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AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements EFF challenges bogus patent on Internet music filesElectronic Frontier Foundation has announced a new bogus patent challenge. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is challenging a bogus patent on Internet music files that could stifle new innovations in online music distribution. Seer Systems was awarded this illegitimate patent for a system and method for joining different musical data types together in a file, distributing them over the Internet, and then playing that file. But in a reexamination request filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today, EFF and the law firm Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder show that descriptions of this technology were published a number of times before Seer Systems made its claim--including one in a book written by Seer's own founder and the named inventor of the patent, Stanley Jungleib."
The Linux Foundation's FOSSBazaar Nearly Doubles its MembershipThe Linux Foundation has announced that its Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) governance workgroup, called FOSSBazaar, has nearly doubled its membership since launching in January. "During its inaugural year, FOSSBazaar has both established an online destination where collaboration on these topics takes place (https://fossbazaar.org) and appointed full-time workgroup community leader Martin Michlmayr. Michlmayr is a well-known figure that currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Open Source Initiative (OSI). He has been involved in FOSS projects for more than 10 years, including having led the Debian project for two years. FOSSBazaar has also participated in collaborative forums this year such as the Annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and OSCON."
Commercial announcements ASF announces Apache Tuscany 1.3.2Apache Software Foundation has announced the release of Apache Tuscany 1.3.2. "Apache Tuscany, a new Top-Level Project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), today announced the release of version 1.3.2 of its Service Component Architecture (SCA) for Java -- the Project's latest release since its graduation from the ASF Incubator four months ago. Apache Tuscany provides a robust, highly extensible infrastructure for building, deploying, running and managing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, streamlining the development process of service-based application networks and addressing real business problems posed in SOA."
AtMail releases AtMail 5.5AtMail has announced the release of AtMail 5.5. "AtMail, a leading provider of easy-to-use, Linux-based email management appliances and software, today announced the latest release to its commercial Webmail platform, AtMail 5.5. The new AtMail 5.5 version includes support for Canonical's Ubuntu Server Edition Linux-based operating system."
Atmel, Cisco and SICS collaboratively release uIPv6Atmel Corporation has announced the release of the uIPv6 protocol stack. "Atmel(R) Corporation, Cisco and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) today announced the availability of uIPv6, one of the world's smallest open-source, IPv6-ready protocol stack, which could enable every device, no matter how limited by power or memory to have an Internet Protocol address."
GarageGames Looking to Fund New Studios in Austin, Vancouver, and SeattleGarageGames has announced an expansion drive. "GarageGames, creators of InstantAction.com, the website for gamers that combines the intensity of videogames with the accessibility of the web, have announced that they are looking to fund new startup studios working on original IP for InstantAction and other platforms. "We're seeing a lot of larger studios cutting back on costs and thus forced to let go of great talent," said Josh Williams, CEO of GarageGames. "There's always opportunity for good developers to start anew and we're looking to give these guys a shot to get back to their roots on a small team making games for a cutting edge platform.""
ITTIA introduces compact DBMS for portable media applicationsITTIA has announced the availability of ITTIA DB Compact edition. "ITTIA, a leading provider of embedded database software and services, today introduced Compact edition as a new member of its ITTIA DB product family. Compact is a rock-solid transactional database engine that allows embedded developers to select the exact database features to match the requirements of a particular device. Compact is an ideal database candidate for application development projects related to digital media such as portable multimedia players (PMP), digital audio players (DAP), and automotive computer systems."
Cloud Computing Adoption Model unveiled by rPathrPath has announced a new Cloud Computing Adoption Model. "rPath today announced its Cloud Computing Adoption Model, which defines a pragmatic, five-step approach for the graduated adoption of cloud computing. The Cloud Computing Adoption Model will be rolled out on October 23, as part of an rPath webinar featuring guests Amazon Web Services, Forrester Research and MomentumSI."
New SSH Tectia Solution for Linux on IBM System zSSH Communications Security has announced SSH Tectia Server for Linux on IBM System z. "This new version of SSH Tectia provides a unified, end-to-end security model that extends from distributed platforms, to mainframes running the Linux operating system on the IBM System z platform, and also to virtualized environments."
OpenLogic expands professional service offeringsOpenLogic has announced an expansion of its professional service offerings. "OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced several new professional services packages, ranging from one day to one week engagements, that help companies quickly and cost-effectively identify, fine-tune and implement enterprise-ready open source products."
SourceForge.net launches Hosted AppsSourceForge.net has announced the launch of Hosted Apps. "SourceForge, Inc.,the leader in community-driven content and media, has announced the launch of Hosted Apps, a new service for developers that provides instant, virtualized access to popular open source applications. SourceForge will centrally manage the infrastructure and security of Hosted Apps, allowing developers to innovate freely without being distracted by the maintenance of their project's infrastructure."
Timesys Announces Embedded Linux ReadyKitsTimesys has announced new ARM processor ReadyKits. "Timesys Corporation®, a premier provider of embedded Linux software solutions, today announced general availability of embedded Linux ReadyKits for several popular ARM-based processors. Assembled by Timesys award winning Online Linux Factory, ReadyKits enable embedded developers to have a robust Linux platform up and running on their select processor within a few hours ready to benchmark platform performance or prototype applications. Each ReadyKit comes complete with a pre-built, integrated and tested embedded Linux platform, including all sources."
New Books Maven: The Definitive Guide - New from O'ReillyO'Reilly has published the book Maven: The Definitive Guide by Tim O'Brien.
Packt Publishing releases CUPS Administrative GuidePackt Publishing has published the book CUPS Administrative Guide by Ankur Shah.
Resources Linux Foundation releases LSB 4.0 betaThe Linux Foundation has announced the release of version 4.0 beta of the Linux Standards Base (LSB). "This new version of LSB promises to accomplish these goals in a more powerful way. "We have a new set of LSB tools to make it much easier for ISVs to development applications that are LSB compliant, and to test to see how portable their applications are via the Linux Application Checker," Ted T'so, Chief Platform Strategist and Fellow with the Linux Foundation, explained."
Contests and Awards USAID Launches Open Source Development 2.0 ChallengeThe U.S. Agency for International Development has announced the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge. "The Development 2.0 Challenge signals that USAID is responding to a shifting business and technology culture that goes by many names, including Web 2.0, inventive economics, wikinomics, or crowdsourcing. Just as online communities have changed the way business is done, USAID's open call for technology solutions seeks to improve the way international development is done." Grants of up to $10K will be awarded and submissions will be accepted from October 13 - December 5, 2008.
Meeting Minutes Perl 6 Design Minutes (use Perl)The September 24, 2008, September 17, 2008 and September 10, 2008 Perl 6 Design Meeting Minutes have been posted.
Calls for Presentations CISSE 2008 - paper submission deadline extendedThe paper submission deadline for CISSE 2008, the Fourth International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, has been extended to October 28, 2008. The conference will be held online on December 5-13, 2008. "Due to numerous deadline extension requests from potential CISSE 2008 authors, the CISSE organizing committee has decided to extend the paper submission deadline to 10/28/2008. Please note that this is a hard deadline, so that the technical committees can perform their paper reviewing duties in a timely manner."
FOSS.IN/2008: CfP announcedA call for papers has gone out for FOSS.IN/2008. "Time is short, so please read through carefully and get ready with your proposals. The registration system will open from October 10, 2008. FOSS.IN is a contributor event, focusing on development efforts in FOSS from India." The event takes place on November 25-29, 2008 in Bangalore, India, abstracts are due by October 18.
Linuxchix Miniconf @linux.conf.au 2009: Call for PresentationsLinuxChix has announced that they'll be hosting the LinuxChix mini-conf at Linux.conf.au in January, 2009 in Hobart, Tasmania. This mini-conf exists to encourage women with an interest in free and open source technology to share their ideas, network and improve their presentation skills. Abstracts for talk proposals should be submitted by October 20, 2008 12:00 GMT.
O'Reilly RailsConf 2009 opens Call for ParticipationA call for participation has gone out for the O'Reilly RailsConf 2009. The event takes place in Las Vegas, NV on May 4-7, 2009, submissions are due by February 17.
O'Reilly Where 2.0 2009 Conference opens call for participationA call for participation has gone out for the O'Reilly Where 2.0 2009 Conference. "The earth isn't flat, and maps don't live in the glove compartment anymore. The O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference will pinpoint how far location technology has reached, explore the boundaries of geospace, and point the way into the location frontier at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA, May 19-21, 2009. O'Reilly Media and program chair Brady Forrest invite proposals for conference sessions, workshops, demos, and panels for Where 2.0 2009." Submissions are due by December 2.
Upcoming Events MySQL European Customer Conferences 2008The MySQL European Customer Conferences 2008 will take place in London on Thursday, October 23, Munich on Tuesday, October 21 and Paris on Wednesday, November 19.
European PGDay 2008European PGDay 2008 will be held on October 17-18, 2008. "The conference will once again be held in the beautiful historic surroundings of the Monash University Prato Centre in Prato, a small walled town near Florence, Tuscany."
Web 2.0 Expo Europe Examines Key Industry ThemesWeb 2.0 Expo Europe has been announced. "The second annual Web 2.0 Expo Europe will define the current state of Web 2.0 and, more importantly, outline its future. The three-day conference, co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and TechWeb, will attract the largest pan-European community of international technical, design, marketing, and business professionals, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and VCs building, leveraging, and driving the European Web economy. Each will bring a unique and insightful perspective to the dynamic state of innovation happening on the Web. Scheduled for October 21-23, 2008, Web 2.0 Expo Europe will be held at a new venue, the Berliner Congress Center in Berlin, Germany."
Events: October 23, 2008 to December 22, 2008The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it. Web sites KDE Launches User ForumKDE has launched the KDE Forum, which is a MyBB-based forum for users to discuss KDE-related topics. In conjunction with the adoption by KDE, MyBB has released their software under the GPLv3. "Sebastian Kügler, member of the KDE e.V. Board of Directors explains where the new KDE Forum fits into KDE communication infrastructure: 'We've come to believe that mailinglist don't cut it for all users. KDE becoming increasingly widely used should also offer those that aren't familiar with the use of email for such discussions a place. The new KDE forum complements KDE's new end-user knowledge base Userbase that has been launched last month. At the same time, we're really happy to see that after our request the MyBB team has decided to release their forum software under the terms of the GPL.'" Click below for the full announcement.
Audio and Video programs O'Reilly Webcast - When Times Gets Tough, the Tough Get TuningO'Reilly will hold a webcast entitled: When Times Gets Tough, the Tough Get Tuning by Dee-Ann LeBlanc on October 21 at 10am PDT. "When you experience reduced performance, your first inclination may be to groan and open your wallet. While new hardware often can offer the best bang for your buck, it's also possible that you don't need to invest that money just yet--or at least that you can improve the performance while you look for a good deal. In this seminar, you'll learn how to break down performance into four major areas, how to determine which area(s) are causing your problems, and some tips on how to improve in each."
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