Announcements

Non-Commercial announcements

EFF Takes Aim at Bogus Online Gaming Patent

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is challenging a patent regarding online gaming. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging a bogus online gaming patent threatening small businesses and innovators of multi-player Internet games. Sheldon F. Goldberg was awarded the illegitimate patent for the "method and system of playing games on a network," and claims to own rights in all online gaming systems that use tournament-style play, advertising, and have real-time updates of ladder-rankings in multi-player games. Goldberg has used this bogus patent to coerce licensing fees from numerous small businesses, demanding payments that are excessive yet less than potential litigation."

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ODMG3 now hosted by ODBMS.ORG

ODBMS.ORG has announced that it will host the resources of the former ODMG.ORG consortium. "This merger gives researchers and students, as well as any software developer with interest in object oriented programming and persistence, a one-stop experience to find nearly 1,000 resources aggregated and selected by a team of more than 100 internationally renown experts on object database technology including names such as Alan Kay, Suad Alagic, Scott Ambler, Philippe Kahn, Michael Blaha, William Cook, and Carl Rosenberger."

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Commercial announcements

Grand Opening of Big Box Linux

Big Box Linux has announced its existence. "Announcing the grand opening of Big Box Linux, the Canadian Linux hardware store. All the parts we carry are guaranteed Linux-compatible. No longer do Linux users have to spend hours researching websites and newsgroups in order to find parts that work on Linux. Everything for sale at Big Box Linux is known to work, and we even include Linux installation instructions for the components that require it."

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LiMo Foundation announces Linux-based mobile software platform

The LiMo Foundation has announced a new Linux-based mobile phone software platform. "LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole industry, today announced the on-schedule availability in March 2008 of the first release of the LiMo Platform-the first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile handsets-together with the immediate public availability of the application programming interface (API) specifications."

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LinuxForce introduces new services and monitoring software

LinuxForce has made the following announcement: "LinuxForce announced today that it has released a complete array of monitoring services and software to provide round the clock protection for businesses. The collection of software, consulting and other monitoring services is called "LinuxForce Monitoring(SM)"."

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Logicworks Partners with MySQL

Logicworks, a provider of high-availability hosting solutions, has announced it has joined the MySQL Authorized Hosting Partner Program, at the Platinum Level. As the first authorized partner of the program in U.S., Logicworks will offer customers a managed MySQL Enterprise database for the delivery of mission-critical applications.

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Larry Augustin and Matt Asay join MindTouch board

Larry Augustin and Matt Asay have joined the MindTouch board of advisors. "MindTouch, the open source wiki platform company and developer of Deki Wiki, announced that open-source leaders Larry Augustin and Matt Asay have joined its Board of Advisors. Augustin invests and advises early stage technology companies, and was CEO and founder of VA Linux (now SourceForge, NASDAQ:LNUX). Asay is general manager, Americas, and VP of Business Development for Alfresco."

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NXP and Purple Labs Unveil Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone

NXP and Purple Labs have announced an inexpensive Linux mobile phone. "NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Purple Labs, a leading supplier of embedded Linux solutions for mobile phones, jointly announced today the release of a 3G Linux reference feature phone offering video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsing and video streaming at a transfer price below US$100. The new Purple Magic phone serves as a reference design for phone manufacturers creating entry-level 3G handsets, including those targeting mobile markets such as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America."

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OpenLink unleashes latest edition of Virtuoso

OpenLink Software Inc. has announced a new version of its Virtuoso product. "OpenLink Software Inc. announces the immediate availability of the latest edition of OpenLink Virtuoso, its industry-acclaimed hybrid data-server and integration platform for SQL, XML, RDF, and Web Services. This release introduces a new approach to enterprise information and data-integration, leveraging recent advances in Semantic Web technology such as SPARQL and the best practices of HTTP-based Linked Data across heterogeneous data sources. The new release provides a platform for declaratively developing and deploying conceptual views of disparate enterprise data sources such as SQL databases, XML and RDF data sources, and SOA based Web services."

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Resources

Intel releases graphics programming manuals

Intel has been following a policy of releasing free drivers for its hardware for some years now, but the company has been a little less forthcoming with its documentation. That changed at linux.conf.au, where Intel announced the release of the manuals for its 965 Express and G35 Express chipsets. "Containing over 1600 pages of text and figures, the Programmers Reference Manual includes everything from low level register definitions and discussions on how each functional hardware block works through descriptions about the hardware architecture. Each documented feature includes a discussion on how the hardware works and how the hardware designers expected the software to operate." The manuals are available under a Creative Commons license.

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Contests and Awards

Second Annual Winner of $10,000 Pizzigati Prize Announced by Tides Foundation

Tides Foundation has announced that Barry Warsaw has been recognized for his work as the lead developer of GNU Mailman, and has been awarded the Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest.

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Education and Certification

Abhisam Software announces free RFID training course

Abhisam Software is running a free online RFID technology course. "This course is made up of text, rich graphics, Flash animations and interactive exercises that make learning about RFID fun and easy. It introduces the learner to the basics of RFID technology without either being boring or over the top. The learner gets a balanced knowledge related to tags, frequencies, application areas and even issues such as privacy."

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Upcoming Events

CMP announces Interop Las Vegas 2008

CMP has announced Interop 2008. "Interop(R), the leading business technology event, produced by CMP, today announced a collocated lineup for the 2008 Las Vegas event that will create the richest variety and widest cross-section of business technology communities in one place. Computer Security Institute Security Exchange (CSISX) and the Software 2008 Conference will join forces with Interop at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, April 28-May 2, 2008."

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Pulvermedia announces Details on VON.x Europe conference

Pulvermedia has announced the VON.x Europe Spring conference. The event will take place on June 2-5, 2008 in Amsterdam. ""VON.x in Amsterdam will discuss how today's diverse networks will soon transition to IP, to create a single, unified infrastructure that produces next-generation communications services, and enables intelligent handheld devices to take over many of the tasks performed today by PCs," said Bob Emmerson, European Editor for VON Magazine, and one of the content creators for VON.x Europe, based in Amsterdam. "VON.x Europe will focus on wireless technologies, and unified communications more than any previous VON event has, and it's sure to be one of the most leading-edge events of the year.""

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Events: February 14, 2008 to April 14, 2008

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)	Event	Location
February 13 February 15	German Perl-Workshop	Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen, Germany
February 16	Frozen Perl 2008 Workshop	Minneapolis, USA
February 19 February 20	Linux Developer Symposium	Beijing, China
February 19 February 20	Files and Backup	London, UK
February 22 February 24	freed.in/2008	Delhi, India
February 23 February 24	Free/Open Source Developers' European Meeting 2008	Brussels, Belgium
February 23 February 26	Linux World Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico
February 25 February 26	2008 Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop	San Jose, CA, USA
February 25 February 29	NEW PHP 5 and PostgreSQL Bootcamp with Mark Fenoglio	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
February 28 March 1	Linux Audio Conference	Cologne, Germany
March 1 March 2	Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2008	Chemnitz, Germany
March 3 March 6	O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference	San Diego, CA, USA
March 3 March 6	Drupalcon Boston 2008	Boston, MA, USA
March 4 March 9	CeBIT Germany	Hannover, Germany
March 8 March 14	Asia OSS Conference & Showcase 2008	Guangzhou, China
March 11 March 12	4th AustralAsian Cleantech Forum	Melbourne, Australia
March 14 March 16	PyCon 2008	Chicago, IL, USA
March 15	FSF Associate Members Meeting	Cambridge, MA, USA
March 16 March 19	BossaConference 2008 - International Conference on Open Source Software for Mobile Embedded Platforms	Pernambuco, Brazil
March 16 March 21	Novell BrainShare 2008	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
March 16 March 20	Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa	Dakar, Senegal
March 17 March 20	Eclipse Community Conference	Santa Clara, CA, USA
March 17 March 20	Spring VON.x Conference	San Jose, CA, USA
March 19 March 20	LinuxWorld Expo 2008 Brussels	Brussels, Belgium
March 24	SDForum Global Open Source Conference	San Francisco, CA, USA
March 26 March 28	CanSecWest 2008	Vancouver, BC, Canada
March 26	Document Freedom Day	Everywhere, Worldwide
March 29 March 30	PostgreSQL Conference East 2008	College Park, MD, USA
March 31 April 2	UKUUG Spring 2008 Conference - Dynamic Languages	Birmingham, England
March 31	2008 European Workshop on System Security	Glasgow, Scotland
March 31 April 2	UKUUG Spring 2008 Conference	Birmingham, England
March 31 April 2	Sharkfest Wireshark Network Analysis Summit	Los Altos Hills, CA, USA
April 2	First meeting UKUUG PostgreSQL SIG	Birmingham, England
April 3 April 4	E-Mail Systems Conference 2008 (Exim and other mail systems)	Birmingham, England
April 4 April 5	openSUSE Packaging Days II	IRC, Everywhere
April 7 April 9	IT360 Conference & Expo	Toronto, Canada
April 7 April 11	Django Bootcamp with Juan Pablo Claude	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
April 8 April 10	Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit	Austin, TX, USA
April 10 April 13	Go-OO Conference 2008	Prague, Czech Republic
April 12 April 13	Open Source Developers Conference Taiwan, 2008	Taipei, Taiwan
April 12 April 13	LugRadio Live USA 2008	San Francisco, CA, USA
April 12 April 18	KDevelop Developer Meeting 2008	Munich, Germany

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Web sites

Introducing InsideRIA.com--New from O'Reilly Media

O'Reilly Media has announced the launch of insideRIA.com. "Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are shaping the Web today. Love them or hate them, if you're working on the Web, you'll want to understand them. And a new online website announced this week, InsideRIA.com, is the premiere community site for all things RIA, created specifically for web developers, architects, programmers, designers, or anyone else who makes the Web their business. "Our goal is to create an invaluable resource for information on the ever-changing state of design and development of rich Internet applications (RIAs)." explained Steve Weiss, executive editor at O'Reilly Media. "We've started with general topic areas on Design, Development, and Standards, which will feature blog posts and multimedia content.""

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Audio and Video programs

Videos from linux.conf.au

For those who were unable to attend linux.conf.au - or who were there but missed an interesting talk - the conference organizers have populated the presentations page with videos (in Theora format) for most of the talks. There is a lot of interesting stuff there; best not to check it out until you have a sizeable block of spare time.

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