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Twitter Criticised After Ruining Free Client
Tweetro developer forced to charge money to keep the user numbers down
Mozilla Revenue Grows 33 Percent
Royalties paid by Google keep the free software community well-supplied
Microsoft Research: Beyond Kinect, And Open Source Robots
Scanners, sensors and a football-playing chair – just another day at Microsoft Research Cambridge
RIM Opens Enterprise Partner Portal For BB10
RIM has launched the BlackBerry Partners portal to keep developers and vendors in the loop before BB10's January release
Microsoft Spurs Azure Development With Training Camps
Microsoft's 23 day-long training camps around the US trained developers how to use the Windows Azure application platform for creating cloud applications
Mozilla Bigs Up ‘Digital Literacy’ at MozFest 2012
Mozilla Foundation launches new projects aiming to teach children how to code
Microsoft ‘Appathon’ Promotes Windows 8, Phone Development
Microsoft's application development workshops at 110 locations around the world last week aimed to teach developers how to write Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications
Jim Zemlin: Proprietary Software Is Doomed
SPAIN: Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation tells Silicon News that Linux and open source must win in the end
VMware Updates Micro Cloud Foundry
VMware has delivered scaling improvements in an update to its Micro Cloud Service platform as a service (PaaS)
Terracotta Launches ISV Partner Programme For Big Data Memory
Terracotta is to work with software vendors on offering real-time big data access to their customers using the BigMemory Go big-data memory product
European Software R&D Investment Is Increasing Says Truffle
EUROPE: SAP tops rankings again as European software R&D investment continues to rise
Nokia Launches Budget Phone And New Developer Tools
Nokia has launched the Nokia 109 handset for developing markets, as well as new developer tools
Microsoft Delivers Store Preview And Touts Azure Backbone
Microsoft continues to woo developers after touting Azure Cloud OS as a back end for Windows 8 and Phone 8 apps
Microsoft Tempts Developers With SDK And Free Gadgets
Microsoft has kicked off its developer conference with a new Phone 8 SDK, plus free smartphones and tablet PCs
Project Impala Gives Cloudera’s Hadoop A Real Time Boost
Hadoop goes beyond batch to real time with Impala
Cornwall Council Puts BT Outsourcing Deal On Hold
Controversial £300m deal is halted by the County Council revolution
Oracle Extends Java Development Framework For iOS, Android
Oracle has released an extension to its Java application development framework that allows applications to run on Apple's iOS or Google's Android without modification
HP Offers Outsourced Analytics Services
HP is now offering business process outsourcing (BPO) big data analytics services via its enterprise services division
Raspberry Pi Gets 512MB RAM Filling
The tastiest computer in town just got some extra memory
ICO Praises Private Sector Security
The ICO says the private sector is leading the way in data protection, but is it basing its claims on dodgy data?
ITU Invites Tech Giants To Discuss Patent Crisis
Microsoft wants to fight patent “trolls” while Qualcomm denies the existence of patent warfare
WebPlatform.org Backed By IT Giants For Developer Support
IT giants like Google, Microsoft and Mozilla are backing a centralised repository of web developer documentation
Coverity Adds Java To Testing Platform
Coverity's latest Development Testing Platform claims to identify previously untestable problems, and also adds Java support
Microsoft Beefs Up App Security With PhoneFactor Purchase
Microsoft is to enhance the security of business apps on mobile devices with the acquisition of PhoneFactor
Software AG: What Is This Process Stuff About?
Software AG has staked out business process automation - but what does that mean? Darren Roos tells us
Raspberry Pi To Spur The ARM Server Revolution
How could the humble Raspberry Pi help get more ARM servers in data centres? Chris Tyler, one of the people behind Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, shares his thoughts
Dell And Intel To Open Xeon Phi Centres Of Competence
Researchers will be able to get to grips with parallel computing ahead of Xeon Phi release
RIM Boss Rallies Troops For BlackBerry 10 Push
RIM's CEO has rallied the developer community around BlackBerry 10, and offered a few digs at Apple
Skyhook Sues Google Maps Over Navigation Patents
Google Maps is using Wi-Fi positioning technology without a licence, says Skyhook