EIC Squared: Olympics, LinuxWorld, and Google cookies (CNET) CNET - On this week's EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet's Larry Dignan and I talk about the big story of this month--the Olympics. Publ.Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:56:00 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Judge: Even 'Free' Open-Source Code is Licensed (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - The open source community – and tech-savvy model railroad enthusiasts – were handed a victory Wednesday when an appeals court ruled that people who use open source content can be found guilty of copyright infringement if they do not adhere to the license terms set out by the creator. Publ.Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:21:17 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Microsoft to pay Novell $100 million more for Linux support (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to pay software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's proprietary Windows software. Publ.Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:20:11 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Court Ruling Upholds Open-Source Copyrights (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Commercial software developers, listen up: If you think open source is a free toolkit from which you can borrow at will, take a good look at Wednesday's legal ruling. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in New York City, where many intellectual-property cases are heard, overturned a Northern California court decision in Jacobsen v. Katzer, a pivotal case in open-source and Creative Commons law. Publ.Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:56:15 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Netbooks A Linux Stronghold? (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Petite laptops with small screens and even tinier price tags may do more than shake up the computer hardware industry: They might loosen Microsoft's grip on the computer operating system. Publ.Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:01:33 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Google Releases Android SDK, Version 0.9 (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - A new beta software development kit is out for Android, the open-source mobile operating system backed by Google. Version 0.9 of the SDK was announced Monday on the Android Developers Blog. Publ.Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:53 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
