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Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days
The suite is meant to eventually compete with Google Docs, its developer said read more »
SAP announces general availability of Business Suite on HANA
The enterprise software giant is pinning much of its future on the in-memory platform read more »
Facebook to design an open source switch
The aim is to quicken the pace of networking hardware innovation read more »
Ericsson uses Jaspersoft for Big Data analytics on MongoDB
TV providers offered improved reporting platform with open source upgrade read more »
Government can reap benefits of IT commoditisation by embracing open source
Head of IT reform at Cabinet Office advocates wider acceptance of open source to improve customer power read more »
Citrix bequeaths Xen to the Linux Foundation
Work on the Xen hypervisor will continue as a Linux Foundation Creative Project read more »
Government reveals board members expected to drive open standards
At the end of last year all government departments were ordered to comply with open standards read more »
Major LibreOffice update fixes 54 bugs
File import and export are improved in the new stability-focused LibreOffice 3.6.6. read more »
HP: Enterprise customer experience gives edge over Amazon's 'consumer' cloud
Converged cloud leading hybrid cloud delivery, says Saar Gillai read more »
Mozilla pulls tracking trigger for Firefox 22, ignores ad industry attacks
Adds auto-blocking of third-party cookies to 'Aurora' preview read more »
Linux use in enterprises jumps again: survey
In the next five years 80 percent of organisations plan to increase Linux server use, but only 20 percent plan to purchase Windows servers read more »
Google pledges not to sue open-source users or developers over specified patents
An easy pledge for Google to make, because patent licensing is not their business model, an analyst said read more »
Red Hat, Rackspace rebuff Uniloc patent suit
A serial litigator against tech companies, Uniloc has yet to say if it will appeal read more »
China to standardise on local version of Ubuntu
Canonical is setting up a joint lab in Beijing to support the project read more »
Raspberry Pi production moved back to Wales from China
Element 14 has confirmed the move after facing bottlenecks in the Raspberry supply chain read more »
Boeing 787s to create half a terabyte of data per flight, says Virgin Atlantic
Internet of things will create a wide range of opportunities and challenges for airline read more »
Hadoop Big Data appliance unveiled by DataDirect Networks
By offloading data management functions to storage the hScaler is said to deliver better performance read more »
MWC: Mozilla previews Firefox OS with phone makers and operators onboard
Alcatel One Touch, LG Electronics and ZTE to deliver first phones read more »
Red Hat contributes Hadoop plug-in for cloud Big Data projects
Help for organisations using public cloud for Big data proof of concept trials read more »
Python trademark battle stirs backlash as Foundation appeals for help
UK hosting firm on receiving end after registering Python trademark read more »
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Nokia files cases against HTC One in the US
Nokia alleges that HTC phones infringe three of its patents in a new lawsuit read more »
Google, Facebook launch bidding war for Waze
Google may want crowd-sourced app or may just want to mess with Facebook, delaying its plans and boosting reported $1 billion price tag read more »
Google ready to start shipping Glass to #ifihadglass Explorers
The wait is almost over for the 8,000 early-bird users who signed up this spring read more »
Vanishing into thin [MacBook] Air: Shortages signal WWDC refresh
Lowest-priced 11.6-in. ultra-light out of stock at Amazon; new models powered by Intel's Haswell processors expected in two weeks read more »
Reshuffle sees SuccessFactor’s Lars Dalgaard step down from SAP board
Ariba’s CEO, Bob Calderoni, will head up the company’s cloud go-to-market read more »
Ethernet founders bemoan lack of investment in innovation
When Ethernet was invented at Xerox-owned PARC the location enjoyed government investment and good tax breaks read more »
BBC technology chief suspended over £100m failed digital project
The director general of the BBC said an independent review has been set up read more »
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