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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements EFF: File-Sharing Lawsuits Fail to Deter P2P Downloaders The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent out a Media Release concerning the effectiveness of lawsuits against users of peer-to-peer technology. ""Out of the millions of people who download music from P2P systems every day, the RIAA arbitrarily picks a few hundred to sue every month," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Fred von Lohmann. "Many of those families suffer severe financial hardship. But despite all the publicity, studies show that P2P usage is increasing instead of decreasing.""
Commercial announcements CA spins off Ingres Computer Associates has announced that the Ingres relational database has been spun off into a separate corporation. "As an independent entity, Ingres will focus exclusively on the development dynamics and business opportunities associated with the open source market. The divestiture will also enable CA to focus on its core strategic markets, which include systems and security management for the enterprise." The new company plans to become "the leading open source database supplier."
Ubuntu certified for IBM's DB2 Canonical Ltd. has announced that Ubuntu has achieved IBM certification that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment. In addition to the core Ubuntu system, the certification includes the KDE-based Kubuntu and the education focused Edubuntu.
LPI appoints Regional Manager for Latin America The Linux Professional Institute has announced the appointment of Jose Carlos Rodrigues Gouveia as the Regional Manager for Latin America.
Micro Center Computer Stores Across the US Devote Floor Space, Staff to Desktop Linux Micro Center and Linspire, Inc. have announced that Micro Center stores will have new desktop Linux sections within each of its locations to meet growing consumer demand. The Linux section of the store will feature desktop Linux software products, pre-installed desktops and laptops (with Linspire), and Linux-compatible peripherals. Micro Center operates 19 stores in the US.
Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Starts Shipping Nokia has announced the first deliveries of its Nokia 770 terminal product. "The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features an impressive high-resolution widescreen display (4.13") with zoom and on-screen keyboard, ideal for viewing online content. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilising Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile device. The device runs on Linux based Nokia Internet Tablet 2005 software edition which is based on popular desktop Linux and Open Source technologies."
VA Linux releases SMTPGuard anti-spam software VA Linux has announced its new SMTPGuard Anti-Spam software. "VA Linux Systems Japan K.K. (VA Linux), a leading provider of Linux solutions for the telecommunications and enterprise systems markets, today announced the release of 'SMTPGuard', an Open Source, anti-SPAM software for MTAs, which can eliminate unsolicited e-mails (SPAM) flexibly. SMTPGuard is a part of 'VA FMS' (VA FlexMessaging Solution), VA Linux's total messaging solution."
New Books Nessus, Snort, and Ethereal Power Tools--latest release from Syngress Syngress has published the book Nessus, Snort, & Ethereal Power Tools by Jay Beale.
Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution - O'Reilly's Latest Release O'Reilly has published the book Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution by Chris DiBona, Danese Cooper, and Mark Stone.
Resources FSF Europe Newsletter The November 7, 2005 edition of the Free Software Foundation Europe Newsletter is online with the latest FSFE news.
Towards Linux Desktop Comfort Dan Kegel has put together his thoughts on what the Linux desktop needs to support the "average Joe". "Here are a few areas where Linux's comfort level needs to be raised before it can thrive on the desktop, plus links to ongoing work in these areas: Rapid Startup; Usability; Accessibility; Pre-Adaptation; Legacy Software Support; Fragmentation; Availability; Patent and Copyright Fears; Peer Support; Wireless; Plugability; Dogfood."
Contests and Awards Firefox 100M Downloads Image Contest Winners (MozillaZine) MozillaZine covers the winners of the Firefox 100 Million Downloads Celebration Image contest. "Asa Dotzler writes: "We've awarded prizes to the best photos submitted in the Firefox 100 Million Downloads Celebration Image contest." Visitors to Spread Firefox were asked to send photographs of themselves posing with the 100 million Firefox downloads celebration page. Over 200 photos were submitted."
Extend Firefox Contest Announced (MozillaZine) MozillaZine has announced the Extend Firefox contest. "The Extend Firefox contest, sponsored by Alienware and O'Reilly, asks entrants to submit new or upgraded extensions for Firefox 1.5, with extensions that take advantage of new features in 1.5 particularly welcome. Prizes will be awarded in eleven categories".
Surveys KOffice Meets the Users (KDE.News) KDE.News queries Koffice users. "Are you using KOffice? What are you using KOffice for? Why did you decide to use KOffice? What are your main problems? We want to know who uses KOffice and we are especially interested in companies and people using KOffice applications in the course of their business. We have done usability testing with OpenUsability on some of the KOffice programs and will be working more with them. Now we want to reach our users directly and ask them what they think."
Upcoming Events Alliance Developer Days A series of Itanium Developer Days will be held in Northern California, Japan, and Germany from November through February. "These two and a half day events include an Itanium-focused general session as well as hands on Microsoft Windows and Linux application porting labs. Alliance member representatives from Founding Sponsor companies will provide the best technical assistance and porting tools available to enable port completions at the event."
Black Hat Federal and Europe CFP and Registration now open Two calls for papers have gone out for the Black Hat Federal 2006 and Black Hat Europe 2006 security conferences. The US event will take place in Washington, D.C. on January 23-26, 2006 and the European event will take place in Amsterdam on February 28-March 3, 2006.
EUSec London CFP and PacSec Tokyo announcements A call for papers has gone out for EUSecWest/core06, the event takes place on February 20-21, 2006 in London, England.Also, the PacSec/core05 Conference will take place in Tokyo, Japan on November 14-16, 2005.
Security Highlights USENIX LISA Conference USENIX has sent out a press release about the 19th Large Installation System Administration (LISA) Conference. "With security a priority for system and network administrators, LISA '05 offers a broad selection of training classes on security-related topics including Linux security and network incidence response; refereed papers showcasing state-of-the-art work on security and access controls, and invited talks by luminaries on subjects ranging from vulnerabilities through wireless security to firewalls." The event takes place on December 4-9, 2005 in San Diego, CA.
2005 Open Source Forum The 2005 Open Source Forum will be held on December 13-15, 2005 at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota. "The Open Source Forum is an annual educational and collaborative event designed to bring together the public and private sectors, associations, educators and individuals involved in the research, development, education and deployment of open source software."
Open Source Orgs Invited to Fourth Annual SoCal Linux Expo (LinuxMedNews) LinuxMedNews promotes the SCALE conference. "Looking for an effective way to tell your product story and demonstrate its latest features to both new users as well as Linux veterans? Join other prestigious members of the Open Source community as they combine forces at the preeminent Linux exposition in the West. The fourth annual Southern California Linux Expo brings together businesses, academic institutions and the Linux community in Los Angeles on February 11-12, 2006."
Registration Opens for O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference O'Reilly has announced the registration for the first O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference. The event will take place on January 24-26, 2006 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott in San Francisco, CA.
Events: November 10, 2005 - January 5, 2006
Web sites The expanding gimp web (GnomeDesktop) GnomeDesktop.org mentions the latest new web sites for the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). "paths.gimp.org is a collection of news from the world of free art software. in particular from the people who are going to be attending the Libre Graphics Meeting next year. layers.gimp.org is a collection of GIMP developers with blogs. pixels.gimp.org is a collection of GIMP users with blogs."
Audio and Video programs The Community of Web 2.0 (O'ReillyNet) O'Reilly has announced a new podcast program. "In this 48-minute audio program from the Web 2.0 conference, Tim O'Reilly speaks with Sun Microsystems COO Jonathan Schwartz and Mozilla Foundation president Mitchell Baker about developer communities, distribution, architectures and expandability, and the value of open source."
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