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Non-Commercial announcements
EFF: New Canadian Voice in Digital Rights Issues
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent out a media release regarding the new Online Rights Canada organization. "Online Rights Canada (ORC) launched in Canada Friday, giving Canadians a new voice in critical technology and information policy issues. The grassroots organization is jointly supported by the Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)."
EFF: North Carolina Sued for Illegally Certifying Voting Equipment
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent out a press release concerning their suit over the illegal certification of three electronic voting systems in North Carolina. "North Carolina law requires the Board of Elections to rigorously review all voting system code "prior to certification." Ignoring this requirement, the Board of Elections on December 1st certified voting systems offered by Diebold Election Systems, Sequoia Voting Systems, and Election Systems and Software without having first obtained – let alone reviewed – the system code. "This is about the rule of law," said EFF Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman. "The Board of Elections has simply ignored its mandatory obligations under North Carolina election law."
EU adopts data retention
The FFII has sent out a dispatch (click below) on the adoption of the data retention directive by the European Parliament. It looks like a worst-case outcome: massive privacy invasion, few limits on how data can be used (the entertainment industry will be pleased), and more. "Among other harsh measures, the directive mandates recording of the source and destination of all emails you send and every call you make, and your location and movement during mobile phone calls. Additionally, the directive says nothing about who has to pay for all this logging, which will significantly distort the internal telecommunications market."
Preliminary GNOME Foundation election results
The preliminary results for this year's GNOME Foundation board election have been posted. The board going forward would appear to consist of Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh, Federico Mena-Quintero, Jonathan Blandford, David Neary, Anne Østergaard, and Vincent Untz. Click below for the full results.
KDE India Founded (KDE.News)
KDE.News reports on the creation of KDE India. "A group of enthusiastic KDE users and developers met last week at the FOSS.IN conference in Bangalore, one of the largest Free and Open Source Software meetings in the world, to combine their efforts in various regions of the country under a common banner and build a central platform for all things KDE in India. Along with spreading KDE awareness in India, especially in colleges and with local businesses, KDE.in has a few more practical goals. KDE.in will provide Indian KDE developers and users with a community hub to coordinate with and support each other."
Commercial announcements
Alcatel Selects MySQL Cluster Database
Telecom provider Alcatel will be using the MySQL cluster database, according to this press release. "Under the agreement, Alcatel will use the high-availability MySQL Cluster database in its Multi-access Data Server (MDS) platform, to be used as part of several Alcatel network products, including the Home Location Register (HLR), IP Multimedia Home Subscriber Server (IM-HSS) and Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) systems."
MyEclipse 4.1 Ships new Web 2.0 Development Tools
Genuitec has announced the release of MyEclipse 4.1. "Backed by world-class support, MyEclipse is the comprehensive J2EE®- and Web-development tool suite designed for Enterprise developers and consultants looking for top value in a commercial-grade Integrated Development Environment (IDE). MyEclipse 4.1 is the first Eclipse-based platform to support AJAX development, offer an integrated image editor and include new Web 2.0 development capabilities."
Japan's Institute of Fluid Science to Install New SGI Supercomputer
SGI has announced the selection of an SGI 1280 processor supercomputer by Tohoku University's Institute of Fluid Science. "The new supercomputer, shipped this summer, is comprised of a scalable SGI(R) Altix(R) 3000 scalar parallel server based on the 64-bit Linux(R) OS, a vector parallel NEC computer, a scalable Silicon Graphics Prism(TM) visualization system, external secondary storage systems and data archive systems, all of which are interconnected via high-speed network, enabling sharing of large files with the SGI(R) InfiniteStorage CXFS(TM) shared filesystem and the NEC GFS global file system attached to the Storage Area Network (SAN)."
SugarCRM Introduces Sugar Suite 4.0
SugarCRM Inc. has announced the release of version 4.0 of their Sugar Suite customer relationship management (CRM) software. "Guided by customer and community input, Sugar Suite 4.0 introduces powerful new functionality such as advanced reporting and customizable dashboards, campaign management, workflow management and access control, email processing and enhanced lead sharing."
Switzerland to run SUSE
Novell has announced a deal with the Swiss federal government whereby much of the federal infrastructure will move over to SUSE Linux. All told, Novell expects that over 3000 servers will run SUSE.
VMware Delivers VMware Player
VMware, Inc. has announced their new VMware Player. "VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, today announced the general availability of VMware Player, a free new product that enables anyone to easily run, evaluate and share software in a virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. In addition, VMware announced that it has partnered with the Mozilla Corporation to deliver the Browser Appliance, a virtual machine powered by Mozilla Firefox that allows users to securely browse the Internet."
New Books
Counter Hack Reloaded - Coming this month
The book Counter Hack Reloaded, Second Edition by Edward Skoudis and Tom Liston will be published by Prentice Hall, PTR on December 30.
Designing Interfaces - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell.
Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman.
Linux Multimedia Hacks - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Linux Multimedia Hacks by Kyle Rankin.
Run Your Own Linux and Apache Web Server - SitePoint's latest release
SitePoint has published the book Run Your Own Linux & Apache Web Server by Stuart Langridge and Tony Steidler-Dennison.
Prentice Hall Announces Publication of: Point and Click OpenOffice.org
Prentice Hall has published the book Point & Click OpenOffice.org by Robin 'Roblimo' Miller.
Wireless Networking Magic--O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Wireless Networking Magic by Rob Flickenger and Roger Weeks.
Resources
FSF Europe Newsletter
The December 8, 2005 edition of the Free Software Foundation Europe Newsletter is online. Topics include: First Austrian Fellowship meeting, Tweakfest in Zurich, UN World Summit on Information Society, LinuxWorld Expo in Frankfurt/Main, Seminar in Dublin about preventing software patentability, Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre in Rosario (Argentinia), LinuxDay in Italy, Removal of Free Software from WSIS "Vienna Conclusions" and Welcoming the Free Software Foundation Latin America.
Surveys
GNOME's marketing slogan for 2006 should be.. (GnomeDesktop)
GnomeDesktop.org requests your input for the 2006 GNOME marketing slogan.
Upcoming Events
Novell is 'Open for Growth' at BrainShare Global 2006
Novell, Inc. has announced the dates for its BrainShare Conference, March 19 - 24, 2006. "Attendees will be able to select from over 200 sessions conducted by Novell employees, customers and partners, with topics ranging from enterprise data center management to implementing open source software and securing IT information assets."
Call for Papers: Use of OSS and ODF (LinuxMedNews)
LinuxMedNews has announced a call for papers for a special track on the use of OSS and ODF in Health and Medical Systems at the IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. The conference will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 22 and 23, 2006.
PyCon 2006 registration now open
Registration for PyCon 2006 is open. The event will take place in Addison, Texas on February 24-26, 2006.
Modern Computer Music and DSP Programming Tools Workshop in Germany
The Modern Computer Music and DSP Programming Tools Workshop will be held in Mainz, Germany on December 20, 2005.
Events: December 15, 2005 - February 9, 2006
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 15 - 20, 2005 | Umeet Virtual Meeting(UMEET 2005) | Online |
| December 15, 2005 | 24th Annual Minnesota Government IT Symposium | St. Paul, Minnesota |
| December 27 - 30, 2005 | 22nd Chaos Communication Congress | Berlin, Germany |
| January 13 - 15, 2006 | ShmooCon 2006 | (Wardman Park Marriott Hotel)Washington, D.C. |
| January 23 - 28, 2006 | linux.conf.au 2006 | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| January 23 - 25, 2006 | Black Hat Federal Briefings and Training 2006 | (Sheraton Crystal City)Washington, D.C. |
| January 24 - 26, 2006 | O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference | (San Francisco Airport Marriott)San Francisco, CA |
Web sites
Segetech Ltd Launches Open Source Software Integration and Configuration Portal
Segetech Ltd has announced the launch of their Segetech Open Source Rendezvous site. "Segetech, Ltd., provider of Open Source customization and integration services, today announced the launch of Segetech Open Source Rendezvous portal. The portal contains detailed guides to configure and integrate some of the most widely used Open Source components as seamless computing environments. The site is available immediately without registration or membership fee."
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