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OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Interview: Sam Ramji says open source is burgeoning at Microsoft.....

MySQL thoughts from the head of Sun's database group.....

VirtualBox 2.1 adds support for hardware virtualization on Mac OS X.....

JumpBox: Open source meets SaaS (software as a service).....

Mozilla delivers alpha 2 of the Fennec mobile browser. Try it on a desktop Windows, Mac or Linux system.....

Is the Samsung G2 Android phone coming up?.....



Bored (or Broke) on the Holidays? Develop a Funambol GNOME Evolution Plugin

Stefano Maffulli, the community manager at Funambol's repository/forge portal recently announced the latest Code Sniper challenge.

The Code Sniper Program offers bounties (yes, real bounties, in the form of cash awards) for client and connector code submitted by community members. The chosen application and code is opened and given back to the community. There are a number of projects on the hit list, and the latest target was named yesterday.



Sugar Labs Joins the GNOME Foundation

Yesterday the GNOME Foundation announced that Sugar Labs is coming onboard as part of GNOME's Advisory Board. Sugar Labs will be represented on the board by executive director Walter Bender.



Despite the Economic Gloom, Another Home Run for Red Hat

Red Hat reported its third quarter earnings after the close of the stock market today, and the news was rosy, especially given these economic times. The earnings were up nearly 20 percent, although the company did have to contend with unfavorable exchange rates. For the quarter ended November 30th, net income was $24.3 million or 12 cents per share, compared to $20.3 million, or 10 cents per share for last year's third quarter. Revenue grew 22 percent year-over-year to $165.3 million. The profit? performance also topped analysts' expectations. Here are some of the details and what this means.


Mozilla CEO Confirms "Complicated" Relationship with Google, Since Chrome

Last week, I did a post called Google and Chrome: How Much Does the Company Really Care About Firefox? in which I noted that Google removed Firefox as the default browser from its Google Pack collection of applications, replacing it with its own Chrome open source browser. As many people have noted, Mozilla gets most of its revenues--about 60 million dollars last year--from Google, in exchange for making Google the default search engine in Firefox and click-throughs on advertisements. Although that arrangement is protected through 2011, Mozilla's CEO John Lilly has now confirmed that his company's ties with Google are complicated with the arrival of Chrome.


Two Ways to Run OpenOffice 3.0 Apps from Anywhere

From my perspective, one of the best developments in technology during 2008 was the proliferation of new portability options for useful software applications. This was driven by the push toward cloud computing, netbooks (which typically don't store a lot of local resources but do a good job of reaching out to online applications), the availability of low-cost, high-capacity USB thumb drives, and more. We've written about the new version 3.0 of the open source OpenOffice suite of productivity applications, which has been available for a while. If you'd like to be able to use these applications without necessarily having them loaded on your portable computer wherever you are, here are two good options.


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

Should we trust Google?.....

Kaltura releases version 1.0 of its open source video module for Drupal.....

A collection of top open source titles.....

Spruce up vector images with open source Inkscape.....

Top 10 open source stories of 2008.....



The Open Source Crystal Ball

The end of the year is a self-indulgent time, when those who write about technology stop making lists of the best, worst, and most mind-numbingly mediocre applications they find and pause to make lists about tech trends in the upcoming year.

Assessing the past is easy: it has been an interesting year for open source software. Predictions that come to pass, unless suitably vague, just fall into the lucky guess category. The one prediction I am sure of for 2009: Open source software will hold its own when it comes to growth and adoption.

My other predictions? What do you think?



"I'm Linux" Contest Showcases Linux Foundation's Video Site, Linux -- And You

A few corporations have ventured into the uncharted territory of user submitted ads and promotions -- GM gave it a try a few years back, and Microsoft recently encouraged users to submit videos based on its I'm a PC campaign. There is an inherent danger to this advertising approach, of course, but the Linux Foundation is confident that its I'm Linux contest promotion has a major advantage due to the operating system's focus on community and collaboration.



Upgrade MindTouch or the Penguin Gets It

Penguins are everywhere in the open source community. Linux users display them as avatars, software vendors incorporate them into logos, and live ones even turn up at industry events. Open source collaboration software vendor MindTouch has come up with a way to recognize people's love for the adorable feathered fowl and do something to help protect its population along the way.

Every MindTouch Deki Open Source user that upgrades to either Commercial version (Standard or Enterprise) will have a donation made on their behalf to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to save an endangered emperor penguin.



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