Welcome to the UKUUG Media Watch blog.
This has been running on an experimental basis for about a month so there are entries going back to the beginning of March. Please have a look at these and let me know (via the suggestions button lower down this page) what you think about what […]
Microsoft has agreed to the EU’s demand that they release a version of XP without Media Player bundled into it, after it was ruled by antitrust regulators that they abused their near-monopoly position in the operating system market.
“Windows changes an open and shut case after ruling” - The Scotsman
“Microsoft agrees to adopt EU demands for […]
Anti-patent campaigner hangs up his gloves
Service Firms Launch open source stack
South Korean Boost for Linux
Torvalds advocates daily kernel performance tests
EDS backtracks on ’strategically important’ Linux
Free Software Foundation denies GPLv3 forking risk
Improved Linux InfiniBand support near
‘Most important ever’ MySQL reaches beta
… says The Times
Expected to debut in the summer, is a candy bar-style Linux-based smartphone, complete with a large 240x320 pixel touchscreen display.
Skiing and strategy in Utah
Open arms for Open Source
…on TheInquirer.net, UKBuilder.com and Silicon.com
…here
“Ten things to do with an old PC, part 2″ - #10 - Install Linux to see what all the fuss is about
…
…hacked iTunes
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors have switched from using Linux to Windows to power their website. The story was reported on the following sites…
PCPro
Silicon.com
ZDNet
… with reaction to the story here:
ONLamp
Silicon.com
ZDnet
“Microsoft contract win put down to Linux skills shortage” - PCPro
Improved Linux InfiniBand support near
Attack of the clones
“Online security doesn’t come cheap - it’s free” - which is a comment on…
Linux touted as the solution to online-banking problems
Free Software Foundation denies GPLv3 forking risk
“EDS backtracks on ’strategically important’ Linux” - related to this
“Mountains and molehills don’t mix” - which is a comment on…
Linux firms rubbish […]
“Yahoo pledges full Firefox compatibility”
“Debian developers call for more releases” - ZDNet
“Google reaches out to open source community” - Techworld
“Google opens up” - Macworlds
“Google Launches Developer Resources” - ZDNet
Here are a couple of articles on the anti-trust saga playing out in Brussels:
“EU court names intervenors in Microsoft case” - Reuters
“Microsoft antitrust war heads for new turf” - Silicon.com
“Microsofts licence to kill” - ZDNet
“EU rejects Microsoft’s licence offer” - ZDNet
“Microsoft sidesteps EU on ContentGuard deal” - Reuters
We blogged yesterday on some FUD from corporate body the Agility Alliance. There’s a column on ZDNet US commenting on the apparent contradiction of the near simultaneous pronouncements from Google (the world’s largest application) on Linux.
If you feel like a laugh, there’s also this article.
…on VNUNet
…on PCPro, Techworld.