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Article | 2/05/2013 New Chromebooks coming this year from Asus and Acer, report suggests

Hard on the heels of the news that the Linux kernel itself has now added Chromebook support, other reports this week suggest that the ongoing populari...

Article | 14/02/2013 For a sneak peek at Ubuntu phones, try this Android app

Canonical made quite a splash at the start of this year when it announced Ubuntu for phones, but--apart from what it demonstrated at the time--we're s...

Article | 29/01/2013 In Pictures: Meet Mageia, a rising Linux star

If the world of Linux distributions has ever had a rising star, it's Mageia. Read on for a brief tour of Mageia's interface and features.

Article | 6/11/2012 Android turns 5, hits 75 percent of the smartphone market

Given Android's ubiquity today, it's almost hard to believe that it has only been around a few years.

Article | 6/10/2012 Three Linux distros get key updates, plus one fades away

With so many Linux distributions out there, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all the updates that come out over the course of an average week or mo...

Article | 6/09/2012 Android hits 1.3 million daily device activations

Just a few short months ago, back in June, Google executive Andy Rubin trumpeted the fact that more than 900,000 Android devices were being activated ...

Article | 10/07/2012 Remember MeeGo? It's coming back this year in two new phones

Anyone who has been paying any attention to the MeeGo mobile operating system over the past year or so can surely be excused if they're suffering this...

Article | 28/06/2012 Google rolls out Chrome for Android and iOS

Google's Chrome browser now claims 310 million active users, the company announced at its I/O developer's conference this week, nearly doubling the nu...

Article | 26/06/2012 Firefox for Android gets a 'screaming fast' upgrade

Mozilla on Tuesday rolled out a brand-new version of its popular Firefox browser for Android that's designed to deliver faster performance, a fresh ne...

Article | 14/06/2012 Android tablets beating out iPad in business and IT: Report

Apple's iPad may still be considered the king of tablets in many quarters, but new research data casts a shadow of doubt over how long that will conti...

Article | 17/05/2012 Android 5.0 to launch with five Nexus devices: Report

When Android 5.0 “Jelly Bean” launches this [southern] Spring, it will appear first on several new mobile devices sold by Google itself as part of the...

Article | 2/05/2012 Now with more RAM, the 'Vivaldi' Linux tablet is almost ready

There was plenty of excitement earlier this year over the news that a fully open tablet was in the works, and late last week some new revelations were...

Article | 4/04/2012 Look who's working on Linux now: Microsoft

Linux powers countless smartphones, TVs, supercomputers, financial transactions, and websites around the globe--not to mention desktops--but the fact ...

Article | 29/02/2012 Mobile Linux: It's not just Android anymore

The mobile world has been good to Linux, whose Android derivative has enjoyed a success that few could have predicted just a few short years ago.

Article | 30/09/2011 Looking for Free Software? A new directory can help

There are free and open source alternatives to just about every proprietary software package available today--the trick is just finding the right ones...