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GSMA: Two In Three Mobile Devices Will Be Smartphones By 2020
GSMA predicts low cost smartphones and increased availability of LTE will fuel smartphone demand
NHS Develops Backbone With Upgraded IT
The NHS Spine is used by more than 20,000 organisations that provide health care across England
Open Xchange Launches Simple Email Encryption
OX Guard, part of the OX App Suite, helps users protect their messages with a single click
Tizen-Powered Samsung Gear S Comes With Curved Screen And 3G
New Samsung Gear S hopes direct voice calls and SMS will fend off the threat from the iWatch
Mozilla Launches £20 Firefox OS Smartphone In India
Intex Cloud FX has a 3.5-inch screen, a 1GHz processor and 128MB of RAM
New Linux Certification Exam To Meet Skills Demand
The Linux Foundation wants to expand global talent pool of Linux professionals with new certification and exam
SanDisk, Seagate And Western Digital Join The Linux Foundation
The new members will help Linux developers with money, expertise
Alfresco To Drive Growth After Funding Injection
Open source enterprise content specialist Alfresco gets £27 million to power international growth
Hacked US Hospital Operator Thought To Be Victim Of Heartbleed
TrustedSec says hackers got into Community Health Systems database through unpatched Juniper equipement
Munich Looks To Switch Back To Windows
Fresh from the completion of its Linux migration, the City of Munich, under a new mayor, is now considering scrapping its open source programme
eBay Working On Plan To Accept Bitcoin – Report
Bitcoins could be about to accepted by Braintree, an eBay-owned PayPal subsidiary
Hacker Roots Silent Circle’s Blackphone At DefCon
SIlent Circle doubts whether the hack could take place in the wild, but still thanks 'Justin Case' for his contribution to the security of the platform
UK Entries Win First F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize Challenge
Two data solutions from the UK win the first round of Tata Communications' F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize, which aims to solve the sport's technological challenges
Critical WordPress Plugin Bug Was Ignored By Developers
Any website using the Custom Contact Forms plugin should apply a patch as soon as possible
IT Life: Taking On Development Donkey Work
Ross Mason invented Mule to make development easier. As strategy VP at Mulesoft, he says don't taken anything for granted
Mozilla Admits Developer Password Breach
Red faces and embarrassment all round at Mozilla after a serious breach of developer details
Samsung Profits Fall, Despite Android Domination
Samsung profit falls, as research suggests Android is on the verge of turning smartphone platforms into a one-horse race
Mozilla Appoints Chris Beard As Permanent CEO
Mozilla resolves its leadership troubles as interim CEO Chris Beard is appointed permanent chief exec
CoreOS Linux Distribution Pushed To Stable Release
The new Linux version CoreOS is now production ready after being released to the stable release channel
Samsung Delays Launch Of First Tizen Smartphone
Fresh doubts about the future of Tizen are raised by latest delay, which Samsung says is to allow for the development of the operating system's ecosystem
New Firefox For Android Brings Customised Home Pages
The mobile browser gets unique homepage add-ons, new APIs
IT Life: How Databases Will Change The World
Open source databases that meet business challenges will produce great changes, says Patrik Saller
Secure Linux Distribution Found To Contain A Privacy-Busting Flaw
TAILS Linux, used by Edward Snowden to communicate with journalists, is patching holes in one of its network overlays
Government Adopts Open Document Formats
The British government switches to the ODF document format, but Microsoft is not happy
“Catastrophic” Flaw In LibreSSL Found And Fixed
The random number generator in the library that's meant to replace OpenSSL was not really random
Raspberry Pi Gets More USB Ports With The Release Of Model B+
The new board doubles the number of USBs, adds more GPIO pins and support for external hard drives
IBM, Microsoft And Red Hat Back Google Kubernetes Container Project
Big players commit to Google's Kubernetes scheme for open source container management, taking virtualisation up a level
Metaswitch Contributes Virtualised Network Code To Open Source
Project Calico offers free, innovative virtual networking model based on IP addresses
AlienVault Updates Open Threat Exchange, Adds Free Tools
The open source threat intelligence platform can now scan log files to find compromised systems