IBM bets 2.9 Billion on Linux for semiconductor manufacture
An information technology company really believes in their technology when they use it themselves, in mission-critical applications. So when IBM invested 2.9 Billion in the worlds most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility, it’s telling that they automated the facility using Linux. We talked to Perry Hartswick, IBM Manager of 300mm Systems to find out more about [...]
Yes, there are USB drivers for DOS…
HAVING AN EXTERNAL USB cd-writer or hard disk works wonders as long as your operating system is in good shape. But if someday the system stops booting, you are lost. Booting from good old MS-DOS or Windows boot diskettes – even fitted with the needed third party NTFSDOS or EXTFS drivers – gives you access [...]
Hundreds of thousands sign up for antitelemarketing list
Thousands of people signed up today to get on a free “do-not-call” list designed to prevent telemarketers from bothering them at home, swamping telephone lines and a Web site set up to handle demand. http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,82584,00.html
Freevo: cómo montar una set top box gracias a Linux
Freevo es un nombre que deriva de TiVo, una set top box que actualmente se comercializa con cierto éxito en los Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña, y que a medio-largo plazo extenderá su mercado al resto de Europa y otras partes del mundo. http://www.nuteca.com/boletin/noticia/index.php?id_noticia=1505
FreeBSD first open source OS to support 802.11a & 802.11g
Sam Leffler has added 802.11a 802.11g support in FreeBSD current. He says that the ath drivers support all Atheros hardware devices, making FreeBSD the first open source OS to support 802.11a and 802.11g. http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=11572
AOL backtracks on Winamp media player
America Online’s celebrated Nullsoft division is taking a page out of Coca-Cola’s playbook, reviving a “classic” version of its flagship Winamp MP3 player amid widespread criticism of the latest rendition of the software. http://news.com.com/2100-1025-1021601.html?part=dht&tag=ntop
Is It Time for BSD?
The intellectual property claims of SCO against Linux are very likely to backfire. But SCO’s aggressive legal tactics have still put a chill on Linux deployments. In many cases, upper management and corporate lawyers have been spooked by SCO’s scare tactics and are putting the kibosh on Linux usage until the smoke clears. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1135078,00.asp
Mono 0.25 Released
A new release of the Mono runtime and SDK is available for UNIX and Windows. Packages for various distributions are also available from our download page. Many new things have been improved, implemented, fixed, and tuned from the last release. The team at Ximian has been working on three areas to pass the tests provided [...]
Mandrake Goes For High Performance Clustering
At the International Supercomputer Conference 2003 today, MandrakeSoft announced its latest entry to the company’s growing portfolio of middle-to-high end server products. MandrakeClustering is a high performance clustering distribution for IA-32 and AMD64 (Opteron) architectures. IA-64 support should come in September, the company reported. http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=246
UN pushes Wi-Fi to bridge digital divide
Intel also sees Wi-Fi as a way to help developing nations http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/story/0,10801,82535,00.html