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Red Hat Partners Up With Copycat CentOS
Red Hat reveals why it decided to work with a rival group cloning its flagship enterprise Linux platform
Apigee Buys InsightsOne For Big Data Analytics
Apigee has bolstered its big data credentials after adding InsightsOne to its API management capabilities
CES 2014: Panasonic To Develop Firefox OS Smart TVs
Smart TVs are part of a plan to apply principles of the open web to more devices
Twitter Co-Founder Launches ‘Jelly’ – An App To Ask Questions
Biz Stone wants everyone to help everyone, for free
Criado-Perez Twitter Abusers Plead Guilty
Criado-Perez says it is "not a joyful day" despite two of her many abusers pleading guilty
Oracle Boosts SDN Portfolio With Corente Deal
Oracle is to purchase Corente, which specialises in software-defined networks for WAN environments
Bing Tempts Webmasters With Knowledge Widget
Microsoft courts webmasters with a Bing-powered Website widget that intelligently provides more information
Microsoft Acquires Parature For CRM Push
Microsoft Dynamics CRM users will fulfil their own demands thanks to Parature's customer service software
Developer Reveals Details Of Ubuntu Torrent Search Tool
The ‘torrent’ scope will be included in Ubuntu by default, currently relies on the Pirate Bay
BlackBerry Sues Maker Of Physical iPhone Keyboard
Typo Products co-founder and media personality Ryan Seacrest may not have thought this one through
Microsoft Updates Hyper-V Linux Integration Services
Microsoft is looking to attract more Linux workloads to its virtualisation platform with support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5.5 and 5.6
UK Company Successfully Claims Ownership Of The ‘Pinterest’ Trademark
Premium Interest registered the name long before Pinterest launched in Europe
Facebook Sued Over Message Scanning Allegations
Facebook has been slapped with a lawsuit over allegations it scans the private messages of users
Microsoft’s Project Siena Offers Windows App Creation, With No Coding
Microsoft delivers a beta of its Windows 8 app that enables business users to build apps without coding
FireEye Boosts Cyber-Forsenics With Mandiant Purchase
FireEye is to bolster its cyber forensics capabilities with the decision to acquire Mandiant for £608m
Windows 8 And 8.1 Market Share Passes 10 Percent
Windows 7 continues to lead the way, but Windows XP is still worryingly widespread
Eric Schmidt Takes Responsibility For Google’s Social Networking Failures
We should have seen Facebook was coming, says Google’s chairman
Millions Of Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers ‘Leaked’
Hackers claim they wanted to show up Snapchat security weakness
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Skype Social Pages And Blog
Hackers leave anti-NSA spying messages across Microsoft-run accounts
Microsoft Midori OS Details Emerge
Technical details have emerged about Microsoft's non-Windows operating system, codenamed Midori
Canonical Releases Ubuntu Mobile And Android Dual Boot For Developers
Canonical releases early Christmas gift for Ubuntu Mobile developers - but it isn't for regular users
DataSift Offers Access To Sina Weibo Data
The new service lets European businesses get an insight into the mind of a Chinese consumer
CyanogenMod Gets Another £14 Million In Funding
Open source Android ROM developers promise “more new things, more often”
Global Bug Bounty Scheme Urged To Tackle Cyber Crime
A new study suggests that all software companies should buy critical code flaws to close cyber-crime vulnerabilities
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4.0 Hits General Availability
The commercial version of the OpenStack Havana platform has officially arrived from Red Hat
IBM Acquires Aspera For Fast Data Transfers
IBM is to acquire file-transfer specialist Aspera, to help with faster transfers of big data to the cloud
Jolla Puts More Sailfish OS Smartphones On Sale
European customers can get their hands on a Jolla smartphone, while outstanding pre-orders will be fulfilled before Christmas
BBM To Be Pre-Installed On Some LG Smartphones
LG and BlackBerry hope to capitalise on popularity of BBM in emerging markets
Google Deepens Open Source Ties With OIN Membership
Google is accepted as a full member of the Open Invention Network, that seeks to protect open source patents