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DataNaut releases Red Hat-based messaging client for Palm

Author: JT Smith

From BusinessWire: DataNaut, a provider of unified messaging solutions and custom application development services, today made available the Red Hat-based Poquito the industry’s
first unified messaging client for the Palm Pilot. This pre-release version is freeware for public usage and evaluation and is available by download.

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 2.2 released for Linux

Author: JT Smith

From Internet Wire: Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 2.2 has just been released by Runtime Revolution Ltd, with
new multi-user network capabilities and support for the Linux platform added to the existing support for Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

iWon picks Open Source Jabber IM service

Author: JT Smith

From ComputerWorld: Jabber, “a small instant messaging software company has gained a commercial foothold after signing a deal to provide the backbone of instant messaging for one of the Web’s top 10 sites.”

Category:

  • Open Source

Oracle offers free Linux CD to developers

Author: JT Smith

From PR Newswire: Oracle today announced that more
than 1.3 million members of Oracle’s developer program, Oracle Technology
Network (OTN), can register to receive a free CD of Oracle9i Application
Server on Linux.

Conversay enables speech on Linux PDA

Author: JT Smith

At LWN.net: Conversay, a global leader in speech
technology solutions for both mobile and traditional Internet access
devices, announced it will provide the speech interface for the Linux-based
YOPY PDA system, making it the first Linux PDA to employ a speech
interface. G.Mate, from Seoul, South Korea, and CenterComm of San Diego,
Calif., developed the YOPY system.

Lineo partners with the Tao Group

Author: JT Smith

From PR Newswire: Lineo, Inc., a leading innovator
in embedded Linux systems, real-time and high availability solutions, today
announced a partnership with the Tao Group, a leading multimedia software,
open platform provider for networked digital appliances. The partnership will
enable Lineo to include high-performance, compact embedded Java solutions
for multimedia platforms with Lineo Embedix SDK developer tools.

Review: Terminus game for Linux

Author: JT Smith

Funky-penguin.co.uk reviews the game. “Terminus …
includes an engaging non-linear story and RPG elements, has realistic physics with a
Newtonian flight model, allows the player to customize her ship from the ground up, and
can be played in various DM and campaign modes.”

Linux 2.4: Now what?

Author: JT Smith

From ZDNet UK: “This going-on-a-year-late
operating system is the one that should fulfill every Linux enthusiast’s — not to mention IBM’s — dream of Linux being a
fully-fledged enterprise operating system.”

Category:

  • Linux

White paper: OpenOffice Bonobo integration

Author: JT Smith

At OpenOffice.org: “In many discussions about the future of OpenOffice, I heavily argued for an integration of OpenOffice components into the
GNOME component system Bonobo.”

Online music site turns to Linux for storage system

Author: JT Smith

Computer World has a story, published a couple of weeks ago, about EMusic.com using Linux for a 10TB storage system. That’s right, 10TB, and it seems to be working just fine.

Category:

  • Linux