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LibreOffice 3.5

LibreOffice 3.5

...it be a threat to Microsoft's upcoming Office 15? The Document Foundation that stewards LibreOffice is making bold claims for the new release, and... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Mary Branscombe

Apache foundation threatens to quit Java steering group

...The Apache Software Foundation has threatened to pull out of the Java Community Process because Oracle... Read more

11 November, 2010 by David Meyer

OpenOffice supporters form LibreOffice offshoot

...LibreOffice will be developed by a newly formed group called The Document Foundation. Formation of the new foundation comes after 10 years of Sun-sponsored... Read more

28 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

Red Hat unveils cloud, virtualisation products

...Red Hat has introduced Cloud Foundations, a family of packaged tools for businesses that want to accelerate moving... Read more

25 June, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Hadoop is ready for the enterprise, says Apache

...The Apache Software Foundation has released the first production version of Hadoop, the scalable, distributed computing... Read more

5 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Facebook opens out Open Compute Project

...Facebook has launched a foundation to promote its Open Compute Project, which publishes open hardware designs that... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Jack Clark

Intel and Linux Foundation kill MeeGo for Tizen

...MeeGo platform is to be officially abandoned, as Intel and the Linux Foundation are moving onto a new mobile platform venture called Tizen. Intel, the... Read more

28 September, 2011 by David Meyer

National Archives trials archiving scheme for councils

...provided with free support from the National Archives and the Internet Memory Foundation. The National Archives said that although it works in partnership with the... Read more

25 July, 2011 by Staff
Linux T-shirt contest marks 20th birthday

Linux T-shirt contest marks 20th birthday

...their own T-shirts for the 20th anniversary of Linux, the Linux Foundation is asking its members to share in the work. The foundation is... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Staff

Apple urged to defend iOS developers

...The Electronic Frontier Foundation has criticised Apple for not responding fast enough, or at all, to... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Microsoft to allow Eclipse, Mozilla licences for WP7 apps

...to fit with the Marketplace APA," he said. Notable shiftHowever, Free Software Foundation Europe chief Karsten Gerloff said on Wednesday that the list of open... Read more

9 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Software groups urge probe of Novell patent transfer

...The Open Software Initiative and the Free Software Foundation on Wednesday released a joint statement that urges the US Department of... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Wikileaks volunteer hires lawyers to fight Twitter request

...military video, is being represented by the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). "We're looking at options and various things we can do... Read more

11 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Oracle shows lacklustre support for LibreOffice

...for the new OpenOffice offshoot LibreOffice, established by the newly formed Document Foundation. The formation of the LibreOffice fork on 28 September followed a decision... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Firefox plug-in adds Facebook and Twitter encryption

...The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Tor Project have released a public beta of a new... Read more

21 June, 2010 by Elinor Mills

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

2 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

3 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

4 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

6 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

7 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

7 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

11 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

13 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

16 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

22 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

23 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

1 day ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report