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SAS Adds Hadoop Support For Big Data Customers
SAS has increased access to big data sources for its customers after adding Hadoop integration
Samsung Dominates Apple In Overall US Phone Shipments
In the overall US phone market Samsung is on top, with Apple standing fourth, behind LG and Motorola
Apple Devices Beat Android On HTML5 Performance
Apple's iOS devices perform far better than Google's Android at rendering HTML5 objects, according to a new study
MapR Hadoop Inks Informatica Tie-In
The MapR Hadoop open source batch analytics software package will become available with Informatica's data integration platform through four different vendors
Canonical Releases ‘Precise Pangolin’ Beta
Ubuntu 12.04 is the first long-term release to use the Unity desktop, and includes power-saving and hardware support tweaks
Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
New tool aims to help users see who is tracking their web activity and to better understand tracking
VMware Helps Java Developers Handle Big Data With Spring Hadoop
VMware's Spring Hadoop targets enterprise Java developers who want to create Big Data analysis applications
MWC 2012: Huawei Adds Its Backing To Tizen Mobile OS
Android beware, Huawei has added its backing to Tizen just as a beta of the new mobile operating system has been made available
HP To Axe Half Of The WebOS Workforce
275 webOS workers lose their jobs despite HP's previous assurances they would be redeployed
Raspberry Pi Launch – A PC For The Price Of A Pair Of Jeans
£22 or less can buy a Linux-based computer to teach the principles of computing to a new generation of programmers
Facebook To Tackle Open Source Storage Hardware
Social networking site plans to build own storage hardware to handle growing number of user uploads
Open Source Code Is As Good As Proprietary, Says Coverity
Open source code scanned by Coverity had slightly fewer flaws per 1000 lines
Mozilla Reportedly Planning Smartphone And App Store Move
Mozilla is reportedly planning a web-based mobile operating system, as well as a Mozilla app store
Open Threat Exchange Aims To Improve Your Security For Free
Richard Kirk of AlienVault introduces Open Threat Exchange, a free, open-source enterprise IT security tool
EC Announces New Data Centre Efficiency Programme
The Cool Em All project will develop monitoring software and open source server plans to make scientific computerse more efficient
MWC 2012: Canonical Puts Ubuntu Desktop On A Smartphone
Canonical announces an Ubuntu version that helps kill off PCs by taking smartphones to the next level
Apache Marks 17th Birthday With HTTP Server 2.4
Apache has celebrated the 17th anniversary of its HTTP Server by delivering version 2.4, tuned for the cloud
Tougher Spending Controls Save Government £140m On ICT
Cabinet Office says it wants to save a total of £5 billion across the government by the end of the financial year
Apache Deltacloud Graduates To Top-Level Project
Apache's Deltacloud cloud interoperability toolkit has graduated from incubator status to a top-level project
Citrix Launches Open Source CloudStack 3
Citrix promises its first CloudStack release since it acquired the product will focus on openness, flexibility and completeness
Canonical Goes Corporate With Ubuntu Remix
Canonical is taking aim at corporate users with the launch of Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix
Birst Looks To Ease Hadoop Adoption Concerns
Birst is offering to help companies battling with 'big data' after announcing support for Hadoop
Celebrating SUSE’s 20 Years Of Linux Love
SUSE's anniversary will be marked by a series of global events commemorating key technology, community and corporate milestones, says Darryl Taft
Cabinet Office Launches Open Standards Consultation
The views of the IT community on what open standards should mean in government ICT are being sought in a new consultation
Alfresco Enterprise 4 Adds Free Public Cloud Support
Open source enterprise content management can reach out into the cloud very easily, says Alfresco
Commercial Open-Source Web Server Support Launched By NginX
NGINX enters the world of commercial services with support for its open-source Web server
Google’s Existential Threat Mirrors Microsoft’s ‘Tidal Wave’ Warning
Google is facing a similar threat from Facebook that Microsoft faced with the Internet and, later, from Google itself, says Clint Boulton
Beta Chrome For Android Available For Newest Mobile Devices
Google has released a beta of Chrome for Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich", a mobile version of the popular desktop Web browser
Nokia To Ship Just One More Symbian Device?
Nokia is reportedly scaling down its Symbian usage and will apparently ship just one more handset running Symbian