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Leaked report reveals billions in budget cuts for public sector IT
News Use of open source software will also be encouraged by giving public sector bodies a list of open source alternatives to commercial offerings. Shared services delivered... [30 Nov 2009]
Firefox 3.6 beta aims to improve stability
The new beta — for Windows, Mac and Linux — includes a component directory lockdown that makes it harder for other software to meddle with the open-source browser. Firefox is still open... [19 Nov 2009]
Google's Eric Schmidt on search, Android and all things Wave
News The Google boss also touched on the company's upcoming OS, Chrome, saying: "We hope to release the first open source version of Chrome OS later this year, the year 2009. Last week saw silicon.com sister... [16 Nov 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal draws official objections from EC
News According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Sun, the EC has filed a statement of objections, which says the combination of Sun's open source MySQL database product with Oracle's... [10 Nov 2009]
Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News October's highlights on silicon.com were all about software - from fresh rumblings in the perennial Mac vs PC debate, to question marks over open source cost-cutting and the countdown to the launch of... [09 Nov 2009]
Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
News New OSes such as Android and Maemo will cut away at Symbian market share," Allen Nogee, In-Stat analyst, said in a statement, adding: "Although there are relatively few open source OS-based smartphones... [02 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times? While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings... [28 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury. Because it lacks the... [23 Oct 2009]
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News These problems include operating more than 40 mail systems, including Microsoft Exchange and open source products, and 180 email domains across the company's six operating divisions which Kinsella said... [12 Oct 2009]
Microsoft: Starter edition coming with Office 2010
News Unlike the Works suite, it will be compatible with Office, and is one of Microsoft's attempts to compete with increasing rivalry from open source offerings such as Google Apps. Microsoft has announced an... [09 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Software also hit the headlines in September, as silicon.com reporter Nick Heath explored why malware writers are turning to open source in their attempts to garner victims' financial details. Once... [06 Oct 2009]
Amazon will be king of the cloud: Mark Shuttleworth
News Shuttleworth told a BT open source event yesterday that Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud, or a closely related platform, will become the cloud standard. If alternative clouds are to compete, he said, they... [06 Oct 2009]
Internet Explorer slips again as Firefox breathes down its neck
News In August Mozilla announced the open source browser had surpassed one billion downloads. Internet Explorer's share of the global browser market has dropped again, according to new research, falling from... [06 Oct 2009]
Former MySQL boss joins Benchmark Capital
News Marten Mickos, the one-time chief executive of MySQL who left about a year after Sun Microsystems acquired the open source database company, has joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur in residence. [01 Oct 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News The UK government may have been slow to adopt open source software but there are signs that the tide may be turning. In February the CIO Council published a policy designed to stimulate the uptake of... [29 Sep 2009]
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