Linus Torvalds once led a ragtag band of software geeks. Not anymore. Here's an inside look at how the unusual Linux business model increasingly threatens Microsoft. Also at BusinessWeek, Microsoft Group Vice-President Kevin Johnson predicts the upstart operating system will go the way of Unix".

Neil C. has committed a first release of the AROS native TCP/IP stack to the CVS.

"I needed to connect my new desktop PC wirelessly from my second floor office to my first floor network. As I started researching the options for wireless USB adapters, I realized I might have some work ahead of me. Wireless USB in Linux is still in the early stages of development. But a little searching and some trial and error led to a successful connection." Read more here.

A new development ISO image of the upcoming Ubuntu Linux 5.04 ("Hoary") has been released.

The NetBeansTM open source project is proud to announce Early Access release 2 of the NetBeans IDE 4.1.

There is a nice Flash tutorial for java swing-threading subject. Explaining why some swing applications are not responsive, and ways of resolving those problems.

Designed for the PlayStation 3, Sony, Toshiba and IBM's new "Cell processor" promises seemingly obscene computing capabilities for what will rapidly become a very low price. In this 5-part article you can look at what the Cell architecture is, look at the profound implications this new chip has, not for the games market, but for the entire computer industry. Has the PC finally met it's match?

Linux Journal is running a telling chapter excerpt from the book, "Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop," (O'Reilly) by Tom Adelstein & Sam Hiser. The excerpt is Chapter 9: "Using Windows Applications with Sun's Java Destkop System". Many people remain blissfully unaware that you can run a growing list of Windows applications on Linux. This development may disturb a certain tidy model of reality but it represents the overthrow of a major obstacle to the widespread adoption of Linux, that of "Application Availability." Full Excerpt | Linux Journal

Marcelo Tosatti released the official 2.4.29 kernel, unchanged from 2.4.29-rc4. Among many other enhancements and bug fixes, this release includes a number of local and remote security fixes, and thus is a recommended upgrade for users of the 2.4 kernel.

OSS 3.99.2a has been announced - it's shipping a new ALSA compatibility library that allows you to run most popular ALSA apps (most apps have OSS API support as well). OSS is now free for home/personal use - you just need to reinstall the new software every 4 months but all features and drivers like Virtual Mixer PRO and IMUX and PRO audio devices are available for free. Announcements regarding the company's latest OSS/3D for iTunes are imminent too.

This tutorial demonstrates how to develop Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) applications for Nokia handsets using the Eclipse IDE and the Nokia Developer's Suite for J2ME.

HP has demonstrated Linux running on 64 Itanium 2 processors without any loss of efficiency, and says it's seeing growing interest in open source from financial institutions. More.

A judge overseeing the legal fight between the SCO Group and IBM over Linux and Unix on Tuesday ordered Big Blue to show all versions of its two Unix products, AIX and Dynix

Has the Object-Oriented Programming been hyped too much, or do we suffer from the OO paradigms exposed in languages such as C++, Java, C#? How about languages that support features such as prototyping and/or multi-dispatch?