AP - Red Hat Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter 2009 profit rose 6.6 percent as the software distributor posted an increase in sales led by growth in software-subscription deals. -- read full article
Reuters - Red Hat Inc , the world's
largest publicly traded provider of Linux software, reported on
Wednesday a quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations
as its revenue grew 32 percent. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Disasters happen to the best of computers. Luckily, open source apps like SystemRescueCD, dd, Partedmagic, BackTrack, Security Tools Distribution, Helix, and TestDisk can help recover important data and bring dead systems back to life. -- read full article
PC Magazine - Nokia on Tuesday purchased the remaining portion of Symbian it did not already own, and announced plans for a mobile open-source development foundation that will include partners like LG, Samsung, and most notably AT&T. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The cell phone maker is buying the remaining shares of Symbian for $410 million and plans to open source the mobile operating system. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia's moves to make Symbian a free and open mobile operating system should put pressure on competitors to keep innovating and giving customers what they want. -- read full article
PC World - Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones... -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Phones running Google's open source operating system will be delayed until at least the fourth quarter. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Linux kernel developers issued a statement saying binary drivers cannot be viewed as an acceptable alternative to open source drivers. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The 1.5 version of the open source system used on software development projects produces an annotated log history to record what code was worked on by whom and what changes were made. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Two rack-mount products offered this week can apparently run Mac OS X Leopard Server as well as Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Ubuntu Server, and CentOS. -- read full article
PC World - A Dutch charity is funding an open-source project to design a smart card that offers stronger protection of personal data. -- read full article
