The Freedom Box gets off the ground
The Freedom Box gets off the ground
Mar 8, 2011, 19 :35 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (496 reads)
(Other stories by Jake Edge)
"The Freedom Box is starting to roll, with a fundraising drive that met its goals in a few short days, along with a newly formed foundation to oversee its development. What started as an idea in a talk given by Eben Moglen just over a year ago has more recently gained a lot of momentum. What can we expect to see from this "personal server running a free software operating system, with free applications designed to create and preserve personal privacy", and when can we expect to see it?
"The "when" question may have become somewhat clearer since the "Push the FreedomBox Foundation from 0 to 60 in 30 days" Kickstarter fundraising effort has clearly been a success. The fundraising drive was set up on February 17, with the goal of getting $60,000 in donations in 30 days, but it has exceeded that?and quickly. As of this writing, there are more than 650 supporters who have donated over $64,000 in just five or six days. Based on the Kickstarter appeal, reaching the goal (and quite possibly far surpassing it) should result in a software release in six months. With luck, that means we will see the first Freedom Box release in August or so.
"It should be noted that, perhaps a bit oddly, the project is called "Freedom Box", but the foundation is the "FreedomBox Foundation"."
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Easy Linux File-sharing With WebDav
Mar 8, 2011, 16 :05 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1250 reads)
(Other stories by Juliet Kemp)
"You don't need some big fancy expensive groupware suite for simple file sharing; just set up a good stout Linux server with WebDav and be done with it. No muss, no fuss.
"The WebDAV protocol allows you to store and share files via HTTP; effectively, where HTTP is usually read-only, WebDAV allows writing as well. As well as accessing documents, you can (with suitable permissions) edit and re-upload them. You can think of it as a networked file-system run over HTTP; or as a way of supporting long-distance collaboration on files. The protocol supports locking and versioning information, so once you've accessed the WebDAV folder (see below), you can edit files without risking overwriting other people's edits. These days there are more and more ways available to undertake online collaboration, but WebDAV is still a useful and straightforward way to share files, especially as it's supported by plenty of software at both server and client end.
"Unlike FTP, HTTP provides strong authentication and encryption, as well as caching and proxy support ? and because WebDAV works over HTTP, this means that WebDAV gets all of that for free. SSH would be another option, but SSH is a bit more limited in terms of moving files around, and certainly doesn't have the same sort of client support and tools available."
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Microsoft Is Said to Pay Nokia More Than $1 Billion in Deal
Microsoft Is Said to Pay Nokia More Than $1 Billion in Deal
Mar 8, 2011, 14 :05 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (1187 reads)
(Other stories by Dina Bass)
"Microsoft Corp. will pay Nokia Oyj more than $1 billion to promote and develop Windows-based handsets as part of their smartphone software agreement, according to two people with knowledge of the terms.
"Nokia will pay Microsoft a fee for each copy of Windows used in its phones, costs that will be offset as Nokia curtails its own budget for software research and development, said one of the people, who declined to be identified because the final contract hasn?t yet been signed. The agreement runs for more than five years, the people said."
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