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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements EFF: Huge Win for Online Journalists' Source ProtectionThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced a the results of a legal ruling that affects online journalists. "A California state appeals court ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday, holding that the online journalists have the same right to protect the confidentiality of their sources as offline reporters do."
OLPC hardware details postedThe One Laptop Per Child hardware information page has been updated with a great many details on just what will go into the OLPC package. The most interesting stuff is under the "what makes this system unique" heading; clearly a great deal of thought has gone into the design of this system. "Wireless mesh: Child-child sharing! OLPC Laptops are full-time wireless routers. Mesh networking reduces the need for dedicated infrastructure (e.g. access points and/or cabling), and extends greatly the areas in which machines may be connected to each other and/or to the internet."
The OLPC developer's programThe One Laptop Per Child effort has a big pile of prototype systems, and they are looking for developers who would like to use them to help with OLPC development. Note the limits of these prototype systems: they are bare circuit boards with a power supply and a connector for a serial console. But, if you would like to play with such a system and help make it work better, the OLPC project may send you one. Have a look at the OLPC developer's program page for information on the systems, a list of tasks that need doing, and instructions on applying for a system.
Commercial announcements FUEL Database 1.0 ReleasedVersion 1.0 of FUEL Database, an embedded DBMS for Windows CE/Mobile, Embedded Linux, and VxWorks platforms, is out. "ITTIA plans to support all industry-standard platforms. Developers will be able to develop their application in one operating system environment and, without changing a single line of database code, deploy their application into a different operating system with ease. As a result, they can develop with minimal investment, zero administration, no disruption, and, with ITTIA's reasonable licensing model, gain a competitive edge for their application."
IBM invests in Brazil Linux Tech CenterIBM has announced the investment of $2.2 million in a Brazilian Linux Technology Center. "Developers at IBM's Linux Technology Center in Brazil will work to make Linux better as part of the open source community specializing in developing Linux with cell, power and virtualization technologies. The investment will be used to complete construction of a Linux development laboratory in Hortolândia and expand a second lab in Campinas, on Brazil's Unicamp campus."
TimeSys Introduces LinuxLink Subscriptions for Freescale i.MX31TimeSys has announced the availability of LinuxLink subscriptions for the Freescale Semiconductor i.MX31 multimedia processor. "Collaboration of Nissin Systems and Freescale will enable development of networking products using the state-of-the-art technologies requiring video, audio and mobile technologies, including a network-enabled camera, security camera, IP TV phone, media player, biometrics authentication device and other business equipment. In addition, communication equipment and appliance manufacturers can efficiently develop their custom boards and application software, significantly reducing procurement cost and speeding up development cycle."
Win4Lin announces major upgrade to 2000/XP desktop productWin4Lin has released version 3 of their 2000/XP desktop product. ""Win4Lin Pro 3.0 is an important step forward in both usability and performance. We are pleased to offer the world's fastest and easiest method for installing Windows on a Linux desktop, where users can literally be running Windows XP in less than thirty minutes, said Leo Reiter, Win4Lin CTO."
New Books Building Scalable Web Sites - O'Reilly's Latest ReleaseO'Reilly has published the book Building Scalable Web Sites by Cal Henderson.
Java I/O, Second Edition - O'Reilly's Latest ReleaseO'Reilly has published the book Java I/O, Second Edition by Elliotte Rusty Harold.
No Starch Press releases "Object Oriented PHP"No Starch Press has published the book Object Oriented PHP by Peter Lavin.
Contests and Awards SafeDesk Puts Bounties on STS Open-Source DevelopmentThe SafeDesk Bounty Program has been launched. "SafeDesk is currently inviting individuals or groups from the FOSS community to participate in making STS Bounty program in an effort to further develop an even better thin-client server solution as a compliment to the LTSP and other server-based solutions. Initial projects not only support the STS project directly, but also support the Debian Live project from which SafeDesk and its engineers have already been contributors."
Education and Certification LPI promotes Linux Certification within North-East Asia RegionThe Linux Professional Institute has announced the holding of Linux certification events and exam labs in Japan and South Korea from May 31 through June 7, 2006.
Calls for Presentations Zend/PHP Conference 2006 Call for PapersA call for papers has gone out for the 2006 Zend/PHP Conference & Expo. The event takes place from October 29 to November 2, 2006 in San Jose, California. "The conference selection committee will consider all abstracts submitted on or before June 15th, 2006. Notifications will be made by August 1st, 2006."
OSDC Australia CFPA call for papers has gone out for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2006. The event takes place in Melbourne, Australia on December 5-8, 2006. Proposals are due by July 12.
Upcoming Events Collaborative Technologies Conference announcedCMP Media has announced the session topics for the Collaborative Technologies Conference. The event will take place in Boston, MA on June 19-22, 2006. "During these CTC sessions, industry thought leaders and technology innovators will explore strategies, practices and tools that can help businesses cut costs, increase productivity, reduce time-to-market, align workgroups and create a more streamlined, dynamic organization."
Events: June 1 - July 27, 2006
Miscellaneous PSF: Summer of Code projects announcedThe Python Software Foundation has announced its 2006 Google Summer of Code projects. "25 projects were been accepted, tying with the Apache Software Foundation for the largest number of funded proposals. The accepted projects include 5 enhancements to the CPython interpreter or standard library, 3 PyPy projects, 3 SciPy projects, and 2 projects relating to the Soya3D library for 3-dimensional graphics."
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