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Free Software Foundation gets new exec director
News The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has appointed a new executive director. Peter Brown will take up the position. Outgoing executive director Bradley Kuhn has left to take up the role of CTO at the Software Freedom Law Centre, in order to take up a... [16 Feb 2005]
Update: Billionaire Buffett gives $30bn to Gates Foundation
News Billionaire investor Warren Buffett plans to distribute more than $30bn of his stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett, 75, plans to commit 10 million class B shares of his company, Berkshire Hathaway, to the Gates Foundation. [27 Jun 2006]
3 jumps on board Symbian Foundation
News The Symbian Foundation has announced a slew of new members, including the mobile operator 3. The Foundation is a Nokia-led consortium that was recently established to grow and open-source Symbian over the next two years, while incorporating Symbian... [11 Jul 2008]
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
News Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu, has joined the Linux Foundation. Ubuntu community members had already been participating in workgroups at the foundation, including the Linux Standard Base, Desktop... [20 Aug 2008]
Linux Foundation releases developer guide
News The Linux Foundation has released a guide for developers who wish to contribute Linux code. At the moment, there are more than 1,000 developers at more than 100 companies making contributions to the kernel, according to the Linux Foundation. [18 Aug 2008]
LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News The not-for-profit LiMo Foundation plans to announce the launch of LiMo Platform Release 1 at the CTIA show in Las Vegas today. Andrew Shikiar, director of global marketing for the LiMo Foundation, said: "This is a significant achievement for LiMo... [31 Mar 2008]
Gates Foundation gives £2.5m to help e-educate the UK
News The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated £2.5m to help set up 47 Information and Communication Technology centres in deprived areas around Britain. The donation follows discussions between the foundation and Mathew Evans, chairman of the... [09 Nov 1999]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to promote a universal standard for developer applications on... [26 Mar 2008]
HP-Compaq: Packard Foundation confirms 'no' vote plan
News The Packard Foundation, which holds a 10.4 per cent stake in Hewlett Packard, has confirmed it is to vote against the company's planned merger with Compaq. The group claims it is in HP's best interests for the merger to fail. [13 Mar 2002]
Java-enabled homes find a foundation in Japan
News Sun Microsystems has taken another step closer to its idea of a Java-enabled home, by announcing a partnership with Sun Hung Kai Properties in Japan to launch a Java based news and entertainment site. [02 Nov 1999]
UK libraries get £3m online boost
News UK libraries are to receive £3m to spend on IT equipment from the government and the Wolfson Foundation. The government and the Wolfson Foundation will donate £2m and £1m respectively into the DCMS/Wolfson Public Libraries Challenge Fund. [08 Dec 1998]
Firefox hunts for 10 per cent of the browser market
News A Mozilla Foundation spokesman told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK that he expects the browser's market share to reach 10 percent by the end of 2005. The Mozilla Foundation is confident of hitting this goal as interest in the browser has been... [25 Oct 2004]
Firefox appeal raises $250,000
News The Mozilla Foundation announced on Saturday that it had raised $250,000 during the 10 days of its fundraising campaign, securing donations from 10,000 individuals. The additional money will be used for other launch-related expenses, including... [01 Nov 2004]
Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News A foundation degree course will launch at colleges in England this autumn aimed at boosting sought-after tech skills and addressing the nation's IT skills gap. The part-time Computer Systems Management Foundation Degree, which has been developed by... [06 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News The mobile Linux company Movial officially joined the LiMo Foundation on Monday, bringing with it its toolkit for creating browser-based user interfaces. However, since LiPS decided to fold its activities into the more commercially minded LiMo... [05 Aug 2008]
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