The LinuxWorld conference kicked off in San Francisco today, and OStatic will be providing reports throughout the week. Among news already coming out of the conference, Hyperic has introduced a way to manage XenServer from a central dashboard, and Unison is showing a lash-up that provides PBX features, groupware and more for a single Linux server. This year's conference also includes some interesting public demonstrations of new technologies overseen by conference organizers. Here are some of the early announcements.