Chris Preimesberger

Red Hats Fedora Project on March 21 announced the release of Fedora Linux Core 5 (code-named Bordeaux), which offers several new desktop applications, advances in security, better localization tools, improved software installation and management facilities, and tighter Java integration, according to the Project. Fedora Core 5, which includes a 2.6.15 kernel and optional desktop, server […]

For years, its all been about what The SCO Group could discover about IBM, Linux and Unix. The shoes on the other foot now, as the U.S. District Court in Utah has revealed that IBM has launched discovery motions against Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and BayStar Capital. In general, IBM is looking for detailed information […]

Red Hat, which launched the “Security in a Networked World” initiative for Linux/open-source security last August, announced plans to fortify its enterprise desktop Linux platform. “Security” in this context, however, is about identity management and authentication, rather than the typical Windows concern with viral/worm protection. Red Hat said the new release of its Certificate System, […]

CodeWeavers and Linspire Inc. on Feb. 8 jointly announced the release of CrossOver Office 5.0 for Linspire, a specially optimized version of the product for the Linspire Linux distribution. CrossOver Office enables Linspire users to run Windows applications natively from their Linspire desktop. “Businesses tell us they want to switch to the desktop Linux operating […]

Novell, through its CoolSolutions community-relations Web site, is conducting an online public survey to determine which Windows-only applications are most likely to keep Windows users from migrating to Linux. The company also wants to know which Windows-only apps would be most popular on Linux desktops if they were ported to Linux. “The end result is […]

Google has announced it has opened up its new instant messaging service, Google Talk, to all other IM networks that utilize the XMPP protocol, which originally was developed for Jabber. This enables Google users to communicate directly with users of Linux IM clients GAIM and Psi, Apples iChat, Jabber, Gizmo Project, Tiscali, Netease, Chikka, MediaRing […]

An increasing number of federal IT systems are being migrated from proprietary Unix systems to open-source Linux systems and desktops in order to gain quicker upgrades, platform flexibility, increased security and several other advantages, a trio of IT experts concluded Monday during an online panel discussion. That was the consensus of top IT experts who […]

Flock, the new Web browser which aggregates services no other browser has yet been able to provide, has attracted widespread user attention with its first beta version after only six weeks in release. But it remains to be seen whether its ad-driven business model will be able to sustain it over time. Co-founder and CEO […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday released fixes for vulnerabilities discovered in the Sun Java Runtime Environment and in the Java Software Development Kit, which could be exploited by remote attackers to place and execute malicious files on a vulnerable system. Security alerts aggregator Secunia Inc. rates the issue as “highly critical” and said malicious hackers […]

TiVo Inc. announced this week that new software it plans to make available next year will allow users to download TV shows and films to Apples iPod and Sonys PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld devices. The new enhancement to TiVos TivoToGo feature will include capabilities such as TiVo auto-sync, which will allow subscribers to choose if […]