News Linux News for Jul 10, 2008:

Can Open Source Drive Sustainable Innovation?
(2008-07-10 00:00:15)
The VAR Guy: "One innovation is easy. But sustainable innovation--building lots of worthwhile new things again and again, even as you maintain your old products--is challenging..."

Colbert Bump--Firefox 3 Proves its Existence
(2008-07-10 00:45:31)
Blog of Metrics: "Many of us at Mozilla and within the Mozilla community were excited when Stephen Colbert gave Firefox 3 his 'Colbert Bump' on the day of Firefox 3's launch..."

Harry Potter and the da Vinci Book of Soduku
(2008-07-10 01:30:28)
Managing L'unix: "The title above comes from a google group posting by fellow zdnet blogger Zack Whittaker suggesting that titles have a lot to do with page reads--the basis on which zdnet gets paid by advertisers..."

When Is More Open Source Too Much?
(2008-07-10 02:15:37)
InformationWeek: "It seems like once every few months there's another round of muttering about whether or not the open source world is just too diverse for its own good..."

Opinion: Year of the Penguin
(2008-07-10 03:00:45)
CRN Australia: "It's taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally flourish..."

Krugle Might Be On to Something
(2008-07-10 03:45:35)
InfoWorld: "News of the Krugle Enterprise appliance product announcement making it to the 'Top Stories' list on InfoWorld left me scratching my head..."

tspc: Debian/Ubuntu Linux Configure Ipv6 Tunnel
(2008-07-10 04:30:56)
nixCraft: "I'd like to browse and use IPv6 utilities under Ubuntu but my ISP is not ready with IPv6 native transport. How do I browser IPv6 ready websites using IPv4...?"

Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse
(2008-07-10 06:00:32)
Tech Broiler: "Are you geeky enough that you need to have multiple PCs on your desk? Perhaps you have a Windows XP system and a Mac, or a Windows XP system and a Linux Machine, or a Windows XP system and a Vista system..."

Apache Geronimo on Grails
(2008-07-10 07:30:22)
developerWorks: "Do you want to build your Web sites faster and cheaper, but still leverage industrial-strength technology? You can do just that using Grails and Apache Geronimo..."

Giga-byte, Chunghwa to Launch Linux M528 MID in August
(2008-07-10 09:00:52)
Techworld: "Taiwanese electronics maker Giga-byte Technology has teamed up with mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch the M528 mobile Internet device in August..."

Linux Examined: OpenSUSE 11.0
(2008-07-10 10:30:33)
Computerworld: "A few weeks ago, the OpenSUSE Project announced the release of OpenSUSE 11.0, the 'community' edition of SUSE Linux, Novell's commercial Linux distribution..."

Post-Gates: Microsoft, Competition and the Semantic Web
(2008-07-10 12:00:49)
ConsortiumInfo: "Microsoft has made many acquisitions for many reasons over its history--122 to date, according to the list maintained at the Wikipedia..."

Building Linux Software the Easy Way: OpenSUSE Build Service
(2008-07-10 12:45:03)
Practical Technology: "Let's say you want to write an easy-to-install program for any Linux distribution. That's a a problem..."

Reiser Leads Police to Wife's Body, Gets 15 Years
(2008-07-10 13:30:30)
ZDNet: "Hans Reiser was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail for strangling his wife to death in 2006..."

Rumor: Sun Setting for Sun's CEO?
(2008-07-10 14:15:08)
The VAR Guy: "Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research wrote in a newsletter that a 'search is probably on to find a new CEO at Sun...'"

Microsoft Ditched as Anglicans Go Open Source
(2008-07-10 15:00:17)
ZDNet Australia: "The Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church has decided to cut the Microsoft umbilical cord by moving to open source, starting with Office which will be replaced in the next three years..."

New Open Source Lotus Symphony Poised for Success
(2008-07-10 15:45:56)
Newsday: "Oddly, the once-biggest name in computing christened it Lotus Symphony, after a spectacular and expensive failure that dates back to the days of DOS..."

Meet the People Who Have Trillions Riding on Linux this Fall
(2008-07-10 16:30:42)
Zemlin's Blog: "If you work around Linux regularly, in some ways the latest amazing news is… not that amazing..."

$332 Million (Or More) Awaits Red Hat Partners
(2008-07-10 17:15:29)
The VAR Guy: "Red Hat has stated that it expects to generate $665 million to $680 million in revenue this year. Also, Red Hat currently generates roughly 50 percent to 55 percent of its revenue from the channel..."

Italian Lawyers Use Open Source Software to Move Online
(2008-07-10 18:00:58)
Linux.com: "Just a few years ago, getting complex legal assistance from a lawyer you never met in person would have been unthinkable..."

Could Linux Be a Better Gaming OS than Windows?
(2008-07-10 18:45:52)
Far Beyond the Edge of Reason: "Linux and Mac users alike will both know that Windows has by far the lion's share of the computer gaming market..."

Best Buy Selling Ubuntu: Now, the Bad News
(2008-07-10 19:30:18)
Works With U: "The Web is buzzing about Best Buy's decision to stock Ubuntu Linux on its shelves. But I have to say, I'm not all that impressed by the news. Here's why...

Reminder: Physical Access = Root Access
(2008-07-10 20:15:26)
The Open Source Advocate: "Today I needed to reset a password on an Ubuntu system. While doing this, I was reminded of just how simple it is to get root access on a default install of Ubuntu..."

Developing Open-Source Business Policies That Work: Everyone Is Making It Up As They Go Along
(2008-07-10 21:00:12)
CIO: "We know your company uses open-source applications. We also know many of you already have an open-source policy. Sort of..."

GNOME 3.0 Is Coming, And Coming Soon!
(2008-07-10 21:00:56)
Phoronix: "Well, in addition to announcing Stormy Peters joining GNOME, at GUADEC 2008 they have just announced plans for GNOME 3.0...!"

I'll Have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, With an Order of Linux
(2008-07-10 22:30:56)
Tech Broiler: "With the news that Best Buy will now be selling boxed, commercially supported versions of Ubuntu, the Desktop Linux onslaught begins..."

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