Opera enhances its web browser.
Norway-based Opera Software has unveiled the final version of its browser Opera 10, with a new compression technology and a sleek interface. It comes in 43 languages and works on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. more...

Open Invention Network purchases former Microsoft patents.
According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, the Open Invention Network (OIN) has announced plans to purchase 22 former Microsoft patents. The consortium consists of numerous major software and hardware firms, including a number of Linux distributors; it is currently systematically setting up a portfolio of patents to protect the Linux ecosystem from charges of patent violation. more... and Microsoft and A Patent Checkmate of My Dreams.

DOJ Gives SUN The GO.
If you thought the sale saga of Sun Microsystems ended in April, Thursday's news from Washington may have come as a surprise. Months after the ink dried on the deal between Sun and database heavyweight Oracle, the U.S. Department of Justice has finally gotten around to giving its blessing. more... and EU investigates Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun and EU fears Oracle will kill MySQL, but is that even possible?

Judge overturns 2007 Unix copyright decision.
A federal appeals court Monday overturned a 2007 decision that Novell owns the Unix code, and the ruling now clears the way for SCO to pursue a $1 billion copyright infringement case against IBM. In a 54-page decision, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said it was reversing the 2007 summary judgment decision by Judge Dale Kimball of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, which found that Novell was the owner of Unix and UnixWare copyrights. more...

Slackware Release Announcement.
Yes it's that time again! After many months of development and careful testing, we are proud to announce the release of Slackware version 13.0! more...

Cracked in 60 Seconds: WPA Falls.
It's been known for years that the Wired Equivalent Privacy or WEP protocol is easily broken, and that to be secure, wireless networks should use the more powerful protocol called Wi-Fi Protected Access, or WPA. more...

MonoDevelop 2.2 Beta 1: We go cross platform.
MonoDevelop goes cross platform. With this release MonoDevelop leaves its cozy Linux nest and embarks on a wild adventure into the hearth of MacOS and Windows. The MonoDevelop team made this one of their major goals for this release: to turn our loved IDE into a cross platform IDE. more...

Skype Dials New Owner… And Open Source.
Now that eBay has sold most of Skype to private investors, some pundits may wonder what markets Skype should tackle next. Actually, the answer has already emerged — and it involves Skype plugging into Asterisk, the open source IP PBX. Here’s the scoop and the implications for solutions providers. more... and Skype 2.1 Beta Brings New Features To Linux.

Handbrake - Converting Videos For Mobile Devices.
HandBrake is a free, open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. I have used Handbrake to convert several types of video files to work on my various gadgets including the g1 mobile phone. more...

Durian is Coming: Blender's Third Open Movie Project.
Blender third open movie project, code-named “Durian” is ramping up to production, and time is running out for the pre-sale campaign if you want to get your spot in the credits. This time the project is focusing on an adolescent audience with an epic-fantasy setting and a female protagonist. more...

Misc.
Parallels retools, renames Windows/Linux virtualization app.
Dell Ships Ubuntu 9.04 Systems Ahead of Windows 7 Launch.
Drizzle for Christmas - year-end-prediction for MySQL fork.
40 years of Unix.
Bash Script tutorials.
Learn Linux, 101: The Linux command line.
RHEL 5.4 released.

How To Tips.

How To Accessing SQLite in C.
How To MySQL Data Transfer using Sql Server Integration Services (SSIS).

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