Sean Michael Kerner

Opera Software is now out with Opera Mini 6 for all iOS devices, providing an alternative option to Apple users to Safari. Opera Mini 6 is a free download from the Apple AppStore and provides iOS users with a different browser experience than what Safari provides. Opera Mini 6 is the second browser release for […]

From the ‘No Surprise‘ files: Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Ximian and one time CTO of Novell’s open source efforts is back in the game. Friedman left Novell in January of 2010, where he had been since the company (Ximian) he co-founded with Miguel de Icaza was acquired in 2003. Now De Icaza is […]

Fedora Linux 15 is now available, providing users on the desktop with a full GNOME 3 experience including the GNOME Shell user interface. Fedora 15, codenamed ‘Lovelock’ also introduces new security, spin, networking and virtualization features to the community Linux project, sponsored by Red Hat (NYSE:RHT). “GNOME Shell is a big change and I’d be […]

The Apache Software Foundation this week released Apache HTTP Server 2.2.19, fixing a security flaws in the open source web server. The 2.2.19 release was triggered by a flaw in the 2.2.18 release earlier this month which created new regressions after fixing other flaws. A fix in the Apache Portable runtime for the 2.2.18 release, […]

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is being hit by a lawsuit alleging it is helping suppress dissent in China. Though Cisco sells and develops products in China, it denied it is in any way complicit with attempts by the Chinese government to limit free speech. “Cisco does not operate networks in China or elsewhere, nor does Cisco customize […]

Fedora is a community Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat (NYSE:RHT). The customized Fedora 15 spins include security, gaming and desktop variants for KDE, LXDE and Xfce and is set for availability as the same time as Fedora 15 is generally available. Starting with Fedora 15, the building of some of the custom spins now […]

From the ‘These Trains Run On-Time‘ files: Mozilla is proving me and other naysayers wrong today, with the release of Firefox 5 Beta. That’s right Firefox 5. This is the fastest turnaround from one major release to the Beta of the next in the history of Mozilla (Netscape is another story though…). While this is […]

Fedora is a Linux community project sponsored by Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) and is set to release Fedora 15 on May 24th. Security improvements are a key focus in the Fedora 15 release with a number of innovations. The new dynamic firewall in Fedora 15 is a departure from the the IPtables static firewall approach […]

Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) will be paying $390 million for Clearwell in a deal that is set to close in September. Clearwell develops eDiscovery technology that’s designed to enable enterprises to locate data. Symantec sees the deal as being a natural extension of its existing backup and archiving portfolio. The overall ediscovery market is an attractive […]