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First LibreOffice Release arrives
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Paula Rooney
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Paula Rooney
Paula Rooney has covered the technology industry for more than 15 years, starting with semiconductor design and mini-computer systems at EDN News and later focused on PC software companies including Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, Red Hat, Novell and other open source and commercial software companies for CRN and PCWeek. She received a silver award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors in 2005 for her profile on Linus Torvalds and edited and co-authored "Partnering With Microsoft," a book about Microsoft's channel published by CMP Publishing in 2004. Rooney graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1997. In her off time, she enjoys scuba diving, sailing, sun worshipping, running and reading. She resides on the shores of Scituate, Massachusetts.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
His work has been published in everything from highly technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker, Byte) to business publications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, ZDNet) to popular technology (Computer Shopper, PC Magazine, PC World) to the mainstream press (Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, BusinessWeek).
About Linux and Open Source
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Commercial Support now available for the open-source NGINX Web server
The new number two Web server in the world, open-source NGINX, is now offering commercial support.
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Is Windows 8 Metro failing even at Microsoft?
When even one of Metro’s former developers doesn’t use Windows and Microsoft is making noise about bringing the classic desktop to ARM tablets isn’t it clear that Microsoft...
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Google's Android+Chrome likely a winning combo
The marriage of Android and Chrome — just as the union of Android code for smartphones and Android code for tablets were merged — will give Google stronger ammunition as it battles...
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Super-communities debuting for open source vertical supply chains
The emergence of super-communities — such as Polarsys, OpenMama and Genivi — will continue to evolve in 2012. These vertically-oriented super-communities, the Olliance Group point out,...
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Five Reasons why Windows 8 will be dead on arrival
Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Vista will have several things in common: Both are unwanted operating system updates that will flop in the marketplace.
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Apple gets kicked in the teeth by German patent lawsuit decisions
After its world-wide anti-Android patent lawsuit witch-hunt, could Apple having much of its iPhone line and iPads being banned for sale in Germany due to a patent violation happen to a nicer company?
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Spark, free-software Linux tablet, to ship in May
More details are coming about Spark, the free-software Linux tablet, but enthusiasts will have to wait until May before they can get their hands on one.
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Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way
Thanks to Android, Linux is well represented on tablets, but there hasn’t been a free software tablet, without any proprietary bits, until now. The Spark, which will be based on MeeGo and...
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Mint's Cinnamon: The Future of the Linux Desktop? (Review)
Can a back to the past Linux desktop win more fans than GNOME 3.x, KDE 4.x, or Ubuntu’s Unity or HUD? I think so.
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Red Hat extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle to ten years
Like your RHEL on your servers just the way it is? That’s fine by Red Hat, which has extended its flagship Linux operating system’s lifecycle to ten years.
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IBM to close down Symphony, its OpenOffice fork
Going forward, IBM will be putting its efforts behind the Apache Foundation’s OpenOffice instead of its own OpenOffice fork.
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Linux users cautiously optimistic about Ubuntu's Head-Up Display desktop
Most users seem willing to give Ubuntu Linux’s Head-Up Display interface the benefit of the doubt.
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Linux Mint releases Cinnamon, GNOME 2.x style desktop
GNOME 2.x fans get ready to rejoice. Mint has just released the first stable version of Cinnamon, its GNOME 2.x look-alike Linux desktop interface.
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Beyond the desktop: Ubuntu Linux's new Head-Up Display
Following on the heels of changing its interface from the GNOME 3.x shell to Unity, Ubuntu is proposing a new, radical change to the desktop Linux interface: Head-Up Display.
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Joomla 2.5 courts corporate, enterprise users
Joomla’s new multi-database extraction layer, automatic notification and update engine and search improvements are designed to enlist more corporate use. The upgraded open source CMS becomes...
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The poor get poorer and the rich get richer with Apple's iPad-based textbooks
Apple’s new iBooks textbooks will widen the digital gap between the educational haves and have-nots.
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Big Business, Big Linux
IT funds may be short, but The Linux Foundation has found that companies are still investing in Linux for cloud computing, “Big Data,” and greenfield deployments.
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Piston ships new cloud OS based on OpenStack
Piston has released its first OpenStack-based cloud OS for building and managing enterprise private clouds one server at a time. Prices start at $3500 per server.
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Is the Linux Desktop actually growing?
No, the Linux desktop will never knock off Windows, but it may actually be a bigger player on traditional desktops than usually believed.
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Too big to fail? Microsoft, ARM, and Windows 8.
In Microsoft’s handing of Windows 8 on ARM are we seeing a desperate attempt for a company past its prime trying to grab market-share?
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