PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:22:00 GMT
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome browser is now two years old, and the youngster -- and its proud parent -- are celebrating its steady rise in popularity. According to Net Applications, Chrome had 7.5 percent of the browser market in August -- putting it in third place behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox, and above Apple's Safari.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:51:10 GMT
PC World - A number of Linux distributors have issued patches for fixing a widely used program that fetches Web pages, called Wget, so it can not be misused by attackers.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:30:13 GMT
Mashable - According to the latest numbers from Net Applications, iOS is the third most popular platform on the Internet, surpassing Linux and Android combined.
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:07:03 GMT
PC World - One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the one most people have heard of, but there are hundreds of others as well, each offering some variant on the basic Linux theme.
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:15:00 GMT
NewsFactor - Oracle's suit against Google for the use of Java in its Android portable operating system continues to reverberate through the open-source movement. In the newest development, Google has declined to participate in the upcoming JavaOne conference, an event formerly hosted by Java creator Sun Microsystems and now run by Sun's new owner, Oracle.
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:00:06 GMT
PC World - The managing board of enterprise open-source software company Red Hat has elected a retired U.S. Army officer, General Henry Hugh Shelton, to serve as chairman, the company announced Monday. Shelton takes the place of Matthew Szulik, who was the former CEO of Red Hat.
Publ.Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:50:07 GMT
PC Magazine - Open-source social network Diaspora is set to launch on Sept. 15, the service's creators announced in Thursday blog post. But can it do battle with Facebook?
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:05:19 GMT
PC World - Diaspora, the open source social network and potential Facebook challenger, will be ready to launch on September 15, according to the project's developers.
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:54:00 GMT
PC Magazine - Two years after its first announcement, the browser is still far from a final release.
Publ.Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:53:47 GMT
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