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Linux
03 September 2010
Ubuntu 10 Beta Maverick Meerkat Released
The beta instalment of Ubuntu's Maverick Meerkat has arrived somewhat earlier than expected.
Linux
26 August 2010
Demand For Windows And Linux Servers Increasing
Demand for Windows and Linux servers is increasing at a rapid pace, at the expense of Unix servers and other non-x86 machines, according to IDC.
Linux
23 August 2010
Open Source ECM Firm Introduces Apps Store
What have the smartphone vendors started with their ways of selling apps? Open source enterprise content management (ECM) company Nuxeo is adopting an apps store approach to push the development of new apps and plug-ins for its software claiming that the move will "change things in the content management market and drive a whole new innovation stream from developers", it wrote in a company blog.
Linux
17 August 2010
Red Hat Touts Linux KVM Plans
Kernel-based Virtual Machine, or KVM, is a growing Linux technology for virtualization.
Linux
17 August 2010
Next Ubuntu Release Will Include Multi-Touch
Ubuntu supplier Canonical has said that it plans to introduce advanced multitouch facilities into future releases of the Linux operating system.
Linux
13 August 2010
Linux Foundation Simplifies Licences
Companies who saw last week's court ruling against Westinghouse over GPL licensing compliance might be finding themselves a bit more eager to get their licensing house in order.
Linux
12 August 2010
Novell Forced to Lower Q3 Sales Forecast
Linux distributor Novell has revised the sales forecast for its third fiscal quarter of 2010, which ended on the 31st of July.
Linux
11 August 2010
Linux Vulnerabilities Revealed by Security Researcher
The Linux operating system is known for its security features.
Linux
11 August 2010
Compliance Program is Open to All
While complying with FOSS licenses is not overly difficult, it can be complex and many companies have asked for help ensuring that they don't run afoul of license requirements.
Linux
10 August 2010
Oracle Releases New VirtualBox Update
Oracle has announced the availability of version 3.2.8 of its open source VM VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware.
Linux
09 August 2010
Snapshot of GNOME 2.32 Released
The GNOME Release Team have issued GNOME 2.31.6, the first development snapshot of what will eventually become version 2.32 of the GNOME desktop environment for Linux and Unix.
Linux
09 August 2010
Android Grabs Top Spot in 2nd Quarter
Strong sales of new smartphones running the Android mobile operating system helped push Google's mobile OS past RIM for the top spot in the second quarter.
Linux
06 August 2010
Linux Kernel Gets Update Full of Bug Fixes
The latest version of the Linux kernel was released on Sunday, offering not just a host of bug fixes but also new features designed for multicore environments.
Linux
05 August 2010
Linux Programming Skills Exceeding Unix
Demand for Linux programming skills has exceeded that for Unix programming skills for the first time ever, according to Richard Nott, director of recruitment site CWJobs.co.uk.
Linux
03 August 2010
New Linux Kernel is Faster and More Efficient
The new Linux 2.6.35 kernel owes much to Google.
Linux
19 July 2010
Android Gets LogMeIn Remote Access
The app, which is already available for iPhone and iPad, went live on Google's Android Market on Wednesday.
Linux
16 July 2010
Google Say Android Market has 70k apps
Following unofficial reports that the Android Market had surpassed 100,000 apps and more than 1 billion downloads, Google has confirmed that its Android Market for mobile applications now contains more than 70,000 applications.
Linux
16 July 2010
The HP Android Tablet May Be Shelved
Hewlett-Packard is working on a variety of tablet PCs, running a variety of operating systems.
Linux
16 July 2010
Amazon Launches 'Cluster Compute Instance'
Amazon's most powerful cloud server yet, the Cluster Compute Instance, was made available Tuesday in EC2, designed for high performance computing and able to be grouped together with other Cluster servers via high speed networking.
Linux
15 July 2010
300% Faster Writes With CouchDB 1.0
The Couchio developers have announced the release of version 1.0 of CouchDB, one of the representatives of the NoSQL database movement.
Linux
15 July 2010
Research Says Linux Mobile Market By 2015
Google's Android and Chrome OS, Intel-Nokia's MeeGo and Palm's webOS are among the Linux-based operating systems that will run 62% of non-smartphones by 2015, according to ABI Research.
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