At last, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) takes a definite step in the right direction. It is official, the DoD adopts open source. Forge.mil is the proof. Owned by SourceForge.com, this new site will function as a storehouse for defense-related open source software. Currently, there are three projects on Forge.mil. The aim of the Bastille project is to help in automating server configuration. The oth...

I wonder how bad the Chinese penal system is.  I hope the guy responsible is sitll alive. During the past couple of months, everything on TV had a featuer of the Beijing Olympics.  Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel have been featuring China in every angle, mostly their preparations for the Olympics.  All the meticulous details that their government has taken to make the Beijing...

Yahoo’s open source email platform Zimbra has been making waves at Stanford and Ubuntu recently.  At the LinuxWorld conference this week in San Francisco, Zimbra and Ubuntu have cemented their partnership. Ubuntu users have been using the Zimbra email platform for over a year now and at this week’s conference, they’ve announced their partnership.   "Since we first announced genera...

Mobile Internet Devices or MID’s are a tough category to define.  They lie somewhere between smartphones and ultramobile pc’s (UMPC’s).  Here’s how Intel defines them: "Mobile Internet Devices represent a new category of small, truly mobile devices that give you an amazing Internet experience — allowing you to communicate with others, enjoy your favorite entertainment,...

Ubuntu Linux according to a not-so-reliable survey is the most used Linux OS.  Regardless of its unofficiality, Ubuntu has many good qualities that gain the respect of many users. The latest version, Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is the second release of the OS that will have long term support.  which means that security and maintenance updates will be available for this version for three years on ...