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OpenStack Developers Ditch ‘Buggy’ Microsoft Hyper-V Support
The OpenStack open source cloud project has ditched "unmaintained" Microsoft Hyper-V code from its core module
Pentaho Open-Sources ‘Big Data’ Tools
Pentaho has open sourced its big data analytics tools, known as the Pentaho Kettle project
Google Is Experimenting With TCP To Give A Faster Web Experience
Google is testing ways to cut the latency in TCP connections that Web browsers make to request and retrieve data
Rubinstein Departure Hits Final Nail In HP webOS Coffin
The severing of ties between Jon Rubenstein and HP marks the end of the company's WebOS efforts as it looks to Windows 8, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Google Tests TCP To Trim Latency Issues
Google engineers are exploring ways to cut latency issues inherent in the TCP connections made by web browsers
WebOS To Be Open Source By September
HP announces release timetable and open source tools for developers
Running Analytics On iPads Now Possible With Splunk’s Flashless Edition
Splunk, the data monitor, searcher, analyser, and visualiser can now show Big Data on Apple iOS mobile devices
Is the European Commission Helping or Hindering Tech Entrepreneurs?
Techweek Europe asks Drupal inventor Dries Buytaert about his platform, its strong European following and his view on venture capitalism in the European Union
Hardened Android Release Has Better Sandboxing And Access-Control Policies
SE Android, developed by the US National Security Agency, is a security-enhanced version of Google's mobile platform
Samsung To Merge Bada With Tizen
Samsung is reportedly to merge its Bada smartphone operating system with the open source Tizen platform
Raspberry Pi Goes Into Production
Britain's Raspberry Pi ARM-based microcomputer, designed for education, is rolling off the production lines -- in China
Mozilla Updates Its Public Licence
Mozilla releases an update on its licence after a two-year collaborative update
Google Loses Email Exclusion Battle In Oracle Java Patent Infringement Trial
The Oracle v Google patent infringement trial is set for March and the judge has ruled out several contentions but not the Lindholm email
Apache Releases Stable Hadoop Version 1.0 Framework
The Apache Software Foundation has officially delivered the much-anticipated version 1.0 of the Apache Hadoop framework
eBay Bids For Low Cost Raspberry PI Hit £2100
A tiny computer that will be sold for just £20 later this month, is currently fetching bids worth thousands on the giant auction website eBay
Greenpeace And Facebook Decide To Friend One Another
Eco-warriors and social networkers decide to Like one another by joining forces to encourage green data centres
Asus Unlocks Prime Bootloader, Announces ICS Release
Asus promises an unlock tool for its encrypted bootloader and announces Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for Transformer Prime
Microsoft Gears Up For Linux On Windows Azure
Microsoft is reportedly to give its cloud platform users the chance to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud this year
Users Petition Asus Over Transformer’s Encrypted Bootloader
Asus has encrypted the bootloader of its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, sparking a petition from users who want the freedom to unlock the tablet
Open-Source OpenLogic Brings CloudSwing To Rackspace
Rackspace Hosting's Cloud Tools programme has been expanded with CloudSwing PaaS stacks
Google Claims Over 700k Android Activations Daily
Google's Android is activated on over 700,000 mobile devices every day, according to its creator Andy Rubin
Twitter To Open Source Encrypted Text Software For Android
Twitter has made the source code of Whisper Systems'TextSecure software available on its GitHub.
Google Signs Mozilla Search Deal For Firefox
Google and Mozilla have reached agreement on a new three year search deal for the Firefox web browser
Oracle Seeks Early Trial Against Android To Stop Developer Drift
Oracle has asked for a trial as early as January in its case against Google, because Java is losing ground to Android
Adobe Updates PhoneGap With Windows Phone Support
Open source mobile development framework, PhoneGap, has been updated to support Windows Phone
Samsung Phone Sales Top 300m Thanks To Galaxy
Samsung's Galaxy phones helped it top the 300 million handset unit sales mark so far this year
Google And Mozilla Haggle Over Search Toolbar
Mozilla is still locked in negotiations with Google to keep its search technology in the Firefox toolbar
What’s Next For HP’s Open Source WebOS?
HP made the right decision with WebOS, earning a lot of goodwill and a tax break. Chris Preimesberger looks to the future
HP Open Sources webOS
HP has reached a decision on the fate of webOS, deciding to open source the software