Author: JT Smith
Mosaic Technologies Corp plans to educate game programmers online, teaching them such things as the hardware usage, software algorithms, general mathematical algorithms, and some fundamentals of English.
Djangos.com buys Moby Disc music chain
Author: JT Smith
From an Associated Press story: Djangos.com, an online and offline music retailer, has acquired Moby Disc, a small chain based in southern California. This is the latest in a series of chains to be bought by the company, and will join other stores which are linked via Djangos.com’s database backend.
Category:
- Open Source
FCC changes policy on wireless airwaves
Author: JT Smith
The FCC has recently changed the rules governing the allotment of certain bands of the spectrum, removing a requirement that a business be below a certain size to bid for some ranges. From Associated Press.
F5 networks may be aquired
Author: JT Smith
Bloomberg is reporting the possible acquisition of F5 networks based on the recent acquisition of competiting businesses by larger corporations.
Category:
- Open Source
The week in review: Inside Intel’s plans for the future
Author: JT Smith
CNET’s week in review discusses such topics as Intel’s near future production plans, problems and innovations in the realm of web email, and the continuing growth of the PDA market.
Category:
- Linux
Can governments control the internet?
Author: JT Smith
A report from the BBC online gives a summarized rundown of some of the restrictions placed on Internet access in countries such as China, Malaysia, and Cuba. It focuses mainly on China’s specific efforts to control internet access, and mentions how other countries are following China’s lead.
Few funds seem sold on Linux
Author: JT Smith
Most investment firms are bearish on Linux, according to the Austin American Statesman. Most investment managers claim that they don’t see the retail value of Linux, and that it’s failed to meet expectations of toppling the Microsoft-dominated software market.
Category:
- Open Source
GNOME Foundation, UI, and Linux-duplicate
Author: JT Smith
Yahoo! has published a report about Linux World Expo which focuses on the recent Gnome related announcements, and where they fail to meet the needs of the community.
MandrakeSoft and OpenSales Sign Pact
Author: JT Smith
LinuxPR has the scoop: OpenSales, Inc., the leading provider of open source e-commerce applications, today
announced that its software is now bundled with the packaged Linux-Mandrake 7.1
Complete operating system from MandrakeSoft, the leader in user-friendly Linux
distribution. While financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the arrangement
provides for the worldwide distribution of the two products.
announced that its software is now bundled with the packaged Linux-Mandrake 7.1
Complete operating system from MandrakeSoft, the leader in user-friendly Linux
distribution. While financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the arrangement
provides for the worldwide distribution of the two products.
Category:
- Linux
Entry-level C++ class require Windows software?
Author: JT Smith
Heated Slashdot discussion of a University’s decision to require students attending an entry-level C++ programming class to use CodeWarrior for Windows instead of allowing them to use Linux or another OS of their choice.