News Linux News for Dec 08, 2006:

InfoWorld: Weaning Oneself from the Proprietary Nipple
(2006-12-08 01:00:10)
"For many in the music business, the sky is about to fall. Or so they think. 'Why will anyone buy our wares if we don't force them to do so by preventing copying...?!?'"

DesktopLinux: Homemade Firefox Videos to Become TV Ads
(2006-12-08 02:30:32)
"Mozilla announced today that Firefox browser fans are underwriting four 30-second videos to air on U.S. primetime TV this month..."

Shuttleworth: 007: Great Gadgets!
(2006-12-08 04:00:41)
"This is one post in a series, describing challenges we need to overcome to make free software ubiquitous on the desktop..."

Advisories, December 7, 2006
(2006-12-08 04:45:54)
Today's security advisories: asterisk (Debian GNU/Linux); wv (Gentoo Linux); xine-lib and ruby (Mandriva Linux); mod_auth_kerb and gnupg (Red Hat Linux); kernel and gnupg (rPath Linux); and evince, evince-gtk, and gnupg (Ubuntu).

developerWorks: PHP and RSS: Getting It Together
(2006-12-08 05:30:31)
"This article explains the basics of RSS, some of its many uses, how to use PHP to create an RSS feed from a database, and how to use the XML_RSS module to read an existing RSS feed and translate it into HTML..."

HowtoForge: Postfix with dkfilter (DomainKeys Implementation)
(2006-12-08 07:00:20)
"DomainKeys is an anti-spam software application in development at Yahoo that uses a form of public key cryptography to authenticate the sender's domain..."

LinuxDevices: Developing Linux Apps for the Trolltech Greenphone
(2006-12-08 08:30:40)
"This hands-on review takes an in-depth look at the phone's software environment, and at the development tools supplied with the phone..."

Free Software Magazine: Interview with Fred Trotter: The Medsphere Saga
(2006-12-08 10:00:12)
"Recently Medsphere, supposedly an 'Open Source' Medical Software Company, has sued its founders Scott and Steve Shreeve. Why? Medsphere claims that the Shreeves illegally released Medsphere software to Sourceforge..."

Linux.com: LinuxBIOS Ready to Go Mainstream
(2006-12-08 11:30:35)
"After seven years of work, the LinuxBIOS project is on the brink of making a free BIOS a standard option for computers..."

KernelTrap: Merging In 2.6.20
(2006-12-08 13:00:31)
"Following the release of the of the 2.6.19 kernel, Andrew Morton offered a list of patches in his -mm tree, summarizing for each his plans as to whether or not they will be pushed to Linus for inclusion in the upcoming 2.6.20 kernel..."

internetnews.com: Microsoft Office Open XML Sparks Standards Fight
(2006-12-08 13:45:54)
"This is a significant milestone for Microsoft because, if the standard is approved by ISO, it will deflect criticism that its software is not standards-based..."

Linux.com: Linux.com's Coverage Becomes Part of Arguments in Israeli GPL Case
(2006-12-08 14:30:57)
"Linux.com's previous coverage of an alleged violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL) by IChessu in Israel has become part of the legal arguments in the case..."

ZDNet Asia: Korea Launches 'Winter of Code'
(2006-12-08 16:00:58)
"The South Korean government and local tech companies have started an open source student developer contest, similar to Google's Summer of Code..."

InfoWorld: Red Hat Tops CIO Insight's 'Value' List Again
(2006-12-08 17:30:34)
"CIO Insight each year solicits its readers to vote on the top IT vendors. As you know, Red Hat was rated #1 for the last two years. Pretty impressive..."

Linux Magazine: Mission Accomplished: Do We Need the New OSDL?
(2006-12-08 19:00:20)
"Since 2000, the non-profit Open Source Development Lab has been a champion of Linux and Open Source in enterprise environments..."

SeekingAlpha: Survey Finds Red Hat Customers Willing To Stay With Company if it Cuts Prices
(2006-12-08 20:30:20)
"Red Hat customers are mulling their options. But they can be bought..."

Linux Journal: Microsoft Office Lock-In and the Deal with Novell
(2006-12-08 22:00:31)
"Think of this, if you will, as the Tivoization of Office files, only with malicious intent..."

Editor's Note: Which Road To Take?
(2006-12-08 23:30:24)
The environment surrounding Linux is changing. Which approach is the best for adaptation?

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