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Article | 9/12/2010 Android users hungriest for mobile data, study says

Users of Android phones consume far more mobile data than users of other smartphones do, according to a study released Wednesday by network management...

Article | 8/12/2010 What's in the Tech Crystal Ball For 2011?

Market research firm IDC makes a number of tech-related predictions near the end of every calendar year, but its prognostications for 2011 may well be...

Article | 7/12/2010 Four reasons to try LibreOffice

The Document Foundation on Sunday announced the availability of the first release candidate of LibreOffice, marking the approach of the first stable v...

Article | 4/12/2010 'Natty Narwhal' alpha offers peek at Ubuntu 11.04

Canonical on Thursday released the first alpha version of Ubuntu 11.04, offering fans of the open source Linux operating system an early glimpse at th...

Article | 2/12/2010 Google's Chrome web store looks set to launch

Though most recently expected to debut in October, Google's Chrome Web Store may now finally be on the verge of launching.

Article | 1/12/2010 How to buy a computer preloaded with Ubuntu

If you've ever paid attention to the market share statistics for desktop operating systems you probably know that Linux is most frequently pegged at a...

Article | 30/11/2010 Apple is getting desperate in the mobile arena

Apple's mobile OS has been facing stiff competition from Google's Android in the smartphone world for quite some time, but a few recent moves from Cup...

Article | 30/11/2010 Why Android outsells Windows Phone 7

We all knew Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 would have a hard time catching up with the leading contenders in the smartphone arena, and now there's yet an...

Article | 25/11/2010 Ubuntu will begin updating daily, report says

Ubuntu may shift from updating every six months to updating every day, according to a report Tuesday in The Register.

Article | 25/11/2010 Android browser flaw exposes user data

A vulnerability in the Android browser could permit an attacker to steal the user's local data, according to a report yesterday from security expert, ...

Article | 24/11/2010 Open Source Driver Debuts for AMD Fusion Chip

Chip maker AMD on Monday reportedly released an open source driver for the first chip in its new Fusion line, giving Linux users a new, open source-fr...

Article | 23/11/2010 Microsoft's hand in Novell deal bodes ill for Linux

Attachmate may be the primary purchasing party in the Novell acquisition deal announced today, but the involvement of Microsoft means there's a fresh ...

Article | 23/11/2010 Mozilla confirms an app store is on the way

Along with its audited financial statements indicating a revenue increase of 34 percent last year, Mozilla late last week also published a "State of M...

Article | 20/11/2010 LibreOffice is taking shape with third beta

It's been less than two months since the Document Foundation announced that it was launching its own "fork" of the OpenOffice.org productivity softwar...

Article | 20/11/2010 12 Ubuntu derivatives you should consider

It's no secret that Ubuntu 10.10, or Maverick Meerkat, is one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions of all time for business and home users.