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Key kernel developers and more than 230 Linux leaders participated last week in the first Collaboration Summit hosted by the Linux Foundation to discuss solutions for the most pressing issues facing greater Linux adoption. The nonprofit Linux Foundation, dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux — formed in February as a merger of The Free Standards Group and Open Source Development Labs — held a three-day summit at Google’s Mountain View, Calif., campus.
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Original post by Jack M. Germain and software by Elliott Back
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“Web 2.0″ is one of those buzzwords that gets applied to practically every new technology and idea these days, with the inherent suggestion that they represent a new generation, a new way of thinking — a paradigm shift. Most often the term refers to social networking and user communities that facilitate collaboration and sharing — what some perceive as a second generation of Internet functionality. However, the term is nothing more than “a marketing idea used to sell books,” Slashdot founder Rob Malda believes.
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Original post by Katherine Noyes and software by Elliott Back
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Each year, WWDC changes in subtle ways. Some changes are driven by growth, and that can be both good and bad. Also, serendipity struck once again. It’s taken two days for everything to sink in. I mentioned before that the phenomenal growth of WWDC attendance is causing interesting, even unpleasant problems. It used to be that, at lunch, we were all served a very nice meal semi-cafeteria style. You’d walk along a long table, grab a plate, bread, select an entree from a big stainless steel tray, and have a seat.
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Original post by John Martellaro and software by Elliott Back
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Executives from game publisher heavyweights Electronic Arts and Id Software joined Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs onstage at the Apple World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco to announce that both companies would port their popular games to the Macintosh computer platform. Why now? Is it because Apple’s computers are becoming increasingly popular? Is it Intel’s processors, which make it easier to develop games for both the PC and Mac markets at the same time? Or is it all for the love of two teenage daughters?
Original post by Chris Maxcer and software by Elliott Back
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The Linux Phone Standards Forum announced Monday the publication of its first specifications aimed at fostering interoperability across the Linux-based mobile phone market. The first installment of LiPS Release 1.0 includes a reference model, address book and voice call enabler, as well as user interface services such as widget sets, navigation and text input method APIs. Specs for telephony, messaging, calendar, instant messaging are among the remaining components of Release 1.0, and are due by year’s end.
Original post by Katherine Noyes and software by Elliott Back
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Adobe Systems has released the beta version of its new runtime software, Adobe Integrated Runtime — formerly called “Apollo.” The software allows Web-native applications to run just like desktop programs. The new tool and Adobe’s next version of its Flex development environment — called “Moxie” and also released in beta on Monday — further advance the increasingly complementary functions of software capable of running offline on computer desktops and programs that work on the Web.
Original post by Tim Gray and software by Elliott Back
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Red Hat’s Fedora Project has released the Fedora 7 version of the Linux operating system, which features a new build capacity allowing for the creation of custom appliances to meet individual needs. Fedora 7 offers users an appliance development platform that it says is 100 percent open source, with an entirely free distribution build tool chain. The Fedora 7 source code is hosted in a public version control system and the RPMs are built on an external build system.
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Original post by Jack M. Germain and software by Elliott Back
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Internet search giant Google wants to be everywhere you are online. It hopes to be to the Internet what Microsoft is to the desktop, ever-present and essential. As part of that push, on Thursday Google hosts its first “developer day” conference in 10 countries. The aim: To entice the folks who create Web sites to add Google goodies to their pages, giving the Internet powerhouse even more exposure for features including Google Maps, spreadsheets, documents and calendars.
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Original post by Jefferson Graham and software by Elliott Back
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As new open source document standards emerge, Microsoft continues to expand interoperability options for its Microsoft Office customers. Microsoft has launched an open source project with Chinese organizations to support interoperability with Microsoft Office and the Chinese UOF standard, the company announced Sunday. Microsoft is working with Beihang University, Beijing Information Technology Institute, Tsinghua University and LitSoft to create an open source translator project between China’s Unified Office Format and the Ecma Open XML file formats.
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Original post by Chris Maxcer and software by Elliott Back
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Mozilla Labs, the division of Mozilla focused on developing new technology, is working on a new Firefox browser add-on that will let a mobile phone user collect interesting Web content, aggregate the content in Firefox, and then access it via a mobile phone. The project is called “Joey,” named after a baby kangaroo. “The idea is that you take some of your important stuff along with you,” Doug Turner, lead engineer of mobile technology at Mozilla, told LinuxInsider.
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