Announcements
Non-Commercial announcements
EFF: Huge Win for Online Journalists' Source Protection
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced a the results of a legal ruling that affects online journalists. "A California state appeals court ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday, holding that the online journalists have the same right to protect the confidentiality of their sources as offline reporters do."
OLPC hardware details posted
The One Laptop Per Child hardware information page has been updated with a great many details on just what will go into the OLPC package. The most interesting stuff is under the "what makes this system unique" heading; clearly a great deal of thought has gone into the design of this system. "Wireless mesh: Child-child sharing! OLPC Laptops are full-time wireless routers. Mesh networking reduces the need for dedicated infrastructure (e.g. access points and/or cabling), and extends greatly the areas in which machines may be connected to each other and/or to the internet."
The OLPC developer's program
The One Laptop Per Child effort has a big pile of prototype systems, and they are looking for developers who would like to use them to help with OLPC development. Note the limits of these prototype systems: they are bare circuit boards with a power supply and a connector for a serial console. But, if you would like to play with such a system and help make it work better, the OLPC project may send you one. Have a look at the OLPC developer's program page for information on the systems, a list of tasks that need doing, and instructions on applying for a system.
Commercial announcements
FUEL Database 1.0 Released
Version 1.0 of FUEL Database, an embedded DBMS for Windows CE/Mobile, Embedded Linux, and VxWorks platforms, is out. "ITTIA plans to support all industry-standard platforms. Developers will be able to develop their application in one operating system environment and, without changing a single line of database code, deploy their application into a different operating system with ease. As a result, they can develop with minimal investment, zero administration, no disruption, and, with ITTIA's reasonable licensing model, gain a competitive edge for their application."
IBM invests in Brazil Linux Tech Center
IBM has announced the investment of $2.2 million in a Brazilian Linux Technology Center. "Developers at IBM's Linux Technology Center in Brazil will work to make Linux better as part of the open source community specializing in developing Linux with cell, power and virtualization technologies. The investment will be used to complete construction of a Linux development laboratory in Hortolândia and expand a second lab in Campinas, on Brazil's Unicamp campus."
TimeSys Introduces LinuxLink Subscriptions for Freescale i.MX31
TimeSys has announced the availability of LinuxLink subscriptions for the Freescale Semiconductor i.MX31 multimedia processor. "Collaboration of Nissin Systems and Freescale will enable development of networking products using the state-of-the-art technologies requiring video, audio and mobile technologies, including a network-enabled camera, security camera, IP TV phone, media player, biometrics authentication device and other business equipment. In addition, communication equipment and appliance manufacturers can efficiently develop their custom boards and application software, significantly reducing procurement cost and speeding up development cycle."
Win4Lin announces major upgrade to 2000/XP desktop product
Win4Lin has released version 3 of their 2000/XP desktop product. ""Win4Lin Pro 3.0 is an important step forward in both usability and performance. We are pleased to offer the world's fastest and easiest method for installing Windows on a Linux desktop, where users can literally be running Windows XP in less than thirty minutes, said Leo Reiter, Win4Lin CTO."
New Books
Building Scalable Web Sites - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Building Scalable Web Sites by Cal Henderson.Java I/O, Second Edition - O'Reilly's Latest Release
O'Reilly has published the book Java I/O, Second Edition by Elliotte Rusty Harold.No Starch Press releases "Object Oriented PHP"
No Starch Press has published the book Object Oriented PHP by Peter Lavin.
Contests and Awards
SafeDesk Puts Bounties on STS Open-Source Development
The SafeDesk Bounty Program has been launched. "SafeDesk is currently inviting individuals or groups from the FOSS community to participate in making STS Bounty program in an effort to further develop an even better thin-client server solution as a compliment to the LTSP and other server-based solutions. Initial projects not only support the STS project directly, but also support the Debian Live project from which SafeDesk and its engineers have already been contributors."
Education and Certification
LPI promotes Linux Certification within North-East Asia Region
The Linux Professional Institute has announced the holding of Linux certification events and exam labs in Japan and South Korea from May 31 through June 7, 2006.
Calls for Presentations
Zend/PHP Conference 2006 Call for Papers
A call for papers has gone out for the 2006 Zend/PHP Conference & Expo. The event takes place from October 29 to November 2, 2006 in San Jose, California. "The conference selection committee will consider all abstracts submitted on or before June 15th, 2006. Notifications will be made by August 1st, 2006."
OSDC Australia CFP
A call for papers has gone out for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2006. The event takes place in Melbourne, Australia on December 5-8, 2006. Proposals are due by July 12.
Upcoming Events
Collaborative Technologies Conference announced
CMP Media has announced the session topics for the Collaborative Technologies Conference. The event will take place in Boston, MA on June 19-22, 2006. "During these CTC sessions, industry thought leaders and technology innovators will explore strategies, practices and tools that can help businesses cut costs, increase productivity, reduce time-to-market, align workgroups and create a more streamlined, dynamic organization."
Events: June 1 - July 27, 2006
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| June 1 - 3, 2006 | 2006 USENIX Annual Technical Conference | (Boston Marriott Copley Place)Boston, MA |
| June 13 - 14, 2006 | Where 2.0 Conference | (Fairmont Hotel San Jose)San Jose, CA |
| June 13 - 14, 2006 | Gartner Open Source Summit 2006 | (Palau de Congressos de Catalunya)Barcelona, Spain |
| June 14 - 16, 2006 | New York PHP Conference and Expo 2006 | (New Yorker Hotel)New York, NY |
| June 16 - 18, 2006 | Recon 2006 | (Plaza Hotel Centre-Ville)Montreal, Canada |
| June 18 - 23, 2006 | Ubuntu Developer Summit | Charles de Gaulle, Paris, France |
| June 19 - 22, 2006 | Collaborative Technologies Conference | (Seaport Hotel)Boston, MA |
| June 22 - 23, 2006 | 3rd International GPLv3 Conference | Barcelona, Spain |
| June 24 - 25, 2006 | Free and Open Source Conference(FrOSCon) | (St. Augustin)Bonn, Germany |
| June 24 - 30, 2006 | 2006 GNOME Users and Developers European Conference(GUADEC) | Catalonia, Spain |
| June 24 - 25, 2006 | PHP Vikinger | Skien, Norway |
| June 27 - 29, 2006 | Corporate Channel and Computing Expo(C3) | (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center)New York, NY |
| June 28 - 30, 2006 | GCC and GNU Toolchain Developers' Summit | (Ottawa Congress Centre)Ottawa, Canada |
| June 29 - July 2, 2006 | UKUUG Linux Technical Conference | (University of Sussex)Brighton, UK |
| June 30 - July 1, 2006 | WebTech 2006 | (Kempinski Hotel Zografski)Sofia, Bulgaria |
| July 3 - 4, 2006 | 3rd European Lisp Workshop | Nantes, France |
| July 3 - 5, 2006 | EuroPython 2006 | (CERN)Geneva, Switzerland |
| July 4 - 8, 2006 | 7th Libre Software Meeting(LSM) | (Nancy 1 University)Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France |
| July 5 - 8, 2006 | V Jornades de Programari Lliure | Barcelona, Spain |
| July 8 - 9, 2006 | PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit | Toronto, Canada |
| July 10 - 11, 2006 | Global db4o User Conference(dUC) | (Imperial College, South Kensington)London, UK |
| July 13 - 14, 2006 | Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment(DIMVA) | Berlin, Germany |
| July 15 - 16, 2006 | Crystal Space Conference | (University of Aachen)Aachen, Germany |
| July 16 - 19, 2006 | 2nd International Symposium on Free/Open Source Software, Technologies and Content(FOSSTEC 2006) | Orlando, Florida, USA |
| July 19 - 22, 2006 | Ottawa Linux Symposium 2006(OLS 2006) | Ottawa, Canada |
| July 22 - 23, 2006 | LugRadio Live | (Wolverhampton University)Wolverhampton, UK |
| July 24 - 28, 2006 | O'Reilly Open Source Convention(OSCON 2006) | Portland, Oregon |
Miscellaneous
PSF: Summer of Code projects announced
The Python Software Foundation has announced its 2006 Google Summer of Code projects. "25 projects were been accepted, tying with the Apache Software Foundation for the largest number of funded proposals. The accepted projects include 5 enhancements to the CPython interpreter or standard library, 3 PyPy projects, 3 SciPy projects, and 2 projects relating to the Soya3D library for 3-dimensional graphics."
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