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Hacker Runs Ice Cream Sandwich On Kindle Fire
Preliminary results of a project to get Android 4.0 running on Kindle Fire have been posted
Latest MapR Hadoop Adds Win And Mac Support
The v1.2 release puts Hadoop analytics in the hands of more users, with extra languages and platforms
Android Market Surpasses 10 Billion Downloads
One billion apps a month are being downloaded from the Android Market as 10 billionth app is downloaded
eBay Open Sources New Query Language
eBay's Ql.io could make e-commerce web applications faster to develop - and use
DWP Confirms 1,000 Open Source Desktops Pilot
Microsoft beware: a major UK government department is to trial open source desktops
Voodoo Android App Sniffs Out Carrier IQ
An open source Android app tells users if the Carrier IQ rootkit is running on their phones
IBM And HP Jointly Led Server Shipments in Q3: IDC
IBM and HP are running neck and neck in the worldwide server market with 29.8 percent each, IDC reports
Yacy Launches New Open Source Search Engine
Peer to peer search engine may turn government and business efforts to control searches on their heads
Free Toolkit For Android App Developers From ARM
Microprocessor maker ARM has introduced a free edition of its ARM Development Studio for Android
Cabinet Office Plans Open Standards Consultation
A fresh consultation will aim to clarify the government's position on open standards
Linux Mint Overtakes Ubuntu In The Popularity Stakes
Open source enthusiasts are falling out of love with Ubuntu if the latest figures are to be believed
PostgreSQL Database-as-a-Service From Heroku
Platform-as-a-service provider Heroku launches relational object database service built on Postgres
Onion Anonymous Internet Uses Amazon Cloud
Users of the Tor anonymous project can give back to the community by bridging to Amazon's cloud
Google Pulls Plug On Renewable Energy Research
Among other cuts, Google has scrapped the RE>C project but has posted its results for others to use
Facebook Expands Green Open Hardware Push
The Open Compute Project is looking deeper into green data centres, from storage to systems management
Google Updates Swiffy Flash-To-HTML5 Tool
Google extends the Swiffy Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tool and releases new and updated tools in other areas
HP Project Brings Itanium And x86 Systems Together
Project Odyssey will allow mission-critical HP Itanium and x86 servers to run in the same enclosures
Amazon May Sell 4 Million Kindle Fires Over Christmas
Low price could bring high sales for Amazon's Android tablet-reader, says analyst Piper Jaffray
OpenSUSE 12.1 Release Launched
Adds Gnome 3.2 desktop and new functionality turns ownCloud from interesting idea to useable tool
IBM Report Points Watson At Gov, Health, Education
Tech Trends report asked developers where advanced data analytics would yield the greatest benefits
Over Half Of Smartphone Sales Are Android: Gartner
The Android operating system hit 52.5 percent market share compared with 15 percent for Apple's iPhone
Android Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code Released
The source code for version 4.0 of Android has been released, along with Honeycomb for the first time
RIM BBX BlackBerry Image Leaked On Web
The first BlackBerry with BBX is a device codenamed London, according to a leak on the Internet
Search Engines Can Expose Open Source Holes
Tools such as Google Code Search can provide hackers with a wealth of information hidden in open source code, writes Eric Doyle
Diaspora Co-founder Found Dead
The privacy-conscious Facebook challenger has lost one of its creators, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, aged 22
Hadoop World Highlights Dataset Security Issues
Hadoop World speakers touted the software for analysing unstructured data, others focused on security
Cloud And Virtualisation Packed Into Fedora 16
Fedora 16 has a host of snazzy cloud and virtualisation tools to make it easier to manage virtual systems
Mozilla Opens Firefox 8.0 For Download
Mozilla's rapid release cycle of new browser releases continues with the arrival of Firefox 8
Rackspace Now Supporting On-Site Private Clouds
Rackspace has expanded its support to manage OpenStack private clouds in customers' data centres