Posts tagged: patents

LUP022 Linux and Open Source News for October 4, 2009

 

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Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability, Software Freedom Law Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Software Cannot Be Patented, ICANN gains independence from the U.S., Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned, Another Microsoft Research Operating System: Helios, Microsoft Security Essentials Released, Dell Nestles ARM and Intel Processors Together, Mac OS X mistakes and malfeatures, Red Hat to collide with Microsoft, IBM takes on Microsoft, Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software, Novell forces customers to pay for maintenance, Apple pushes unwanted enterprise tool to Windows users, OpenStreetMap adds 26 new translations, First External USB 3.0 Hard Drive from Freecom, New Trojan gives criminals full-service bank theft, The OpenBlockS 600 is a Linux server that fits in your palm, FSF announces new bounty program, offering “GNU Bucks” for finding nonfree works in free distributions, Google Bites Bing back, Recovers All Usage Losses Since Spring, ALRC going for open source CMS website, SCO Files Its Response to Novell’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc, Amazon Pays Out for ‘1984′ Fiasco, Former Microsoft Open-source Chief Joins Cloud Startup, Two Linux smartphones set for October release in U.S., Open Android Alliance formed, Palm Releases webOS 1.2, No iTunes Sync, Palm again hacks Apple’s iTunes for Pre owners, iPhone May Face EU-Wide Recall, MIPS Technologies Joins Open Handset Alliance.

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NEWS
Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability
Software Freedom Law Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Software Cannot Be Patented
ICANN gains independence from the U.S.
Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned
Another Microsoft Research Operating System: Helios
Microsoft Security Essentials Released
Dell Nestles ARM and Intel Processors Together
Mac OS X mistakes and malfeatures
Red Hat to collide with Microsoft
IBM takes on Microsoft
Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software
Novell forces customers to pay for maintenance
Apple pushes unwanted enterprise tool to Windows users
OpenStreetMap adds 26 new translations
First External USB 3.0 Hard Drive from Freecom
New Trojan gives criminals full-service bank theft
The OpenBlockS 600 is a Linux server that fits in your palm
FSF announces new bounty program, offering “GNU Bucks” for finding nonfree works in free distributions
Google Bites Bing back, Recovers All Usage Losses Since Spring
ALRC going for open source CMS website
SCO Files Its Response to Novell’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Amazon Pays Out for ‘1984′ Fiasco
Former Microsoft Open-source Chief Joins Cloud Startup

LINUX MOBILE NEWS
Two Linux smartphones set for October release in U.S.
Open Android Alliance formed
Palm Releases webOS 1.2, No iTunes Sync
Palm again hacks Apple’s iTunes for Pre owners
iPhone May Face EU-Wide Recall
MIPS Technologies Joins Open Handset Alliance

RELEASES
Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Released
9.10 Technical Overview
Linux 2.6.32-rc1 Released
NVIDIA Publicly Releases Its OpenCL Linux Drivers
Calculate Linux 9.9 Released
Chakra Alpha 3 Released
openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 released
Python 2.6.3 released
X.org Server 1.7.0 released
Amarok 2.2 “Sunjammer” released
OpenSSH 5.3 is now available
Lightweight Arora web browser turns 0.10.0
Astaro Security Gateway 7.5 Released
Plamo Linux 4.7 Released
Sabayon Linux 5.0 Released
GoblinX 3.0 “G:Standard” Released
gzip-1.3.13 released
Perl 5.11.0 Released

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LUP017 Linux and Open Source News for September 13, 2009

 

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Linux Foundation to Microsoft: stop secretly attacking Linux, Pro-Linux group nabs Microsoft patents, Microsoft and Patent Trolls, Microsoft mis-educates Best Buy on Linux, New Microsoft-backed open source foundation faces questions, Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement, Why the EU should block Oracle/Sun, Novell Files for Rehearing En Banc!, Deep packet inspection engine goes open source, Will GIMP 2.8 come in a single window mode?, TomTom launches OpenLR open navigation project, VIA Technologies, Inc. Joins Linux Foundation, Facebook Releases Real-time Web Server Tech as Open Source, Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups, Debian switches to Upstart, Corporate Ubuntu Linux Users Now Have Premium Support Offerings at Their Fingertips, Ubuntu One is moving from ubuntuone.com to one.ubuntu.com, Apple Releases Grand Central Dispatch as Open Source, iTunes 9 Breaks Pre Sync, Again, More signs point to Samsung Linux phone, Nokia to skip operator tailoring for Linux phones, Nokia backtracks, will allow customized Linux phones, Linux News: Mobile: Motorola’s Cliq Joins Android Army, Linux News: Mobile: HTC Adds Tattoo to Android Lineup.

LINKS
Software Freedom Day at Rio Rancho Public Library
Linux Foundation to Microsoft: stop secretly attacking Linux
Pro-Linux group nabs Microsoft patents
Microsoft and Patent Trolls
Microsoft mis-educates Best Buy on Linux
New Microsoft-backed open source foundation faces questions
Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement
Why the EU should block Oracle/Sun
Novell Files for Rehearing En Banc!
Deep packet inspection engine goes open source
Will GIMP 2.8 come in a single window mode?
TomTom launches OpenLR open navigation project
VIA Technologies, Inc. Joins Linux Foundation
Facebook Releases Real-time Web Server Tech as Open Source
Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups
Debian switches to Upstart
Corporate Ubuntu Linux Users Now Have Premium Support Offerings at Their Fingertips
Ubuntu One is moving from ubuntuone.com to one.ubuntu.com
Apple Releases Grand Central Dispatch as Open Source
iTunes 9 Breaks Pre Sync, Again
More signs point to Samsung Linux phone
Nokia to skip operator tailoring for Linux phones
Nokia backtracks, will allow customized Linux phones
Linux News: Mobile: Motorola’s Cliq Joins Android Army
Linux News: Mobile: HTC Adds Tattoo to Android Lineup

RELEASES
Linux 2.6.31 Released
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Now Available
KDE 4.3.1 Release Announcement
Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala emerges in alpha 5
Easy Peasy 1.5 released
DesktopBSD 1.7 available
Zenwalk 6.2 has been released
Tiny Core Linux 2.3 Released
VirtualBox 3.0.6 released
Linux Lint 7 Xfce Released

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LUP005 Linux and Open Source News for July 26, 2009

 

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Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community, Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after ‘violating’ GPL, Microsoft: Open Source Infringes on 235 Patents, Adobe Unveils New Open Source Initiatives, New Technology to Make Digital Data Self-Destruct, Pirate sites return in legal form, New vulnerability discovered for Firefox 3.5.1 Update, Oracle Strikes Again, Buys GoldenGate Software, Apple Downplays Fiery iPod Incidents, Apple’s much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year, New Mexico GNU/LinuxFest.

LINKS
Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community
Microsoft makes second GPLv2 release in as many days
Microsoft Patches Linux; Linus Responds
Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after ‘violating’ GPL
Microsoft’s Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation
Microsoft: Open Source Infringes on 235 Patents
Adobe Unveils New Open Source Initiatives
New Technology to Make Digital Data Self-Destruct
Pirate sites return in legal form
New vulnerability discovered for Firefox 3.5.1 (Update)
Oracle Strikes Again, Buys GoldenGate Software
For Some, Move To Windows 7 Will Be Tough
Apple Downplays Fiery iPod Incidents
New Mexico GNU/LinuxFest

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