InternetOpengear's Open Source Odyssey

Startup finds out that open source hardware business isn't quite what it had expected.

Open source has proven itself in recent years to be a successful mechanism for software vendors -- but what about hardware? In the case of open source hardware maker Opengear, open source is working but it's not working out in the way it had initially expected. Opengear makes hardware management devices for keyboard, video, mouse, or KVM (define), consoles and is now expanding with a wider array of hardware management with its new KCS console server product line. LATEST NEWS Yahoo Board Faces Down CriticsSun's Near Term Outlook is not too BrightBrace Yourself for the Beijing OlympicsWireless Devices May Be Future P2P BattlegroundCloudy Outlook on Sun After Grim Numbers Waldie commented that the CM4000 KVM console, which is based... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

InternetBerman: Moving The Meter on IP Laws

Associates of Rep. Howard Berman talk about what's at stake with major patent and copyright reform in Congress.

InternetLawmakers demand info on Web tracking practices (AP)

AP - A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits.