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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements EFF wins reexamination of bogus patentThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced that a bogus patent will be reexamined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. "NeoMedia Technologies, Inc., claims to own rights to all systems that provide information over computer networks using database-like lookup procedures that rely on scanned inputs, such as a barcode. NeoMedia has used these claims to threaten and sue innovators in the mobile information space. But EFF's reexamination request, filed in conjunction with Paul Grewal and James Czaja of Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, showed that the functionality covered by NeoMedia's bad patent was repeatedly included as part of prior patent applications from other companies."
Book Auction to Benefit the FreeBSD FoundationNo Starch Press is holding an auction to benefit the FreeBSD Foundation. "Open source software depends on community support and the efforts of countless non-profits, like The FreeBSD Foundation. In an enlightened example of a for-profit company acting to benefit a non-profit organization, book publisher No Starch Press of San Francisco, California will auction the first copy of the second edition of "Absolute FreeBSD" to the highest bidder. All proceeds will benefit The FreeBSD Foundation."
Monsoon Multimedia GPL lawsuit settledThe Software Freedom Law Center has announced the end of the Monsoon Multimedia GPL compliance lawsuit. "As a result of the plaintiffs agreeing to dismiss the lawsuit and reinstate Monsoon Multimedia's rights to distribute BusyBox under the GPL, Monsoon Multimedia has agreed to appoint an Open Source Compliance Officer within its organization to monitor and ensure GPL compliance, to publish the source code for the version of BusyBox it previously distributed on its Web site, and to undertake substantial efforts to notify previous recipients of BusyBox from Monsoon Multimedia of their rights to the software under the GPL. The settlement also includes an undisclosed amount of financial consideration paid by Monsoon Multimedia to the plaintiffs."
Commercial announcements Nigerian education selects Mandriva LinuxMandriva has announced a deployment in Nigeria. "Mandriva today announced that the Nigerian government has selected Intel-powered classmate PCs running on Mandriva Linux for educational use in nationwide pilot in Nigeria. Mandriva is working with Intel Corporation and Technology Support Center Ltd. to provide 17,000 Intel-powered classmate PC. The aim of this project is to improve the quality of technology delivered to students, and to help teachers and parents."
Eben Moglen on NetApp v. SunThe Software Freedom Law Center has landed firmly in Sun's corner in its patent dispute with NetApp. ""NetApp, in bringing this litigation, has announced that it wishes to prevent Sun from sharing ZFS with the community. This conduct is a misuse of questionable patents to prevent the spread of valuable technology. Using patent threats and litigation against free software and open source communities is an abuse of the public interest the law is supposed to serve."
Opera introduces Opera LinkOpera has announced the launch of Opera Link. "Wherever you are, whatever Opera browser you use, or whichever device you use Opera on, you can instantly access your bookmarks, Speed Dial, and personal bar. Say goodbye to the tedious hassle of entering text in your mobile phone to visit your top sites and say hello to a new level of convenience from device to device."
The Portland Group announces PGI Release 7.1 Optimizing CompilersThe Portland Group has announced release 7.1 of its suite of Fortran, C and C++ compilers and development tools. "PGI(R) compilers and tools are used widely in high-performance computing (HPC), the field of technical computing engaged in the modeling and simulation of complex phenomena, such as ocean modeling, weather forecasting, seismic analysis, bioinformatics and other areas. PGI compilers, which convert software programs into the binary instructions that a computer can understand, are recognized in the HPC community for delivering world-class performance across a wide spectrum of applications and benchmarks, and they are referenced regularly as the industry standard for performance and reliability."
Slashdot Turns TenSlashdot has announced its 10 year anniversary. "The tech community news site, started in 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda with Jeff "Hemos" Bates, has grown to an Internet phenomenon in its 10 year run. Slashdot features stories submitted by readers and posted by a dedicated Slashdot editorial board. The site serves as a water cooler for a generation of technophiles and established the model for today's changing media landscape."
The Yellow Dog Drives Autonomous Jeep at DARPA ChallengeTerra Soft's Yellow Dog Linux will be used for an autonomous vehicle controller. "In early October, Terra Soft Solutions was engaged by Axion Racing to assist with the integration of a Sony PlayStation3 running Yellow Dog Linux into "Spirit", Axion's fully autonomous Jeep Grand Cherokee which is this week competing in the qualifying rounds for the DARPA autonomous vehicle challenge in Victorville, California. Integral to the on-board, realtime image processing system, the YDL PS3 rides atop a set of 1U rackmount servers inside Spirit which drives itself through simulated city traffic and obstacles during the qualifying rounds, currently underway."
New Books Network Security Assessment--New from O'Reilly MediaO'Reilly has published the book Network Security Assessment by Chris McNab.
The PHP Anthology, 2nd Edition--New from SitePointSitePoint has published the book The PHP Anthology, 2nd Edition by Ben Balbo, Harry Fuecks, Davey Shafik, Ligaya Turmelle and Matthew Weler O'Phinney.
Education and Certification First ever ModSecurity public training at OWASP/WASC conf in SJA public ModSecurity training event has been announced. "As part of the upcoming OWASP/WASC AppSec 2007 conference in San Jose, Ryan Barnett is going to give a two day ModSecurity Boot-Camp Training course on Nov 12th and 13th. For those of you who don't know Ryan, he is ModSecurity Community Manager and Director of Application Security Training at Breach Security, and one of the best ModSecurity experts out there. As an additional bonus, Ivan Ristic, The creator of ModSecurity will also be in attendance for portions of the class."
Calls for Presentations Gaming Miniconf at LCA2008 - Call for ParticipationA Call for Participation has gone out for the Gaming Miniconf at LCA2008. The Miniconf will be held on January 29, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. "All speakers **must** submit their submissions before the '''15th of November'''. Speaker slots are limited and will fill up fast so don't leave your submission to the last moment!"
The 2008 Linux Storage and Filesystem WorkshopThe 2008 Linux storage and filesystem workshop will be held in San Jose, California next February 25 and 26. There is a call for proposals out there for those who would like to participate. "This year we're trying to concentrate on more problem solving sessions, short term projects and joint sessions."
RailsConf 2008: Call For Participation OpenA call for participation has gone out for RailsConf 2008, submissions are due by December 13. "RailsConf 2008 is returning to the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, from May 29-June 1, 2008. RailsConf, co-produced by Ruby Central, Inc. and O'Reilly Media, Inc., will gather over 1,600 attendees for four days of keynotes, sessions, tutorials, panels, and events to explore the latest Rails developments."
Upcoming Events BlogWorld Expo - Blogging Trend Story IdeasThe 2007 BlogWorld Expo will be held on November 8-9, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV. "The first and only industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of blogging and new media. In addition to the only industry-wide exhibition, BlogWorld will feature the largest blogging conference in the world including more than 50 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes from iconic personalities on the leading-edge of online technology and internet-savvy business."
The 2007 Chicago Perl Hackathon (use Perl)The 2007 Chicago Perl Hackathon has been announced. "This three-day event will be held at Hosteling International Chicago, which is located in downtown Chicago at the corner of Congress and Wabash. The hackathon runs from December 14th through December 16th."
Speaker list for FOSS.IN 2007 announcedThe first cut at the speaker list for FOSS.IN has been announced. The conference will be held in Bangalore, India, December 4-8. "This year, I simply do not have the energy to make a separate post about all the famous names who are coming to FoSS.IN, but let me wave to Rusty Russel, Mitchell Baker, James Morris, Jim Grisanzio, Thomas Gleixner, Harald Welte, Sam Hocevar, Danese Cooper, Andrew
Events: November 8, 2007 to January 7, 2008The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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