Monthly Archives: March 2007
The GPL3 Draft 3 Arrives
The Free Software Foundation released the third discussion draft on the GNU General Public License on March 28. As expected, it contains language designed...
HP Offers a Lean and Green Desktop
The HP Compaq dc5750—Hewlett-Packards fourth-generation AMD processor-based business desktop—offers energy efficiency in a small footprint for organizations looking to reduce their power bill and...
LG and Google in Mobile Partnership
LG announced it will pre-install Google mobile apps, including Maps and Gmail, on milions of LG phones starting in 2Q 2007. The phones will...
Program Looks to Work Around Passport Rule for U.S. Border Crossings
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security agreed to a pilot program with Washington state that could offer an alternative to the requirement that all...
Microsoft and Nortel Extend VOIP Partnership
Nortel Networks and Microsoft will further extend their Innovative Communications Alliance partnership into the carrier world on March 28 when the two introduce an...
Latest Draft of GPL 3 Comes Under Fire
Corporate reaction to the release of the third discussion draft of the GNU GPL (General Public License) has been swift, much of it critical...
Dell to Release Pre-installed Linux Desktops, Laptops
Dell contacted DesktopLinux.com on March 28 to let us know that the company will be releasing select desktop and notebook systems with pre-installed Linux...
Samsung to Ship 64GB SSDs
Not to be upstaged by rival SanDisk, Koreas Samsung said March 27 that it plans to roll out a 64GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive...
Intel Outlines Processor Road Map
By the second half of this year, Intel plans on producing the first of its Penryn family of 45-nanometer processors and the company also...
RIP: Community Linux (1991-2007)
The idea that Linux is primarily a community-based project based on the work of thousands of independent, idealist hackers died a quiet death at...