Open Source

Mozilla To Introduce Advertising Into Firefox

The new feature called ‘Directory Tiles’ will display curated, sponsored content

11 years ago

Jolla Releases Source Code For Sailfish Browser

Sailfish browser becomes the first open sourced internal app as Jolla invites community to make improvements

11 years ago

Mozilla Improves Multi-Device Operation With Firefox Accounts

The upcoming feature will improve synchronisation, and prepare Firefox for introduction of new user-specific services

11 years ago

Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Claims To Be Fixing Network-Wide Vulnerability

The exchange resumes currency withdrawals, but refuses to send Bitcoins to third-party wallets until further notice

11 years ago

Russian Government Says Bitcoin Is Illegal

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office says Bitcoin is used for money laundering, and should be avoided

11 years ago

Apple Kills The Only iOS-Compatible Bitcoin Trading App

Apple has dumped the Blockchain application from its App Store – and Bitcoin users are threatening to dump their iPhones

11 years ago

Firefox 27 Boosts Security

Sean Michael Kerner welcomes Firefox 27, which fixes some holes and catches up on security tech such as TLS

11 years ago

BTC China Exchange Resumes Taking Deposits In Yuan

The largest Bitcoin exchange in the world says the memo banning virtual currency transactions was misunderstood

11 years ago

Cisco Touts ‘Fog Computing’ With New IOx Platform

Cisco's new IOx platform includes a Linux OS to push software to network edge for IoT

11 years ago

Image Of Samsung Tizen Smartphone Surfaces On Korean Website

Alleged Tizen-powered Samsung ZEQ9000 image and specs leak onto the Internet

11 years ago

Maude: Open Formats Could Free UK Government From Microsoft Office

Government to save tens of millions of pounds through open formats instead of Microsoft Office software

11 years ago

OpenStack Revamps To Build Cloud Momentum

The OpenStack Foundation reveals its plan to get more users to contribute ideas to an open-source cloud effort

11 years ago

Bitcoin Entrepreneur Charlie Shrem Charged With Money Laundering

The co-founder of BitInstant allegedly conspired to supply Silk Road with Bitcoins

11 years ago

Microsoft Reveals Data Centre Secrets And Joins Open Compute Project

Facebook's Open Compute Project can share Azure, Bing and Office365 data centre designs now Microsoft has signed up

11 years ago

Oracle Won’t Block Open Source In The Public Sector

Oracle has claimed that open source increases risk. The evidence points otherwise, says Ed Boyajian

11 years ago

Rackspace Brings Managed MongoDB ObjectRocket Service To Europe

The acquisition of ObjectRocket in 2013 is bearing fruit for Rackspace

11 years ago

Eclipse Backs Open Source For Internet Of Things

Eclipse Foundation calls for the Internet of Things to be based on open source technology

11 years ago

Red Hat Updates Cloud Product Portfolio, Adds More OpenStack Components

Enterprise Virtualization 3.3 and Cloud Infrastructure 4.0 will set the customers on the path to open hybrid cloud

11 years ago

Open Source Mobile Networks Could Solve Rural ‘Not-Spots’

Lime Microsystems says its transceiver technology can make it cheaper for rural communities to get 3G and 4G

11 years ago

NTT DoCoMo Delays Tizen Smartphone Launch

Samsung-backed operating system suffers yet another setback

11 years ago

US Authorities Set For Silk Road Bitcoin Sale

The state gets drawn into the virtual currency game

11 years ago

China Launches ‘Independent’ OS For Smartphones, PCs

China OS is a Linux-based OS designed to break foreign dominance

11 years ago

Canonical Expects No Major Ubuntu Mobile Smartphones Before 2015

Ubuntu handsets from major manufacturers not expected this year, says Canonical community manager

11 years ago

Wells Fargo Hopes To Offer Bitcoin Services

The bank has organised a real summit dedicated to the virtual currency

11 years ago

Nginx Plus 2.0 Targets Enterprises With Commercial Improvements

The open source Nginx Web server continues to gain commercial enhancements to broaden its appeal

11 years ago

Open Source Storage Relaunches With New Platform

OSS has reinvented itself with the Niazi 1.618 Middleware System, which allows organisations to shift to open source IT without…

11 years ago

OpenSUSE Forums Down After Breach

Another vBulletin-based attack causes problems for open source crew

11 years ago

First Tizen Smartphones Expected In Time For MWC

Samsung and NTT Domoco are expected to offer Tizen smartphones soon, according to reports

11 years ago

Red Hat Partners Up With Copycat CentOS

Red Hat reveals why it decided to work with a rival group cloning its flagship enterprise Linux platform

11 years ago

CES 2014: Panasonic To Develop Firefox OS Smart TVs

Smart TVs are part of a plan to apply principles of the open web to more devices

11 years ago