Sean Michael Kerner

Novell managed to meet analysts’ profit estimates in its latest quarter, pocketing $20 million, or $0.06 a share, but its sales fell to $204 million from $216 million in the second quarter of 2009. A good portion of the blame for the software developer’s declining sales can be attributed to weakness in its Linux business. […]

From the ‘Private Add-ons‘ files: Mozilla developers are continuing to work on the next generation Jetpack add-on technology and this week released the 0.4 milestone. While the Jetpack SDK is still a work in progress, it is set to be an integrated part of the upcoming Firefox 4 release — though that release is still […]

From the ‘Linux Spins‘ files: One of the important things to remember with Fedora Linux is that it is a platform on which solutions can be built. One such solution is the Sugar On A Stick Fedora Linux spin which adds the Sugar learning environment originally built for the One Laptop Per Child effort to […]

Increasingly, developers of mobile apps are doing their best to replicate the best features of the desktop experience on wireless devices. Count Mozilla among them. The open source organization is working on an app that aims to sync the settings of a user’s desktop Firefox browser with the native browser on the iPhone. Firefox Home, […]

The first quarter was good to networking gear vendors, according to IDC. The research firm reported that demand for switches and routers among enterprise and telcos spiked in the period. The networking rebound was driven in part by record demand for 10-gigabit Ethernet gear, with revenue from 10GbE switches soaring 111 percent over last year. […]

With a new cloud-hosting service, Couchio is trying to lower the entry barriers for developers to deploy open source CouchDB projects as it looks to fuel the momentum of the NoSQL database movement. And Couchio’s not content just to make it easier, but is intent on the process being “dead simple,” according to its founder. […]

The latest group to consider moving to the clouds are developer behind open source dynamic languages. That includes languages like PHP, Perl, Ruby and Java. So what will be different about cloud deployments compared to standard installations? Developer.com takes a look. The cloud isn’t just for network administrators looking for scale, it’s also a key […]

For years Microsoft’s Internet Explorer dominated the browser market, but upstarts like Firefox, Opera and Apple’s Safari helped change that with faster performance and new features that attracted users. The newest browser competitor, Google’s Chrome, has also been making headway since its release in 2008, though the search giant has been relatively slow to support […]

From the ‘Gecko On The Move‘ files: Novell’s openSUSE developers have been a busy bunch this week. Today openSUSE 11.3 milestone 7 is out which is the last stop ahead of a Release Candidate in June and a final release in July. The openSUSE Build Service 2.0 Beta 1 came out yesterday with a final […]

With the new Fedora Linux 13 release, the Red Hat-sponsored project has something to offer all comers. The “Goddard” release boasts updates geared for both novice and experienced users. Fedora 13 also sports virtualization, desktop and server improvements, as well as new hardware capabilities. On the downstream side, Fedora 13 Linux offers expanded support for […]

The smart grid is one of the ways electrical utility companies are looking to conserve energy and maximize efficiency . A number of networking companies are already working to be smart grid suppliers attracted by the industry’s potential for rapid growth. Enterprise Networking Planet notes that while networking king Cisco has a variety of routers […]

Locking down the enterprise network remains an ongoing challenge for security administrators. To help with this daunting task, intrusion prevention system vendor Sourcefire is unveiling the new 3D System 4.9.1 release, complete with new features that keep an eye on operating system and application traffic — including Web-based applications and sites. eSecurity Planet takes a […]