Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category

NYSE Switches To Linux

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

The New York Stock Exchange is investing heavily in x86-based Linux systems and blade servers as it builds out the NYSE Hybrid Market trading system that it launched last year. Flexibility and lower cost are among the goals. "What we want is to be able to take advantage of technology advances ...

Firefox Version 3 Beta

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Firefox 3 Beta version is now available for download for testing purpose. These beta releases are targeted to Web developers and our testing community to gain feedback before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The ...

OHA Releases Android SDK

Friday, November 16th, 2007

The Open Handset Alliance released an early version of the Android Software Development Kit, providing the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform. The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can download the Android ...

Android: Google’s Open Source Mobile OS

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The gPhone is not released yet with all those speculations and rumors, but Google joined forces with leading mobile technology companies to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others have collaborated on the development of ...

IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community

Monday, September 10th, 2007

The OpenOffice.org community announced that IBM will be joining the community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software. IBM will be making initial code contributions that it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product, including accessibility enhancements, and will be making ongoing contributions to the feature ...

Software Freedom Day 2007

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

This year's Software Freedom Day will be celebrated on the 15th of September 2007. Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide celebration of the free/open-source software with hundreds of teams from all around the world running local events to help their communities understand Software Freedom. SFD is a public education effort, ...

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