OOXML: ISO Meeting Causes Controversy
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more »Cebit 2008: Green and Cheap – Round Table Discussion in Hanover
Mar 03, 2008Environmental protection and cost savings are not mutually exclusive. The hype topic Green IT was the subject of a press conference on Monday by CeBIT organizers Messe AG with representatives of various companies and a spokesperson for the global Climate Savers Initiative.
more »Cebit 2008: Samsung Targets Business Market
Mar 03, 2008Korea’s Samsung group is launching an initiative in the business segment this year. Its aim is to close the gap to the group of leading product suppliers in B2B markets.
more »FOSDEM 2008: Fedora Becoming more Independent of Red Hat
Feb 26, 2008Several members of the Fedora project, which is the basis for the Linux distributions offered by Red Hat, have formed Fedora EMEA, based in Germany on the fringe of the FOSDEM conference in Brussels.
more »linux.conf.au 2008 Linux down under at Linux.conf.au 2008
Feb 25, 2008Melbourne, Australia played host to the 8th annual Linux.conf.au conference at the end of January, drawing a capacity crowd of open source professional developers, enthusiasts and students from around the globe.
more »KDE 4 Release Event Report from the KDE version 4 release event
Feb 25, 2008Formally introduced in January, the latest KDE promises new features, improved accessibility, and a regular release schedule.
more »Chaos Communications Congress The 24th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany
Feb 25, 2008In late December, cable docks, soldering stations, templates, 4,000 participants, and 100 talks were active ingredients in the 24th Chaos Computer Congress.
more »FOSDEM 2008: Ready to Rumble with Program, Beer and Live Video
Feb 22, 2008The organizers of the European developer conference, FOSDEM, which is taking place this weekend in Brussels, expect around 4000 attendees. Linux Magazine will be on site and streaming the Open Source event live on the Internet.
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