Open Source

Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Patent Violations

Another Android phone company falls under Microsoft’s patent crosshairs as it files an infringement lawsuit against Motorola. Microsoft claims the…

14 years ago

Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab UK Launch

Samsung's Galaxy Tab will be available from all UK operators from 1 November... but what will it cost?

14 years ago

Samsung Confirms Plans To Ditch Symbian

Samsung has topped off a miserable week for the Symbian Foundation, after announcing it will end support for the Symbian…

14 years ago

Google Expands Android Paid Apps Market

Google has boosted the number of countries where consumers may buy apps for their Android phones to 32

14 years ago

Poll: What’s Your View On Software Piracy?

This week's poll asks, what would you do if you were presented with some unlicensed software at work?

14 years ago

Open Source QNX Heading For BlackBerry Handsets

The open-source QNX operating system that will début on RIM's PlayBook tablet, will eventually run on its BlackBerry smartphones

14 years ago

Red Hat Announces Fedora 14 Beta Download

The Fedora 14 Beta has been released with a slightly shorter features list. Work will focus on bug fixing and…

14 years ago

Amazon US Rumours Of A Tablet And Android App Store

Amazon US is launching a tablet computer based on Google's Android platform and an application store

14 years ago

Developers Believe In Android Future Over iOS, Study Finds

Android seems to be winning the mindshare battle for developers, after the majority of them said Android's long-term outlook was…

14 years ago

OpenOffice.org Community Declares Independence

Members behind the Openoffice.org community have broken from Oracle under the name LibreOffice

14 years ago

RIM Launches Social Developer Tools For BlackBerry

RIM's BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform lets developers integrate social features such as chat into their third-party applications

14 years ago

Codeplex Foundation Becomes OuterCurve

Open source body, the Codeplex Foundation has become Outercurve to stress its independence from Microsoft

14 years ago

Sony Ericsson Dumps ‘Failed’ Symbian OS

Sony Ericsson has confirmed it has no plans for new Symbian-based products, while a Gartner analyst labelled the open source…

14 years ago

Microsoft Says No To Windows Phone 7 Tethering

After a slip of the tongue got people's hopes up, Microsoft says Windows Phone 7 users won't be able to…

14 years ago

Novell Releases SUSE Linux Optimised For SAP

The move deepens Novell's already close ties to enterprise software vendor SAP

14 years ago

Nokia Considers Windows Phone 7, As Vanjoki Lets Rip

Could new boss Stephen Elop bring the Windows Phone 7 OS with him from Microsoft for future Nokia phones?

14 years ago

Michael Dell Shows Off 7-inch Android Tablet

The boss of Dell has teased audiences at Oracle OpenWorld with a sneak peak of a 7-inch tablet PC running…

14 years ago

Why I Quit “Creepy” Oracle: The Father Of Java James Gosling Speaks Out

Talking exclusively to eWEEK, Java creator James Gosling opens up on a series of issues he declined to make public…

14 years ago

Open Source Community Welcomes Government Support

Austerity cuts on big contractors could allow open source into public sector IT, officials have said

14 years ago

Motorola Droid X Handsets Upgraded With Android 2.2

The hugely anticipated Android 2.2 is being rolled out to Motorola Droid X handsets on the Verizon Wireless network in…

14 years ago

It’s Time For Local Authorities To Get Open Source

A commitment to open source by a local authority in the UK could be groundbreaking, says Mark Taylor of Sirius

14 years ago

Bristol Council Mulls Open Source/Microsoft Tie Up

Bristol City Council is considering a scheme which adopts open source alongside existing Microsoft software

14 years ago

Mobile Editing Set For Google Docs On Android, iPad

Android and iPad users will soon get mobile editing functionality for Google Docs it has been confirmed

14 years ago

Open Source Vendors Re-Patch Linux Core Flaws

The Linux kernel bugs, first patched in 2007, could allow unprivileged users to take over a system

14 years ago

Pirate Party Walks The Plank In Swedish Elections

The Swedish Pirate Party has failed to gain a foothold in the Swedish political establishment after flopping in that country's…

14 years ago

Oracle Rolls Out MySQL 5.5 Release Candidate

MySQL Server and InnoDB have been enhanced to improve performance and scalability when running on the latest multi-CPU and multi-core…

14 years ago

Oracle’s Exalogic Targets Amazon Web Services

Oracle's new offering for private clouds features Oracle's own virtual machine technology and two guest operating systems – Solaris and…

14 years ago

Android Continues Share Grab From Apple, RIM

Android continues to grow its US smartphone market share according to research, rising from 12 percent to 17 percent in…

14 years ago

Developer Tools For Windows Phone 7 Are Final

The Windows Phone Developer Tools have been finalised by Microsoft, but Windows Phone 7 still faces an uphill struggle against…

14 years ago

Government Commits To Open Source Route

The government has confirmed that when costs are similar, it will opt to purchase open source rather than proprietary software

14 years ago