Open Source

Bletchley Park To Digitise A Million War Records

The WWII codebreaking centre wants to preserve around a million documents in digital form, with some available online

14 years ago

IBM, ARM, Freescale Join Forces On Open Source Mobile

ARM, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments have together created Linaro, a not-for-profit company focused on supporting the development of…

14 years ago

Samsung To Join iPad Frenzy With Galaxy Tab

As the Dell Streak goes on sale in the UK, Samsung has also pitched its hat into the iPad ring…

14 years ago

Red Hat CEO Whitehurst Blasts Software Patents

The open source giant aims to be a $1 billion company, but CEO Jim Whitehurst was diplomatic about government contracts…

14 years ago

Canonical Delivers Ubuntu Advantage Offering

Canonical is preparing to introduce a new service option for Ubuntu Linux desktop and server users, known as Ubuntu Advantage

14 years ago

HP Palm Purchase Gets US FTC Approval

The US Federal Trade Commission has given HP the thumbs up for its billion dollar acquisition of phone maker Palm

14 years ago

Dell Streak To Hit US Shores One Month After UK

Dell has announced that its answer to the Apple iPad will hit US shores one month after the Android tablet…

14 years ago

Meego Will Struggle, Despite Novell Support

MeeGo Linux will need considerable investment to succeed, according to a report from market research company Ovum

14 years ago

Android Could Lead Linux Smartphone Uptake

Linux-based smartphones, such as those running Google's Android, will account for more than a third of the worldwide market by…

14 years ago

No Android Phone Will Ever Sell As Fast As iPhones

Innovation is happening so fast that no single Android phone can be a best-seller, says Clint Boulton, as Google found…

14 years ago

Google Chrome Continues Market Share Growth

It has been another good month for Chrome, with Google's web browser cracking the 7 percent mark according to industry…

14 years ago

Dell Streak Pricing To Match Apple iPad

The UK price for Dell's Android Streak tablet device will match the entry level cost of an Apple iPad

14 years ago

Nokia Touts N8 Capabilities With New Video

Nokia has released a video walkthrough of its forthcoming flagship handset, the N8, which will be the first handset from…

14 years ago

Palm WebOS Boss To Improve Google Android UX

Google has hired webOS user interface director Matias Duarte from Palm to improve the user experience for the Android operating…

14 years ago

Acer Launches Android Smartphone And Kindle-Killer

Acer has introduced a slew of mobile devices, including the LumiRead e-reader, Stream smartphone, and a notebook and all-in-one home…

14 years ago

Firefox Home Coming To iPhone

Mozilla is finalising a submission to Apple for a free iPhone browser app based on its own Sync technology

14 years ago

Adobe Sets Adobe Reader Free For Android Users

Adobe has released Adobe Reader for Android to the Android Market, just after Google pledged support for Adobe's Flash and…

14 years ago

Dell to Launch Android Tablet In UK

Dell's Streak Android tablet looks like a pint-size iPad killer, and the UK gets it first

14 years ago

Google TV Gets Cautious Welcome

Analysts have given Google’s upcoming Android 2.1-based TV offering the thumbs up, but caution that the IT industry is littered…

15 years ago

Windows Phone 7 Faces Android 2.2, iPhone OS 4

Microsoft's launch of Windows Phone 7 will bring it into direct opposition with Apple iPhone OS 4, as well as…

15 years ago

IBM Pushes Sybase Migration to DB2

IBM has introduced pushing a new technology to allow Sybase ASE applications to connect to a DB2 DBMS

15 years ago

Dell Looks to Tablets After Strong First Quarter

Dell reports net income of $584 million for its first fiscal quarter and considers the tablet PC will create a…

15 years ago

German Court Declares Software Patents Legal

A German decision has gone against EU policy and advice from open source experts, making software patentable

15 years ago

Google Sets Its Wave Platform Free

Google has opened up Google Wave to everyone for free, one year after introducing the real-time collaboration platform to Google…

15 years ago

Europe Finally Gets Digital Agenda

Digital manifesto for the region faces criticism on open source and copyright expectations

15 years ago

HP Unveils Location App for Android, BlackBerry

Researchers at HP have revealed they are working on Gloe, an app that lets users search for, tag and bookmark…

15 years ago

CEOs Want To Get Creative, Says IBM

Chief executives see the world getting more complex, and want to get creative in response, according to an IBM survey

15 years ago

IT Industry Hit Hard By UK Government Cuts

The IT industry will be hit by spending cuts in the UK budget, but green vendors could see fresh opportunities

15 years ago

Oracle Launches Enterprise Update To MySQL

Database and enterprise application giant Oracle has released the first major upgrade of the open source relational database since Oracle…

15 years ago

Google Stops Selling Nexus One Online

Operators, will sell the Nexus One, as Google admits to failure in its bid to flog it online

15 years ago