http://www.linuxinsider.comLinuxInsider -- "Linux News & Information from Around the World"en-usCopyright 2009Wed, 16 May 2012 19:35:21 GMTWed, 16 May 2012 19:35:21 GMT30hourly12012-05-16T19:35:21ZECT News NetworkLinuxInsider -- "Linux News & Information from Around the World"ECT News Network2012-05-16T19:35:21Zen-usCopyright 2009http://www.linuxinsider.com/images/rss/lni_100x36.jpghttp://www.linuxinsider.comhttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f69606a/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C751210Bhtml/story01.htmSugarCon, the SugarCRM user meeting held in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, did some important things for Sugar. It was a coming out party of sorts for a company with a distinct business model and strategy, namely open source. It was also validation of that strategy and, for many, a new realization of what open source means.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f69606a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+Rise+of+Open+Source&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75121.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The+Rise+of+Open+Source&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75121.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204536797/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f69606a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204536797/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f69606a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204536797/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f69606a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f69606a/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C751210Bhtml/story01.htmDenis PombriantVendors2012-05-16T12:00:00Z SugarCon, the SugarCRM user meeting held in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, did some important things for Sugar. It was a coming out party of sorts for a company with a distinct business model and strategy, namely open source. It was also validation of that strategy and, for many, a new realization of what open source means. In my discussions with CEO Larry Augustin and CTO and cofounder Clint Oram, I got a new sense of how pervasive open source really is in the software marketplace.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f6902c8/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C751150Bhtml/story01.htmThe Internet is a hub for acquiring music, video and a just about any other form of content. Miro is one of the most capable player apps that I have seen for all of this media. Keeping up with the various forms of content the Web has to offer can be a daunting task.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f6902c8/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Whatever+You+Want%2C+Miro+Finds+It%2C+Gets+It%2C+Plays+It&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75115.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Whatever+You+Want%2C+Miro+Finds+It%2C+Gets+It%2C+Plays+It&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75115.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204294278/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f6902c8/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204294278/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f6902c8/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204294278/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f6902c8/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f6902c8/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C751150Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2012-05-16T12:00:00Z The Internet is a hub for acquiring music, video and a just about any other form of content. Miro is one of the most capable player apps that I have seen for all of this media. Keeping up with the various forms of content the Web has to offer can be a daunting task. The process is similar to what people do in the non-Internet world. For instance, we have TVs for watching broadcasts, radios for listening to local stations, VCRs for stored playback, DVD players for movies.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f5f5186/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C751120Bhtml/story01.htmMurmurs about Google's supposed plans to launch its own tablet soon are growing to a roar. Source code from Google and Samsung indicate that a Nexus tablet is in the works, Slashgear reported. "It seems logical that it will be a Google Nexus device consistent with the Nexus smartphone, but the problem is there's nothing unique about the Nexus smartphone," suggested Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrevo.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f5f5186/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Code+Clues+Reheat+Google+Tablet+Rumors&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75112.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Code+Clues+Reheat+Google+Tablet+Rumors&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75112.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204484877/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f5f5186/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204484877/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f5f5186/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204484877/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f5f5186/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f5f5186/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C751120Bhtml/story01.htmRichard AdhikariAndroid2012-05-15T12:00:00Z Murmurs about Google's supposed plans to launch its own tablet soon are growing to a roar. Source code from Google and Samsung indicate that a Nexus tablet is in the works, Slashgear reported. "It seems logical that it will be a Google Nexus device consistent with the Nexus smartphone, but the problem is there's nothing unique about the Nexus smartphone," suggested Andrew Eisner, director of community and content at Retrevo. The kernel codes Google and Samsung are working on are for Samsung's Exynos processors.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f564e16/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A970Bhtml/story01.htmLife is never dull here in the world of technology, but some weeks it's hard to remember that this is actually the real world, and not some epic tale of the battle between good and evil. We've seen plenty of examples of good pulling ahead in the struggle in recent weeks, of course -- but there's never any shortage of dastardly deeds being committed, either.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f564e16/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Windows+RT+and+the+Dastardly+Browser-Exclusion+Deed&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75097.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Windows+RT+and+the+Dastardly+Browser-Exclusion+Deed&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75097.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204435188/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f564e16/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204435188/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f564e16/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204435188/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f564e16/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f564e16/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A970Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-05-14T12:00:00Z Life is never dull here in the world of technology, but some weeks it's hard to remember that this is actually the real world, and not some epic tale of the battle between good and evil. We've seen plenty of examples of good pulling ahead in the struggle in recent weeks, of course -- the naming of our own Linus Torvalds as a laureate for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, for instance -- but there's never any shortage of dastardly deeds being committed, either. Case in point? Windows RT's apparent exclusion of any browser that's not Microsoft's own Internet Explorer.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f42c3b5/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A620Bhtml/story01.htmKeep Everything. Share Anything. When a company like Google uses a tagline that includes the words "share anything" for a Dropbox-like cloud file storage system, my immediate reaction is "with whom?" Google, after-all, is a company that's made its money delivering ads based on what it learns about our habits. There's been debate about this very question since Drive launched.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f42c3b5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Google+Drive+for+Android%3A+Just+About+as+Good+as+the+Rest&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75062.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Google+Drive+for+Android%3A+Just+About+as+Good+as+the+Rest&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75062.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204107745/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f42c3b5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204107745/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f42c3b5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204107745/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f42c3b5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f42c3b5/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A620Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2012-05-11T12:00:00Z Keep Everything. Share Anything. When a company like Google uses a tagline that includes the words "share anything" for a Dropbox-like cloud file storage system, my immediate reaction is "with whom?" Google, after-all, is a company that's made its money delivering ads based on what it learns about our habits. There's been debate about this very question since Drive launched, and media reports have suggested, based on the Drive terms and conditions, that Google is claiming to license Drive users' files.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f37968d/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A730Bhtml/story01.htmThere's no denying the incendiary nature of the topic of desktop Linux, which tends to gets rehashed in heated detail every so often both on these pages and beyond. What some may not remember, however, is that there's another recurring Linux subject that can be equally controversial. It hasn't appeared in some time, but apparently some slow fires have been burning all along, because they just flared up anew.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f37968d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=To+GNU+or+Not+to+GNU%3F+That+Is+the+Question&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75073.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=To+GNU+or+Not+to+GNU%3F+That+Is+the+Question&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75073.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204285300/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f37968d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/134204285300/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f37968d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/134204285300/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f37968d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f37968d/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A730Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-05-10T12:00:00Z There's no denying the incendiary nature of the topic of desktop Linux, which tends to gets rehashed in heated detail every so often both on these pages and beyond. What some may not remember, however, is that there's another recurring Linux subject that can be equally controversial. It hasn't appeared in some time, but apparently some slow fires have been burning all along, because they just flared up anew. The topic in question, you ask? It's not new -- it's GNU. Get it? Well, countless other Linux fans do too.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f2ae56d/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A570Bhtml/story01.htmThe latest edition of Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04 desktop operating system shows considerable maturity. Precise Pangolin is built around the default Unity interface with an optional Heads Up Display designed to keep hands on the keys rather than constantly interrupting the work flow by grabbing the mouse.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f2ae56d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Precise+Pangolin%3A+Ubuntu+Grows+Up&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75057.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Precise+Pangolin%3A+Ubuntu+Grows+Up&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75057.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515387581/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f2ae56d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515387581/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f2ae56d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515387581/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f2ae56d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f2ae56d/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A570Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2012-05-09T12:00:00Z The latest edition of Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04 desktop operating system shows considerable maturity. Precise Pangolin is built around the default Unity interface with an optional Heads Up Display designed to keep hands on the keys rather than constantly interrupting the work flow by grabbing the mouse. The Unity bar, which debuted last year in the 11.04 release, is still cemented to the left edge of the screen. But it has been tweaked considerably. HUD offers a new approach to avoiding traditional menu and document search functions. Taken together, the Unity/HUD interface brings a new mindset to your computing practices.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f1eed13/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A510Bhtml/story01.htmRecent news that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble agreed to partner on the Nook e-reader line rather than keep fighting suggests the prospect of fewer IP suits in the industry. However, the deal further obscures the blurry IP and patent landscape currently impacting both enterprise IT and consumer technology. It is good to see settlement. However, this settlment comes from the one conflict in this ongoing war that was actually shedding some light on the matter.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f1eed13/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Mixed+Signals+in+IT%27s+Great+IP+War&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75051.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Mixed+Signals+in+IT%27s+Great+IP+War&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75051.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515340254/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f1eed13/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515340254/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f1eed13/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515340254/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f1eed13/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f1eed13/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A510Bhtml/story01.htmJay LymanLegal2012-05-08T12:00:00Z Recent news that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble agreed to partner on the Nook e-reader line rather than keep fighting over intellectual property suggests the prospect of more settlement and fewer IP suits in the industry. However, the deal further obscures the blurry IP and patent landscape currently impacting both enterprise IT and consumer technology. It is good to see settlement -- something I've been calling for, while also warning against patent and IP aggression. However, this settlment comes from the one conflict in this ongoing war that was actually shedding some light on the matter, rather than further complicating it.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f147322/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A370Bhtml/story01.htmIt's been a cheerily good spring for FOSS fans here in the Linux blogosphere, so we may perhaps be forgiven for our utter shock and disbelief at the affront recently committed against us by a certain brick-and-mortar purveyor of books and magazines. Barnes & Noble yanked the very excellent <em>Linux Format</em> magazine from its U.S. shelves -- apparently because of a cover story on the topic of "hacking."<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f147322/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Who%27s+Afraid+of+a+Big+Bad+Hacking+Story%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75037.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Who%27s+Afraid+of+a+Big+Bad+Hacking+Story%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75037.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515302141/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f147322/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515302141/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f147322/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515302141/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f147322/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f147322/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A370Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-05-07T12:00:00Z It's been a cheerily good spring for FOSS fans here in the Linux blogosphere, so we may perhaps be forgiven for our utter shock and disbelief at the affront recently committed against us by a certain brick-and-mortar purveyor of books and magazines. Yes, that's right -- it's Barnes & Noble Linux Girl is referring to; specifically, its decision to yank the very excellent Linux Format magazine from its U.S. shelves -- apparently because of a cover story on the topic of "hacking." Issue 154, the one with 'Learn to Hack' on the cover, was removed from Barnes & Noble bookstores in the U.S. following a complaint.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f00f6f5/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A220Bhtml/story01.htmSamsung launched the Galaxy S III smartphone in London on Thursday. The device will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich, version 4.0 of the mobile OS. The Galaxy S III's features include facial and voice recognition, voice command capability and eye tracking.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f00f6f5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Galaxy+S+III+Serves+Up+Big+Dollop+of+Ice+Cream+Sandwich&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75022.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Galaxy+S+III+Serves+Up+Big+Dollop+of+Ice+Cream+Sandwich&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75022.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515208536/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f00f6f5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515208536/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f00f6f5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515208536/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f00f6f5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f00f6f5/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A220Bhtml/story01.htmRichard AdhikariSmartphones2012-05-04T12:00:00Z Samsung launched the Galaxy S III smartphone in London on Thursday. The device will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich, version 4.0 of the mobile OS. The Galaxy S III's features include facial and voice recognition, voice command capability and eye tracking. "We believe the Galaxy S III is the most anticipated product in the 20-year history of Samsung Mobile," said Blythe Makenzie, Samsung Mobile's representative. "We will continue to share information as it becomes available."

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f00652c/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A0A30Bhtml/story01.htmI think I may have asked Shazam Encore to do the impossible. I had downloaded the app just before a planned lunch that included a sojourn to my neighborhood car wash -- which conveniently features a simple Mexican eatery. Sitting on the bench in the shade after the nosh, I detected the faint yet unmistakable tinkling sound of elevator music above the roar of the blowing drier. "Aha," I thought, wits about me, "Shazam reckons it can identify songs instantly?"<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f00652c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Shazam+Encore+Pretty+Much+Nails+%27Name+That+Tune%27&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75003.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Shazam+Encore+Pretty+Much+Nails+%27Name+That+Tune%27&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75003.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515207361/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f00652c/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515207361/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f00652c/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515207361/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1f00652c/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1f00652c/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A0A30Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2012-05-04T12:00:00Z I have to confess to being a little unfair on the Shazam Encore app for its first LinuxInsider test. It is supposed to identify songs you're listening to, but I think I may have asked it the impossible. I had downloaded the app just before a planned lunch that included a sojourn to my neighborhood car wash -- which conveniently features a simple Mexican eatery. Sitting on the bench in the shade after the nosh, I detected the faint yet unmistakable tinkling sound of elevator music above the roar of the blowing drier. "Aha," I thought, wits about me, "Shazam reckons it can identify songs instantly? Well, let's see if it can identify this garbage."

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ef753df/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A130Bhtml/story01.htmWell there's a new kid in town here in the Linux blogosphere, and it's already caused quite a stir. It's one of the Ubuntu clan, as its nickname makes clear, but that's as far as the foolin' goes. With five years of support and a scaly, tough hide, this one's here to stay. With time on its side and its eye on the prize, it may just blaze a new trail. Can freedom take hold in a world that's been dominated for so long?<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ef753df/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Ubuntu+Linux+12.04%3A+Microsoft%27s+Worst+Nightmare%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75013.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Ubuntu+Linux+12.04%3A+Microsoft%27s+Worst+Nightmare%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F75013.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515161806/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ef753df/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515161806/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ef753df/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515161806/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ef753df/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ef753df/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C750A130Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-05-03T12:00:00Z Well there's a new kid in town here in the Linux blogosphere, and it's already caused quite a stir. It's one of the Ubuntu clan, as its nickname makes clear, but that's as far as the foolin' goes. With five years of support and a scaly, tough hide, this one's here to stay. With time on its side and its eye on the prize, it may just blaze a new trail. Can freedom take hold in a world that's been dominated for so long? That's the new hope among the Pangolin-watching throngs. "Literally every review of Precise I've read has been positive, and that's in spite of the fact that it's still got Unity in it," began Google + blogger Linux Rants.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eee0f4a/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749990Bhtml/story01.htmMusic lovers have numerous strong choices for organizing and playing their collections of songs on the Linux desktop. But music creators have far fewer professional-strength options among Linux applications. With Linux MultiMedia Studio, or LMMS, though, one option may be all you really need. LMMS does it all and does it all well.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eee0f4a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=LMMS+Is+a+Fearsome+Music-Making+Machine&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74999.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=LMMS+Is+a+Fearsome+Music-Making+Machine&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74999.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515114697/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eee0f4a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133515114697/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eee0f4a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133515114697/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eee0f4a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eee0f4a/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749990Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2012-05-02T12:00:00Z Music lovers have numerous strong choices for organizing and playing their collections of songs on the Linux desktop. But music creators have far fewer professional-strength options among Linux applications. With Linux MultiMedia Studio, or LMMS, though, one option may be all you really need. LMMS does it all and does it all well. It is a sound-generation system, a synthesizer, a beat/baseline editor and MIDI control system. Taken together, this app can handily give you all the music-creating ability you need to operate a home music-making studio.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ee55614/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749870Bhtml/story01.htmMicrosoft on Monday said it will pay $300 million to get a piece of Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet action for the Windows 8 platform. The two companies will partner in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary which will push further into the education market. Barnes & Noble will initially create a Nook app for Windows 8.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ee55614/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Microsoft+Carves+a+Notch+in+Nook&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74987.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Microsoft+Carves+a+Notch+in+Nook&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74987.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133338901089/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ee55614/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133338901089/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ee55614/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133338901089/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ee55614/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ee55614/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749870Bhtml/story01.htmRichard AdhikariAndroid2012-05-01T12:00:00Z Microsoft on Monday said it will pay $300 million to get a piece of Barnes & Noble's Nook tablet action for the Windows 8 platform. The two companies will partner in a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary which will push further into the education market. Barnes & Noble will initially create a Nook app for Windows 8. The bookseller has been seeking new ways to monetize its highly profitable Nook business since January, when it announced record sales for that division.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1edef16e/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749830Bhtml/story01.htm"It has taken longer than most anyone would have anticipated, but the fact remains that Valve is in fact creating a native Linux port of their Steam game distribution client and of the Source Engine to run natively on Linux," read the announcement on Phoronix on Wednesday. Think gaming is trivial? Think again: In a matter of seconds, the topic was on fire on Slashdot and throughout the Linux blogosphere.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1edef16e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Linux+and+Gaming%3A+Full+Steam+Ahead&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74983.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Linux+and+Gaming%3A+Full+Steam+Ahead&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74983.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133338862451/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1edef16e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/133338862451/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1edef16e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/133338862451/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1edef16e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1edef16e/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749830Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-04-30T12:00:00Z There's been virtually continuous cause for celebration here in the Linux blogosphere over the last month or so, but it seems safe to say that few news items have caused quite as much jubilation as what greeted one tidbit last week, in particular. "It has taken longer than most anyone would have anticipated, but the fact remains that Valve is in fact creating a native Linux port of their Steam game distribution client and of the Source Engine to run natively on Linux," read the announcement on Phoronix on Wednesday. Think gaming is trivial? Think again: In a matter of seconds, the topic was on fire on Slashdot and throughout the Linux blogosphere.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecc42c0/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749610Bhtml/story01.htmSugarCRM has just debuted a controlled release of version 6.5 of its flagship open source CRM offering. In many ways, the release is an iterative change -- it does not represent the same major shift in functionality and user interface as version 6 did, when it was launched in 2010. In one key way, however, the new version is significantly different: The user interface is much more oriented to search technology.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecc42c0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=SugarCRM+6.5+Adds+Just+a+Touch+of+Sweetener&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74961.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=SugarCRM+6.5+Adds+Just+a+Touch+of+Sweetener&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74961.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733356816/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecc42c0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733356816/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecc42c0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132733356816/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecc42c0/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecc42c0/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749610Bhtml/story01.htmErika MorphyProducts2012-04-27T12:00:00Z SugarCRM has just debuted a controlled release of version 6.5 of its flagship open source CRM offering. In many ways, the release is an iterative change -- it does not represent the same major shift in functionality and user interface as version 6 did, when it was launched in 2010. In one key way, however, the new version is significantly different: The user interface is much more oriented to search technology, explained Clint Oram, chief technology officer. "If there is anything Google has taught us, it is that search is an essential paradigm."

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecc42be/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749640Bhtml/story01.htmIn the rush to play in the Big Data game, it's easy to forget the fundamentals. The fear of being left behind can cause enterprise IT teams to move directly into pilot projects with a choice of products and technologies that may not be best designed to solve the identified business problem.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecc42be/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Match+the+Big+Data+Job+to+the+Big+Data+Solution&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74964.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Match+the+Big+Data+Job+to+the+Big+Data+Solution&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74964.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733356815/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecc42be/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733356815/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecc42be/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132733356815/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecc42be/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecc42be/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749640Bhtml/story01.htmBrian GentileExpert Advice2012-04-27T12:00:00Z In the rush to play in the Big Data game, it's easy to forget the fundamentals. The fear of being left behind can cause enterprise IT teams to move directly into pilot projects with a choice of products and technologies that may not be best designed to solve the identified business problem. For example, because Hadoop has become such a popular tech buzzword, many organizations are racing to implement this Big Data platform before properly understanding their goal. A mismatch can often result.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecbfbde/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C74960A0Bhtml/story01.htmInstagram, the popular photography and social networking app for the iPhone, with a whopping 27 million iOS users, recently became available for Android. Around 5 million Android users reportedly signed up for the app in the first few days of the Android release. Then social network Facebook offered $1 billion for the company. What's going on?<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecbfbde/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Instagram%3A+Fun+but+No+Threat+to+the+Art+World&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74960.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Instagram%3A+Fun+but+No+Threat+to+the+Art+World&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74960.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132918395385/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecbfbde/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132918395385/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecbfbde/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132918395385/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ecbfbde/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ecbfbde/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C74960A0Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2012-04-27T12:00:00Z Instagram, the popular photography and social networking app for the iPhone, with a whopping 27 million iOS users, recently became available for Android. Around 5 million Android users reportedly signed up for the app in the first few days of the Android release. Then social network Facebook offered $1 billion for the company. What's going on? I've been a big fan of photographic filter apps for phones, like Neilandtheresa's Vignette app and Almalence's HDR Camera+. So, what's the fuss about? Is free Instagram really that much better than these other paid-for photographic apps?

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ec2e76b/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749560Bhtml/story01.htmWith all the fabulous and exciting technologies to talk about here in the world of FOSS -- the shiny, brand-spankin'-new Ubuntu Linux 12.04, to name just one -- it always seems a crying shame to have to waste any breath at all discussing lawsuits. Discuss them we must, however, because in today's litigious landscape, a few powerful software giants keep coming back for more. The latest example? None other than Oracle v. Google, of course.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ec2e76b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Oracle+v.+Google%3A+The+Trial+and+the+Errors&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74956.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Oracle+v.+Google%3A+The+Trial+and+the+Errors&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74956.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733265557/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ec2e76b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733265557/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ec2e76b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132733265557/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ec2e76b/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ec2e76b/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749560Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-04-26T12:00:00Z With all the fabulous and exciting technologies to talk about here in the world of FOSS -- the shiny, brand-spankin'-new Ubuntu Linux 12.04, to name just one -- it always seems a crying shame to have to waste any breath at all discussing lawsuits. Discuss them we must, however, because in today's litigious landscape, a few powerful software giants keep coming back for more. The latest example? None other than Oracle v. Google, of course, and an ongoing saga that just keeps going on and on. Now well into its second week, the trial is the focus of global scrutiny, and more than a few Linux bloggers are up in arms.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eb971a3/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749420Bhtml/story01.htmSometimes too much of a good thing in free software can create bad impressions. For instance, some of the free stuff so easily available in Linux distro package managers is so archaic that newcomers to the OS might understandably shriek in horror. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely am a big fan of FOSS applications.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eb971a3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Advanced+Easy+Editor+Goes+Bare+Bones%2C+Then+Breaks+Out+the+Sandpaper&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74942.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Advanced+Easy+Editor+Goes+Bare+Bones%2C+Then+Breaks+Out+the+Sandpaper&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74942.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132918298467/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eb971a3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132918298467/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eb971a3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132918298467/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eb971a3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eb971a3/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749420Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2012-04-25T12:00:00Z Sometimes too much of a good thing in free software can create bad impressions. For instance, some of the free stuff so easily available in Linux distro package managers is so archaic that newcomers to the OS might understandably shriek in horror. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely am a big fan of FOSS applications. Why else do I write this weekly column? I am always on the lookout for simple, no-nonsense text editors. That is why I was excited in finding an app called AEE, for Advanced Easy Editor. Alas, my excitement quickly deserted me when I opened AEE for the first time.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eaff8c3/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749330Bhtml/story01.htm<em>Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide</em> by Wale Soyinka is a hands-on manual for IT staffers who must dance with Windows and Linux. It is a practical guide for network admins who deploy and maintain Linux and other free and open source software. In this Sixth Edition opus, Soyinka provides an extensive update on the latest Linux distros.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eaff8c3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Linux+Admin+Manual+Is+a+Great+Reference+Tool+That%27s+Not+for+Dummies&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74933.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Linux+Admin+Manual+Is+a+Great+Reference+Tool+That%27s+Not+for+Dummies&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74933.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733172970/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eaff8c3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733172970/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eaff8c3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132733172970/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1eaff8c3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1eaff8c3/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749330Bhtml/story01.htmJack M. GermainReviews2012-04-24T12:00:00Z Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide by Wale Soyinka is a hands-on manual for IT staffers who must dance with Windows and Linux. It is a practical guide for network admins who deploy and maintain Linux and other free and open source software. In this Sixth Edition opus, Soyinka provides an extensive update on the latest Linux distros. His book is an essential guide for admins handling Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. Offering how-to dogma on any one of these distros is a major challenge.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ea676f4/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749250Bhtml/story01.htmIt doesn't happen often here in the Linux blogosphere that FOSS fans agree unanimously on -- well, on pretty much anything. Truth be told, there's generally good reason for the dissension. Take Microsoft's latest maneuvers, for example -- are they good news? Bad news? It's not always easy to tell. Last week, however, one of those rare announcements was made that brought universal joy to Linux aficionados around the globe.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ea676f4/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Linus%2C+Linux+and+the+Millennium+Technology+Prize&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74925.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Linus%2C+Linux+and+the+Millennium+Technology+Prize&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74925.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733171365/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ea676f4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733171365/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ea676f4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132733171365/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1ea676f4/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1ea676f4/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749250Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-04-23T12:00:00Z It doesn't happen often here in the Linux blogosphere that FOSS fans agree unanimously on -- well, on pretty much anything. Truth be told, there's generally good reason for the dissension. Take Microsoft's latest maneuvers, for example -- are they good news? Bad news? It's not always easy to tell. Last week, however, one of those rare announcements was made that brought universal joy to Linux aficionados around the globe. It was, of course, the news that none other than our own Linus Torvalds -- a hero to us all -- has been named a laureate for the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e925fca/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749110Bhtml/story01.htmThe 5-year-old subscription streaming video service known as "Hulu Plus" has doubled its subscriber numbers in the last seven months to more than 2 million, according to numbers bandied about by the company. Hulu is a joint venture between investors and television operators: Comcast's NBCUniversal, Fox Entertainment and the Walt Disney Company. Competitors include Netflix and cable providers like Time Warner Cable.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e925fca/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Look+Before+You+Make+the+Leap+to+Hulu+Plus+for+Android&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74911.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Look+Before+You+Make+the+Leap+to+Hulu+Plus+for+Android&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74911.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132309386918/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e925fca/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132309386918/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e925fca/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132309386918/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e925fca/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e925fca/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C749110Bhtml/story01.htmPatrick NelsonReviews2012-04-20T12:00:00Z The 5-year-old subscription streaming video service known as "Hulu Plus" has doubled its subscriber numbers in the last seven months to more than 2 million, according to numbers bandied about by the company. Hulu is a joint venture between investors and television operators: Comcast's NBCUniversal, Fox Entertainment and the Walt Disney Company. Competitors include Netflix and cable providers like Time Warner Cable that can stream live television to unrooted Ice Cream Sandwich OS devices. Hulu Plus, the paid model, is now available on seven Android tablets.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e895e0a/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C7490A20Bhtml/story01.htmWell the shock had barely worn off from the recent news that Microsoft is among the Linux kernel's biggest contributors when another mind-bending announcement was made on a closely related theme. The development this time? None other than Microsoft's declaration last week that it was creating a wholly owned subsidiary devoted to forging closer ties with the open source community. Is it a dream? A nightmare?<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e895e0a/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Microsoft+Open+Technologies%3A+Same+Old%2C+Same+Old%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74902.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Microsoft+Open+Technologies%3A+Same+Old%2C+Same+Old%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74902.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132309223745/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e895e0a/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132309223745/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e895e0a/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132309223745/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e895e0a/a2t.img" border="0"/>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e895e0a/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C7490A20Bhtml/story01.htmKatherine NoyesCommunity2012-04-19T12:00:00Z Well the shock had barely worn off from the recent news that Microsoft is among the Linux kernel's biggest contributors when another mind-bending announcement was made on a closely related theme. The development this time? None other than Microsoft's declaration last week that it was creating a wholly owned subsidiary devoted to forging closer ties with the open source community. Is it a dream? A nightmare? Have we all been transported to some bizarre alternate universe? That's what Linux bloggers have been trying to figure out.

]]>http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e8226a3/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C748910Bhtml/story01.htmIf there were any doubts as to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's attitude toward Google, those were dispelled in his testimony on Tuesday morning in a San Francisco U.S. District Court courtroom. Oracle has filed suit against Google, alleging that that its Android mobile operating system infringed on patents that Oracle acquired in 2009, when it bought Sun Microsystems.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e8226a3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Ellison+Fumbles+Testimony+in+High-Stakes+Java+Case&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74891.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Ellison+Fumbles+Testimony+in+High-Stakes+Java+Case&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxinsider.com%2Frsstory%2F74891.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132309306121/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e8226a3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132309306121/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e8226a3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/132309306121/u/0/f/632001/c/34520/s/1e8226a3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:00:51 GMThttp://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632001/s/1e8226a3/l/0L0Slinuxinsider0N0Crsstory0C748910Bhtml/story01.htmErika MorphyTech Law2012-04-18T16:00:51Z If there were any doubts as to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's attitude toward Google, those were dispelled in his testimony on Tuesday morning in a San Francisco U.S. District Court courtroom. Oracle has filed suit against Google, alleging that that its Android mobile operating system infringed on patents that Oracle acquired in 2009, when it bought Sun Microsystems. Oracle is seeking nearly $1 billion in damages in the high-stakes case, which could, if Oracle should win, upend the smartphone market.

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