtop Linux conquers Asus laptops
It's a small step for an operating system, perhaps, but it could be another giant leap for Linux. DeviceVM has announced that its Splashtop 'instant-on' Linux is to appear on Asus laptops from this summer. More..