Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1287 technology Linux/Open Source en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:03 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1287 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091121/tc_infoworld/101491 infoworld/20091121/101491 InfoWorld technology Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:03 GMT InfoWorld - Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/getchromeosnow pcworld/20091120/getchromeosnow PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:00 GMT PC World - The open source version of Google Chrome OS was released on Thursday, and tech wizards didn't waste any time turning the code into a workable test version of the new operating system. If you don't want to wait until next year to see what's going on with Chrome OS, then follow this handy guide to find all the information you need to get the new system up and running on almost any computer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091120/tc_zd/246276 zd/20091120/246276 PC Magazine technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:28:33 GMT PC Magazine - Not surprisingly, developers have already snapped up the code to Google's open-source Chrome OS, known as Chromium, then compiled it and put it on the Web for users to download. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091120/tc_zd/246248 zd/20091120/246248 PC Magazine technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:13:39 GMT PC Magazine - Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, one of the more user-friendly versions of Linux around, has agreed to assist Google with its Chrome OS. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/eugivesoracleextratimetorespondtosuninquiry pcworld/20091120/eugivesoracleextratimetorespondtosuninquiry PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:24 GMT PC World - Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned US$7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the European Commission said Friday.Earlier this month the Commission, Europe's top antitrust regulator, issued formal objections to the deal, arguing that it posed a threat to competition in the market for database software.The deadline for a final ruling has been put back to Jan. 27 from Jan. 19, which amounts to six additional working days for Oracle to win over the skeptical regulator. "Oracle requested the extension in order to have the opportunity to further develop its arguments in response to the Commission's concerns," the Commission said in a routine weekly statement on the status of ongoing merger investigations.The Commission's concerns center on Oracle acquiring MySQL, an open source database developed in Europe and bought by Sun a year ago for $1 billion. It argued in its statement of objections that the acquisition of the most significant open source database on the market by Oracle, the proprietary database market leader, could harm competition. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091119/tc_pcworld/googleschromeoswhatsinitformicrosoft pcworld/20091119/googleschromeoswhatsinitformicrosoft PC World technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT PC World - Watching Google's Chrome OS event made me realize: There is a lot in Google's OS that can benefit Microsoft--like giving it a completely new platform and one it needs. If Google is really true to its open source promises, Microsoft should join the fun. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091119/tc_pcworld/googlegoesforspeedsecurityinchromeos pcworld/20091119/googlegoesforspeedsecurityinchromeos PC World technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:13 GMT PC World - Google released its Chrome operating system to the open-source community on Thursday and said it has designed the netbook OS to be faster, simpler and more secure than existing ones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091119/tc_infoworld/101169 infoworld/20091119/101169 InfoWorld technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:56:07 GMT InfoWorld - Several years after open source began to take the world by storm, the question of how to make money in the genre still remains an issue, with a prominent Novell official Wednesday advising caution for those considering a move to open source. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091118/bs_ibd_ibd/20091118basereader ibd/20091118/20091118basereader Investor's Business Daily business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:44 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Software company Red Hat could be working on a square box base. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091118/tc_pcworld/googlechromeosroundinguptherumors pcworld/20091118/googlechromeosroundinguptherumors PC World technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:00 GMT PC World - Google Chome OS, which Google is expected to preview this Thursday, has been the subject of much speculation and rumors since its announcement last summer, when Google made public its plans to develop a lightweight, open-source Linux-based OS aimed primarily at netbooks. Ever since, a series of fake screenshots and speculation as to what Chrome will offer has bombarded the Web. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091118/tc_zd/246197 zd/20091118/246197 PC Magazine technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30:51 GMT PC Magazine - Just a week after the second beta launch, Mozilla on Wednesday released Firefox 3.6 beta 3, which adds 80 changes to the previous version. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091118/tc_pcworld/nokiaoustssymbianosfromhighendhandsets pcworld/20091118/nokiaoustssymbianosfromhighendhandsets PC World technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21:00 GMT PC World - Nokia says its Linux-based Maemo operating system is the future of its high-end smartphones, ending hope for Symbian OS to reign supreme. The change emphasizes how far behind the world's largest handset maker has become. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091117/bs_nf/70110 nf/20091117/70110 NewsFactor business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:50 GMT NewsFactor - The pace of interactive multimedia continues to evolve with the release Tuesday of Adobe Systems' beta versions of its AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 software. The updates are available for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The 10.1 player is also available for x86-based netbooks and, at some point in 2010, for smartphones and other mobile devices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091117/bs_nf/70109 nf/20091117/70109 NewsFactor business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:06:13 GMT NewsFactor - On Tuesday, YouTube announced a new service that lets news and media outlets request, review and even rebroadcast clips YouTube users shoot and upload to the site. Dubbed YouTube Direct, the new tool is built from YouTube's API. YouTube Direct is an open-source application that makes it possible for media organizations to allow customized versions of YouTube's upload platform on their web sites. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091117/tc_pcworld/thefutureoflinuxisgoogle pcworld/20091117/thefutureoflinuxisgoogle PC World technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:20:00 GMT PC World - I used to think Ubuntu was destined to lead Linux into the mainstream, but now it's looking much more like Google--not Canonical--will be the first Linux vendor to truly challenge Microsoft. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091116/tc_infoworld/100594 infoworld/20091116/100594 InfoWorld technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:10:07 GMT InfoWorld - Microsoft announced on Monday the release and open-sourcing of its .Net Micro Framework 4.0, which provides a .Net-based development and execution environment for small devices. But the TCP/IP stack and cryptography stack were omitted  from the open source effort. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091111/bs_nf/70017 nf/20091111/70017 NewsFactor business Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:06:28 GMT NewsFactor - Mozilla's developer community has released the second beta of Firefox 3.6 to fix 190 bugs in the original release. Moreover, all current Firefox 3.6 beta users have been issued an update containing improvements of interest to users as well as web and add-on developers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091111/tc_pcworld/nokian900hotandnot pcworld/20091111/nokian900hotandnot PC World technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMT PC World - Nokia's N900, the next tablet/smartphone/whatever to bat against Apple's iPhone, ships today. It's a big occasion for Nokia, as the N900 is its most powerful smartphone yet, and the device's Maemo 5 open source operating system is a diversion from Symbian, which Nokia tends to support. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091111/tc_zd/245948 zd/20091111/245948 PC Magazine technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:36:33 GMT PC Magazine - Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 3.6 Beta 2, which includes more than 190 fixes from the first beta. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091111/tc_zd/245947 zd/20091111/245947 PC Magazine technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:19:13 GMT PC Magazine - Google's dominated search, online document collaboration, e-mail, telephony, and more, so why not programming? The tech giant has announced its own open-source, object-oriented programming language, called Go.