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 Sun-IBM Merger
Talks Collapse.
The WSJ reported that Sun officials
felt that IBM's offer of $9.40 a share or less was too low and that
IBM had too much leeway to walk away from the deal, which could face
substantial antitrust issues. more... and IBM
Lets Sun Set and Sun's
future up in the air after talks with IBM break down.
OpenMoko GTA03
cancelled.
Those who have been waiting for the
next-generation OpenMoko phone (called "GTA03" or "3D7K")
will be disappointed; OpenMoko has come to the conclusion that it
will not be able to successfully complete the project. Instead, the
company will work, for now, on making the FreeRunner phone actually
work more...
Rackable Systems
Announces Agreement
to Acquire Silicon Graphics Inc.
Rackable Systems, Inc. a leading
provider of servers and storage products for medium to large-scale
data centers, today announced its agreement to acquire substantially
all the assets of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) for approximately $25
million more...
GNOME 3.0 needs a
big, visible
change.
After first being discussed at the
GUADEC conference back in July last year, the GNOME project is moving
forward on its plans for GNOME 3.0, with a new user interface
planned. more... and GNOME
3.0 To Get GNOME Shell, Zeitgeist and KDE
Strides Ahead While Gnome Stagnates.
KDE 4.2.2 Release
Announcement.
KDE Community Ships Second Translation
and Service Release of the 4.2 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous
Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates more...
Intel Turns Over
Its Linux Operating
System.
On Thursday, the nonprofit Linux
Foundation plans to announce that it will take over the “stewardship”
of the Moblin project from Intel. In this case, stewardship means
access to the code of Moblin, which is an open-source operating
system based on Linux. It was designed to run computers in products
as diverse as netbooks and cars. more...
Parted Magic 4.0.
Parted Magic, one of the best stand
alone partition editors, is back once again with a new and updated
version. But what's so special about this version, considering the
narrow scope of things that Parted Magic is designed to do? more... and Parted
Magic 4.0 Has Exciting New Features.
Ubuntu 9.04:
What’s New for
Desktop Users?
With Ubuntu 9.04, otherwise known as
the Jaunty Jackalope, set to be released in less than three weeks,
WorksWithU will be publishing some posts about what the latest and
greatest version of Ubuntu will mean to different groups of users.
Today, we begin with a look at the new features that Jaunty brings to
traditional desktops. more...
VLC 0.9.9: The
best media player
just got better.
If you've ever struggled to play a file
you downloaded from the hinterlands of the Web, you clearly didn't
try opening it with VideoLan's VLC media player, a free, hugely
popular, and open-source media player. more...
Misc.
NVIDIA's
Release Happiness Continues Into April.
All the Best
Linux
Cheat Sheets.
Moneydance–A
cross-platform personal finance manager.
HDX
1000 NMT Player.
7 Free Mind
Mapping Softwares.
To PulseAudio or Not To PulseAudio . . . and How
To Remove Pulse Audio Ubuntu 8.10.
How To Tips. |
Microsoft and TomTom have reached a
settlement in their respective patent suits, the companies said
Monday. As part of the deal, as TomTom will pay Microsoft for
coverage related to mapping patents and file-management patents that
Microsoft claimed were infringed by TomTom's use of the Linux kernel.
Microsoft will also get coverage related to the TomTom patents that
were cited in TomTom's countersuit against Microsoft, although
Microsoft won't make any payment to TomTom. 
With much anticipation, the Linux
2.6.29 kernel was released just moments ago by Linus Torvalds.
Besides introducing an interim logo to stand-in for Tux, the Linux
2.6.29 kernel most notably introduces support for kernel mode-setting
on Intel hardware. Also in the graphics realm are a few updates to
the Graphics Execution Manager and DRM updates for various pieces of
hardware. 