Previous Headlines
2008-12-28 20:27:00 Ars Technica announces the release of The latest stable Linux kernel branch and offers an excellent summary of some of the new features such as stable Ext4, faster fsck and GEM (for Intel Graphics Chipsets)
2008-09-11 04:23:00 In a recent ZDNet article some of the details of the latest Ubuntu release begin to come together: "The Ubuntu project has detailed plans for the April 2009 version of its Linux distribution, continuing its habit of naming its software after animals by dubbing Ubuntu 9.04 'The Jaunty Jackalope.'"
2008-08-14 10:30:00 Yesterday, Dell released ten new laptops, all of which sport Linux-based firmware that will essentially provide instant access to the Internet and some programs without having to wait on boot.
2008-07-14 17:20:00 Today version 2.6.26 of the Linux kernel was released after a three month wait. Highlights of this kernel's new features include read-only bind mounts, x86 PAT (Page Attribute Tables), PCI Express ASPM (Active State Power Management), ports of KVM to IA64, S390 and PPC, other KVM improvements including basic paravirtualization support, preliminary support of the future 802.11s wireless mesh standard, much improved webcam support thanks to a driver for UVC devices, a built-in memory tester, a kernel debugger, a new /proc/PID/mountinfo file for more accurate information about mounts, per-process securebits, support for the OLPC, some new drivers and other improvements. The full list of new features is available here.
2008-07-12 14:38:00 Yesterday, Mandriva announced and made available the first alpha release of version 2009. Some of the more notable features of this release are the inclusion of KDE 4.1, Gnome 2.23.4 and being compiled with GCC 4.3
2008-05-01 14:39:00 Today Adobe announced the Open Screen Project; an initiative dedicated to reliably delivering video content to a much wider variety of mobile and desktop devices. Implications include opening the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications, publishing device porting layers for Flash, removal of license fees and more.
2008-04-24 09:57:00 Today, after months of anticipation, Ubuntu Hardy Heron was finally released!
2008-04-20 01:44:00 OpenSuSE's 11.0 first Beta release was announced today. Two of it's more notable inclusions are KDE 4.0 (though 3.5 will remain an option) and a new YaST build that has been ported to QT4.
2008-04-12 08:55:00 A new article from Computerworldindicates that many researchers are quite critical of Vista's current manifestations and outlines reasons why. Could the monumental lack of enthusiasm and anticipated future disregard of Vista be key to Microsoft's aggressive attempts to possess Yahoo (and it's technologies)?
2008-04-06 05:24:00 An interesting article by Bruce Byfield about the new features and advances in the upcoming 3.x release of the OpenOffice suite
2008-03-27 14:39:00 The Multiplatform FOSS application, Openoffice.org released version 2.4 of it's office suite today. New features include 5 PDF export enhancements, text to columns in Calc, rectangular selection in Writer, bug fixes, performance improvements, improvements supporting the growing library of extensions such as 3D OpenGL transitions in Impress, and much more.
2008-03-27 13:14:00 The long-awaited FOSS alternative to Microsoft's Exchange, Unison is finally here. Cited by many as one of the biggest hurdles in Linux's corporate adoption, Unison set forth on a mission to develop a full alternative to MS Exhange
2008-01-25 20:53:00 Today marks the release of the Linux 2.6.24 kernel. A few of the more notable changes include the addition of control group/process containers, network/pid namespace and an x86/x86_64 architecture merge
2007-07-21 12:03:00 KernelTrap announced yesterday that two new and distinct VM solutions, Xen (from the University of Cambridge) and Iguest (a "minimal hypervisor for the Linux kernel" by Rusty Russell), will be merged into the mainline kernel tree starting with version 2.6.23
2007-07-19 14:34:00 The constitution really is a great document... Unfortunately, it seems that it's not not good enough for many in the government these days
2007-06-16 09:20:00 Want to avoid holiday travel complications and delays? Homeland security doesn't seem to care. Now you can add 48 hour advance notification of travel plans to the list of red tape and privacy violations
2007-05-20 13:40:59 The remains of Star Trek's 'Scottie' were found yesterday in New Mexico after a brief flight in space.
2006-06-30 08:39:00 A New Hampshire man was arrested for two felonies on June 27th, supposedly for violating state eavesdropping and wiretapping laws despite posted warnings regarding surveillance devices throughout their property
2006-05-18 20:24:00 CNN.com is now reporting on the discovery of tree Neptune-sized planets orbiting the star HD 69830, which is 41 light years away from our own solar system. This system is also famous for being the only one besides our own known to have an asteroid belt
2006-04-05 11:23:00 Asus introduces the new Green PC concept computer of the future, sporting a new modular, wireless, design
2006-04-04 07:40:00 New Toyota Hybrids come with an optional $700 self-parking mechanism
2005-11-28 03:23:00 New email scam accuses users of visiting illegal sites while spoofing an fbi.gov source address. Attached to these emails is a variant of the Sober virus.
2005-11-09 17:24:00 SCO demands documentation on non-existent Linux 2.7 kernel tree, invalidating most of their claims to many.
2005-11-09 09:58:00 Some OSDL members are pushing for a new standardized driver API which would allow many drivers to be removed from the main kernel tree, and others developed/maintained outside of it.
2005-11-07 01:38:00 Would the world be better off with insecure wifi illegal? New York City seems to think so
2005-01-02 22:20:00 A new paper by The Salvia Twist was released today documenting the .text section of ELF binaries. Please send all comments and corrections to: salvia@mentalcases.net
2004-12-28 12:28:00 The theory of quantum-darwinism is now turning heads throughout scientific circles. Those of us somewhat familiar with the laws of quantum mechanics probably know of the theory that our observation of quantum activity dictates it's future behavior and therefore future observations. According to this new theory, the percieved uniformity with which we observe the our universe is the result of the impressions left upon it by it's first observers.
2004-12-28 12:23:00 This mini-aircraft is powered soley by flies and other organic materials. It uses microbes to extract electricity directly from it's food-source.
2004-08-14 04:55:00 Windows XP SP2 still vulnerable to attack?
2004-08-12 14:31:00 It looks like SCO is at it again. A ZDNet story reports that they may be increasing the cost of their already useless Linux licenses to encourage sales now.
2004-08-12 14:28:00 Here is an interestingarticle about Linux's upcoming rise to glory as one of the of the leading Desktop operating systems; along with comparisons to MS Windows and MacOS.
2004-08-05 07:00:00 CERT announced multiple vulnerablities in libpng today. The new version is available for download from their site, which addresses some of these issues. A stable version should be released shortly.
2004-07-29 07:20:00 New probe announced today will "X-Ray" nearby small asteroids to determine their composition.
2004-07-28 16:25:00 Apparently the release of the new version of windows, Longhorn, has been delayed yet again