March 29, 2006 | In: General, Open Source
Xara, a design application software has recently became open source. It was announced by Charles Moir - Xara's CEO - in an event - Libre Graphics meeting - passed in France. Take note: The Open Source version already has a website -...
March 28, 2006 | In: General, Linux Gadgets, Open Source
The "world-wide-known" back up and recovery software (open source) - Amanda - has recently upgraded the program to version 2.5. The features improved in this version go from: cleaning the code, to easy installation/configuration, also security...
March 19, 2006 | In: General, Internet, Open Source
Here is a week round-up of some news related to the internet that caught my attention, I hope they get yours too. - Recently ICANN gave the control of .com domains to VeriSign until 2012, and one of the subjects that plenty of people talked about...
March 14, 2006 | In: Breaking News, Linux Gadgets, Open Source
Beware Ubuntu users, the 5.10 Breezy Badger version of the Linux OS has a very bad bug. This bug lets anyone have access to the root password that a user has chosen. Why did this happen? It seems that the installer file let the passwords remain in...
January 7, 2006 | In: General, Open Source, Peripherals, Portable Media, USB
Ever wanted a full blown web server so small, you could swallow it? Well here it is, it's the WebServUSB. It's a USB dongle with HTML, PERL, CGI, PHP, SSI, MySQL, FTP, HTTP, POP3, SMTP, IP security, Port security, Aliasing, Logging, MIME, User...
August 9, 2005 | In: Cellular Phones, Linux Gadgets, Open Source
Wildseed, an American company that was the first to offer a Linux-based mobile phone in the US has been bought by America Online. Wildseed has been targeting the teen market with dual-band GSM/GPRS Linux fashion phones that feature unique snap-on 'Smart...
August 2, 2005 | In: Linux Gadgets, Open Source
South African-based The Shuttleworth Foundation has got a neat project on the go. Freedom Toasters are conveniently located, self-contained ‘Bring 'n Burn' software kiosks that allow users to bring their own blank discs and make copies of open source...
July 31, 2005 | In: Gaming Systems, Linux Gadgets, MP3 Players, Open Source, Portable Media
Korean handheld vendor Gamepark has announced a new portable game and media player that will run on embedded Linux. The GPX2-F100 will sport a sleek and modern look, support for both native and emulated games and features what appears to be a clever drop...
July 20, 2005 | In: Instant Messengers, Linux Gadgets, Open Source, Portable Media, Wireless Computing
The Aeronix Zipit Wireless Instant Messenger is for those of us who take our IM'ing really seriously. The Zipit supports the big 3 IM services, includes an 802.11b WiFi radio, 16-color greyscale LCD with QVGA (320x240) resolution, and a thumb keyboard...
