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SamMobile reports that the original Galaxy Gear is being upgraded to Tizen, the operating system used on the newer Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo (but not the Gear Fit, yet another model released this spring.

Earlier this month, when Red Hat was busy delivering a flurry of OpenStack-related announcements, news also came from the company that it is collaborating to drive Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and telecommunications technology into OpenStack.

Android is battling iOS neck-to-neck in many arenas and it is just a matter of time when Android becomes the dominant phone OS. That said, despite the continued dominance of Android and iOS in the smartphone market, new players are emerging that serve as credible threat to Google and Apple’s legacy. however, the ones most people are watching out for are Ubuntu Phone OS and Mozilla Firefox OS.

Intel’s Jimmy robot is mostly comprised of 3D printed parts. CEO Brian Krzanich showed off an open source Linux robot kit called Jimmy, as well as a sensor-laden Smart Shirt for health monitoring.

Last month IBM formally launched new POWER8-based Power Systems servers—the first generation of Power servers built on an open server platform. IBM’s open strategy for its Power Systems lineup does not come as a surprise to those who have followed this space closely over the last year.

OPEN HYBRID CLOUD & OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY The agenda for the Red Hat virtual event, Redefining the Enterprise OS, on Tuesday, June 10 at 11 a.m. (ET) contains 3 different tracks with something for everyone. Here are a few examples of sessions you could participate in during the event:   Your foundation for open hybrid cloud (business focus): Laying the right … Read More

It has been pretty quiet on the Raspberry Pi operating system since the rash of updates around Christmas/New Year. This is the wonderful and amazing automatic self-installing bundle of operating systems that is provided by the Raspberry Pi developers.

Munich city council has migrated 15,000 workers from Windows to Linux.

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Join Red Hat on Tuesday, June 10 at 17:00 (SAST) for a unique and interactive virtual event focused on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® and its dramatic impact on the modern datacenter. The event is open and complimentary for all Red Hat customers, partners, and contributors so please reserve the time and join us on Tuesday, June 10 at 11am (ET) for the live event.

On a well-maintained Linux system, months can go by without needing to reboot. Sooner or later, however, a security patch to the Linux kernel will require you to reboot your machine.

Raytheon is switching its UAV control system from Solaris to Linux for US military drones, starting with a Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter.

Just over 40 per cent of Italy’s public administrations are using open source software solutions, the country’s National Statistical Institute, Istat, reports. Istat in March presented some of the results it took from its 2011 surveyof public administrations, focussing on their ICT use.

Among other things, it shows that the latest KitKat Android version has grown its market share significantly.

Valve has a vested interest in not only getting as many games working under Linux as possible, but also making them look as good and run as fast as their Windows equivalents.