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Freescale touts cheap Linux tablet

$200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn't last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.

Sun's open source chief leaves following Oracle merger

Sun's chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, has left the company following its acquisition by Oracle, the executive announced in his blog Tuesday.

Novell gets buyout offer from hedge fund

A hedge fund that is already one of Novell's largest shareholders offered to acquire the struggling, cash-rich enterprise software maker for $2 billion.

Novell president's pay goes down to $5.7m

Novell president and CEO Ron Hovsepian's total compensation fell 17% in 2009, amid declining annual revenue and a wider net loss.

Stallman and Free Software Foundation launch Day Against DRM

Tuesday May 4 has been named as this year's Day against Digital Rights Management (DRM) by the President of the Free Software Foundation.

Free Software Foundation to Google: Free the On2 video codec

In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation has urged Google to open source a video codec that it acquired in its purchase of On2, completed Monday.

Novell and Linux Professional Institute launch dual certification

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has formed a partnership with Novell to standardise entry-level Linux certification programmes on LPIC-1.

Norwegian government study rejects Microsoft file format

Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).

Microsoft CodePlex open source group appoints exec

The CodePlex Foundation, an organisation funded and created by Microsoft, named its first executive director, industry veteran Paula Hunter.

Sun CEO Schwartz resigns on Twitter

Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in a message sent via Twitter early Thursday.

Google ditches IE6 support for Gmail

Google will suspend Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) support for its Gmail and Calendar services later this year.

Symbian OS goes open source four months early

The Symbian Foundation is to offer the full Symbian smartphone platform to open source.

Novell brings Microsoft code to Apple iPad with Mono

The MonoTouch platform allows developers to use languages written for .Net when developing iPad applications

Government ICT strategy pays lip service to open source

The government's stance on open source is meaningless without any significant means of enforcement. That's the view of the open source community which has bemoaned the lack of teeth in guidelines issued this week

Talend to open source data management suite

Talend to open source data management suite

An open source MDM (master data management) suite from Talend is now available, giving companies a lower priced option to proprietary products from the likes of Tibco, Kalido and IBM, the company announced.

Java vendors jumpy over Oracle strategy

Java vendors jumpy over Oracle strategy

Would the Java community thrive as well under Oracle's control as it did under Sun Microsystems'? Vendors of Java products seem split about the question.

Update: Oracle gets EC approval to buy Sun

The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems, following a controversial and widely criticised examination of the deal.

MySQL campaigners lean on Russia and China

With the European Commission seen as virtually certain to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in just a week, those campaigning to prevent the deal encompassing Sun's MySQL database unit have shifted their efforts to regulators in Russia and China.

Jobs advertised at Linux Foundation

Jobs advertised at Linux Foundation

Organisation looks to match up job seekers with employers

Most US patents awarded to foreign countries

US companies received less than half of all US patents awarded in 2009 as foreign companies maintained a lead over their American counterparts.

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