Akaza Research, LLC announced today that it has been awarded a two-year Phase II SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue development of the open source clinical trials data capture system, OpenClinica.
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Pleasant Diversions At Studio Dave
Meanwhile, this week we'll look at two excellent applications that are coming into greater use here at Studio Dave, the LiVES video editor for Linux, and Reaper (yes, again), a native Windows audio/MIDI sequencer running under Wine.
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Installing Beryl On A CentOS 5.0 Desktop
This tutorial shows how you can install and use Beryl on a CentOS 5.0 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Beryl, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.
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An ingenious version tracking solution for OpenOffice.org
While OpenOffice.org allows you to save multiple versions of a document, that feature has a few drawbacks that limit its usefulness. For starters, saving all versions in the same file equals putting all your eggs in one basket.
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Password vulnerability in Firefox 2.0.0.5
According to a message posted over the weekend on the Full-Disclosure mailing list, the latest version of Firefox, 2.0.0.5, contains a password management vulnerability that can allow malicious Web sites to steal user passwords. If you have JavaScript enabled and allow Firefox to remember your passwords, you are at risk from this flaw.
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Linux kernel gains virtual SAN drivers
The mainline Linux kernel will gain new support this quarter for virtualized SANs (storage area networks). Emulex says its LightPulse virtual HBA driver gives each virtual machine (VM) on an enterprise storage server independent access to the SAN peripheral, through a shared HBA (host-bus adapter).
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Free Software Licensing, Part 1: Third Time's the Charm?
The free software movement's most important license -- version three of the GNU General Public License was unveiled by the Free Software Foundation late last month. It comes roughly 16 years after its wildly successful predecessor, GPLv2, became one of the most used software licenses ever. Today, approximately three quarters of the world's free software packages are distributed under GPLv2.
Read more »Linux, Windows Can Share a Computer
Many computer users are interested in trying out Linux without having to forgo operating systems from Microsoft at the same time. The simplest way to do this is though what are known as "live distributions." These are Linux systems that can be started directly from a CD or DVD.
Read more »Apple vs. Zonbu, the Death of Image Management, Product of the Week
This last week, I was introduced to a Linux-based PC that has the potential to out Apple by using a combination of open source software, Linux and Web 2.0 concepts. I revisited another product that I think could free us from image management and enable us to use whatever PC we want, at work or home, safely, with most of the benefits of virtualization and almost none of the penalties.
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Dual-Booting Windows XP/Vista And Ubuntu 7.04
In this tutorial I will teach you how to dual-boot between Windows XP/Vista and Ubuntu. This tutorial will be split up into two parts: * Part one for people who have no operating system installed. * Part two for people who have Windows XP/Vista installed and don't want to re-install Windows.
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Puppy to Slackintosh: the week's distros
Another week and another set of new Linux releases. Tectonic does a quick roundup of what's new on the Linux distribution front.
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Index of open source clinic management systems ?
Just bumped into this question which asked "Which open source clinic management system you will recommend which has Patient ,Drug Management and also synchronization with clinic inventory?".
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Next Ubuntu LTS Release In 2008
Mark Shuttleworth has just announced during his keynote at Ubuntu Live 2007 that the next Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) release will be Ubuntu 8.04
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Intel's Mobile Linux Initiative Misses Vendor Mark?
Intel (Quote) is pushing its mobile Linux development efforts with Moblin.org, a new resource site for open source projects focused on the development of Linux for Intel-based devices. The site has already posted an initial list of projects that it will undertake, including key components such as the kernel, browser, power management framework and a user interface framework.
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Zenoss Aims For The Enterprise
Not that long ago, open source systems monitoring was all about Nagios, a leading monitoring tool. The field has widened considerably in recent years and today expands even further with the released of Zenoss Enterprise Edition 2.0.
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