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IBM Delivers Total Linux Solutions to Wall Street

Here's a press release from IBM about its new Manhattan based Linux center.

AMD Athlon MP Processors Drive Most Powerful x86 Cluster Supercomputers in Europe and Asia

Here is a press release from AMD, describing the Linux cluster at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. It recently made its way onto the TOP500 supercomputer list. "The University's Heidelberg Linux Cluster System (HELICS) supercomputer performs scientific research at its Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (ICSC)."

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SnapGear Announces new uClinux Distribution

SnapGear has sent in a press release about a "new update of the uClinux kernel which completes enhancements for the Motorola MCF5249 architecture and consolidates updates and applications for one free and easy download for embedded Linux developers worldwide."

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MontaVista Software Powers New Advanced Thin-Client Terminal

This press release states that two Japanese firms, Nexterm Inc. and ELT Inc., have jointly developed a thin-client terminal based on MontaVista Linux. "The Nexterm SE is a highly efficient and lightweight micro-client that executes all terminal applications in a server-based computing environment."

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MandrakeSoft to provide Linux server software to all levels of French government

As the result of an Open Bid process initiated by the French "Union des Groupements d'Achats Publics" (UGAP), MandrakeSoft has been awarded a contract to equip Linux server software to French government agencies and ministries. Hit the link for the press release.

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Kodak Turns to IBM and Linux for Digital Cinema

Eastman Kodak Company announced that it has selected IBM as the key supplier of computer servers, storage units and other peripherals for the new Kodak Digital Cinema Operating System (COS). Click below for the full press release.

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Zumiez Completes Companywide Deployment of Ximian Desktop

Here is a press release from Ximian. A retail chain, Zumiez, is now using the Ximian Desktop at its retail locations. "The 1,200 employee, Seattle-based company completed the nationwide rollout in just six months and installed Ximian Desktop at each of its 91 retail locations to enable every point-of-sale computer to easily and efficiently perform spreadsheet calculations, manage email and browse the corporate intranet. Zumiez demonstrates how companies can cost-effectively capitalize on the desktop and productivity solutions from Ximian."

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Antelope Technologies and Transmeta Announce Collaboration on Innovative Mobile Computer

Here is a press release, jointly issued by Transmeta and Antelope Technologies, announcing "that Antelope's Mobile Computer Core (MCC) will incorporate Transmeta's Crusoe TM5800 processor."

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Open source flow solver

Gerris 0.1.0, the first "official" release, is an "open-source, free-software library and code for the resolution of the three-dimensional partial differential equations describing incompressible fluid flow. Gerris can deal with arbitrarily complex solid boundaries in an automatic manner and uses dynamic adaptive mesh refinement to optimise the discretisation according to the flow solution."

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A pile of Java books from O'Reilly

O'Reilly has sent us announcements for a number of new Java books, including:

Ant, The Little Build Tool That Could by Eric M. Burke and Jesse E. Tilly. "Ant is a reliable, cross-platform build tool that takes full advantage of the Java environment."
Java & XML Data Binding, by Brett McLaughlin.
Java and SOAP by Robert Englander.

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