Linux News: Standards

Verizon Embraces LiMo Foundation's Brand of Openness

Wednesday - May 14, 2008

The Open Handset Alliance may have the power of Google behind it, but a surge of new members has just swelled the ranks of the competing LiMo Foundation to 40, the group announced Wednesday. Verizon Wireless, Mozilla, Infineon Technologies, Kvaleberg, Red Bend Software, Sagem Mobiles, SFR and SK Telecom are the newest members of LiMo, which was founded in January 2007 by just six companies. "This latest group of new members demonstrates the rapidly expanding reach of the LiMo ecosystem," said Morgan Gillis, the group's executive director. [More...]

MySpace Walls Come Tumbling Down

Friday - May 9, 2008

MySpace has forged agreements with other popular Internet sites -- Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket and Twitter -- to permit MySpace users to migrate their data. Profiles, videos and friend networks are among the content that can be ported. They can then access the partner sites using their MySpace user names and passwords. [More...]

Into the Blu: Neil Young Touts High-Def Format at Sun Conference

Wednesday - May 7, 2008

Rebellious rocker Neil Young hates the sound of compact discs. So he waited 15 years for a different technology, which he says will allow him to share his life's work the way he wants his fans to enjoy it. Starting this fall, Young plans to release a comprehensive archive of music, videos and other material dating back to 1963 on a series of interactive Blu-ray discs. [More...]

Adobe Opens Formats to Shine Flash on More Screens

Thursday - May 1, 2008

Adobe Systems has assembled a group of industry leaders in an effort to put its Flash-based rich Internet solutions and content on most every screen -- PCs, mobile phones, MP3 players, televisions and any other consumer electronic device that might have a screen worthy of delivering content. The effort is called the "Open Screen Project," and it's supported by a who's-who of players. [More...]

Social Networking and Open Source: Cut From the Same Cloth

Tuesday - April 29, 2008

The ideas blend together so well. Open source has been around for a long time and is built on the concept of developers working together and sharing software. Social networking has broken into the headlines as a new generation uses MySpace and Facebook as a whole new means of sharing their life experiences. [More...]

Etelos Syncs Offline Data to Cloud

Monday - April 21, 2008

Etelos has released a limited beta that provides access to offline data -- a chief requirement for any on-demand vendor. The feature, called "Apps on a Plane," allows any browser-based application from the Etelos Marketplace to exchange data with any other AOP-enabled app. [More...]

Norwegian Geeks Take to the Streets to Protest OOXML

Thursday - April 10, 2008

Roughly 60 data experts staged a rare and noisy street demonstration in downtown Oslo on Wednesday to protest Norway joining adoption of Microsoft's document format as the international standard. Last week, the International Organization for Standardization narrowly voted in favor of using Microsoft's Office Open XML, or OOXML, format as a world standard. [More...]

The Battle for Mobile TV Standard Dominance

Tuesday - April 8, 2008

The European Union, as a bloc, may be backing Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld as its preferred mobile TV technology, but whether European consumers embrace that platform remains to be seen. There are other options that could in the not-too-distant future enable consumers to access TV in individualized, interactive formats such as podcasts or on-demand programming. [More...]

Lamenting OOXML, Reliving April Fools' Day, Yawning Over Adobe

Monday - April 7, 2008

It was a sad week for many in the open source community following the ISO's approval of Office Open XML as an international standard, and cries of outrage and disbelief could be heard all across the Linux blogs. Rumors of procedural anomalies or even outright cheating were rampant, causing many to speak out against the integrity of the process and the standards organization itself. [More...]

Shenanigans Alleged on Road to OOXML Vote

Tuesday - April 1, 2008

After a long and bitter battle, Microsoft's Office Open XML appears to have finally been accepted as a standard for open documents by the International Organization for Standardization. Or has it? The ISO is not going to make an official announcement until Wednesday. [More...]

Open Documents and Last Chance for OOXML

Monday - March 31, 2008

Those who were on Spring Break last week may be forgiven if they are still shaking the sand out of their ears, but we here at LinuxInsider never take our noses off the grindstone even for a moment in our relentless quest to keep our readers informed. And a good thing, too, because last week was an important week. [More...]

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