items tagged with Open Source
VirtualBox 3.0.0 adds guest SMP
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-07-01 21:41:57
A major new release of Sun's VirtualBox virtualisation software provides three important new features.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-07-01 21:41:57
A major new release of Sun's VirtualBox virtualisation software provides three important new features.
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Firefox 3.5 released
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-30 18:53:00
As promised, Firefox 3.5 was released on June 30, bringing a healthy performance boost and new features to the widely used open-source browser.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-30 18:53:00
As promised, Firefox 3.5 was released on June 30, bringing a healthy performance boost and new features to the widely used open-source browser.
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Firefox 3.5 expected June 30
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-29 02:12:47
It looks like Mozilla will just meet its prediction of a June release for Firefox 3.5. The new version of the open-source browser is expected to appear on June 30.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-29 02:12:47
It looks like Mozilla will just meet its prediction of a June release for Firefox 3.5. The new version of the open-source browser is expected to appear on June 30.
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Microsoft and FOSS: uneasy bedfellows
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-24 20:27:52
Maybe it's the cynic within that makes me think this way - but at the end of an event titled “Microsoft”.“Open Source” == “unhandled exceptions.” I was left wondering: Is this all an elaborate set-up?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-24 20:27:52
Maybe it's the cynic within that makes me think this way - but at the end of an event titled “Microsoft”.“Open Source” == “unhandled exceptions.” I was left wondering: Is this all an elaborate set-up?
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HTC Hero Android phone to ship with Adobe Flash
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-24 18:08:14
Adobe's Flash technology makes its debut on the Android platform with the announcement of the HTC Hero. The new handset will start shipping in Europe next month.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-24 18:08:14
Adobe's Flash technology makes its debut on the Android platform with the announcement of the HTC Hero. The new handset will start shipping in Europe next month.
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Intel and Nokia team to go 'beyond the smartphone
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:31:46
Intel, the world's largest chip maker and Nokia, the leading mobile handset maker, have formed a long term relationship to develop future mobile computing devices and underlying chipset architectures that they say will lead to mobile devices far in advance of those presently available.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:31:46
Intel, the world's largest chip maker and Nokia, the leading mobile handset maker, have formed a long term relationship to develop future mobile computing devices and underlying chipset architectures that they say will lead to mobile devices far in advance of those presently available.
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Software patents loom in NZ
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:25:42
New Zealand is moving towards allowing unlimited software patents in the country. The first reading of the bill, which is now at the select committee stage, resulted in 107 votes for and only 14 against.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:25:42
New Zealand is moving towards allowing unlimited software patents in the country. The first reading of the bill, which is now at the select committee stage, resulted in 107 votes for and only 14 against.
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No license payments lure, as open source on the rise!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-21 04:13:09
The absence of upfront license payments is the main driver in open source adoption, along with the lower costs of total ownership, for companies in the European market despite lingering market concerns about the level of software support and the quality of open source software.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-21 04:13:09
The absence of upfront license payments is the main driver in open source adoption, along with the lower costs of total ownership, for companies in the European market despite lingering market concerns about the level of software support and the quality of open source software.
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Microsoft back down on IE8 $10,000 competition
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-19 22:16:33
Internet Explorer 8 could net you $10,000, but cost you your soul, judging by the feedback from certain sectors to Microsoft’s IE8-only competition. Microsoft has paid attention and now the "ten grand is buried here" competition no longer requires Internet Explorer be used.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-19 22:16:33
Internet Explorer 8 could net you $10,000, but cost you your soul, judging by the feedback from certain sectors to Microsoft’s IE8-only competition. Microsoft has paid attention and now the "ten grand is buried here" competition no longer requires Internet Explorer be used.
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Is Xandros a Linux distro, a marketing machine or a Microsoft stooge?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-15 02:20:28
You may know of Xandros Linux; for many people exposure came through the Eee PC, with this being the distro chosen by Linux-turncoat ASUS. Yet, what is Xandros' stance on open source software? Might Xandros be a thinly-veiled Microsoft tout as Linspire reborn?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-15 02:20:28
You may know of Xandros Linux; for many people exposure came through the Eee PC, with this being the distro chosen by Linux-turncoat ASUS. Yet, what is Xandros' stance on open source software? Might Xandros be a thinly-veiled Microsoft tout as Linspire reborn?
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Another round of critical security fixes for Firefox
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 21:41:52
Firefox 3.0.11, the latest release of the widely-used open-source browser, addresses four critical security issues along with other bug fixes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 21:41:52
Firefox 3.0.11, the latest release of the widely-used open-source browser, addresses four critical security issues along with other bug fixes.
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United Nation launches world's first free online university
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-06-14 20:04:05
For hundreds of millions of people around the world higher education is no more than a dream. The United Nations hope to make this dream a reality with their global tuition-free online University.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-06-14 20:04:05
For hundreds of millions of people around the world higher education is no more than a dream. The United Nations hope to make this dream a reality with their global tuition-free online University.
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Open source takes no hostages
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-11 20:36:23
Have you ever had the experience of creating and storing data in a certain application, only to find that your dependency on a proprietary format means that you have lost all your data?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-11 20:36:23
Have you ever had the experience of creating and storing data in a certain application, only to find that your dependency on a proprietary format means that you have lost all your data?
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Beware, malware by stealth stalks the net!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.
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Anyone for an Open Source Donut?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-06 17:32:50
Hot on the heels of Android 1.5, Google has demonstrated Android 2.0 in San Francisco. So what can we expect from the next generation open source smartphone OS and when can we expect it?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-06 17:32:50
Hot on the heels of Android 1.5, Google has demonstrated Android 2.0 in San Francisco. So what can we expect from the next generation open source smartphone OS and when can we expect it?
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The Wave: Get the inside view from Lars Rasmussen
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-06-02 00:12:10
A wave of enthusiasm, mild awe and wonder, not least from iTWire’s own, has swept the world with the launch of Google’s Australian-developed application Wave, and we’ll soon hear about its development, right here in Australia, from one of the developers who has made it all happen.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-06-02 00:12:10
A wave of enthusiasm, mild awe and wonder, not least from iTWire’s own, has swept the world with the launch of Google’s Australian-developed application Wave, and we’ll soon hear about its development, right here in Australia, from one of the developers who has made it all happen.
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VirtualBox 2.2.4 fixes assorted bugs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-01 22:00:57
When it comes to virtualisation, VMware, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and the Citrix-backed Xen get the lion's share of attention, but the open source VirtualBox is gaining a lot of friends. The latest release - VirtualBox 2.2.4 - includes plenty of fixes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-01 22:00:57
When it comes to virtualisation, VMware, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and the Citrix-backed Xen get the lion's share of attention, but the open source VirtualBox is gaining a lot of friends. The latest release - VirtualBox 2.2.4 - includes plenty of fixes.
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Google Wave: the next big wave
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-06-01 21:35:07
Only rarely does a new technology emerge which is so sensible, so simple and so wonderful that you can't imagine how it never existed before. Google Wave is one such thing and it's the biggest thing to hit the Internet since the Web itself.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-06-01 21:35:07
Only rarely does a new technology emerge which is so sensible, so simple and so wonderful that you can't imagine how it never existed before. Google Wave is one such thing and it's the biggest thing to hit the Internet since the Web itself.
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Linux market share growing, growing, growing
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-06-01 01:05:32
Q: What is the true market share for Linux? A: Depends who you ask! You can find desktop penetration of 1%, 2% and 4% - and a server share right up to 46%!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-06-01 01:05:32
Q: What is the true market share for Linux? A: Depends who you ask! You can find desktop penetration of 1%, 2% and 4% - and a server share right up to 46%!
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Linux finds a role in Australian prison cells
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
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