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Raspberry Pi Sells One Million Units – Maybe
500,000 sales from one of the distributors allow for optimistic estimates
Barclays To Save ‘Billions’ With Own Cloud And Open Source
Who would have thought that free software saves money?
Samsung Chooses Tizen As Alternative To Android
Smartphones running the open source OS are expected to appear later this year
Raspberry Pi Gets Its Own App Store
Software for the miniature computer grows into a separate ecosystem
Jim Zemlin: Proprietary Software Is Doomed
SPAIN: Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation tells Silicon News that Linux and open source must win in the end
German Company Creates ERP Device Based On Raspberry Pi
The orange box can support up to three users, will ship before the end of the year
Could Raspberry Pi Cook Up Green Data Centres?
Low energy ARM processors are ready to take over the data centre. They need some software, and the Raspberr Pi can help, says Peter Judge
Raspberry Pi To Spur The ARM Server Revolution
How could the humble Raspberry Pi help get more ARM servers in data centres? Chris Tyler, one of the people behind Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, shares his thoughts
Intel: ‘Clover Trail’ Atom Chips Will Support Linux, Android
While the initial 'Clover Trail' Atom processors will focus on Windows 8, a future version will be Linux and Android-friendly, according to Intel
Intel’s Linux-Proof Clover Trail Chip Is Doomed, Says Perens
Power management not available to open source developers
Raspberry Pi Will Be Baked In The UK
Designers say they always hoped this would happen
Maplin Starts Selling Raspberry Pi
The tiny Linux computer hits the high street
Ubuntu Turns Websites Into WebApps
The WebApps feature, coming in Ubuntu Linux 12.10, will allow web services such as Gmail and Facebook to run as separate applications integrated with desktop services
Leap Second Trips Up LinkedIn, Gawker And More
Servers froze when they were asked to warp time
Torvalds Bashes Nvidia Over Linux Support
Linux Torvalds has criticised Nividia for allegedly offering weak support for Linux developers, while exploiting the Android market for its GPUs
Linux Creator Torvalds Shares €1 Million Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds shares top tech prize with stem cell scientist Shinya Yamanaka
Microsoft Azure Gains Infrastructure-as-a-Service Option
Microsoft has added Infrastructure-as-a-Service support to its Azure cloud platform as part of the recent upgrades
Microsoft Opens Windows Azure Cloud To Linux
Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform
Linux Foundation Launches Free Compliance Tool
A new tool is available free of charge that can track open source software components for enterprise organisations
World’s First IT Lesson With Raspberry Pi: Pictures
The first lesson using Raspberry Pi machines is taught, but will it produce more IT workers?
Android, iOS Enjoy Total Domination Of Mobile Ecosystem
Android and iOS now enjoy total domination of the mobile ecosystem, as Symbian languishes at just 6.8 percent
Linux 3.4 Kernel Boosts Virtualisation
Linux developers make improvements to virtualisation, 64-bit computing and other areas
Calxeda Shows Ultra Low-Power ARM Server Prototype
Calxeda's prototype server, powered by its EnergyCard compute blades and running Ubuntu Linux and a LAMP stack, adds to the growing competition between ARM and Intel
Quiz Of The Week: What is the source of open-source?
Test your knowledge of open source software. It's an inspiring story.
Toshiba Looks To SMBs With Linux Telephone System
Toshiba has partnered with Polycom to offer SMBs a Linux-based wireless telephone system
Could PCs-On-A-Stick Clear Up e-Waste?
Homekey's USB computer is supposed to get the older generation online, but Peter Judge thinks it could also reduce e-junk
HomeKey £70 PC-On-A-Stick Launched For Elders
Valerie Singleton's SimplicITy outfit has a granny-friendly Linux-based USB machine she made earlier
First Raspberry Pi Systems Hit Leeds Schools
The first batch of Raspberry Pi machines make it to end users
Canonical Busts Out Metal-as-a-Service For Cloudy Days
MaaS looks to bring cloud-like server management to IT teams