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Leap Second Trips Up LinkedIn, Gawker And More
Servers froze when they were asked to warp time
Red Hat Shows Hybrid Cloud Software
At its Red Hat Summit and JBoss World conference, Red Hat released a range of products allowing enterprises to deploy and manage open source hybrid clouds
Microsoft Security ‘Blocks Free Software Foundation Donations’
Oops! Microsoft product labels the Free Software Foundation's donation page as a gambling site
Torvalds Bashes Nvidia Over Linux Support
Linux Torvalds has criticised Nividia for allegedly offering weak support for Linux developers, while exploiting the Android market for its GPUs
Oracle Agrees Zero Damages In Google Java API Lawsuit
In another setback Oracle has accepted zero financial damages from Google over its Java API lawsuit
Mozilla Offers Easy Website Creation With Thimble
A Mozilla tool is offering beginners an easy way to create websites by making HTML coding “incredibly simple”
Network Rail Opens Up Data Feeds
The rail organisation hopes to encourage application creation, but developers call for more data to be made available
VMware Project Serengeti To Offer Virtualised Hadoop
A new open source project from VMware, dubbed Project Serengeti, aims to virtualise the Apache Hadoop platform
Linux Creator Torvalds Shares €1 Million Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds shares top tech prize with stem cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka
Android Tweaks May Double Performance
Linaro's Android 4.04 performance-boosting updates, are available for Galaxy Nexus handsets
Microsoft Azure Gains Infrastructure-as-a-Service Option
Microsoft has added Infrastructure-as-a-Service support to its Azure cloud platform as part of the recent upgrades
Microsoft Opens Windows Azure Cloud To Linux
Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform
Oracle Plans Appeal After Losing Android Java API Lawsuit
Oracle is to appeal after a US Judge ruled in favour of Google and said that Java APIs are not copyright protected
Government Wants Pragmatic Approach To Open Source
The government is promoting a pragmatic approach to open source software
Linux Foundation Launches Free Compliance Tool
A new tool is available free of charge that can track open source software components for enterprise organisations
World’s First IT Lesson With Raspberry Pi: Pictures
The first lesson using Raspberry Pi machines is taught, but will it produce more IT workers?
Plug Pulled On Open Source ‘Moonlight` Project
The Moonlight project - the open source clone of Microsoft Silverlight - has been officially abandoned
OpenLogic: Open Source Scanning On The Rise
OpenLogic has reported a 730 percent increase in the number of open-source scans in the past year, another indication of the growing use of open source in the enterprise
Rockstar Consortium Launches Patent Attacks
The patent group backed by Apple, Microsoft, RIM and others has already opened negotiations with up to 100 potential licensees, according to a report
Android, iOS Enjoy Total Domination Of Mobile Ecosystem
Android and iOS now enjoy total domination of the mobile ecosystem, as Symbian languishes at just 6.8 percent
Tech Giants Transfer Open Data Protocol To OASIS
Microsoft and other tech giants have moved the Microsoft Open Data Protocol to the OASIS standards body
Google Wins Patent Fight – But It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
In the Oracle v Google legal tussle Judge William Alsup has become The Decider in what could become a landmark case in software intellectual property, says Chris Preimesberger
Android Did Not Infringe Oracle Patents, Jury Decides
Good news for Google after a jury ruled that Android did not infringe Java patents belonging to Oracle
Open Source Won The Mobile Platform Wars
Open source has won on mobile devices, because it makes for better software, says Funambol's Fabrizio Capobianco
Government Opens Door To Open Data Institute
The government has revealed plans for a Open Data Institute (ODI) to be based at Silicon Roundabout
Mozilla Webmaker To Teach Users How To Code
A new program from Mozilla is promising to turn humble web users into coding developers
GitHub Looks To Enterprise With Windows Support
The GitHub web-based project hosting service now supports Windows, with software aimed at enterprise developers
Linux 3.4 Kernel Boosts Virtualisation
Linux developers make improvements to virtualisation, 64-bit computing and other areas
Dutch Pirate Party Ordered To Stop Hosting Pirate Bay Proxy
Will the UK Pirate Party also be forced to stop helping file-sharers avoid the block on the Pirate Bay?