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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1287 technology Linux/Open Source en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:21:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1287 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091107/tc_pcworld/openofficeintroducemultibuttonconfusionwithnewmouse pcworld/20091107/openofficeintroducemultibuttonconfusionwithnewmouse PC World technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:21:00 GMT PC World - WarMouse, in collaboration with the OpenOffice.org community, revealed on Friday a new open-source mouse developed specifically for users of the OpenOffice suite. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091107/tc_pcworld/openofficeintroducesmultibuttonconfusionwithnewmouse pcworld/20091107/openofficeintroducesmultibuttonconfusionwithnewmouse PC World technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:21:00 GMT PC World - WarMouse, in collaboration with the OpenOffice.org community, revealed on Friday a new open-source mouse developed specifically for users of the OpenOffice suite. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola afp/20091106/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola AFP technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:15:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/googlereleasescoredevelopmenttoolsasopensource pcworld/20091105/googlereleasescoredevelopmenttoolsasopensource PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:15 GMT PC World - Google has decided to release as open source several of its key application development tools, hoping that they will prove useful for external programmers to build faster Web applications. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091105/tc_infoworld/99034 infoworld/20091105/99034 InfoWorld technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:20:12 GMT InfoWorld - The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, eyeing improvements in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said on Wednesday afternoon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091104/tc_infoworld/98857 infoworld/20091104/98857 InfoWorld technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:52:13 GMT InfoWorld - Likening its organizational plan to a museum featuring different galleries of interest, the Microsoft-backed CodePlex Foundation for open source projects this week is talking up its project submission guidelines, which were released last week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091103/tc_nf/69854 nf/20091103/69854 NewsFactor technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:56:20 GMT NewsFactor - Sony Ericsson has unveiled its first Android phone, which could represent a new level in multimedia for Google's open-source platform. The catch: The phone won't be out until the first quarter of next year. The company said the phone, called the Xperia X10, introduces a new user experience platform "where communication truly becomes entertainment," and it is part of its "make.believe philosophy" to push new boundaries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091103/tc_pcworld/iphoneunderattackfromandroidinvasion pcworld/20091103/iphoneunderattackfromandroidinvasion PC World business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:53:00 GMT PC World - There are only three days until Verizon joins the Android invasion. T-Mobile was first to embrace the open source Google operating system, but with the addition of Sprint, and now Verizon, Android is mounting a quiet revolution that could see it squash the iPhone OS and rise to a dominant position among mobile operating systems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091103/tc_infoworld/98627 infoworld/20091103/98627 InfoWorld technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:21:26 GMT InfoWorld - Yahoo is debuting on Monday an open source version of its Traffic Server software, which serves as a high-performance application server for cloud computing services. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091102/bs_nf/69841 nf/20091102/69841 NewsFactor business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:01:23 GMT NewsFactor - A milestone on the road to Firefox 3.6 was achieved late last week when Mozilla released the first beta of the browser. Downloaded versions will be automatically upgraded as changes are made until the final release of the browser is reached. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091102/tc_pcworld/firefox36betaboostsspeedaddsfeatures pcworld/20091102/firefox36betaboostsspeedaddsfeatures PC World technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:54:00 GMT PC World - After promises of an early release, a "test build" teaser, and then an unexpected delay, Firefox 3.6 beta is finally available for download. You can grab a copy for the PC, Mac and Linux on the Mozilla Web site. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091031/tc_pcworld/iphonehalloweencostumes pcworld/20091031/iphonehalloweencostumes PC World technology Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:04:00 GMT PC World - Why do so many people want to dress up as an iPhone for Halloween? Can't nerds dress up as something normal like Steve Jobs or the Linux Penguin? In recent years more and more Halloween party goers are choosing to dress up like an iPhone. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091030/tc_zd/245596 zd/20091030/245596 PC Magazine technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:55:12 GMT PC Magazine - Mozilla on Friday issued its support for the Federal Communications Commission's proposed net neutrality rules, but a House Republican this week introduced a bill that would block the commission's efforts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091029/tc_pcworld/canonicalmatureslinuxbasednetbookos pcworld/20091029/canonicalmatureslinuxbasednetbookos PC World technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:40:19 GMT PC World - Canonical on Thursday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use Web content. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091028/bs_nf/69767 nf/20091028/69767 NewsFactor business Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:52:05 GMT NewsFactor - An Éclair in your cell phone. That's Google's vision of the future for its Android open-source operating system, with its announcement Tuesday of a software development kit for the new Android 2.0, whose code name is Éclair. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20091028/tc_infoworld/97839 infoworld/20091028/97839 InfoWorld technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - Microsoft will unveil on Wednesday several open source initiatives to boost interoperability between Microsoft technologies, such as Windows 7, Windows Azure, and Silverlight, and open source technologies, including the Eclipse tools platform and Java. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091027/tc_pcworld/windows7isrestrictivefornetbooksclaimslinuxrival pcworld/20091027/windows7isrestrictivefornetbooksclaimslinuxrival PC World technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:03:00 GMT PC World - Now that Windows 7 is out the door, Canonical -- the distributor of rival Linux-based operating system Ubuntu -- is eager to engage in "real head-to-head competition" with Microsoft, according to Ubuntu founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091027/tc_zd/245372 zd/20091027/245372 PC Magazine technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:06 GMT PC Magazine - Jim Lynch makes the case for sampling Linux on virtual machines. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091026/tc_pcworld/qualcommopenssubsidiaryfocusedonopensource pcworld/20091026/qualcommopenssubsidiaryfocusedonopensource PC World technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:10:18 GMT PC World - Qualcomm has built a new subsidiary to better integrate its products with mobile open-source software, in hopes of capitalizing on the trend toward open platforms in the mobile industry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/linux/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091023/tc_pcworld/bugsandfixesstymiemaliciousmedianetworkattacks pcworld/20091023/bugsandfixesstymiemaliciousmedianetworkattacks PC World technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:15:00 GMT PC World - Essential OS fixes are big this month. And fans of free software need to up­­date their Firefox and OpenOffice copies.