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Fujitsu And Panasonic To Combine Chip Design Efforts
The new venture will be fabless, hire employees from both companies
Chris Beard Takes Over As Mozilla Interim CEO
Beard, Mozilla's former CMO and most recently an executive at venture capital firm Greylock Partners, has stepped in following the resignation of Brendan Eich
Geeksphone Revolution Lets Users Dual-Boot Android And Firefox OS
Geeksphone Revolution arrives in the UK, allowing users to choose between Android and any other open source OS without voiding any warranty
Microsoft Shareholder Sues Company Over EU ‘Browser Choice’ Mistake
A lawsuit tries to establish who’s to blame for a “technical error” which led to a £484 million fine
The Heartbleed Lesson: Open Source Needs Attention
Heartbleed happened because web giants thought that open source provided them with a free ride, says Wayne Rash
Is Crimea Part Of Russia? Internet Companies Offer Conflicting Answers
Yandex says 'yes', Facebook and VKontakte say 'no', Wikipedia changes its mind
Microsoft Upgrades Python Tools For Visual Studio
Microsoft updates its Python Tools for Visual Studio, with support for new web frameworks
IBM Bolsters Marketing Automation With Silverpop Purchase
IBM adds personalised customer engagement solutions to its portfolio thanks to the acquisition of Silverpop
Dropbox Offers Carousel For Better Photo Management
Dropbox adds new business and consumer apps, as former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joins the board
ElasticHosts To Charge Linux Cloud Customers By Consumption, Not Capacity
ElasticHosts' container service promises to make it cheaper and easier for businesses to move to the cloud
Windows XP Is Dead – Long Live Linux!
Windows XP machines could have a new lease of life running Linux, says Sean Michael Kerner - but only if users are aware of it
Google Removes Bogus Security App From Google Play
Red faces at Google after the discovery that one of the top selling apps in Google Play is a total scam
Intel, Huawei Team Up For Big Data Storage
Huawei and Intel ink a new deal that will see the two co-develop storage systems geared towards big data
Even Smaller Raspberry Pi Compute Module Targets Businesses And Industry
Raspberry Pi Foundation makes a unit with fewer connectors in a dinky DIMM package, for commercial users to build into embedded systems
Teradata Universe: “Data Enables The New Economy”
The future will belong to companies that make data-driven decisions and value the trust of their customers, says Hermann Wimmer from Teradata
Canonical Shuts Down Ubuntu One Cloud Storage Service
Ubuntu One will close on 31 July as Canonical pulls out of free cloud storage wars
Nest Stops Sales Of Intelligent Fire Alarm Due To Safety Concerns
Google-owned start-up discovers that one of the features of the Nest Protect is actually a flaw, so it needs a software fix
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Steps Down After Backlash
Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla CEO because of the furious backlash to his stance on gay-marriage
Intel Launches ‘Gateway Solutions’ For The Internet Of Things
The company wants to unlock data hidden in legacy industrial systems by linking them to the cloud
Build 2014: Microsoft Delivers Universal Windows Apps
Developers now have the ability to build universal Windows apps that run across PCs, tablets and phones
Google Beefs Up Webmaster Academy
Google's Webmaster Academy has been expanded in order to help Webmasters improve their websites
Google-Owned Nest Releases Intelligent Thermostats In The UK
The start-up says it was a challenge to adopt the technology to the European market
Open Source Collaboration Is A Top-Down Decision
Collaboration might seem to come naturally to open source developers, but the Linux Foundation tell Sean Michael Kerner that it's also a business decision
Open Xchange Launches Cloud-Based Spreadsheet Editor
OX Spreadsheet is a cloud-based application available on any device and fully compatible with Microsoft Excel files
Man Who ‘Sold’ Free Microsoft Products Is Given Suspended Jail Sentence
Luton resident Mohammed Khalid Jamil ran a Microsoft support scam out of a call centre in India
Salesforce Becomes First Cloud-Only Software Vendor In Gartner Top 10
A pure cloud vendor has for the first time entered Gartner's top 10 list of worldwide software vendors, underscoring the significance of the cloud trend
Linux 3.14 Upgrades ZRAM, Buffer Features
The latest Linux kernel adds enhanced memory compression, scheduling and networking features
MariaDB Enterprise 2 Bridges The Gap Between SQL And NoSQL
The latest release of MariaDB Enterprise removes the need to choose between different database technologies, says SkySQL
Mozilla Denies Board Member Mutiny Over Its CEO Choice
The organisation says departure of three board members is a coincidence not related to the appointment of Brendan Eich