1. LaCie coins a priceless design for new USB drives
(Fuzzy Logic/The gadget blog)

...o one that will nicely fit into a coin pocket, and naturally compatible with USB 2.0, 1.1, Macs, PCs and Linux, as they are hot-pluggable, driver-free and cross-platform, while being “shock-proo...

2. LCA 2009: man behind the conferences within a conference
(Open Sauce/Linux Blog)

... be involved in activities surrounding FOSS? Why, you get involved in helping to organise a national Linux conference - which is what Tasmanian web developer Joshua Hesketh has done. He's not sure...

3. Secunia Personal Software Inspector version 1.0 released
(A Meaningful Look/Personal and Enterprise Computing)

...op products that run under Windows, the easiest and largest target for malware, but you'll notice that Linux and various enterprise platforms rate a mention here and there. Apart from the Bi...

4. Tumbleweed sales channel and email security solutions well placed to continue growth
(Industry Releases/Sponsored Editorial)

...from Tumbleweed is an enterprise-wide email security solution built on a high-performance, highly secure Linux platform that installs in minutes and can process close to two million messages an hour. ...

5. 98 percent of PCs vulnerable, says Secunia
(Information technology news/Security)

...ne number is an overstatement in that the study only looks at Windows PCs, not those running Mac OS X or Linux. We'll overlook that for now. 98 percent of 90 percent (or whatever percentage of the ins...

6. Replacing Linux with Windows saves £1 million
(Information technology news/Open Source)

A UK company says its switch from Linux to Windows will save it £1 million (almost $A2.3 million). How does that work? According to a case study published by Microsoft, British tool and e

7. S3 Graphics Unleashes Full OpenGL® 3.0 API Support with Beta Driver for Chrome 500 Series GPUs
(Industry Releases/Vendor submitted release)

...d on full compliance with the requirements of the OpenGL standard,” said Yanjun Zhang, Director of Linux Development at S3 Graphics. “With our visual computing ecosystem of partners and cu...

8. Linux netbooks look likely to save Australian government education election promise
(The Linux distillery/The Linux user and switcher blog)

...a portable computing devices – and it seems most likely that, in a blow to Microsoft, a variant of Linux will be chosen as the operating system to power the units given that Linux attracts no li...

9. Foxit Reader 3.0 released, now it's even easier to read PDF documents
(A Meaningful Look/Personal and Enterprise Computing)

... over your system, see Why do Windows programs suck so freaking much? (and what can they learn from Linux) I decided to eliminate all Adobe software from mine! Back in mid-August this year...

10. Phone home and switch on the oven says Nokia
(Telecommunications/Technology)

...es in their home from their mobile phone. Nokia Home Control Center is a solution based on an open Linux based platform enabling the home owner to build a technology-neutral smart home that can...