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Sunday - July 6, 2008

Why doesn't free trump expensive? Every Microsoft product has a free, open source counterpart created by dedicated programmers who loathe everything the company stands for. The free stuff is darn good. Yet companies and individuals continue to buy billions of dollars worth of Microsoft products. To be fair, Microsoft software is sometimes better than the competition's. But quality isn't the only factor: The company has spent years digging moats around its castle, building digital walls to keep other vendors out and users in. [More...]

Virtual Worlds: An Untapped Healthcare Marketing Resource

Saturday - July 5, 2008

Second Life is part of a new media category known as "virtual worlds," an area that has been receiving a lot of attention recently. The channel's ascension begs the question: What possibilities exist for SL's use in pharma/healthcare marketing and sales? To better answer this, I recently went on an expedition to see what SL applications presently exist and which are being talked about, both in-world and out. [More...]

ANALYSIS
Eclipse Release Is Great but Doesn't Reach the Cloud

Thursday - July 3, 2008

Not all trains run on time, but the Eclipse Foundation has kept to its schedule with its annual release train, this year named "Ganymede." For the third year in a row, the Eclipse community has delivered, on the same day as in previous years, numerous software updates across a wide range of projects. [More...]

With Linspire in Its Belly, Xandros Eyes Expansion

Wednesday - July 2, 2008

Custom Linux provider Xandros announced Wednesday that it has acquired Linspire, developer of the CNR software distribution facility, and the Linspire and Freespire Linux desktop operating systems. Xandros will use the combined technologies, expertise and market presence of the two companies to support its goal to becoming a one-stop Linux solutions company. [More...]

How Nokia's Symbian Move Helps Google

Wednesday - July 2, 2008

Nokia rocked the wireless industry June 24 with news it would purchase the portion of Symbian, a maker of mobile-phone software, that it didn't already own -- and then give away the software for nothing. The prospect of free software would surely lure users away from competing cell phone software makers including Google. [More...]

ANALYSIS
Virtual Worlds: And the Children Shall Lead

Tuesday - July 1, 2008

Virtual worlds, despite all the press attention of late, are still in the early stages of development. Virtual worlds came into existence several years before YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, but their adoption rates pale in comparison to these services. Only 7 percent of Internet gamers ages 13 and older visit a virtual world on a weekly basis, according to a recent Parks Associates survey. [More...]

LiPs, LiMo Join Hands in Mobile Linux Fray

Monday - June 30, 2008

LiPS and LiMo, two associations representing complementary interests, have agreed to merge their resources to develop a stronger ecosystem around Linux mobile development. The two groups share the same goal -- to develop a strong mobile Linux platform and community. However, they have chosen different means to achieve it. "One was [working on] standards, and one was focused on implementation," said Bill Weinberg, general manager of LiPS. [More...]

MuleSource Whips Galaxy Enterprise SOA Software Into Shape

Monday - June 30, 2008

MuleSource, a provider of open source service oriented architecture infrastructure software, on Monday announced the release of Mule Galaxy Enterprise, a solution for storing and managing SOA artifacts with enterprise-class features. [More...]

LINUX BLOG SAFARI
Linuxy Declarations of Independence

Monday - June 30, 2008

Well, the Fourth of July is just a few days away, and all good citizens of the nation we call America must naturally be thinking of the birth of this great land. Not content to be just great, our founding fathers wanted independence as well, and that value is still held dear today. [More...]

Packing It In: The Evolution of Online Video and Audio Tech, Part 2

Sunday - June 29, 2008

The choice of particular audio-video compression technology is of vital interest to commercial and not-for-profit organizations involved in producing and delivering digital multimedia products and services. New York-based Paltalk's choice is a case in point. "Our codec choice proved to be wise indeed," Paltalk founder and Chief Technical Officer Perry Scherer told LinuxInsider. [More...]

Packing It In: The Evolution of Online Video and Audio Tech, Part 1

Saturday - June 28, 2008

The explosion in Web-delivered music and video we're seeing today just wouldn't be possible without the use of sophisticated encoded compression algorithms, or codecs, and the file storage formats in which compressed audio, images and data are saved. As Internet bandwidth and broadband access has expanded, so has the transmission of much denser digital audio and video files. [More...]

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