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A la Mobile on Monday said a demo version of its Convergent Linux Platform -- a complete and configurable open source operating system for mobile phones -- is available for preview ...

Universal Music Group and mobile software developerMotricity have joined forces to create "30303," a new multimedia service that will allow users to access music, mastertones, photos and other content simply by texting artist-related keywords to 30303 from their cell phones ...

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is planning to host the first-ever Healthcare Day at LinuxWorld San Francisco on August 15, the Beaverton, Ore.-based firm announced this week ...

VA Software announced last week the availability of a free, full-feature version of its collaborative software development platform, SourceForge Enterprise Edition (SFEE) ...

Game maker Electronic Arts has revealed a few details about Need for Speed Carbon, which is slated to hit the streets in November ...

Sun Microsystems will continue its ongoing investment in open source and the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) application model by joining the OpenAJAX Alliance and Dojo Foundation, the company said ...

Symantec has agreed to deliver high availability, storage management, and backup products for IBM's Linux on Power platform by 2006, a move designed to help clients consolidate Linux applications on the System p platform. The deal extends an existing engineering relationship the two companies initially forged in April 2000 ...

The not-for-profit Free Standards Group (FSG) announced last week that it plans to strengthen its activities in Asia in an effort to prevent fragmentation of the Linux operating system ...

IBM announced plans this week to contribute what it calls "key intellectual assets" to the open source community, in an effort to help companies and software developers adopt and share best practices for Ajax software development ...

IBM recently announced that it will invest US$2.2 million in 2006 to expand its Linux Technology Center (LTC) in Brazil ...

Sun Microsystems announced this week the availability of four new plug-in modules for the open source NetBeans integrated development environment (IDE) ...

Xandros, a provider of easy-to-use Linux-based software applications, and Scalix, a provider of e-mail and calendaring for Linux and open source systems, have announced that Scalix messaging and collaboration capability will be added to the forthcoming Xandros Server ...

Open source is becoming a basic part of the services portfolios of IBM Global Services, HP Services (HPS), Unisys and Novell, reports IDC in a recent study, "Worldwide Open Source Services 2006 Vendor Analysis: The Open Source Services Opportunity." ...

Mozilla named the winners of its Firefox Flicks video contest at the San Francisco International Film Festival last week ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cut its datacenter operating and upgrading costs to the tune of US$15 million by migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the open source software provider has announced ...

Open source database developer MySQL has introduced MySQL Forge, a Web site and community directory designed to encourage MySQL users and developers to communicate, collaborate, and share MySQL code and applications ...

X-Win32 is the first PC X server to support Apple Computer's Boot Camp software, claims StarNet Communications, a publisher of Windows-to-Unix/Linux connectivity software ...

Fourteen Linux vendors have united behind the Linux Standard Base 3.1 -- the first version of the LSB to include support for portable Linux desktop applications -- according to theFree Standards Group, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing and promoting open source software standards, and the LSB workgroup ...

Hewlett-Packard has introduced new software designed to simplify the management of Linux on blade servers ...

Xandros, a provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to Windows, announced that retail giant CompUSA is now selling the Xandros desktop product in all of its stores across the United States. The Xandros product line offers home and business users a complete, stable, and secure alternative to costly Windows systems, according to the software firm ...