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Torvalds Sings Praises of GPLv2

When many of the top Linux developers announced their disapproval of the GPLv3 draft, there was one major name conspicuously missing: Linus Torvalds. On September...

Cisco Locks Down Physical Security Partnership

Networking market leader Cisco Systems announced a new partnership with Assa Abloy, a company specializing in physical security technologies, to help companies pull together...

Voltaire, uXcomm Look to Streamline Provisioning, Management

Grid product vendor Voltaire and uXcomm, which develops systems management platforms for systems and device manufacturers, are introducing new products designed to create a...

Theres a Reason Why Were Called Coders

The paradox of programmers tools is aptly captured by a passage from Neal Stephensons 1992 novel, Snow Crash, in a scene where a hacker...

10 Lessons Learned (So Far) from the HP Scandal

With only a few days to go before the top Hewlett-Packard leaders—and ex-leaders—appear before a congressional Committee on Energy & Commerce hearing on September...

Virgins VOIP Is a Mega-Hit

Virgin Entertainment Group is no stranger to the latest trends, so it shouldnt come as a surprise that the company is leveraging a consolidated...

Cheap VOIP Beckons for SMBs

Open-source telephony technologies have recently blown open the VOIP market, creating a fertile breeding ground for new solutions built from the ground up for...

On Handicapped Access, Target Fights the Wrong Fight for the Wrong Reason

When a federal judge in California agreed that a lawsuit from the National Federation for the Blind can proceed against Target, e-commerce executives should...

GPLv3 Could Kill Open Source, Top Linux Developers Warn

Many of the top Linux developers have announced their objections to the proposed GPLv3. In a position paper released Sept. 22, leading Linux developers like...

Microsoft Releases New Build of Windows Vista

Microsoft has released an interim build of Windows Vista to its usual testers as well as to some 100,000 of the participants in its...