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Torvalds's Former Company Transmeta Acquired and Gone

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 10:42

"Transmeta, once a sparkling startup that set out to beat Intel and AMD in mobile computing, announced that it will be acquired by Novafora.

The company's most famous employee, Linux inventor Linus Torvalds, kept the buzz and rumor mill about the company throughout its stealth phase alive and guaranteed a flashy technology announcement in early


 

Build It. Share It. Profit. Can Open Source Hardware Work? (Wire...

LWN.net  Tue, 10/21/2008 - 05:30

Wired has a lengthy look at open-source hardware, and Arduino in particular.

"Right now, open design pioneers tend to follow one of two economic models. The first is not to worry about selling much hardware but instead to sell your expertise as the inventor.

If anyone can manufacture a device, then the most efficient manufacturer will do so at the best price. Fine, let them.

It'll ensure your contraption is widely distributed.


 

Coraid Debuts SAN Storage At Under $0.50/GigaByte

Topix - Linux  Thu, 08/14/2008 - 06:08

Coraid, the inventor of the open ATA-over-Ethernet storage protocol, today announced the introduction of the EtherDrive SR2421 Storage Appliance.


 

magicJack Inventor Plans Linux Support, Improved Customer Servic...

Topix - Linux  Sun, 07/20/2008 - 06:05

Mac OS X support has been added to magicJack. Could Linux compatibility be coming down the pipe? DB: Yes, and because the of the similarities between the Mac and Linux OSes, we should be able to support Linux ...


 

Preventing DNS Poisoning in Linux

Linux Today  Fri, 07/11/2008 - 19:00

Practical Technology: "...[L]et me repeat what Paul Mockapetris, DNS' (Domain Name System) inventor, had to say about this security hole: Patch your DNS servers right now..."


 

The web must stay open, says its inventor

Topix - Linux  Tue, 07/08/2008 - 05:44

Tim Berners-Lee calls for action to take full advantage of the web's growth and to maintain its openness Berners-Lee: Web openness must be maintained Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for action to ...


 

Servers

Topix - Linux  Sun, 06/08/2008 - 19:56

Inventor of Pine e-mail prepares for shift to Google, other free services Universities are preparing for a future where demand for university-supplied IT services declines as their users shift to services ...