Microsoft Hyper-V drivers for Linux.
After many months of discussions, Microsoft has released their Hyper-V Linux drivers under the GPLv2. Following this message, will be the patches that add the drivers to the drivers/staging/ tree, and a whole bunch of cleanups. more... and Microsoft donates code to Linux and Microsoft Shares Virtualization Code With Linux and Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code.

Amazon Shows Need for Open eBook Standards.
Last week Amazon did something despicable. They violated the privacy of every Kindle user when without warning they remotely deleted copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindle Readers. It seems that Amazon had determined these books had been purchased "illegally." more... and Think you own your Kindle books? and Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others and eBook Burning?

Root Exploit Vulnerability in Kernel 2.6.30.
A recently discovered root exploit attacked the newest Linux versions and circumvented protection systems such as SELinux and AppArmor. A solution has been found. more... and Linux 2.6.30 exploit posted.

The FSF warns (again) against Mono.
Last week, Microsoft extended the terms of their Community Promise to implementations of the ECMA 334 and 335 standards. You might think this means it's safe to write your software in C#. However, this promise is full of loopholes, and it's nowhere near enough to make C# safe. more... and Mono Now Safe?

Adobe peels off Flash layers for open source.
Today, the company announced the release of the Open Source Media Framework (OSMF) and Text Layout Framework (TLF) under version 1.1 of the Mozilla Public License. TLF is an ActionScript library that's been built on Flash Player 10's text engine and Adobe AIR 1.5, providing typographic and text layout for the web. more... and Adobe goes corporate open source against Ogg Theora.

An open alternative for Palm Pre iTunes users.
Apple will tell you that iTunes 8.2.1 fixes bugs and, in particular, improves interoperability with iPhones and iPod Touches running iPhone 3.0 Software. But, it really it only has one ‘feature:’ It blocks the Palm Pre’s iTunes compatibility. KDE thinks there’s another way. more...

Wikipedia push for Ogg Theora.
Wikipedia’s decision to support Ogg Theora for video uploads may be the last chance to break the proprietary video monopoly embodied in H.264. Microsoft, Google and Apple have all built H.264 support into their products because it readily adapts to Digital Rights Management, without which studios and other video rights owners have been unwilling to make content available online. more...

Is Oracle Getting Ready To Kill Unbreakable Linux?
Oracle has always been considered a database and application company. Their main bread and butter is the Oracle database (currently at version 11g), and the application products they have acquired through PeopleSoft, BEA Systems, and other companies. They also offer a product called Oracle Unbreakable Linux, but it has never achieved the wide market share that Red Hat currently enjoys. So now that Oracle owns their own operating system in the free and clear, what benefits do they gain from maintaining Unbreakable Linux? more...

Misc.
Canonical releases source code for Launchpad.
Announcing Apperi - The Linux App Store.
Nmap 5.00 released.
Linux Panoramas Using WINE and Autostitch.
Learning: Identifying Computer Ports.
DHCP server can take over client.

How To Tips.

How To Completely remove an application in GNU/Linux.
How To Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On A Fedora 11 Desktop.
How To Eclipse for Visual Studio C++ Developers.
How To Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 3.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 9.04 Server.
How To Open PDFs inside Firefox on Linux.
How To Use Your Mobile Phone as Remote for your Linux Media Player.
How To A gentle introduction to C# and Mono.
How To A gentle introduction to C# and Mono Part 2 – Data Types.
How To A gentle introduction to C# and Mono Part 3: Creating a GUI (Graphical) Mono / C# Program.

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