IDC Forecasts Android As Leading Smartphone OS in 2011
Mar 31, 2011"Android is poised to take over as the leading smartphone operating system in 2011 after racing into the number 2 position in 2010," said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team.
more »XWiki 3.0 Now Available
Mar 31, 2011The XWiki development team announced the availability of XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager 3.0.
more »Google Fiber Comes to Kansas City, KS
Mar 30, 2011Today Google announced plans to bring its ultra high-speed fiber network to Kansas City, Kansas.
more »LinuxFest Northwest 2011 Prepares Program That Promotes Participation
Mar 29, 2011The organizers of LinuxFest Northwest 2011 (LFNW) are busy making arrangements for attendees to experience outstanding open source presentations, exhibits, and fun with something for everyone on April 30 and May 1 at the Bellingham (WA) Technical College.
more »Red Hat Welcomes New Board Members
Mar 29, 2011Red Hat today announced Sohaib Abbasi, chairman and SEO of Informatica Corporation will join its Board of Directors and Dr. Steve Albrecht, Professor of Accounting at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, will rejoin the Red Hat Board.
more »Kernel News
Mar 28, 2011Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.
more »Free Software Projects MuseScore, LilyPond, and Chordii
Mar 28, 2011Linux is a wonderful and underrated audio production platform, with great applications for every audio task. MuseScore and LilyPond bring elegance and sophistication to score writing, and Chordii is a wonderfully simple guitar sheet-music maker.
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