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Article | 5/06/2009 Intel buys Wind River to push Linux
Intel's acquisition of Wind River on Thursday is a strong push by the chip maker to extend Linux support across devices that use its processors, analy...
Article | 5/06/2009 Intel to acquire Wind River for $884 million
Intel said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Wind River Systems for a total of about $884 million in cash, in an effort to bolster its offerings ...
Article | 4/06/2009 Red Hat virtual desktop technology heads into beta tests
Side-by-side Windows displays might be the last thing you would expect to see taking center stage at Red Hat's booth at the recent Interop show in Las...
Article | 2/06/2009 RealPlayer for Mobile coming to Linux netbooks
Saying it will improve the netbook user experience on Linux, RealNetworks Inc. is licensing its RealPlayer for Mobile for the popular Ubuntu Linux dis...
Article | 29/05/2009 Show sidesteps slump, swine flu on Android hopes
Threats from the outbreak of swine flu and the weak global economy don't appear to be a problem for one of the world's largest computer and electronic...
Article | 28/05/2009 HP snubs Moblin, rolls out Mi Linux-Atom netbook
In a pre-emptive strike against the expected onslaught of ARM-based netbooks running Google Inc.'s Android operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tu...
Article | 26/05/2009 Vista launch best argument for Linux says IBM exec
It's the law of unintended consequences. Microsoft's launch Vista was the best recruiter for Linux on the desktop according to a senior IBM executive.
Article | 22/05/2009 Survey: Even Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees
Half of the businesses that have deployed Linux on the desktop have rolled it out to less than 20% of their workers due to perceived and real obstacle...
Article | 21/05/2009 Cisco settles lawsuit with Free Software Foundation
Cisco Systems will appoint a director to ensure that its Linksys products comply with the terms of free software licenses, and in return the Free Soft...
Article | 19/05/2009 Ubuntu One service stirs up open-source controversy
The commercial sponsor and originator of the Ubuntu project, Canonical, has stepped into new territory with the launch of a storage and sync service c...
Article | 19/05/2009 Microsoft, Linux join forces in software law debate
In an unusual twist, Microsoft and Linux have joined forces in a legal tussle.
Article | 8/05/2009 Novell throws support behind Moblin Linux for Intel Atom netbooks, devices
Eschewing its own SUSE Linux, Novell Inc. said today that it will back Intel Corp.'s Moblin Linux in the fast-growing market for netbooks and smartpho...
Article | 29/04/2009 Linux out, Windows in at Electoral Commission
The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) will leave Linux for Windows Server when it develops its new vote counting and reporting application, which is sl...
Article | 29/04/2009 Microsoft targets Windows, Linux management
Microsoft Tuesday opened its annual management confab saying it would ship the next version of Operations Manager by the end of June and laying out it...
Article | 29/04/2009 First look: Ubuntu 9.04 stays the course
Having rocketed to prominence as one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions in just a few years, Ubuntu has earned a reputation for stability...