Ostatic.com raise the interesting question: Should more employers subsidize open source development?
Using comments from Matt Asay (of Alfresco a the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management), Sam Ramji (Microsoft’s open source chief) and Olivier Cochard-Labbe (founder of FreeNAS) they argue that companies can do more for Open Source and that in turn helps the companies.
Today companies like IBM, Intel, SGI, MIPS, Freescale, HP, etc. are all working to ensure that Linux runs well on their hardware. That, in turn, makes their offerings more attractive to Linux users, resulting …

This is the story of Helmer. A linux cluster in a IKEA Helmer cabinet.
Enough said!

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Sony has successfully held off companies in the past who have insisted that the PS3 manufacturer had infringed on patents relating to its Blu-Ray discs, and still they keep coming for a slice of the cake.
This time, Californian-based firm Orinda Intellectual Properties has applied to the courts claiming that Sony has violated patent number 5,438,560, which relates to  “an optical disk-shaped recording medium comprising a plurality of tracks,” filed in 1995 by Hyundai Electronics Industries.
Read more here: Blu-ray lawsuit requests that Sony pull PS3 supply
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Here are couple of Firefox desktop wallpapers taken from a collection of 25 (see link at the bottom).
What do you think?

Read more here: Download 25 Most Beautiful FireFox Desktop Wallpapers
(Via TechTreak.com.)
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Apple has earned more places in the shortlist of the T3 Gadget Awards ‘08 than any other company. The iPhone, iPod Touch and MacBook Air have been named in categories like “Drop-dead gorgeous award”, the “Gadget of the year”, or the “Gadget you can’t live without”. The winners are chosen by votes from the public, and the results will be announced on 9 October at a grand ceremony. Katherine Hannaford, News Editor of T3.com said, “We’re thrilled to see that so many Apple products have made it …

Microsoft’s new browser IE 8 has just been released in Beta and it comes with a search box in the upper right-hand corner and, just below that, a row of tiny logos for various search destinations, such as Yahoo, Ebay and MySpace. You can select which destinations you want to include here.
If your search will likely end up in Wikipedia, for instance, with a single click over a little “W” you can search only that encyclopedia. Amazon.com (nasdaq: AMZN – news – people ) displays items for sale. The New …

Microsoft have released IE 8 Beta 2 and so far it seems quite underwhelming.
As one reviewer put it:
It doesn’t crash my computer. It doesn’t render the Web unusable. But it certainly doesn’t work better than Firefox, Opera or Safari.
The private browsing feature is nice, which is why Apple brought it to Safari years ago.
As for the much touted accelerators, they, too, underwhelm.

New Features
Accelerators: Accelerators let you efficiently complete your everyday browsing activities like mapping directions, translating words, emailing your friends, and more in just a few mouse clicks.
InPrivate Browsing: Browse …

Microsoft is starting to roll out a new version of its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software for Windows XP Pro, which the company describes as the “most pirated edition of Windows XP.” WGA is the software Microsoft uses to detect versions of Windows using fake or stolen license keys.
If you’re running Windows XP Pro, you’ll probably receive the new version through Windows Update soon. If you just can’t wait to find out if your operating system passes the test, you can also visit the direct download page.
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According to Benjamin Gray of Forrester Research, Mac adoption among business users has quadrupled since 2006. What that means is that user percentage went from 1.1% in October 2006, to 3.6% a year later, and then to 4.5% in June 2007. These numbers appear small, but are extremely significant, says Joe Wilcox of eWeek, “Mac continues its slow gain among Forrester’s clients, even without an enterprise strategy. Apple’s singular focus on user experience has resulted in some success in the enterprise without even trying to break into …

The Guardian reports that a television ad for the Apple iPhone has been banned by the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority after receiving complains about misleading claims.
The television ad which can be viewed online claims that “all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone.” The complaints about the ad pointed out that the iPhone does not support Flash or Java which may be required for some websites. The Advertising Standards Authority concluded that “the ad gave a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone”.
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