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Coronavirus: IBM Pulls Annual Forecast As Client Priorities Change
Worldwide pandemic hits software sales, as IBM warns that its customer priorities are changing and it withdraws its annual forecast
Mozilla Turns On DoH By Default For US Firefox Users
Mozilla Foundation has turned on its privacy feature called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) for American users of the Firefox browser
Mozilla Confirms Thunderbird Email Client Move
Thunderbird is go. Thunderbird email client has this week moved to a new wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation
Facebook Tool To Upload Images, Video To Google Photos
Data portability. Facebook users can now transfer their photos and videos on the social networking platform to Google Photos
Microsoft, IBM Join Forces With Linux Foundation To Fight Patent Trolls
Don't feed the trolls. Partnership to fight 'Patent Assertion Entities', otherwise known as patent trolls
Mozilla, Intel, Red Hat Target Open Source Security With Bytecode Alliance
Partnership of open source players seeks to implement standards for coding outside the browser
Firefox To Halt Browser Pop-Ups
Early next year Firefox 72 will attempt to cut down on annoying pop-ups in the web browser
Canonical Releases Ubuntu 19.10 ‘Eoan Ermine’
New open source Linux distribution comes with update to Charmed OpenStack and additional support for Raspberry Pi
IBM Profit Slumps As Tech Services Struggles
Big fall in profits at Big Blue as tech services division declines, as does IBM's systems division
BT Opts For Canonical For 5G Core Build
Open source move for telco as it opts for Canonical as key partner for 5G services delivery
Mozilla’s Famous Fox Fades For Firefox
A bit less fox. Famous fox logo has become a bit more ethereal, as Mozilla completes logo redesign
Mozilla Readies Firefox Premium – Report
Free version will remain unchanged, but premium browser could offer cloud storage and VPN capabilities
Mozilla Strengthens Privacy With Firefox Lockwise Password Manager
Open source community also bolsters Firefox security with tracking protection set to default
Canonical Launches Ubuntu 19.04
New open source Linux distribution comes with a number of upgrades for open infrastructures
Google Partners For Open Source Tech On Cloud Platform
Google announces 'strategic partnerships' with seven open source companies, as CEO questions rivals' attitudes
Toyota Offers Free Access To Hybrid Car Tech
Hybrid car pioneer Toyota offers free access to technology patents, as move to full electric vehicles continues
Firefox 66 Seeks To Reduce Web’s Most Annoying Features
Hate video or audio clips automatically playing content in a web page? Firefox 66 aims to sooth online annoyances
Mozilla Releases Free File Transfer Service, Firefox Send
Mozilla gives ability for users to send encrypted files up to 2.5Gb in size with launch of Firefox Send
IBM Spends $34bn To Secure Open Source Giant Red Hat
Big Blue's biggest acquisition sees it acquire open source cloud giant to expand subscription-based software
Linus Torvalds Back In Charge Of Linux Kernel Development
Hug a coder. Month long sabbatical for Linux creator ends, amid updated 'code of conduct' for entire community
EU To Rule On Microsoft GitHub Purchase In October
Controversial proposal by Redmond to acquire GitHub to face European antitrust decision on 19 October
Linus Torvalds To Take A Break After ‘Unprofessional’ Behaviour
Creator of Linux operating system kernel to take sabbatical, after admitting email attacks were 'unprofessional'
Mozilla To Redesign Famous Firefox Logo
'We need your input' - Mozilla asks for feedback as it plots redesign of famous Firefox logo
GitHub Inspection Discovers 4 Million Flaws In Public Code
Bug hunting. First inspection run of public code libraries reveals four million vulnerabilities
GitHub Briefly Taken Offline In Largest-Ever DDoS Attack
The popular code-hosting site was taken offline for 10 minutes after being targeted by a massive 1.35Tbps DDoS attack
MongoDB 4.0 To Offer Multi-Document ACID Transactions
No need to choose relational databases anymore, says MongoDB, with upcoming addition of ACID transactions
Oracle Issues Patches For Spectre & Meltdown Flaws
More patching for system administrators as Oracle releases 237 fixes to counter Spectre, Meltdown flaws
Tales In Tech History: Novell
Not many tech firms come from the US state of Utah, but for many years Novell was the bedrock of local area networks
IT LIFE: Dan Martland, Edge Testing Solutions
Dan Martland from Edge Testing Solutions talks about how his hobby became a career and the importance of software testing