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29 April 2009
News: Linux group investigates Microsoft GPS patents

A Linux group is hoping to discredit three Microsoft patents that were at the heart of a recent lawsuit with GPS device maker TomTom.
28 April 2009
News: iTunes lawsuit challenges DMCA

Apple is being sued by the operator of a technology discussion forum, claiming that the company used US copyright law to curb legitimate discussion of its iTunes software.
25 April 2009
News: Is Microsoft losing the open source battle?

In terms of open source, we're never sure if Microsoft is friend or foe. We look at just whether Microsoft is winning its battle against open source.
07 April 2009
News: Windows now on 96% of netbooks

Almost all of the netbooks sold in February 2009 were running Windows, rather than Linux, says NPD.
19 March 2009
News: Novell dismisses SuSE-based ARM netbooks

A year ago, netbooks were viewed as a good chance for Linux to finally break into the desktop computing mainstream.
06 February 2009
News: HP won't sell Mini 1000 Linux netbook in UK

HP has revealed it won't be launching a Linux version of its Mini 1000 netbook in the UK.
26 January 2009
News: Russia plans free Windows alternative

Russia plans to develop its own national operating system to take on Windows, according to reports.
10 January 2009
News: 13 new technologies coming to your PC

Ultra-small PCs that fit on a single chip. Batteries that recharge without cables. TVs that respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about and use your computer. PC Advisor looks at the technology of tomorrow.
29 December 2008
News: Protect email from spooks and snoops

The Small Sister open-source privacy project has released a first beta of its SmallMail application, allowing individuals to send email messages that can't be intercepted or traced by governments or snoops.
24 December 2008
News: Intel opens Netbook Linux centre

A new centre aimed at speeding the development of mobile computing devices around the Linux-based Moblin OS has opened.
19 December 2008
News: BBC iPlayer now available on Mac and Linux

Mac and Linux versions of BBC iPlayer are now available, after the BBC finally made the online TV tool available for operating systems other than Windows
08 December 2008
News: Nokia to use Linux in more mobile phones

Nokia is considering using Linux software on some of its handsets.
05 December 2008
News: Open-source Symbian OS expected in 2010

The Symbian Foundation is on track to take over Symbian as an open-source operating system in 2010 and will put out its first distribution of software for developers in the first half of next year, its executive director said on Thursday.
26 November 2008
News: Apple slammed for killing open-source iTunes

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has criticised Apple's attempt to quash efforts to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system.
25 November 2008
News: Fedora Project releases Fedora 10

The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project has released Fedora 10, the latest version of the free Linux-based operating system, with a wide range of improvements in areas such as virtualisation management, networking, boot time and security.
18 November 2008
News: All businesses to go open source by 2010

Open-source software will be present in every enterprise within the year, according to research firm Gartner.
15 November 2008
News: iPod, BlackBerry, Twitter: how 10 iconic products got their names

The makers of the BlackBerry, the iPod, Firefox and Twitter all displayed certain amounts of marketing savvy and fun-loving spirit in settling on their products' names. Here are the intriguing and sometimes surprising accounts of their creation
13 November 2008
News: Yoggie launches open source portable firewall

Yoggie is allowing open source developers to create applications that run on its portable firewall platform.
05 November 2008
News: Sun & IBM plan ODF Toolkit Union

Sun Microsystems and IBM are expected to announce the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.
16 October 2008
News: Google, Yahoo & Facebook defectors form Hadoop

A team including former Google, Yahoo and Facebook employees is launching a startup that will provide professional support for Hadoop, an open-source computing platform that makes it easier to write programs that process large amounts of data.