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Oracle has contributed data integrity protection code, partly developed with the hardware vendor Emulex, to the Linux kernel, the vendors announced Tuesday.

Nanchang, the capital of China's eastern Jiangxi province, has required Internet cafe operators to replace pirated server software with licensed versions. Cafes that don't will lose their license to operate, but some are grumbling about the cost of installing legitimate software.

The Open Solutions Alliance, an industry group that lobbies for open-source software, has named a new president.

The Linux Foundation says major Linux versions comply with U.S. Defense Department standards.

The platform is operational but not yet complete, those involved in the project say.

Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies each have plans to make netbooks speedier devices, the vendors said at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday.

The latest version of the free Linux-based operating system sports a wide range of improvements in areas such as virtualization management, networking, boot time and security.

Some high-end Unix systems are optimized for large environments. And when you add virtualization into the mix, the economics can become even more compelling.

From network and server monitoring to trending, graphing and even switch and router configuration backups, these utilities will see you through.

In separate moves last week, Sun and Microsoft both proceeded with previously stated plans to boost their software development environments.

Another chapter in the lengthy legal saga between SCO and Novell is closed, with the release of a final judgment by a Utah court on Thursday.

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IBM plans to acquire virtualization vendor Transitive, whose software lets applications run on multiple platforms even if they were designed for a single type of microprocessor and operating system.

Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

Both vendors paint a rosy picture, but others believe Novell made too big a concession to Microsoft regarding intellectual property issues and Linux.

Intel's Atom netbook chip will have to scrap harder in future with the announcement by Canonical that it plans to port a version of Ubuntu Linux to run on ARM's small computer chips.

Open-source software is almost universal in the enterprise, a survey from analyst group Garner has confirmed.

The new layoffs and internal changes announced by Sun make it clear that the company is banking on its open-source strategy to help it survive the economic downturn.

Coming up with a great tech product or service is only half the battle. You also have to have a name -- something cool but not exclusionary, marketable to early adopters and a broader audience, and, of course, legal to use.

Amazon.com will start selling the One Laptop Per Child organization's XO laptop on Monday.