Android, Linux gain first SDXC flash memory driver; Fedora's lack of Xen support

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	Android gains its first SDXC flash driver safe from Microsoft patent threats Open Source Subnet: Good news for anyone that uses an Android (or Linux) cell phone, mobile device or PC. Tuxera has released its long-awaited specification that makes the new SDXC memory cards compatible with Android or other Linux flavors. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP SMB: Strategy Guide to Risk Mitigation This strategy guide offers concrete risk mitigation techniques specifically designed for midsize organizations. Learn how to proactively manage physical and virtual systems and see the early signs of infrastructure trouble to avoid outages. Read Now! In this Issue Red Hat: Fedora project has no plans to support Xen again Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time Open source could be Africa's technological solution Do We Need to Change our OSS Licenses For The Cloud and SaaS? Vendor Commitment to Open Source Remains Strong Google TV: It's the Platform, Stupid Free Beer (and does it taste better if its open source?) Using SMP with Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux Report: Google Ditches Windows Over Security Issues WSO2 debuts cloud platform for apps Nvidia CEO: Hardware makers uniting behind Android Motorola Android Tablet May Be Coming Soon OLPC rules out Windows for XO-3 Quick look at AirHORN, an affordable Signal Generator Oracle adds support for open-source R Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for more news E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. Red Hat: Fedora project has no plans to support Xen again Open Source Subnet: Red Hat has officially gone on record to say that it is not involved in any projects that add Xen support back to Fedora and has no plans to be. Read More Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time Amy Vernon: Whether open source is a license, a community or more is debatable, but what's not is that none of it would be possible without the people behind it. Read More Open source could be Africa's technological solution Amy Vernon: That major computing companies are unlikely to want to invest heavily in Africa is not lost on the continent's brain trust. Read More Do We Need to Change our OSS Licenses For The Cloud and SaaS? Alan Shimel: There has been a bit of debate lately over which is more important for the cloud, open standards or open source. Read More Vendor Commitment to Open Source Remains Strong Ben Whaley: Fellow NetworkWorld blogger Alan Shimel asks an interesting question about licensing in the cloud model. Upcoming industry conferences are revealing indicators. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Google TV: It's the Platform, Stupid Mark Murphy: Back in the dawn of time — sometimes referred to as "1996" — WebTV was launched as one of the first serious attempts to bridge the gap between TV and the Internet. A year later, Microsoft acquired it. A decade-and-change later, few remember it. Read More Free Beer (and does it taste better if its open source?) Phil Odence: I heard a rumor about an open source beer and it's true! Read More Using SMP with Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux Dustin Puryear: Can you use Hyper-V's Linux Integration Service (LIS) with a Linux? SMP server. If you're using Hyper-V and Linux, you probably already know that Microsoft limits you to a single CPU. Why? Read More Report: Google Ditches Windows Over Security Issues Google employees are slamming Microsoft's Windows operating system, claiming security vulnerabilities in the OS left the company open to Chinese hackers in January 2010, a new report says. Read More WSO2 debuts cloud platform for apps The WSO2 Stratus open source platform-as-a-service offering deploys onto cloud infrastructure like Amazon's EC2 Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell File Management Suite Better track and understand storage patterns, allocate and manage storage based on its relevance and value to the business, while saving money in the administration and procurement of storage resources. Learn to get a handle on the unchecked proliferation of data. Read Now Nvidia CEO: Hardware makers uniting behind Android Hardware makers will unite behind Google's Android as the primary operating system for tablet computers, according to Nvidia's CEO. Read More Motorola Android Tablet May Be Coming Soon Motorola's Droid may soon have a plus-sized cousin. Read More OLPC rules out Windows for XO-3 One Laptop Per Child won't use Microsoft's Windows OS on its upcoming XO-3 tablet, which will run Linux, OLPC's CTO said Thursday. Read More Quick look at AirHORN, an affordable Signal Generator Nuts about Nets, LLC has a dual band signal generator available for Windows based workstations with USB support for under $300. I would consider a small part of this price the hardware and the larger part the easy to use software. You could likely mimic many of these features in Linux with some custom scripting and the mac80211 core, but I've found this tool to be worth the cost to run on the same... Read More Oracle adds support for open-source R Oracle has made a move in support of R, the open-source language for statistical analysis. Read More Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for more news Open Source Subnet is your daily source for news, blogs, podcasts and more. Join the discussion. Read More
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