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Open source needs successful champions

SINGAPORE--The open source industry needs profitable champions to demonstrate success, and attract funding and participation in open source, according to Red Hat CEO. In an interview with ZDNet Asia Wednesday, Jim Whitehurst said revenue models of open ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years

The Linux desktop experience is now closer to the Windows environment than before, but the gap in mainstream adoption for the open source OS will not close anytime soon, says an industry analyst. Laurent Lachal, U.K.-based senior analyst at IT advisory ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Jolicloud to usher return of thin client

The availability of netbooks that ride on the maturity of cloud infrastructure is heralding the return of the thin client, says Jolicloud founder and CEO, Tariq Krim. Krim, who earlier founded personalized homepage service Netvibes, told ZDNet Asia the ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tariq Krim,  Netvibes,  Hewlett-Packard

Requests for Linux drivers flowing in

A steady stream of manufacturers are requesting Linux drivers for their hardware, suggesting growing adoption of Linux operating systems among enterprises. According to Greg Kroah-Hartman, Novell programmer and Linux Driver Project lead, the group of ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  14 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Novell, Inc.,  Asiah Epperson,  Ford Motor Company,  Red Hat, Inc.

Asia faster to adopt hosted services, says Microsoft

Asian businesses will take to Microsoft's hosted messaging and collaboration products more quickly that those in the US, according to Microsoft's top executive. Allison Watson, corporate vice president for Microsoft's worldwide partner group, told ...

From VICTORIA HO, ZDNet UK,  5 Aug 2009

Red Hat to step up developer efforts

SINGAPORE--Red Hat will step up its efforts to help drive developer contribution and remains unfazed by desktop competition, according to its chief executive Jim Whitehurst. OSCI was launched in an effort to encourage open source software deployment ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  31 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Red Hat, Inc.

S'pore developers create open source buzz

SINGAPORE--Local developers are helping to drum up market buzz to boost interest and expertise in open source technology across the country. Development in the mobile arena is particularly hot at the moment, among both individuals and software houses, ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  27 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.

China telecoms market to overtake Japan by 2014

China's telecommunications market is on track to generate $187bn by 2014, fuelled by mobile uptake in its rural areas and 3G, according to Pyramid Research. The latest annual report from the analyst firm estimated the country's telecoms market ...

From VICTORIA HO, ZDNet UK,  27 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.

MontaVista boasts one-second boot-up

The race to fast boot times is on, with MontaVista making the latest headlines. The embedded Linux vendor announced in the United States Tuesday its latest system is able to boot in one second, and released a video demonstrating a vehicle dashboard ...

From VICTORIA HO, LXer,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Intel,  Phoenix Technologies Ltd.,  Oracle

Phishing attacks hit record high in June

June marked an increase in malware and the "highest rate of phishing attacks to date" on the web, Fortinet's latest report on online threats found. The threat-management vendor on Monday released its latest monthly report, which highlighted the current ...

From VICTORIA HO, ZDNet UK,  6 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Symantec,  Elvis Presley

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