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Layoffs at Novell

Reports came in from the blogsphere earlier this morning concerning layoffs at Novell. The news immediately follows Sun Microsystems' announcement that it is laying off about 18 percent of its employees, which leaves only Red Hat as the major public open source company not to announce layoffs. Matt Asay got the skinny from Novell officials, and apparently the layoffs affect fewer than 100 people. (This post was updated after earlier reports that the layoffs affected many more people.)


Live Search: A Firefox Extension from Microsoft

Even Microsoft can't ignore the power of Mozilla's Firefox browser anymore. The company has released a Firefox extension called Live Search that is designed to deliver fast results and suggestion based on Microsoft's search engine from within Firefox. The extension was written by the Live Search team at Microsoft.? What's surprising here is that Microsoft doesn't deliver more extensions for Firefox that could benefit it and everybody else.


Measurement Lab, a Google-Backed Bandwidth Cop, Needs Help

Yesterday, on WebWorkerDaily, I wrote about Measurement Lab. It's a partly Google-backed initiative to give Internet users and researchers free measurement tools that can help quantify what kinds of service they?re getting from ISPs, and much more. One of its goals is to help identify instances where ISPs are throttling bandwidth, and it collects a number of free, quick diagnostic tools for making these determinations.? This project has a number of backers, and strikes me as a perfect opportunity for the open source community to contribute tools and diagnostic applications to the effort.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

OpenPandora will bring open source gaming to your palm. The project still needs work and the device looks a bit Soviet, but OpenPandora is developing an open source gaming handheld, reports The Open Road.

Does open source really control 18% of the PBX market? An analyst reports that it does, much of it dominated by Asterisk.

Canonical's $30 million and Microsoft's gathering storm. Linux's gains are Microsoft's losses, and both were seen this week, reports TechNewsWorld.

Debian founder Murdock is now Sun's cloud strategist. After a restructuring at Sun, Ian Murdock takes the new role of VP of Cloud Computing Strategy.

OpenChange, KDE bring Exchange compatibility to Linux. The OpenChange and KDE open source projects are set to bridge a missing link? in messaging and groupware compatibility from Microsoft's Exchange to open source clients.



Nicholas Negroponte Weighs in On OLPC's Future

The other day Kristin provided a good analysis of the demise of the One Laptop Per Child project, which recently announced drastic staff and development cuts. Today, Robert Buderi reports on a meeting he's just had with Nicholas Negroponte, patriarch of the project, on what OLPC 2.0 might bring. His report follows OLPC's own mission statement for its goals going forward. Here are some of the notable points.


EnterpriseDB and Sun Reaping Benefits from Open Source Databases

There were new metrics out this week for both EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL-centric database business, and Sun Microsystems' MySQL business. These players are at the forefront of challenging pricing for databases and surrounding services from competitors such as Oracle, and both are having strong success with strategies focused on open source databases. In Sun's case, some of the folks who questioned whether $1 billion was too much to pay for MySQL should take a second look.


Big-Screen Acer Aspire One Netbook to Arrive in Linux Version

Lately there has been a lot of talk about how Linux netbooks--which had come on strong out of the gate, especially on Asus' big-selling Eee PCs--have been steadily giving up ground to Windows XP-based netbooks. Adding fuel to the fire, Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, now out in beta, is already being tested on netbooks and is predicted by some to become the netbook operating system of choice. That's why it's good news on the Linux front to see Acer planning a Linux version of its new Aspire One netbook, which features a comfortable 10-inch display.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Open source puts a shine on Sun's quarter.....

MySQL's quarterly sales catching up with Red Hat's.....

Location-aware software comes to the Linux platform.....

How to choose the best Linux for your business.....

Why Windows is winning the netbook war.....



Microsoft Open Sources Web Sandbox, and CodePlex is Maturing

If you run a web site or a blog, and the ever-growing collection of content, components and advertisements gives you security concerns, Microsoft has opened up the source code for an application that could be an answer: Web Sandbox.? The Web Sandbox project explores how to advance the web platform to improve security, isolation, quality of service and extensibility capabilities for web developers and website users, writes Microsoft's own Peter Galli. Web Sandbox is released under an Apache 2.0 license, following the company's move to join the Apache foundation. Microsoft claims that the project has benefitted from much input from the security community. Along with this news, Matt Asay notes that Microsoft's CodePlex repository of open source resources is showing signs of more maturity.


Opera Mini 4.2 Arrives for Android, and a Peek at a Slick Android Phone

With January nearly gone, I've been somewhat surprised not to see more announcements on the software and hardware fronts for Google's Android platform. I've been using the T-Mobile G1 phone, and like it very much, but I still think next-generation Android devices running better applications will make a big difference for Android's market potential. Our sister blog JKOnTheRun is now noting a couple of significant advancements on these fronts. First, the arrival of the Opera Mini 4.2 browser for Android is great news, and the upcoming General Mobile DSTL1 Android phone looks good on the outside and on the inside.


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