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Fedora's New Project Leader

2012-03-02T00:22:00.000-08:00

Fedora Logo Employment on the Linux Planet is going strong according to a number of barometers. On one hand, this past week Red Hat appointed a new Fedora Project Leader. On the other hand, the Linux Foundation published a new study with career website dice.com painting a very rosy picture for the Linux job market. 1. Robyn Bergeron Named Fedora Project Leader Unlike Debian, where the

SUSE Linux moves to 3.0 kernel with SP2

2012-03-01T00:06:00.000-08:00

SUSE Linux, the commercial Linux distributor owned by software conglomerate Attachmate, is moving up to the Linux 3.0 kernel and also taking the btrfs file system mainstream alongside Linux container virtual private servers. These and other changes to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 are contained in Service Pack 2, available today for download. That means the clock begins ticking on SLES 11 SP1,

Ubuntu and Slackware named top desktop Linux distros

2012-02-15T18:49:00.000-08:00

Ubuntu and Slackware named top desktop Linux distros Linux Mint takes the No. 4 spot in a recent community poll, while KDE is named the most popular desktop environment. The world of desktop Linux is often portrayed these days as a battle primarily between longstanding leader Ubuntu and up-and-coming challenger Linux Mint, frequently with the suggestion that Mint is winning. It's true that

Eight features Windows 8 borrowed from Linux

2012-02-13T23:21:00.000-08:00

Windows 8 Log onScreen Wallpaper "Good artists borrow, great artists steal!" -- Pablo Picasso said it. So did T.S. Eliot. And, more recently, Steve Jobs. Let's face it: If something makes sense and succeeds, it gets imitated. Though Windows 8 and Linux distributions differ greatly from each other in design, ideology and -- last but not least -- their primary audience, they're all built on the

Open source software should be used to secure public sector systems

2012-02-02T16:54:00.000-08:00

Open source software should be used to secure public sector systems OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE should not be dismissed as a means of securing public sector systems, government IT bosses were told at a conference on Wednesday. Speaking at the government ICT conference in London, Ian Levy, technical director at the Communication Electronics Security Group (CESG) said local authorities need to realise

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Available on Dell Cloud

2012-01-11T21:11:00.000-08:00

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Available on Dell Cloud The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the first Linux distribution to make its way to Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) new VMware software-based cloud offering, Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service. SUSE Linux Enterprise offers users a broad application portfolio as well as optimization with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite. "SUSE

KDE SC 4.8 – Is KDE In A Permanent Feature Freeze?

2011-12-28T05:25:00.000-08:00

KDE SC 4.8 – Is KDE In A Permanent Feature Freeze? On 22 December, KDE unleashed its first release candidate of the next major iteration of the 4.x series on an unsuspecting pre-Christmas world. KDE 4.8 is a major release number. As such, I was hoping for some pretty cool new features. However, looking at the release announcement, I see that there are only three new features worthy of mention,

Red Hat Grows Million-Dollar Linux Deals

2011-12-20T21:01:00.000-08:00

Red Hat Grows Million-Dollar Linux Deals Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) announced its third-quarter fiscal 2012 earning results on Monday, showing continued growth. For the quarter, Red Hat reported revenue of $290 million, which is a 23 percent year-over-year gain. Net income hit $38.2 million or $0.19 per share, up from $26 million or $0.13 per share last year. Moving forward, Red Hat provided

Oracle Takes on VMware with Oracle VM 3.0

2011-11-28T18:39:00.000-08:00

Oracle VM 3.0 Oracle is advancing its virtualization strategy with the release of Oracle VM 3. The new virtualization technology is designed to expand on Oracle's previous efforts with a clear focus on server virtualization. "We care about running big server VMs," Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president Linux and Virtualization Engineering, Oracle said during a launch event for Oracle VM 3.0. "We

Apple iPhone 4S Battery Issues Might Have Been Pinpointed

2011-11-17T20:14:00.000-08:00

It’s been a while since the iPhone 4S was launched, and a lot of people are now starting to recognize a problem with their batteries. Very early on, there were initial signs that the iPhone 4′s battery might be better than the newest iteration’s. And more lately, Apple’s engineers have actually been contacting people who have complained of poor battery life to try and resolve the issue.

What Changes Will Ubuntu 12.04 Bring?

2011-11-14T20:41:00.000-08:00

ubuntu oneiric ocelot Ubuntu 12.04, to be launched in April 2012, will be a Long-Term Support (LTS) version of the operating system. It will come with support for a full five years. Not many days after the planning of Ubuntu 12.04, aka ‘Precise Pangolin’ began, its key details are already out. A number of details of this new version of Canonical's Linux distribution were discussed at the

Red Hat CEO: Google, Facebook owe it all to Linux, open source

2011-11-11T18:49:00.000-08:00

Red Hat Logo Google and Facebook owe their success largely to Linux — not the technology per se, but to the cheap innovation and mass collaboration it enables, Red Hat’s CEO says. Yes, free, as in freedom, but also free as in free beer, said Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat. Had it not been for the no cost software, open licensing and mass collaboration, all business models enabled by Linux and

Intel, Samsung back new Linux mobile platform

2011-11-11T18:34:00.000-08:00

Samsung Galaxy S2 Two Linux software groups have joined forces, they said on Wednesday, to develop a new operating system for cellphones and other devices in an effort led by Intel and Samsung Electronics. Under the deal, the LiMo Foundation and Linux Foundation are effectively merging their LiMo and Meego mobile operating systems and hope to gain wider industry and consumer support, but

New Android Seen Easing OS Fragmentation

2011-11-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

New Android Seen Easing OS Fragmentation Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android, is likely to ease the fragmentation of the operating system, some device executives said on Thursday. Google unveiled Ice Cream Sandwich last month in the Galaxy Nexus, set to go on sale this month in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The new OS achieves much of what device makers have been trying to achieve

IPhone 4S Raises the Bar for Google Android Event

2011-10-25T00:43:00.000-07:00

apple-iphone-4g The iPhone 4S launched Oct. 14, just a week and a half after it was unveiled. Now, on Wednesday, Samsung and Google are expected to unveil the Nexus Prime smartphone and Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android. (As Mashable’s Ben Parr put it, “the invite itself features the iconic Android character in the form of an ice cream sandwich. You do the math.”) Apple has

Intel, Samsung back new Linux mobile platform

2011-10-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

Samsung is involved in an attempt to further develop a linux mobile operating system as part of a strategy to have other OS options for its mobile phones and devices. Two Linux software groups have joined forces, they said on Wednesday, to develop a new operating system for cellphones and other devices in an effort led by Intel and Samsung Electronics. Under the deal, the LiMo Foundation

Samsung profit beats forecasts

2011-10-10T18:33:00.000-07:00

Samsung profit beats forecasts Company expects third-quarter profit at $3.5 billion, 12% up from second quarter Samsung Electronics on Friday expected its quarterly profit to exceed market forecasts on the back of brisk smartphone sales and a weak local currency. The world’s largest technology company said in a statement that profit during the July and September period was estimated to reach

High-tech Name Games

2011-10-09T18:46:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs Until Steve Jobs came along, apple was the name of a popular fruit often portrayed as the fruit that Biblical character Eve offered to Adam, which resulted in the two being banished by God from the Garden of Eden. Although the Bible refers to that fruit as coming from the Tree of Knowledge, the use of the apple as a symbol was actually introduced only by renaissance artists. In a

10 Reasons Why iPhone 4S will Lose to Samsung Galaxy S2

2011-10-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

Samsung Galaxy S2 and iPhone 4S The smartphone market is facing plenty of superphones from different manufacturers, but only two -- Apple iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2 -- are the devices that people might prefer over others due to the beautiful designs. On Tuesday, Apple Inc. took the wraps off of iPhone 4S at its "Let's talk iPhone" event. For the launch of iPhone 4S, the general response

Kaspersky Adds Cloud, Smartphones to Its Updated Offering

2011-10-07T00:24:00.000-07:00

Kaspersky Adds Cloud, Smartphones to Its Updated Offering The first major overhaul in four years of Kaspersky's business antivirus software, Kaspersky Business Space Security, is out. Kaspersky is one of Europe's leading antivirus (AV) companies. It is ranked third in the consumer Internet security space (by revenue) just behind Symantec and McAfee, according to Gartner. In recent years, it

Startup Likewise signs Linux patent deal with Microsoft

2011-10-07T00:10:00.000-07:00

Startup Likewise signs Linux patent deal with Microsoft Likewise, a software platform provider for identity, security and storage, has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft, adding Likewise to the list of companies on Microsoft’s Linux patent-protection list. The licensing agreement with Microsoft will affect Linux and Unix-based Network Attached Storage devices and provide Microsoft

Android is the new Linux — and that’s not a good thing

2011-10-03T19:06:00.000-07:00

Android Logo Google’s mobile operating system Android is the new Linux: open, free (aside from patent issues), and just a utility. It’s completely worthless as a brand in which to build upon. Unfortunately for Google, Android means different things to different companies. For HTC and Samsung it’s beginning to be a patent mess. And for Amazon, it’s just a customizable layer that doesn’t even

Will Windows 8 Secure Boot Block Linux?

2011-09-26T18:40:00.000-07:00

Windows 8 Visual Tour: Microsoft's New Desktop A brand-new security feature to be included in Windows 8, designed to block some types of malware, is drawing fire from advocates of non-Microsoft operating system. In particular, they accuse Microsoft of launching a stealth attack against people who choose to install open source operating systems on their Windows-branded PCs. The feature in

The magic of Linux to play Station3

2011-09-20T06:07:00.001-07:00

Sony has released it new Thaumaturgy drama station3 you usher in the new gambling universe. With it you are supported with the Linux package the powerhouse and work easily. Rate Linux for PS3 you can bend, new and other game, ticker PIC, song, washing and so on to the Windows application. With the Bingle size Assembly you might duplicate work. You could easily install Linux for PS3. The

To determine the risks of Online Casino games

2011-09-17T05:02:00.000-07:00

Online Casino games Many people these days cannot afford a fun trip to Las Vegas or even have a casino close to home. To help save money, but still participate in fun activities of casino games, people turn to the Internet to address these needs. Casino online games can be just as appealing as those in a casino. After all, people spend several hours sitting in front of the computer game games.