Samsung continues recent commitment to Tizen with the launch if the £60 Z1 in India
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Samsung Pledges Smart TVs To Tizen Platform
Electronics giant confirms the Tizen operating system will be the basis for all future smart televisions
Canonical Refreshes With ‘Snappy’ Ubuntu Core And Easy Updates
New version of Ubuntu Core comes with transactional updates to mimic a mobile phone update
Samsung Could Launch Tizen Smartphone On 10 December
Samsung Z1 will show Tizen is alive, according to a report
Netflix’s ‘Laissez-Faire’ IT Embraces Cloud And Open Source
Netflix lets employees use what ever they want, open sources its internal applications and wants to be cloud-only by the end of the year
8 Reasons You Don’t Want To Use OpenStack
David Fishman, VP marketing at OpenStack firm Mirantis, takes a rather tongue-in-cheek look at why a business wouldn’t want OpenStack
Why Latin America’s Biggest Media Firm Chose CloudStack
Globo.com selected CloudStack for its application development and system management platform
How ShapeBlue aims to bring next-generation storage benefits to cloud environments
The CloudStack integrator has teamed up with "the storage industry’s number one Solid-State Array" to improve public and private cloud
Mozilla Exits Google Firefox Search Deal In Favour Of Yahoo Tie-Up
Mozilla wants to promote search competition with new local deals
Fujitsu Touts Benefits Of Converged Infrastructure To Cloud-Shy Firms
Fujitsu unifies converged infrastructure products under the PrimeFlex banner but refutes 'data centre in a box' description
Quiz Of The Week: Firefox Is 10!
Mozilla's Firefox celebrates its tenth birthday, but what do you know about the open source browser?
Mozilla Releases Firefox OS 2.0 With NFC Support
Firefox OS 2.0 is made available to developers using the 'Flame' reference smartphone
Mozilla Celebrates Firefox’s 10th Birthday With Privacy Pledges And Developer Version
Mozilla pledges to protect users privacy and launches Firefox 33.1, Firefox for Developers and launches Polaris initiative with the Tor project
Smaller, Cheaper Raspberry Pi A+ Model Is Released
Raspberry Pi A model is refreshed with many of the B+'s features
Netgear And VeriSign Join AllSeen Alliance For IoT Push
Nine new members including Netgear and VeriSign join the AllSeen Alliance to further the Internet of Things
EU Invests £11m In Open Data Institute Backed Projects
EU to back Open Data Institute European startup incubator, research network and data science academy
Microsoft Plans Skype Calls Without Plug-In Via Internet Explorer
In-browser Skype calls are on the horizon after Microsoft backs ORTC and WebRTC technology
Canonical Releases Ubuntu Server 14.10
Ubuntu 14.10 aims to simplify large-scale cloud deployments with improved container, hypervisor and bare metal support
Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop Targets Developers As PC Market ‘Stabilises’
Canonical adds developer tools and support for latest graphics and processors with Ubuntu 14.10 for desktop
Motorola Solutions Shows Off Android-Powered Symbol TC70 ‘Mobile Computer’
Motorola Solutions says rugged TC7- will save businesses money in the long-run when compared to consumer devices
Docker Docks With Windows Server
The hot virtualisation technology isn't just for Linux anymore as support for Docker extends to Windows servers
OpenStack Juno Brings Big Data To The Cloud
10th milestone release of the open-source cloud platform debuts with 310 new features and 3,200 bug fixes
Mozilla Firefox Hello Is Open Browser-Based Skype Rival
Firefox Hello users can have video and voice chats with users of other browsers
Linux Foundation DroneCode Project Wants Open Source Drone Platform
Linux Foundation launches collaborative rpoject to bring open source drone platforms under one roof
Quiz Of The Week – Neelie Kroes And The EC
Neelie Kroes' reign as head of the EC's Digital Agenda is ending soon, but how much do you know about her time in charge?
Dixons Carphone Hoping For £5bn Windfall From Internet Of Things
IoT opportunities were “an underpinning factor” in bringing the two companies together, says company head
Google Adds To IoT With Physical Web Standard
Google launches its open source Physical Web standard, that aims to open up interaction with different devices
The Xen Vulnerability That Rebooted the Public Cloud
More details are now public on the open-source Xen hypervisor vulnerability that triggered full Amazon, Rackspace and IBM cloud reboots
ARM Reveals Free OS For Internet Of Things
Life beyond smartphones as ARM seeks to capitalise on the growing Internet of Things sector
IT Life: All About Relationships
Clint Oram, CTO at SugarCRM, has been working with software since he was a kid