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| Yahoo! News: Linux/Open Source |
| Firefox, Safari Cut Into Internet Explorer's Market Share
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The latest data from Net Applications indicates that Internet Explorer lost market share in December to browsers from Mozilla and Apple. |
| IE Lost Share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December
(PC World)
PC World - Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications. |
| Wall Street Beat: IT Crawls to End of a Tough Year
(PC World)
PC World - Though Amazon and Red Hat provided a few glimmers of sunlight the tech sector suffered through a turbulent week, with no signs of letup soon. |
| OS shoot-out: Windows vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - The Mac's been on a roll, both due to its highly regarded Mac OS X Leopard operating system and to an unhappy reception for Microsoft's Windows Vista. The result: For the first time in memory, the Mac's market share has hit 9.1 percent, according to IDC data, and Windows' market share has dipped below 90 percent. (Linux distributions make up the rest.) |
| The future of open source
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - There's no question that the open source community is a passionate one -- and one with significant influence on technology directions and options. We're way past the days when people asked if Linux or Apache was safe to depend on in business. Open source is now a mainstream part of the technology fabric. |
| Center for Moblin Linux Opens in Taipei
(PC World)
PC World - A new center aimed at speeding the development of mobile computing devices around the Linux-based Moblin OS opened in Taipei on Tuesday. |
| Sun Executive Reveals More Open-source Plans for JavaFX
(PC World)
PC World - A Sun Microsystems executive has provided a glimpse into the company's future plans for open sourcing JavaFX, its recently released technology for building RIAs (rich Internet applications) for the desktop, mobile devices and other platforms. |
| Red Hat 3Q up 20 pct, but revenue below estimate
(AP)
AP - Red Hat Inc. on Monday reported a 20 percent increase in profit for the third quarter as budget-conscious companies opted for the software provider's open-source Linux operating system over more expensive proprietary systems. |
| Will Google and Microsoft Own the Web?
(PC World)
PC World - It's something of an open secret that Mozilla, the organization behind the open source Firefox Web browser, gets most of its funding from Google -- 91 percent, to be exact. |
| Carriers' Android Options To Grow in 2009
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - New media reports suggest that Samsung handsets based on Google's Android platform will reach the United States beginning in the second quarter of 2009, with Sprint being cited as the most likely wireless reseller. To accelerate the development process, Samsung recently added 30 experts in Linux and Java to increase its Android team to 80 developers, according to the Korean publication ETNews, citing an unnamed Samsung official. |
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