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UK starts getting Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy S II

...not usually have to wait to download operating system updates. The Android platform upgrade, announced by Samsung in November, has taken several months to reach... Read more

20 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Red Hat makes OpenShift cloud platform open source

...Red Hat has revealed the underpinnings of its OpenShift platform-as-a-service by publishing its code as open source, hoping to... Read more

1 May, 2012 by Jack Clark
Ubuntu for Android arrives: In pictures

Ubuntu for Android arrives: In pictures

...it is calling 'Ubuntu for Android'. This is a hybrid mobile/desktop platform that the company hopes will enable a smartphone to become your sole... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Ben Woods
Ten outstanding cross-<endeca_term>platform</endeca_term> apps

Ten outstanding cross-platform apps

...you will not find a better database administration tool anywhere for any platform. With this MySQL utility, you can work your MySQL magic on all... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Jack Wallen

IBM gets technical with Platform Computing buy

...IBM said on Tuesday it has acquired Platform Computing, a software company that focuses on grid management, for an undisclosed... Read more

12 October, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Red Hat pushes out OpenShift cloud platform

...Red Hat has entered the platform-as-a-service field with OpenShift, a service designed to help open... Read more

5 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

IBM targets telcos with cloud service platform

...keen to enter the cloud-provider market. The IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform bundles IBM hardware, software and services to allow telecommunications firms to use... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Jack Clark

Amazon cuts off stack at the PaaS

...for cloud applications, but has no plans to be a leader in platform-as-a-service (PaaS), according to its chief technology officer. Werner Vogels... Read more

26 January, 2012 by Jack Clark
Behind Ubuntu's shift into mobile

Behind Ubuntu's shift into mobile

...consumer devices are proliferating, and it is important for Ubuntu as a platform to move with those markets, according to Canonical product manager Peter Goodall... Read more

26 January, 2012 by Ben Woods
Mono: A cure for Microsoft monotheism

Mono: A cure for Microsoft monotheism

...the inside." Instead of allowing .NET applications to run unchanged on other platforms, the focus is now on letting developers use existing .NET skills and... Read more

11 August, 2011 by Mary Branscombe
Inside public and private cloud management

Inside public and private cloud management

...after much of that. However, managing your data, applications and in-cloud platforms remain important tasks. The three sorts of service you get from clouds... Read more

9 May, 2011 by Staff

VMware goes for the cloud with open-source PaaS

...VMware has unveiled Cloud Foundry, an open-source platform for running applications in the cloud that is designed to make it... Read more

13 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

Cloud computing: 2011 - year of platform as a service

...testing… All major software vendors will be offering new or greatly expanded platform as a service (PaaS) products this year, according to Gartner. The analyst... Read more

16 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

VMware grabs WaveMaker web development platform

...VMware has bought WaveMaker, which provides a rapid development platform that aims to make it easier for non-technical people to build... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

Ubuntu to open up to Qt toolkit

...Future versions of Ubuntu will include the cross-platform Qt interface libraries and could come preloaded with Qt applications based on... Read more

19 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

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

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

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pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

20 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

20 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

21 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

23 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...

24 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

1 day 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

1 day 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....

1 day 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...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC