Amazon Brings Kindle 2 to Europe
Oct 08, 2009Online book dealer Amazon has brought its second version of the Kindle ebook reader to Europe. The Linux device is to cost around 250 Euros, the mobile connection included.
more »Improved Interoperability: Red Hat Deepens Virtualization Effort with Microsoft
Oct 08, 2009Red Hat and Microsoft have deepened their partnership even further in the virtualization realm under the concept of "interoperabiity." Cross-certification should lead to more satisfied customers.
more »Stallman Challenges Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation
Oct 06, 2009Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman recently brought Microsoft's newly instituted CodePlex Foundation to task in his blog. The CodePlex Foundation's Miguel de Icaza, also mentioned in the blog, has since mounted a defense.
more »Bilski II: Red Hat Appeals to Supreme Court over Software Non-Patentability
Oct 05, 2009The U.S. is known for its patent friendliness. But a Supreme Court decision in 2008 overturned a patent application by Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw for a risk mitigation process. Now Red Hat is using the so-called Bilski case in support of software non-patentability.
more »Google Begins Test Phase for Wave
Oct 05, 2009Four months have gone by since Google announced their new, innovative communication solution, Wave. Last week was the beginning of its test phase.
more »Red Hat Gains Higher Earnings Through Subscriptions
Sep 25, 2009Linux distro Red Hat has released its Q2 2010 results that ended August 31, with figures that show a marked increase in subscription rates.
more »GPLv2 Less Popular
Sep 18, 2009Latest statistics from Black Duck Software show version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2) sliding in popularity. Just under half of all the open source projects contained in the September 2009 statistics used the GPLv2.
more »Faster, Stable Google Chrome 3
Sep 17, 2009After a year's development, a new, stable version 3.0 of Google's open source Chrome browser is now available. Developers promise "significant speed improvements," although current beneficiaries are Windows Vista and XP users only.
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