Enterprise / Open Source News

Wednesday, October 03 2007

Setting time the right way, the Linux way

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93604 (20071004 05:22)

"Does anyone really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?" It's a fine song lyric for Chicago, but when it comes to computers, the answer is, "Yes, we really care. We, really, really care that our all are computers' servers logs, e-mail date and time stamps, and our backups agree on the date and time." How do you do that, though? The usual answer on SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) networks is to have each PC call in over the Internet to a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server. That's fine, but it does waste a few bits of network bandwidth and with any modern Linux you can set up your own personal NTP server for your PCs.

Apple's Not 'Bricking' Hacked IPhones for Revenge

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_s_Not_Bricking_Hacked_IPhones_for_Revenge (20071004 03:20)

Many people seem to think Apple is deliberately "bricking" hacked iPhones with a software update as payback for users having the temerity to hack the devices.

Source: iPhone "SDK" will remain web-based for the foreseeable future

http://digg.com/apple/Source_iPhone_SDK_will_remain_web_based_for_the_foreseeable_future (20071004 02:00)

Apple is planning to add a number of features to its mobile Safari that will allow developers of web-based iPhone apps more face time on the iPhone, but those apps will remain just that: web-based.

Bugtraq: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:08.openssl

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481440 (20071004 01:32)

FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:08.openssl

IBM and HP objects of x86 server customer desire

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/04/gcg_survey_2007/ (20071004 01:32)

Sun and Dell get tepid marks and ire

Customers still have a crush on IBM and Hewlett-Packard as x86 server vendors while Sun Microsystems and Dell continue to receive lukewarm satisfaction, according to a new survey.…

Planned Features For X.Org 7.4, 7.5

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Planned_Features_For_X_Org_7_4_7_5 (20071004 01:30)

Last month at the X Developer Summit in Cambridge, Eric Anholt, Adam Jackson, and Daniel Stone had talked about the future of X.Org releases for the next year. Over the weekend, Daniel Stone had updated the XDS 2007 Notes at X.org with the latest plans for X.Org 7.5.

Stratavia adds predictive analysis to IT automation platform

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100307-stratavia-data-center-automation.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071004 01:18)

Data center automation vendor Stratavia updates its Data Palette 4.0 software with features designed to further remove manual labor from day-to-day IT operations tasks.

Wireless carrier association warns against buying into WiMAX hype

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100307-gsma-wimax-hype.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071004 01:18)

The GSM Association says that businesses and investors who found themselves dazzled by the recent WiMAX World convention shouldn’t buy into the hype, since WiMAX is still in its developmental stages, while High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is delivering high-speed mobile broadband right now.

ARM spins multicore-enabled Cortex core

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2917028234.html (20071004 00:29)

ARM Ltd has started shipping a multicore-enabled version of its top-of-the-line application processor core for complex OSes such as Linux. The "Cortex A9" will support four-way architectures, clockspeeds over 1GHz, and single-core applications requiring four times the performance of ARM11 within a 250mW power envelope, ARM claims.

Barracuda Networks joins the Open Invention Network

http://digg.com/tech_news/Barracuda_Networks_joins_the_Open_Invention_Network (20071004 00:10)

Open-source software gains another strong ally, with Barracuda Networks joining OIN. We talk about the importance of protecting Linux from the threat of patent litigation with Barracuda CEO Dean Drako, and discuss how his company uses open-source software.

Real Energy Savings in the Virtual World

http://digg.com/hardware/Real_Energy_Savings_in_the_Virtual_World (20071003 23:30)

It wasn’t so long ago that the biggest concern for webmasters was simply keeping their sites online and running properly. But with the double-whammy of rapidly-accelerating web hosting demands and climate change, a growing number of site operators are looking for ways to not only stay online but to stay online sustainably.

PEBKAC Still Plagues PC Security

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/164914995/article.pl (20071003 23:11)

Billosaur writes "ARS Technica is reporting on a study release by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (as part of the beginning of National Cyber Security Awareness Month) that suggests when it comes to PC security, the problem between the keyboard and the chair is even worse. PEBKAC has always been a problem, but the study highlights just how prevalent it has become. 87 percent of the users contacted said they used anti-virus software, while 70 percent use anti-spyware software. Fewer (64 percent) reported having their firewalls turned on, and only 27 percent use software designed to stop phishing attempts. Researchers were allowed to scan the computers of a subset of the users, and while 70 percent claimed to be using anti-spyware software, only 55 percent of the machines of those users scanned showed evidence of the software."

UC Berkeley Posts Full Lectures to YouTube

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/164914998/article.pl (20071003 22:28)

mytrip writes to tell us that Berkeley is now using YouTube as an important teaching tool. Today marks the first time a university has made full course lecture available via the popular video sharing site. Featuring over 300 hours of videotaped courses initially, officials hope to continue to expand this program.

Top 10 Wi-Fi Boosts, Tweaks and Apps

http://digg.com/hardware/Top_10_Wi_Fi_Boosts_Tweaks_and_Apps_2 (20071003 22:20)

No doubt you've got a home wireless network or you've connected to hotspots at the local coffee shop or airport—but are you getting the most out of your Wi-Fi? Whether you want to strengthen, extend, bridge, secure, sniff, detect or obscure your signal, today we've got our top 10 best Wi-Fi utilities and tweaks for the power wireless user

Is Ubuntu losing its crown to PCLinuxOS?

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93579 (20071003 22:03)

Asked to name the most popular Linux distribution today most users would probably point to Ubuntu, Mandriva or SuSE. But there is a dark horse that appears to making big waves.

Apache virtual hosts quick and easy

http://www.linux.com/feed/119607 (20071003 21:00)

Virtual hosts are used to run more than one web site on a single machine. Virtual hosts can be "IP-based", meaning that you have a different IP address for every web site, or "name-based", meaning that you have multiple names running on each IP address. You can also run your web pages on different ports like 8080 or 8090. The fact that they are running on the same physical server is not apparent to the end user. This workshop describes the different setups based on an OpenSuse 10.2 server.

Speed up developing Rich Internet Applications using OpenSwing and Spring

http://www.linux.com/feed/119561 (20071003 20:00)

OpenSwing is an opensource library of advanced Swing components, including a powerful grid control, that can be used, as the other controls, directly in the UI designer of the IDE: grid control and grid columns can be added using the UI designer and their properties can be defined using the properties inspector too. All controls are binded to POJO objects and data binding mechanism is provided to both grids and Form panels of controls. Supported IDEs are NetBeans, JDeveloper (untuil 2006 version), Eclipse (using Window Builder plugin) and JDeveloper. Using OpenSwing it is possible to develop both Desktop applications and Rich Internet Applications, i.e. two tier and three tier applications. Spring, Hibernate and iBatis integration with OpenSwing is available too.

Linux Driver Development Exploding

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_Driver_Development_Exploding (20071003 19:40)

Because of Greg Kroah-Hartman's initial offer 10 months ago to help companies develop Linux drivers, more than 100 developers and a slew of companies have come to the table to help participate in developing all new, GPL Linux drivers for inclusion into the Linux kernel. Things are getting excellent in the Linux space!

Red Hat Ready to Rumble With Microsoft in Server Ring

http://www.linux.com/feed/119604 (20071003 18:30)

One plus for Red Hat is that it appears to be outpacing competition. Subscriptions for Linux-based software are forecast to increase 17 percent a year through 2010," according to market research firm IDC. Red Hat owns about 80 percent of that Linux market, which is growing well above the 12 percent growth rate expected for Windows.

Wireless sensors dump batteries in favor of “energy harvesting”

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100307-wireless-sensors-energy-harvesting.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071003 18:28)

Wireless sensors nets are weighed down by maintaining batteries in thousands of sensor nodes. GreenPeak’s low power hardware and software rely on energy harvesting technologies.

Metaclass Programming in Python

http://www.linux.com/feed/119587 (20071003 17:30)

In part 3 of the Metaclass programming in Python series, Michele and David help programmer eschew cleverness that makes design more complicated, code more fragile, and the learning curves steeper in programming. In Part 1 learn how metaclasses can enhance classes with features like tracing capabilities to push object-oriented programming to the next level, then in Part 2 understand the arcana of inheritance and instance creation to solve and explain metaclass conflicts.

Bloglines Makes Announcements, Including OpenID Support

http://digg.com/tech_news/Bloglines_Makes_Announcements_Including_OpenID_Support (20071003 17:30)

Bloglines, the IAC owned online feed reader, made a number of different announcements this morning - most importantly that the company now supports OpenID.

Puppy Linux 3.00 released

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Puppy_Linux_3_00_released (20071003 17:20)

The new version Puppy Linux is released. Puppy is a distribution for low end PCs, designed to run from media like usb sticks. It's size is less than 100 MB.

Check Point plays down FireWall-1 bug reports

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/check_point_pentest/ (20071003 17:13)

Privilege escalation

Security giant Check Point has played down the seriousness of reports of multiple vulnerabilities in a supposedly locked-down version of its flagship FireWall-1/VPN-1 security software.…

Cisco WiMAX acquisition rumors resurface

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/cisco_wimax_acquisition/ (20071003 16:26)

Cisco licking its chops?

The persistent rumors that Cisco is close to making a WiMAX infrastructure acquisition resurfaced at WiMAX World last month, with most of the independent WiMAX vendors in the frame.…

MySQL AB to Optimize its Open Source Database for SAP NetWeaver

http://prweb.com/releases/MySQL/SAP/prweb558192.htm (20071003 16:24)

MySQL to Help Customers Lower Total Cost of Ownership,Increase Business Performance, and Enhance IT Flexibility on Integrated SAP Platform. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RW1wdC1NYWduLVNxdWEtVGhpci1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Published articles 20071003 15:48 WLAN patent threat may be resolved

Competitors tout openness vs. iPhone

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100207-iphone-competitors-openness.html?fsrc=netflash-rss (20071003 14:45)

While Apple faces criticism for appearing to penalize iPhone users who download third-party applications, Apple competitors are stepping up their marketing efforts about how open their phones are.

Sun Refuses LGPL for OpenOffice; Novell forks

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/164774436/article.pl (20071003 13:40)

TRS-80 writes "Kohei Yoshida wrote a long post on the history of Calc Solver, an optimization solver module for the Calc component of OpenOffice.org. After three years of jumping through Sun's hoops on his own time, Sun says it will duplicate the work because Kohei doesn't want to sign over ownership of the code. Adding insult to injury, Sun then invites him join this duplication. Because of Sun's refusal to accept LPGL extensions in the upstream code, Michael Meeks (who recently talked about Sun's OO.o community failings, and ODF and OOXML) has announced ooo-build (previously just for build fixes) is now a formal fork of OpenOffice to be located at http://go-oo.org/. "

Apple Boot Camp Beta Expires With Leopard -- Mac OS X

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Boot_Camp_Beta_Expires_With_Leopard_Mac_OS_X (20071003 11:40)

Tiger Users Left Out In The Cold

3Com - a company built on ether

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/3com_potted/ (20071003 10:58)

Master of technologies that vanished

3Com's sale to Huawei Technologies and Bain Capital for $2.2bn marks the end of a company which pioneered Ethernet and network computing, and once owned Palm.…

Data retention law makes little difference to telcos, says trade body

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/telco_data_retention/ (20071003 10:36)

Move along. Nothing to see here

UK telecoms firms must keep phone call logs for a year under legislation which comes into force today. But an industry trade association said the new rules will make "little practical difference" to telecoms providers that already store such data for billing purposes.…

Wingware Releases Version 3.0 of Integrated Development Environment for Python

http://prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb557956.htm (20071003 08:31)

Wingware announced today the release of version 3.0 of Wing IDE forPython, its integrated software development environment for the Pythonprogramming language. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1UaGlyLVBpZ2ctVGhpci1UaGlyLVplcm8=

Oracle Unveils Enterprise 2.0 Efforts

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cio/feed/solutions/1375/~3/164697684/Oracle_Unveils_Enterprise_._Efforts (20071003 05:00)

Oracle casts its WebCenter middleware as a platform for collaboration.

Open source entrepreneur turns his hobby into an Inc. 500 enterprise

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93558 (20071003 03:14)

iFAX, a commercial company that is built on open source fax server software HylaFAX, was recently included in Inc. Magazine's 2007 list of the top 500 fastest growing companies in the United States. iFAX founder Darren Nickerson says one of the keys to iFAX's success has been its commitment to the open source community behind HylaFAX. "Our success is tied to the openness of the software."

Dynamic profiler needs no instrumentation

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6002189195.html (20071003 02:52)

At its Developer's Conference today in Santa Clara, Calif., ARM unveiled a dynamic analysis tool said to require no instrumentation, among other interesting features. The "RealView Profiler" runs as an Eclipse plug-in, and can profile virtual or actual hardware for unlimited test periods, the company claims.

Red Hat Certified Challenge: History of open source

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=93550 (20071003 02:17)

Thanks for your submissions to the first round of the Red Hat Certified Challenge! The topic was history of open source. The judges have answered the questions and ranked their difficulty to determine a winner. The next topic is open source and the law. Get your questions in! Answers will be posted two weeks from today.

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