Open Source

Ubuntu Android add-on designed to replace PCs

Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets.

By Joab Jackson | 22 February, 2012 05:29

Tags: ubuntu, software, smartphones, operating systems, open source, non-Windows, MWC, Linux, consumer electronics, canonical, Android

Panasonic reveals thin, waterproof mobile phone for re-entry into European market

Panasonic has revealed its first mobile handset for the international market since 2005, a sleek Android-powered smartphone that is dustproof and waterproof.

By Jay Alabaster | 22 February, 2012 03:17

Tags: smartphones, Panasonic, consumer electronics, Android

Apache embraces cloud with Deltacloud approval

Extending its range of open-source projects to cloud computing, the Apache Software Foundation has approved the Deltacloud as a top-level project, the organization announced Thursday.

By Joab Jackson | 17 February, 2012 05:42

Tags: software, Red Hat, open source, internet, cloud computing, Apache Software Foundation

Ubuntu and Slackware named top desktop Linux distros

The world of desktop Linux is often portrayed these days as a battle primarily between longstanding leader Ubuntu and up-and-coming challenger Linux Mint, frequently with the suggestion that Mint is winning.

By Katherine Noyes | 16 February, 2012 05:11

Tags: unix, ubuntu, software, operating systems, open source, non-Windows, linux mint, Linux

Telenor seeks compensation from Indian partner for loss of 2G licenses

Norwegian mobile operator Telenor said Wednesday that it has issued a notice to its Indian joint venture partner seeking indemnity and compensation after the cancellation earlier this month of its 22 2G licenses by India's Supreme Court.

By John Ribeiro | 16 February, 2012 04:17

Tags: telephony, Telenor, Telecommunication, restructuring, Regulation, government, Carriers, business issues

PhoneGap: Mobile development made easy

Mobile development is as much about UI artistry and screen flow as technical programming. This premium on presentation means that the most important skills for building mobile apps are more likely to be found in your Web developers than your Objective-C coders.

By James R. Borck | 15 February, 2012 22:07

Tags: software, objective, mobile technology, Mobile Development, html5, Gap, Development tools, application development

Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review

The NoSQL movement has spawned a slew of alternative data stores, all of which attempt to fill voids left by traditional relational database implementations. But while it's easy to fit the various relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, DB2, and so on) under a single categorical umbrella, the NoSQL world is much more diverse, and the NoSQL label is too general. NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB and Cassandra are so vastly different from each other that apples-to-apples comparisons are practically impossible. Thus, within the world of NoSQL, there are subcategories such as key-value stores, graph databases, and document-oriented stores.

By Andrew Glover | 08 February, 2012 22:15

Tags: web applications, software, oracle, open source software, NoSQL, mysql, Internet-based applications and services, internet, data management, Data Explosion, cloud computing, applications, application development

Red Hat launches storage appliance for Amazon's cloud

Red Hat has announced the Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS), which can take advantage of Amazon's cloud while at the same time offering excellent performance, the company said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2012 01:24

Tags: Storage servers, storage, Software as a service, Red Hat, internet, Infrastructure services, cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, amazon.com

India to auction 2G spectrum from scandal-tainted licenses

India initiated plans Friday to auction 2G spectrum, a day after the country's Supreme Court ordered licenses and spectrum issued in 2008 to be canceled, as they had been purchased by business entities that manipulated the system.

By John Ribeiro | 04 February, 2012 02:15

Tags: telephony, Telenor, Telecommunication, Regulation, government, Etisalat, Carriers

Scattered Genesys needs to regroup after Alcatel-Lucent split, says analyst

Alcatel-Lucent has closed the sale of its customer-service software and contact-center business Genesys, which now needs to regroup and start working on improving areas such as analytics, Gartner analyst Steve Blood said.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 February, 2012 02:39

Tags: VoIP, telephony, Telecommunication, Technology Crossover Ventures, Permira Funds, mergers and acquisitions, interactive intelligence, genesys, business issues, alcatel-lucent

Programming Opa: Web development, reimagined

Building a Web application today means using a variety of different software technologies, each executing in a different domain. JavaScript, HTML, and CSS in the browser; PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, or the like on the server; MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, or any of a growing list of database servers as your persistent storage back-end. With Opa, an open source Web development technology from the French company MLstate, building a Web application tomorrow could be much more straightforward -- and safer.

By Rick Grehan | 01 February, 2012 22:07

Tags: web development, software, php, mysql, application development

Open source developer Q&A: Rockbox's Björn Stenberg

Techworld Australia recently caught up with Björn Stenberg of Rockbox to discuss the open source project, which is designed to replace the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 January, 2012 10:30

Tags: operating systems, operating system, open source, music, mp3 players

Open source Q&A: The developers of Rockbox, open source firmware for MP3 players

Rockbox is an open source project replacement for the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 January, 2012 10:23

Tags: operating systems, operating system, open source, music, mp3 players

Rockbox developer interview: Open source firmware for MP3 players

Techworld Australia recently caught up with some of the developers of Rockbox to discuss the open source project, which is designed to replace the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 January, 2012 10:33

Tags: operating systems, operating system, open source, music, mp3 players

HP to make webOS software public

Hewlett-Packard says it will make its webOS mobile operating system available to the open source community by September.

By AAP | 27 January, 2012 00:24

Tags: webOS open source, webOS, software, operating system, HP, Hewlett-Packard (HP), business

Red Hat RHEV pressed into action

Red Hat has released the third version of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV virtualization software package, which includes improvements that would make it suitable for larger deployments, and a new console for self-provisioning.

By Joab Jackson | 19 January, 2012 08:54

Tags: Virtualization, server virtualization, Red Hat

Wikipedia to go dark in SOPA protest, Twitter declines

Wikipedia has decided to black out the English version of the online encyclopedia for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest against controversial legislation in the U.S., following a cue given by some other Internet sites including social news site Reddit which will black out its site for 12 hours on the same day.

By John Ribeiro | 17 January, 2012 15:19

Tags: wikipedia, twitter, search engines, reddit, legislation, Internet service providers, Internet-based applications and services, internet, government

Breaking down the gender divide in open source and open culture

The tipping point for Linux kernel developer Valerie Aurora was when one of her friends was groped for the third time in a single year at a conference. "As I heard about it I knew I'd remember all the times I'd been groped as well, and insulted and harassed -- and that was just too much," Aurora says.

By Rohan Pearce | 18 January, 2012 09:50

Tags: open source, Ada Initiative

AdaCamp aims to boost women's participation in open tech

Forty three people have registered to attend the inaugural AdaCamp in Melbourne on 14 January, according to the event's organisers.

By Rohan Pearce | 13 January, 2012 11:58

Tags: open source, Ada Initiative

Jaspersoft aims its open-source analytics suite at PaaS vendors

Open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor Jaspersoft wants its software to become another arrow in the quiver for developers using commercial PaaS (platform-as-a-service) offerings.

By Chris Kanaracus | 13 January, 2012 00:02

Tags: VMware, Vertica, talend, software, salesforce.com, Red Hat, open source, JasperSoft, internet, heroku, Development tools, cloud computing, business intelligence, applications, application development

 
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