News Linux News for Jan 07, 2005:

Personal Technology: Security, Cool Features Of Firefox Web Browser Beat Microsoft's IE
(2005-01-07 01:00:29)
"Firefox still has a tiny market share. But millions of people have downloaded it recently. I've been using it for months, and I recommended back in September that users switch to it from IE as a security measure..."

OSDir: Open Source Alternatives to Dreamweaver Templating
(2005-01-07 02:30:31)
"As an open source enthusiast and Linux desktop user, I went in search of a free, open source alternative. This article explains the value of Dreamweaver's template system, and presents the results of my search..."

SearchWebServices: JBoss CEO: Web Services a Prime Integration Tool
(2005-01-07 04:00:38)
"When you think of JBoss Inc., you're likely to associate the company with its open source application server. CEO Marc Fleury wants to change that in 2005..."

Release Digest: GNOME, January 6, 2005
(2005-01-07 04:45:00)
Today's GNOME apps: gcx 0.8.2, GNU Gadu 2.2.4, Cupid 0.0.1, MiniGtk+FileManager 0.9b, Dr. Geo 1.0.0, DrPython 3.8.3, and Quarry 0.1.11.

Release Digest: KDE, January 6, 2005
(2005-01-07 04:45:30)
Today's KDE apps: kmhtConvert 0.6, KrawlSite 0.5.1, Krita CVS Snapshot, Kallery 1.0.5, and KMPlayer 0.8.4-rc5.

Security Digest: January 6, 2005
(2005-01-07 04:45:59)
Today's security advisories: exim and tetex (Fedora Core); namazu2 and imlib2 (Debian GNU/Linux); Vilistextum, xzgv, phpGroupWare, xine-lib, tiff, and mit-krb5 (Gentoo Linux); libtiff, wxGTK2, vim, and nasm (Mandrakelinux); and samba (Conectiva Linux).

developerWorks: Better Programming Through Effective List Handling
(2005-01-07 05:30:43)
"In this article, we look at these processes and examine the Lisp variation Scheme, an easy-to-use list-oriented language that delivers list-manipulation capabilities without the complexities of C..."

DevX: Protect Yourself from PHP Worms
(2005-01-07 07:00:34)
"Don't just change your code to protect yourself from attacks such as the Santy or PHPInclude worms—change your tactics..."

LinuxDevices: World's Smallest Linux Computer?
(2005-01-07 08:30:04)
"SSV Embedded Systems is shipping a miniscule single-board computer (SBC) that it claims is the world's tiniest Linux system..."

Community: Belgian Students Start Indian School Project
(2005-01-07 10:00:14)
Belgian high school students are putting together a plan to ship some Linux PCs to India, and they could use some help.

CIO Today: The TCO of Open Source
(2005-01-07 11:30:30)
"But when the costs of programming, customization, maintenance and other factors are taken into consideration, enterprises can find that conversion from proprietary platforms to open source offers little or no savings..."

Yahoo!/Ziff Davis: iPods Store Medical Images
(2005-01-07 13:00:25)
"Two radiologists recently developed open-source software, called OsiriX, to display and manipulate complex medical images on the popular portable devices called iPods..."

eWeek: Two Open-Source Databases Add Enterprise Appeal
(2005-01-07 14:30:46)
"Two new versions of the most popular open-source databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL, this month will deliver yet more features to make enterprises happy..."

Marcelo Tosatti: Linux 2.4.29-rc1
(2005-01-07 15:15:30)
Incremental changelog, link within.

Business 2.0: Microsoft's Red Menace
(2005-01-07 16:00:36)
"But here's an interesting scenario (and let me stress that it's a hypothetical one)... IBM could use Lenovo to spread Linux in the fastest-growing PC market, China..."

LinuxWorld's Move to Boston Spawns Another NY Event
(2005-01-07 17:30:47)
"With this week’s announcement of the LinuxWorld New York Summit, the Northeast Corridor of the US will now have not just one but two LinuxWorld conferences, possibly for many years to come..."

Groklaw: SCO and Red Hat Each Tell the Judge Their Story
(2005-01-07 19:00:22)
"We have the letters to Judge Sue Robinson from the parties in Red Hat v. SCO. SCO's letter seems a bit shorter than Red Hat's..."

NewsForge: Hot Babe and Debian: A Test Case for Community Standards in Free Software
(2005-01-07 19:45:56)
"Thibaut Varene didn't mean to start a discussion about free software projects and community standards. But that's what he did when he posted an Intent to Package notice to the Debian-devel list for a novelty program called Hot Babe..."

Linux Journal: 10 Questions for CES
(2005-01-07 20:30:12)
"Senior Editor Doc Searls goes on his annual penguin hunt at one of the world's largest trade shows..."

Groklaw: Top Intellectual Property Law Issues of 2005
(2005-01-07 22:00:32)
"I asked Henry Stimpson if he'd poll the folks at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, a Boston IP law firm, and give us the firm's assessment of what to keep an eye on for the coming year, as far as IP law is concerned..."

internetnews.com: Red Hat to Open Source Directory Server
(2005-01-07 22:45:22)
"Linux vendor Red Hat plans to release Netscape's Directory Server to the open source community..."

Editor's Note: Yet Another Benchmark for Success
(2005-01-07 23:30:11)
TCO, deployment numbers--things that measure Linux's growth. But the real index for success may lie in tchotchkes.

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