Discretix' embedded security solutions are widely deployed across a
broad range of consumer electronics devices. Embedded security resides
at the core of the device, enabling services while at the same time
protecting the device and its contents. Discretix' products include
embedded security co-processors and a broad portfolio of security
applications. The solutions are tightly integrated into the device,
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I was looking for a mini-notebook the other day for my mom-in-law at a Best Buy when I happened to hear a senior sales guy telling a newbie the 411 on selling PCs. "You sell them either Vista, or, if you have to, point them to the Macs because those computers work. That XP stuff is old junk and Linux doesn't work."
Oh did I have words with him! And, as I talked with him, once more I was reminded about the difference between a used car salesman and Read the rest of this entry »

Veritech Software has announced the release of Industrial Gases Desktop software, a powerful new reference tool that provides industrial gas users, producers and resellers with highly valuable information.
The new desktop software resource conveniently delivers the key industrial gas facts, figures and calculation tools that industry professionals often need at their fingertips - all in one easy-to-use Windows software program.
The software includes Read the rest of this entry »

Some of the big news this week included OpenOffice.org 3.0 coming out, Dell finally starts advertising their Ubuntu offerings and Cisco and Microsoft step up their courting of Linux developers. Also, Installing DSL on your hard drive, Linux gets a seat on all of Qantas's new Airbus A380's, Wikipedia moves over to Ubuntu servers, Russia's open source revolution and Carla Schroder shows us how to do professional level photography work on Linux without Read the rest of this entry »

Devicescape, a San Bruno, Calif.-company that
, is rebranding itself and its Wi-Fi access software for mobile devices, including cell phones, as Easy Wi-Fi. The software makes it easier to log onto hotspots that normally require a
a web-based authentication system. In conjunction with its name change, Devicescape says mobile-phone maker HTC will bundle the software in all its Windows Mobile phones.
The six-year-old company is backed by August Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 19, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --
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Novell announced today that it will participate in and
contribute to the Moblin open source project. Novell will start
immediately contributing to Moblin's specific sub-projects,
such as its desktop compositing manager and multimedia
abstraction layer. As a result of Novell's participation,
Moblin will Read the rest of this entry »

PARIS & TOKYO & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(
)--Today Mandriva and Turbolinux announced an agreement creating Manbo
Labs, which will join the Moblin.org project to contribute their
technologies.
Moblin.org is an open source community project to develop the Linux
software stack and technology framework for visually rich Internet media
experiences on devices such as Intel
Processor-based Mobile Internet Devices, netbooks Read the rest of this entry »

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Big software releases like Windows Vista mark the end of "planned software" for the industry, according to Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst.
Speaking at a forum in Singapore on Friday, Whitehurst said the proprietary, "top-down, planned" software-development model, characteristic of closed-source companies, is coming to an end. Such a model is demonstrated by Vista and the number of bugs within it, he said.
Whitehurst claimed Read the rest of this entry »

I was looking for a mini-notebook the other day for my mom-in-law at a Best Buy when I happened to hear a senior sales guy telling a newbie the 411 on selling PCs. "You sell them either Vista, or, if you have to, point them to the Macs because those computers work. That XP stuff is old junk and Linux doesn't work."
Oh did I have words with him! And, as I talked with him, once more I was reminded about the difference between a used car salesman and Read the rest of this entry »

explains how Microsoft's future business model will borrow from both Apple and Google to compete with the free world of software. The essay was
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How do you compete with free? That's the question Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, is trying to answer every morning when he goes to work.
On the server software side, Windows Server is doing well, especially with the Exchange e-mail server and the unheralded but very good collaboration server, SharePoint. Read the rest of this entry »