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Article | 24/05/2012 Linux Mint 13 rallies behind Gnome
With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, o...
Article | 22/05/2012 Linux 3.4 released quickly, after smooth development cycle
Just over two months after its last major release, Linus Torvalds has posted the newest version of the open source Linux kernel, which supports new gr...
Article | 16/05/2012 Red Hat preps RHEL 7 for second half of 2013
The next major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), version 7, is targeted for release in the second half of 2013, Red Hat said on Tuesday, as ...
Article | 10/05/2012 Google files for new trial on copyright claims in Android suit
Google is seeking a new trial on copyright claims in Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against it over the Android mobile OS, according to a fili...
Article | 8/05/2012 IDC: Explosive growth expected for Hadoop, MapReduce-related revenues
The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis will jump from $US77 million in 2011...
Article | 7/05/2012 Tibco adds Hadoop support to its Spotfire in-memory analytics
Tibco has brought its Spotfire in-memory analytics software into the burgeoning ecosystem around Hadoop, an open-source framework for processing large...
Article | 5/05/2012 Oracle wants judge to bar ex-Sun CEO Schwartz's testimony in Google suit
Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectua...
Article | 3/05/2012 Java creator: Fears over consequences of possible Oracle trial win may be overblown
Should Oracle prevail in its intellectual-property lawsuit against Google over alleged Java patent and copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, ...
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 | 23/04/2012 How to hack your own Wi-Fi network
Attempting to "hack" into your own wireless network can help you spot potential Wi-Fi security vulnerabilities and figure out ways to protect against ...
Article | 26/04/2012 Microsoft to support ODF 1.2 open document standard in Office 15
Microsoft has demonstrated support for the Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2 standard in a technical preview of the forthcoming Office 15 productivity su...
Article | 24/04/2012 SugarCRM to unveil upgrade to its open-source app, eyes enterprise business
SugarCRM is expected to discuss a significant upgrade to its open-source CRM (customer relationship management) software on Monday during the SugarCon...
Article | 20/04/2012 Linux Torvalds shortlisted for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize
The Technology Academy Finland has shortlisted Linus Torvalds for its 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, worth over €1 million (US$1.3 million).
Article | 17/04/2012 Puppet equipped to be OpenStack interface
Puppet Labs has equipped its namesake open-source configuration management software with the ability to control OpenStack cloud deployments, the compa...
Article | 13/04/2012 Opinion: Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source
To state the obvious,, Microsoft is hugely important economically and culturally, and as Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) was told by his grandfather: "Wi...