Ballmer: Linux More Dangerous than Apple
Feb 25, 2009Linux is proving to be a stronger competitor than Apple for Microsoft, says Steve Ballmer at a recent Strategic Update meeting with investors, and has a supporting graphic to prove it.
more »Dell challenges Psion's claim to Netbooks
Feb 25, 2009Since the end of 2008, Psion has actively defended its copyright of the term netbook, with some success. Now Dell has issued court papers disputing the claim.
more »Strike Against Free Software: Microsoft Enters Catalonian Schools
Feb 20, 2009Steve Ballmer's deal with the Catalonian government is seen as a leverage against their existing Open Source strategy.
more »Xandros Unveils Linux for Freescale Netbooks
Feb 16, 2009Xandros has launched an ARM based Linux version for netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices at the Mobile World Congress in Spain's Barcelona.
more »New Wine with More Functions
Feb 16, 2009A new version of Wine, the program loader that lets Windows run on Linux, has been released.
more »KDevelop 4 Beta 1: Developing Software for KDE
Feb 07, 2009The KDevelop team released its first beta version of the development environment for KDE and Qt programs.
more »Growing Gnome
Feb 06, 2009This first Beta brings developers another step closer to the scheduled release of Gnome version 2.26 in March.
more »Less Update Stress with openSUSE Built Packages
Feb 06, 2009Debian, Mandriva and Fedora developers call them Sid, Cooker and Rawhide. OpenSUSE calls them Factory and they are ringing the changes for the Factory development.
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