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Is Apple Really Beating Linux/Android?

Submitted by Swapnil Bhartiya on Thu, 2010-09-02 15:12

I just saw Net Applications report showing that Apple's iOS has overtaken 'Linux'. I wonder if that is true. I am struggling to understand the Net Application matrix; I was never good at maths.

Android, iOS Gap Is Wider Than It Appears

Submitted by Swapnil Bhartiya on Thu, 2010-09-02 12:36

Apple goes by numbers and adjectives. How many devices sold is a sort of a monthly PR exercise. As usual Steve Jobs started off his September 1 presentation with numbers. Eric Zeman of Information Week reports, "He said that Apple is activating 230,000 iOS-based devices per day. But, there was more to it. It was a jab on Google, which a few weeks/months ago published that they activate around 200,000 Android devices every day.
 

Patents, Trademarks & All that Jazz

Submitted by Atanu Datta on Sat, 2010-08-28 12:45

If you frequent the business/software/IT industry news headlines, you must have chanced up on these in the past week or so: "Oracle Sues Google Over Java Patents"; "Microsoft Co-founder Sues [loads of] dot-coms Over Patent Infringements"; "Facebook Trying to Trademark Face".

Android Apps Can Be Pirated!*

Submitted by Swapnil Bhartiya on Wed, 2010-08-25 08:38

In the Free Software world, we are driven by passion and mutual respect as compared to mindless monetization of the proprietary world.


PS3 Jailbroken, Sony Should Allow Other OS Feature

Submitted by Neil Richards on Sun, 2010-08-22 04:46

A group of developers have Jailbroken Sony PS3 to bypass many restrictive feature Sony imposed on this machine. 
 

HTC's Chrome Tablet Coming Soon?

Submitted by Neil Richards on Thu, 2010-08-19 05:57

Google Chrome OS powered tablet may hit the market as soon as late November, says the blog Downloadsquad.

OpenSolaris Is Dead, Finally!

Submitted by Swapnil Bhartiya on Mon, 2010-08-16 03:54

It was feared that Oracle might kill some of the core open source products it acquired from Sun. Much of that fear appeared baseless until Oracle started putting core open source projects to sleep.

Microsoft Will Lose The Google-Oracle Battle

Submitted by Swapnil Bhartiya on Mon, 2010-08-16 01:05

A FUD machine seems to be coming in action the moment we heard Oracle filed lawsuit against Google over Android.

Developers Can Get Unlocked Nexus One

Submitted by Neil Richards on Sat, 2010-08-07 04:50

Google has been selling unlocked phones for direct sale to registered Android Developers.

Is It Time To Use Ubuntu Server?

Submitted by Boudhayan Gupta on Thu, 2010-08-05 03:17

Despite being treated like a stepchild due to the presence of heavyweights like RHEL, CentOS, SLES and the BSD Brothers, Ubuntu Server has consistently improved over the years.