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Ex-MySQL chief Marten Mickos lands new CEO job

http://www.computerworld.com

Marten Mickos, the longtime CEO of MySQL who eventually sold the open-source database company to Sun Microsystems for US$1 billion, has taken a new job as CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, the company said Friday.

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An Overview of HTML5 and Its Anticipated Features

http://www.linux.com

“Standards are as interesting as a Russian Truck,” said Ken Olsen, president and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, at that time the second largest computer system company in the world.

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Mozilla Labs builds add-on to bring address book to Firefox

http://feeds.arstechnica.com

Firefox's flexible XUL framework and sophisticated add-on system offer a rich platform for enhancing browser functionality. Mozilla Labs takes advantage of this capability as it experiments with new concepts for augmenting Web interaction.

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Open-source innovation: A matter of price?

http://news.cnet.com

The industry needs both product and price innovation, with open source providing more of the latter than the former.

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Microsoft says its testy relationship with open source is changing

http://www.computerworld.com

At OSBC, a company exec noted that Microsoft relies upon a diverse ecosystem that includes open source to satisfy customers

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Google Denied Trademark for Nexus One

http://www.linux.com

It looks like some of Google's attorneys will have some explaining to do now that the USPTO says the Nexus trademark belongs to a telco from Oregon.

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Miranda IM

http://www.computerworld.com

Miranda IM is an all-in-one standalone app that allows you to merge contact lists and communicate with people on AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, and several other messengers out of the box. Module add-ons can make Miranda work with Skype and add other features.

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Google launches 3D graphics driver project for Chrome

http://www.computerworld.com

Google has launched a new project for Chrome that will let the browser run a wider range of 3D graphics content without downloading additional drivers.

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Fujitsu Intros New Xeon Cloud Computing Servers

http://www.linux.com

In the crowded American market, Fujitsu has its work cut out trying to gain market share from the big names. What does it believe will attract customers to its products?

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Rethinking Failsafes for Critical Linux Systems

http://www.linux.com

The Linux operating system is highly compatible with two hot computing trends: virtualization and clo...

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OpenSSO Becomes OpenAM

http://www.linux.com

This entry in the not403 blog discusses OpenSSO, a single sign-on project which Oracle acquired from Sun and has subsequently shut down. "A Norwegian company called ForgeRock has stepped up to give...

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Review: Snap Spiffy Linux Screenshots with Shutter

http://www.linux.com

Paul Ferrill introduces us to the Shutter screen grab for Linux application. Shutter offers a simple interface and a whole lot of functionality. including cursor capture, whole Web page capture, and annotations.

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Open source makes another move on Wall Street

http://blogs.zdnet.com

Open source has made its third big move on Wall Street with Bloomberg’s decision to open source its proprietary stock identifiers alongside NYSE-Euronext data streams.
I say third because Marketcetera’s open source trading platform, under the GPL, has been gold for almost a year. A SaaS version of Marketcetera for portfolio management was also released last year.

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Chip Spending Could Reach Double-Digit Growth This Year

http://www.linux.com

Manufacturers say they'll step up their spending on semiconductors, helping the chip industry stage a healthy recovery this year after a sluggish 2009, says iSuppli.

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Tim O'Reilly: 'Whole Web' is the OS of the future

http://news.cnet.com

The Web is the future and is built on open source, says Tim O'Reilly, but threatens to gift a chokehold to a few savvy companies like Google.

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