<b>Network World:</b> "Developers, exercising their legal right specify their own licensing terms, have come up with some pretty wacky stuff. Fact or fiction? Some software is only legal to use after you are dead."
<b>Phoronix:</b> "While the 2.6.35 code has not even seen its first release candidate yet, there are some massive performance drops in a variety of different tests that have yet to be corrected and nothing like we have encountered with previous kernel release cycles especially for a regression that has lived now for about one week."
<b>ZDNet AU:</b> "Take a good hard look at your screen and ask yourself if it is possible to accidentally close an application while reaching for the File menu. In most cases the answer is a clear no, but for users of Ubuntu, it has become a very real and dangerous use case."
Although it was designed primarily as a consumer product, the iPad is finding its way into the workforce. We look at five different business scenarios where the iPad could earn its keep.
<b>LWN.net:</b> "Marketing isn't the first word that one associates with the Linux community, but it is a necessary activity for those who wish to bring new users into the fold (and perhaps make a buck at the same time)."
<b>IT World: </b>"This debate arouses vehement opinions, but according to one IT consultant who spends a lot of time with both Windows and Linux, it's a matter of arguing which server OS is the most appropriate in the context of the job that needs to be done."
<b>Linux Journal:</b> "In my last article I looked at performance loopers for Linux. This week I begin a 2-part review of similar applications called arpeggiators."
The most important mobile marketing tool you can have is an ecommerce site that's optimized for mobile devices. Why risk losing out on potentially thousands of mobile customers and sales?
The telecom will fold in the U.S. Secret Service's cybercrime data with its own to give consumers and companies a better idea of how to prevent and prosecute cybercrime.
<b>KnoLinuxGuy:</b> "Like many other distros, it seems PCLinux now has a way to gather applications outside of Synaptic...why? I don't see the need to go beyond a solid method of gathering applications... Why have two points of failure that are doing the same thing?"
A pair of high-profile security and privacy breaches involving two of the world's most important technology companies has the FCC and FBI calling for action.
<b>Distrowatch Weekly:</b> "Linux, with its flexibility, can be used in many different niches. Take, for example, Asturix. The Asturix project is an attempt to make a better operating system both for the world in general, and Spanish speakers in particular."
<b>Geek Trio:</b> "Everyone loves open source software. After all… its free! Many times I’ve heard the question, “what is the most popular open source application of all time?” I decided to find out."