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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements EFF Tackles New Role in Europe The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has opened a new office in Brussels to work with various institutions of the European Union (EU) on innovation and digital rights. "The new EFF Europe office, made possible by the generous support of the Open Society Institute and Mr. Mark Shuttleworth of the Shuttleworth Foundation, will allow EFF to have an increased focus on the development of EU law. EFF also plans to expand its efforts in European digital activism and looks forward to working with many groups and organizations to fight effectively for consumers' and technologists' interests. EFF's new European Affairs Coordinator, Erik Josefsson, will be an on-the-ground analyst, activist, and educator about critical intellectual property and civil liberties issues."
PUBPAT Challenges Patriot Scientific Microprocessor patent Public Patent Foundation has announced a challenge to the Patriot Scientific Corp. microprocessor patent. "The Public Patent Foundation ("PUBPAT") announced today that it has filed a formal request with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to review a patent held by Patriot Scientific Corp. (OB: PTSC) that the company, which boasts of "primarily focusing on deriving revenue from licensing patents", is widely asserting against producers of computer microprocessors."
Commercial announcements Ampro announces Industrial Panel Computer Ampro Computers, Inc. has announced its ReadyPanel 10 industrial panel computer. "The new ReadyPanel 10 all-in-one panel PC solution includes a standard EPIC form factor Pentium(R) processor-compatible single-board computer (SBC) and an NEC LCD 10.4-inch XGA color flat panel display module that provides 1024 x 768 resolution. The LCD, SBC, and touch screen are integrated into a compact 11" x 8.5" x 5.5" enclosure."
Bodelin releases driver for ProScope HR USB microscope Bodelin Technologies has announced the availability of a Linux-UVC driver for the ProScope HR USB digital microscope. "The ProScope HR is the second generation of the popular ProScope hand held USB microscope used in thousands of schools, universities, industrial quality control and law enforcement crime labs."
Funambol announces 3GSM World Congress demos Funambol has announced a preview of its mobile email portal at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 12-15, 2007. "The company will also show the world's first open source Java mobile email client for mass market phones and how its software powers the email, contacts and calendars for the popular OpenMoko mobile Linux platform."
Hifn advances open-source cryptography Hifn, Inc. has announced an initiative to support hardware security processors. "Hifn has contracted with Xelerance Inc., the recognized open source security specialists, in a major development effort to make the industry's fastest cryptographic accelerators as easy to use as graphics or sound cards. The project integrates Hifn's 795x algorithm accelerators, as well as the 7855 and 8155 security processors, with Linux and FreeBSD."
Ingres announces New Developer Bundle for Eclipse users Ingres Corporation has announced a new Ingres Eclipse DBMS Bundle for Java developers. "The new bundle contains all of the components needed to successfully build and deploy next-generation applications with Eclipse, a popular open source development framework, on Ingres 2006, Ingres's latest release of its open source database."
Microsoft announces Open XML to ODF translator Microsoft Corp. has announced an Open XML to ODF translator project. "Developers of the open source project to produce a translator between OpenDocument format (ODF) and Open XML document formats announced the completion of the 1.0 release of the technology. The completed Open XML Translator enables conversion of documents from one format to the other and is available for anyone to download and use at no cost. When plugged into Microsoft(R) Office Word, for example, the Translator provides customers with the choice to open and save documents in ODF rather than the native Open XML format."
Novell previews new Identity and Security Management Solutions Novell, Inc. has announced preview releases of its security and identity management solutions. "Novell today announced that it is previewing enhancements to its flagship security and identity management solutions, Sentinel(TM) 6 and Identity Manager 3.5, at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Demonstrating Novell's innovation and market leadership, these product releases will showcase new features and enhanced capabilities to help customers ensure security and compliance. When deployed together, both products deliver the industry's most complete identity and security management solution for supporting compliance and IT governance initiatives."
TimeSys Introduces LinuxLink subscriptions for Intel Pentium processors TimeSys has announced the availability of LinuxLink subscriptions for the Intel Pentium family of processors. "This LinuxLink complements the already popular LinuxLink for the Intel Pentium III (i686) family of processors. LinuxLink by TimeSys is the first commercial offering to support the majority of embedded developers who build and assemble their own commercial-grade custom Linux platforms. By delivering on-demand access to continuously updated processor-optimized Linux packages, components and tools, engineers benefit from a rich development environment and community support."
TRITON Development kit-4 announced Strategic Test has announced availability of the TRITON Development Kit-4. "... based on the Marvell XScale PXA320 processor. The TDK-4 is supplied with both Microsoft Windows CE 6.0 and Linux 2.6.17 at a competitive price of only 2900 Euro."
UEIPAC--a complete, Linux-powered, Programmable Automation Controller. United Electronic Industries (UEI) has announced the release of the UEIPAC series of Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs). The UEIPAC-a complete, Linux-based, Programmable Automation Controller. The UEIPAC can have up to 150 analog or 288 digital I/O points all in its rugged, 4" x 4" x 6" housing.
VMware introduces Virtualization Management Bundle for small and medium businesses VMware, Inc. has announced the release of a new virtualization software bundle. VMware "... today announced a new bundle designed to provide SMBs using the free VMware Server with an easy and cost-effective way to manage their virtual infrastructure. The bundle includes VirtualCenter for VMware Server with enterprise-class support from VMware for $1,500."
New Books Rails Cookbook - O'Reilly's Latest Release O'Reilly has published the book Rails Cookbook by Rob Orsini.
Using Samba, Third Edition - New from O'Reilly O'Reilly has published the book Using Samba, Third Edition by Gerald Carter, Jay Ts and Robert Eckstein.
Resources Manualinux 6.2 is out Manualinux is project that provides documentation for Linux in English and Italian. The latest version is 6.2, and its released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Contests and Awards The Mashup Contest at ETel A Telephony Mashup Contest will take place at the O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference. The conference takes place in Burlingame, CA on February 27-March 1, 2007, submission proposals are due by February 21. "StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of live data and business functionality over the web and O'Reilly Media, Inc. today announced the first ever Telephony Mashup Contest to take place during the O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference (ETel). This new contest provides a stage for developers to demonstrate their creative skills using emerging telephony technologies such as VoiceXML, SIP phones, VoIP, hosted PBX & IVR services, and Web Services. In addition to StrikeIron and O’Reilly, Tellme Networks, Inc. and Sylantro are sponsoring this contest with $3,000 of prizes to winning entries."
Novell and LinuxFormat will write your dream application (GnomeDesktop) GnomeDesktop has announced a new contest. "To make sure nobody misses it, but Novell and Linux Format magazine is hosting a competition to have your dream application written for you. The competition is called Make it with Mono. To enter you just register on their site and submit a description of your dream application. The proposal with the most votes after the voting period is over (voting starts in April) will be attempted implemented with Mono."
PyWeek game programming challenge The next PyWeek game programming challenge will take place online from April 1-8, 2007. "Entries must be developed in Python during the challenge, and must incorporate some theme decided at the start of the challenge."
Education and Certification LPI launches LPIC-3 certification program The Linux Professional Institute has launched their LPIC-3 Certification Program. "LPIC-3 represents the highest level of distribution-neutral Linux certification within the industry and is targeted at Linux professionals providing IT services at the enterprise level. The certification consists of a single exam (LPI-301) and additional specialty certifications."
Novell launches Red Hat-to-SUSE Linux migration course Novell has announced a new migration course. "Novell has developed a new training course to help systems administrators migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell. The course is available both as a free download and as an instructor-led class, available at locations globally."
Upcoming Events FreedomHEC 2007 The announcement for FreedomHEC 2007 has gone out; this year's event will happen May 18 and 19 in Los Angeles, immediately following WinHEC. "One hardware manufacturer devotes 150 engineers to a Microsoft Windows driver, while one person can handle the Linux driver. At FreedomHEC, you'll learn that a Linux driver is a small investment for a big gain, and you'll meet the Linux professionals who can open the door to the Linux market for you."
Annual Java Technology Conference open for registration Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the 2007 JavaOne Conference. The event takes place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA on May 8-11, 2007.
The 2007 MySQL Conference and Expo The 2007 MySQL Conference and Expo will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on April 23-26, 2007. "The conference is poised to offer more than 110 sessions and tutorials geared to show participants how to rapidly build innovative database applications that can scale as an enterprise grows. A strong selection of MySQL users and open source experts will share their knowledge about using MySQL to power high-volume Web 2.0 sites, critical business applications, and the next generation of packaged software." The early registration discount is available until March 15.
OOoCon 2007 call for location A call for location has gone out for the 2007 OpenOffice.org conference. "OpenOffice.org announces voting for the location for OOoCon 2007 The official international OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) brings together people who are interested in the development, promotion, and use of OpenOffice.org. Last year, members of the OpenOffice.org community gathered at the official international OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) in Lyon, France for a superb conference hosted by the local OpenOffice.org community."
PyCamp - a Regional Python Unconference The 2007 PyCamp is in the planning stages. The event will be held in Lockhart, Texas during August, 2007. "An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance. And tossing around some names, we decided upon "PyCamp"."
Registration opens for RailsConf 2007 The RailsConf 2007 will take place on May 17-20, 2007 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Registration is now open. "The four-day RailsConf 2007 program will feature the most innovative and successful Rails experts and companies. Attendees will learn about the bleeding edge Rails techniques, strategies, and pitfalls in Rails adoption, as well as best practice development theory. Sessions will be offered for all levels of expertise including hands-on workshops that will show how to employ Rails in a variety of situations."
Events: February 15, 2007 to April 16, 2007 The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it. Audio and Video programs Richard Stallman podcast released Nearthwort Obtain presents a podcast with Richard Stallman. "This show features an interview with Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement and the man who put the GNU into GNU/Linux. After introducing the concept of free software, Richard offers some trenchant criticism of two tech superstars: the Lord of Linux, Linus Torvalds, and Apple guru Steve Jobs. From there, we move into a discussion of the impact of free software – and freedom more generally – on the evolution of personal and global consciousness."
Web 2.0 podcasts (O'ReillyNet) O'Reilly has released two podcasts from the Web 2.0 conference, titles include The State of the Internet, Part 3 and What GoDaddy Knows.
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