Open Source

Lord Alan Sugar Is Readers’ Fantasy HP CEO

Sugar beats Schmidt, Ballmer and Jobs in eWEEK readers' dreams. Next. do you trust open source?

13 years ago

Google API Adds Web Font Range For Developers

With Google’s Web Fonts Developer API developers can incorporate Web Fonts into apps dynamically

13 years ago

Samsung Signs Android Patent Pact With Microsoft

Samsung has agreed to pay Microsoft royalties for its Android devices, as Microsoft steps up its licensing strategy

13 years ago

LibreOffice Celebrates First Anniversary

It's one year since the Document Foundation created LibreOffice from the Oracle-controlled OpenOffice.org

13 years ago

Intel Drops MeeGo In Favour Of Tizen

Intel is ditching the MeeGo platform and instead throwing its weight behind Tizen to take on Android

13 years ago

Camfed And Google To Launch ICT Centres In Ghana

ICT centres run by women provide hubs of learning in remote rural regions of Ghana

13 years ago

Oracle Seeks £753m Damages In Android Java Case

Oracle is now seeking £753m in damages from Google in its Java patent infringement case against Android

13 years ago

Google Serves Up ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Tips

Google's Android team have given tips to help developers prepare for the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"

13 years ago

Casio Coughs Up Microsoft Fee Over Linux Use

Microsoft’s licensing campaign continues with Casio Computing the latest to sign a deal for using Linux

13 years ago

Why Does Government Keep Screwing Over SMEs?

The British government is neglecting its duty to support SMEs, and missing significant cost savings in the process, says Sophie…

13 years ago

Open-Source Software Management From Sonatype

Sonatype Insight manages the use of open-source software in enterprise systems development

13 years ago

Honeycomb Archos G9 Tablets To Include Hard Drives

Archos is launching eight-inch and 10-inch versions of its G9 tablet line, starting at £240 and £300 respectively

13 years ago

Government Wants Open Standards To Be Royalty-Free

Francis Maude has confirmed that it will adopt royalty-free standards, to deliver a level playing field for open source

13 years ago

UK Government Breaks Promise To Use SMEs

Despite promising to end the IT oligopoly of big businesses, government is ignoring SMEs

13 years ago

Google Partners With Intel At IDF Conference

Google will collaborate to optimise Android for Atom processor platform to help Intel's mobile push

13 years ago

Android Is Best For Business, Say Readers

Blackberry ties second with iPhone, in eWEEK poll. Next: tell us your Fantasy HP CEO

13 years ago

Google/Motorola Probe Could Prove Illuminating

Emergence of Google documents hinting at Android favouritism could prompt a revealing probe into the Motorola deal, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Linux Community Websites Hacked

Sites including Linux.com and LinuxFoundation.org have been taken offline, following a fresh attack

13 years ago

German Court Ban Throws The Towel On Galaxy Tab

The beach towel of German litigation has made the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 'tabula non grata', unless an appeal can…

13 years ago

HP Opens Private Beta Test Bed For Cloud Services

HP is capitalising on its membership of the OpenStack community to compete with Amazon Web Services

13 years ago

Oracle And Google Mediation Sources Another Dispute

Mediation talks in the Java patents dispute have stalled before they begin with Oracle objecting to Google's team

13 years ago

Intel To Let MeeGo Go: Rumour

Intel is reportedly set to scale down the development of MeeGo following Nokia's withdrawal from the project

13 years ago

Leaks Reveal Microsoft Links To Tunisian Regime

A leaked diplomatic cable has reveal concern over Microsoft's links to the former Tunsian regime

13 years ago

Government Commitment To Open Source Flounders

An FOI request by the BBC reveals that the UK government is failing to follow through on its open source…

13 years ago

Android Dominates With 40 Percent Of US Market

Smartphones now make up 40 percent of the overall phone market in the US, with Android in the lead

13 years ago

Git Saves Linux Code Base In Kernel Server Breach

The Linux Kernel site was given the bumps on its 20th birthday when hackers broke in to plant a Trojan

13 years ago

Mozilla Shows Off Tablet User Interface

Mozilla has offered a sneak peak at its tablet user interface for the Android "Honeycomb" OS

13 years ago

Java Founder Gosling Quits Google For Robot Maker

The creator of Java, James Gosling, has left Google to become the chief software architect at Liquid Robotics

13 years ago

Linux Headache Is Latest Cyber Security Challenge

Competitors in the Cyber Security Challenge UK have been battling each other to fend of Linux attacks

13 years ago

Developers Compete To Put Android On HP TouchPad

Cheap discontinued HP TouchPads could run Android Gingerbread, if a community project takes off

13 years ago