Multimedia, HTPC and IT news, 01.07.2008

Linux

Surprise Desktop Linux Move: Xandros Buys Linspire

Practical Technology: "In an announcement that was sent out today, June 30, (...)

Linux

42 of the Best Free Linux Audio Software

Linux Links: "There is an extensive amount of free audio software available (...)

Linux

Fight Phishing From The Unix Or Linux Command Line

Linux and Unix Menagerie: "First off, I'd like to be clear that I am "not a (...)

Linux

Zimbra Integration With Samba - Ubuntu Based

HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to configure Zimbra Collaboration Serv (...)

Linux

Super Micro C2SBX+ Linux Review

Phoronix: "With Super Micro's focus on the workstation and server markets, (...)

Linux

11 Video Players for Linux - A Review

Echoes: "SMPlayer is a fully featured video player built using the Qt 4 lib (...)

Linux

Ah Another Opening for Desktop Linux

TechTreasures: "My colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols recently wrote a pie (...)

Linux

Lastfm - Open-source Application for Lastfm Radio Review

Echoes: "Last.fm is an open-source application licensed under the GPL, allo (...)

Linux

The Invisible Closed Source Overhead - Part 2

Brendan Scott’s Weblog: "Because of the Tragic Closure of closed sour (...)

Linux

Easily Track Intrusion Attempts on Your Web Site

DeveloperWorks: "Detect intrusions, and prevent attacks from ruining your W (...)

Multimedia

FIM Moving To New LA HQ In Playa Del Rey; Consolidating All LA Offices (paidContentorg)

Fox Interactive Media is celebrating its third birthday* by finally announc (...)

Multimedia

EA Exec Neil Young Leaves For iPhone Game Start-Up Ngmoco (paidContentorg)

Less than two weeks ago, Neil Young said he was leaving Electronic Arts , a (...)

Linux

Seven Reasons to Move to Linux

Small Business Computing: "“Migrating from Windows 2000 to SUSE Linux (...)

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June 2008 Top500 Supercomputer Sites Dominated by Linux

Top500 Supercomputer Sites: "With the publication of the latest edition of (...)

Linux

Microsoft tactics push India toward Linux

Linux Watch: "One of India's 28 states plans to distribute 100,000 Linux la (...)

Linux

Using Strings To Safely Get Program Usage Information On Linux And Unix

Linux and Unix Menagerie: "One way I've found that is virtually foolproof, (...)

Multimedia

Report Reveals Growing Momentum in Online Learning (Marketwire)

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Multimedia

Blackboard Launches Release 30 of Its Blackboard Transaction System(TM) (Marketwire)

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Multimedia

DivX Board of Directors Adds New Member (Business Wire)

SAN DIEGO----DivX, Inc. , a digital media company, today announced that its (...)

Multimedia

Summer Fun for Everyone: Four New Games on Mobile Devices from EA (Business Wire)

LOS ANGELES----Electronic Arts EA Mobile™ division today announced the av (...)

Linux

Open Source Champions of Europe

451 CAOS Theory: "Just for fun I thought I'd also declare a 2008 Tour of Eu (...)

Linux

Samba Team Releases Samba 32

The Samba Team is proud to announce the release of Samba 3.2, a major new r (...)

Linux

VC Funding for Open Source Rises Again in Q2

451 CAOS Theory: "VC funding levels rose again in the second quarter compar (...)

Linux

Orbitz Paves the Way to Enterprise Open-Source Contributions

The Open Road: "On Monday, Orbitz Worldwide plans to announce the creation (...)

Linux

Making Desktop Linux Work for Business

InfoWorld: "Today's IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today (...)

Linux

Ext4 is now the primary filesystem on my laptop

tytso's journal: "Over the weekend, I converted my laptop to use the ext4 f (...)

Multimedia

EA SPORTS Delivers Platform Specific Experience for FIFA Soccer 09 (Business Wire)

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.----Electronic Arts Inc. today revealed it has created (...)

Multimedia

Market Spotlight: Video Games (AP)

With Paris-based Vivendi SA's buyout of the majority of Activision Inc.'s s (...)