Embedded Systems Design's annual survey of developers has turned up some interesting data: the embedded Linux gold rush may finally be over.

Some time ago, I dumped Windows for Linux. It wasn't an easy task to do so. I not only gave up PC gaming pretty much (more on that), but also had to make my hardware work, and not only set up essentially a fresh computer but do so while figuring out how to do things I'd normally be able to do while sleeping.

"I celebrated Software Freedom Day this year by giving a speech about the history, features, and costs of software freedom to an audience of about 70 people at the Philadelphia Area Computer Society (PACS). The event was co-sponsored by the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Ubuntu Local Communities.

"Representational State Transfer (REST) is an architectural style that I developed while improving the core Web protocols (URI, HTTP, and HTML) and leading them through the IETF standardization process. I later described REST as the primary example in my dissertation.

The fact that Linux is big business for IBM should come as no surprise to those who follow Big Blue. During the last decade IBM has steadily ramped up its Linux efforts to the point where it has now become a core offering across IBM's server and software product lines.

BEING A BIT OF A GEEK can surely bring you a bit of extra notice in some circles. The tee-shirt emblazoned with: "No, I will not fix your computer" is an example of the favour of such notice. Be that as it may, we are sometimes lured into lending a helping hand to our less technically inclined brethren from time to time.

"This is now official: W3C will be looking at the impact and challenges of video on the Web in the upcoming months..." good news for Ogg Theora ;-) http://playogg.org

"On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.4.16 "A Farewell to Alex." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages..."