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After trying to conceal its Facebook posts from the world for nearly a decade, Linux’s Look Back Facebook video leaked today.

Seven Reasons to Use Open Source The hits keep coming as yesterday CIO published an article detailing seven reasons not to use open source. It would be easy to list, line by line, exactly where the author was wrong, but doing so would be very similar behavior to what I was talking about a few days ago, when I advocated … Read More

Nokia is preparing to unveil its first Android phone later this month. The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia will unveil its “Normandy” phone at Mobile World Congress later this month. Citing sources familiar with Nokia’s plans, the WSJ reiterates previous reports from The Verge that Nokia’s first Android phone will use a modified “forked” version of Google’s operating system. The effort … Read More

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Vodafone has backed Ubuntu, joining an advisory group run by development backer Canonical to bringing the open-source OS to handsets.

It’s surely a testament to Red Hat’s prominence in the cloud arena that the makers of key enterprise technologies increasingly want to work with its cloud offerings, and on Tuesday, storage company Inktank provided a perfect example. In addition to RHEL OpenStack compatibility, Inktank now also supports Red Hat’s Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) commercial hypervisor product.

Rare is the infrastructure that lacks open source software, but as we watch such new technologies as SDN move into our data centers, open source seems increasingly likely to penetrate every corner — not just servers and applications, but networking, storage, and more.

REDMOND, WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Bill Gates’s first day at work in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the Windows 8.1 upgrade. The installation hit a snag early on, sources said, when Mr. Gates repeatedly received an error message informing him that his PC … Read More

With Windows XP – arguably the longest-lasting Microsoft operating system in widespread use – running out of support in April 2014 it is definitely time for business and home users alike to consider what they will transition to. Windows XP was well-received when it launched, despite some initial concerns over its changed graphical style from predecessors Windows 95, 98 and 2000. Windows 7 came – and has now gone – and included a “virtual XP mode” to entice Windows XP users to move along.

Microsoft Office is being chucked out of the UK government! Or so The Guardian newspaper would have us believe in a Press Association story this morning that claims that the UK government will oust Microsoft Office and replace it with open source alternatives. The article – a preview piece for the Sprint 14 UK government digital event that I attended … Read More

Google’s mobile OS shows year-over-year market share gains, as Apple’s iOS sags hither and yon, says Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. The Android mobile OS finished 2013 with a rise in market share in 12 major regions around the world, research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said Monday.

Another patch hit mainline Mesa this past week that further improves the Linux performance of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive even though Valve has yet to publicly release the title for Linux gamers.

Summary: Dell doesn’t wants to be just your data center server provider. In partnership with Cumulus Networks, they want to be your open-source network services provider as well. Dell’s been involved in serious networking for years, but never quite like this. The Austin, TX PC and server giant is partnering up with Cumulus Networks to deliver Linux-based, bare-metal networking devices.. Full … Read More

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