Open Source

Android Eases Past iPhone in US Smartphone Race

Google's Android operating system has now overtaken Apple's iOS in the US smartphone market

14 years ago

Motorola Xoom Tablet Impresses CES Crowd

Motorola's tablet device, the Xoom, has wowed the crowds at the CES Show with its 3D capabilities

14 years ago

Google Shamed Into Action On Android Text Bug

After six months twiddling its thumbs, Google may fix a bug which could hurt careers and relationships

14 years ago

ASF Object-Oriented Metadata Project Goes Top-Level

The Apache Software Foundation’s object-oriented data project graduates from incubator status

14 years ago

Lenovo Introduces Hybrid Laptop At CES

Lenovo has unveiled a hybrid laptop that runs both Android and Windows at the Consumer Electronics Show

14 years ago

Novell Touts Power Management With ZENworks 11

Novell has announced the general availability of ZENworks 11 in a move that will ease concerns about its future

14 years ago

Firefox Leads European Browser Race

Firefox is the most popular web browser in Europe thanks to a little help from Google's Chrome

14 years ago

Russian Government Pushes Shift To Open Source

A government order has mandated the Russian government to shift to using Linux and open source software by 2015

14 years ago

Mozilla Touts Improved Sync Setup With Firefox 4 Beta

Mozilla has released a Firefox 4 beta which promises better support for 3D graphics among other features

14 years ago

Oracle’s VirtualBox Opens For Heavier Workloads

Open sourced VirtualBox 4.0 features an easier-to-use interface and improved virtual appliance capabilities

14 years ago

OpenBSD Founder Blames Contractor, Not FBI, For Backdoor Plant

The founder of OpenBSD now believes that a firm was probably contracted to put backdoors in the project code

14 years ago

Android Tackles Phone Makers Over Lockdowns

Google's Android engineers claim handset makers that lock down their smartphones beg for rooting exploits

14 years ago

Prototyping Lab For HTML5 Launched By Microsoft

Microsoft's HTML5 Labs allows developers to test new and evolving specs for inclusion in IE9 online

14 years ago

Patent Monopolies Threaten Open Source Innovation

If patent holders start picking on members of the open source community, innovation will suffer, warns Eric Doyle

14 years ago

European Commission Pushes e-Government Openness

The new European Interoperability Framework and European eGovernment Action Plan both aim to make government services more open

14 years ago

Nokia Considers Windows Phone 7 OS For New Phones

Nokia is rumoured to be considering deploying Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 on its new smartphones

14 years ago

Could Google Android Merge With Chrome OS?

Some are suggesting that Google should merge Chrome and Android. Clint Boulton says it might happen, but not any time…

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Partners In Novell Patent Buyout Revealed

Apple, Oracle and EMC are apparently the joint owners, with Microsoft, of 882 patents bought from Novell

14 years ago

FBI Fingered For Installing OpenBSD Backdoors

A former government contractor has gone public and accused the FBI of planting a number of back doors into the…

14 years ago

Oracle Makes MySQL 5.5 Database Generally Available

Despite previous fears over Oracle's commitment to MySQL, the company has made the new version of the open source database…

14 years ago

Google Confirms Zetawire Purchase For NFC Software

Google has confirmed the acquisition of NFC specialist Zetawire, as the search engine giant takes the fight to Apple and…

14 years ago

EC IT Head Hits Back At ‘Proprietary Software’ Claim

The IT boss of the EC has denied a claim that its software contract favours proprietary vendors

14 years ago

Apache Blasts Oracle As It Resigns From JCP

Apache Software Foundation quits the Java Community Process over Java technology compatibility kit row

14 years ago

Ubuntu One Beta With Windows Support: Review

The beta release of the Windows client for Canonical's Ubuntu One service is off to a solid start, but work…

14 years ago

Android Users Top Mobile Data Usage Charts

Android smartphone users are more data hungry than their iPhone rivals, according to a new study

14 years ago

Furious JCP Gives Green Light To Java 7/8 Roadmaps

The JCP approved the specs for Java 7 and 8, but hit Oracle hard for its licensing and monetisation strategy

14 years ago

Google Launches Chrome OS On CR-48 Netbooks

Chrome OS is being tested on the bare-bones CR-48 machine from Google, until Samsung and Acer deliver

14 years ago

Motorola Tablet Revealed By Android Creator

Android creator Andy Rubin showed a new Motorola tablet that runs the future Honeycomb version of Android

14 years ago

Samsung Plots Phone Push For 2011

Samsung is planning to raise shipments of its mobile phones by 18 percent next year, as the number two phone…

14 years ago

Why Is Google Bothering With Chrome OS?

Android runs on tablets, so why is Google pressing on with its plans for Chrome OS? Tom Jowitt has the…

14 years ago