» The Trouble With Mandriva
09/02/12 13:00 from LinuxInsider
Now that Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Mint are enjoying such widespread attention and success, it\'s increasingly difficult to remember that not all distros are sharing in the same good fortune. Take Mandriva, for example. This venera..
» Google Pours Chrome Into Android
08/02/12 17:03 from LinuxInsider
Google has brought its Chrome Web browser to the Android Market. A beta edition of the browser is available from the app shop now for free, but since its operation is restricted to the latest version of the mobile operating system, Ice Crea..
» Enterprise Web Apps: The Next Generation
08/02/12 13:00 from LinuxInsider
When the bright folks at Zeebox, a killer social TV site, decided to build their website, they naturally turned to cloud services because they are a startup and had to use their money wisely. They also turned to the Scala language and open ..
» Radio Tray: Tiny Web Radio Player Is Handy but Picks Up Some Static
08/02/12 13:00 from LinuxInsider
If you spend a lot of time at your keyboard, no doubt you dabble a lot in listening to Internet radio. Radio Tray is a relatively new Linux app that can make tuning in to your favorite radio stations a new experience. Radio Tray is a stream..
» iOS More Crashtastic Than Android
07/02/12 13:00 from LinuxInsider
The rivalry between Google and Apple in the cut-throat mobile device world took a new turn recently when mobile app support platform company Crittercism published a study that found iOS apps crash more often than their Android counterparts...
» Will the Spark Tablet Ignite a FOSS Fire?
06/02/12 13:00 from LinuxInsider
Now that webOS is making its merry way along the open road, there\'s no telling what tablets or other mobile devices it may inspire over the upcoming months. In the meantime, the Linux world is all abuzz over what promises to be the very fir..
» Google Summer of Code 2012 is on!
06/02/12 05:52 from OSDir.com
From the Start Your Coding dept.: This will be the 8th year for Google Summer of Code, an innovative program dedicated to introducing students from colleges and universities around the world to open source software development. The program..
» Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 2 Released
06/02/12 05:51 from OSDir.com
From the Release Early dept.: Pre-releases of Precise Pangolin are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubu..
» EU regulators: Google should âpauseâ privacy changes
06/02/12 05:51 from OSDir.com
From the Whoah dept.: In a letter to Googleâs chief executive Larry Page, Europeâs âData Protection Working Partyâ wrote that âwe call for a pause in the interests of ensuring that there can be no misunderstanding about Google\'s ..
» Google Starts Scanning Android Apps for Malware
06/02/12 05:51 from OSDir.com
From the Taking it Seriously dept.: Today weâre revealing a service weâve developed, codenamed Bouncer, which provides automated scanning of Android Market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience of An..