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Microsoft battles PC bloat with new Signature tune-up

Microsoft has had the bloatware accusation thrown at it countless times but now the company reportedly wants to make money turning back the tide of PC-slowing software with a little-known service called ?Signature?.
Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix gets 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' update

Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix, launched by Canonical back in February and based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot', has now received a major update to version 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'.
Google releases Chrome 19 with patches for 20 bugs and new tab sync

Google released Chrome 19, patched 20 vulnerabilities in the browser and doled out $16,500 in bug bounties and rewards to independent researchers.
Red Hat prepares RHEL 7 for second half of 2013

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7 is set to be released in the second half of 2013, Red Hat announced yesterday, as the open source organisation also celebrated the 10th anniversary of its enterprise OS.
SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.
Ubuntu users get cloud backup for Linux encryption keys

Cloud key management firm Gazzang is offering Ubuntu users the huge convenience of being able to securely back up and recover encryption keys used to scramble files in the home directory.
IP network run over xylophones by California researchers

Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that underlies all Internet communication. Now a University of California Berkeley researcher has put Cerf's maxim to the test, running an IP network over a set of xylophones, played by human participants.
Richard Stallman recovers after being taken ill during speech

Free software and GNU Linux icon Richard Stallman was taken ill at a weekend conference in Spain, reportedly being taken to hospital suffering from symptoms of high blood pressure.
Dell aims Ubuntu Linux laptop at developers

Dell has done another u-turn on open source and announced it will again ship a laptop running Ubuntu Linux.
Red Hat and Dell announce OEM partnership

Red Hat and Dell announced a new partnership today that could mark a further expansion of open source software use in the enterprise.

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Mageia Linux 2.0 - Six key features coming to new OS

Mandriva Linux is a venerable distribution with numerous advantages to recommend it, but it's no secret that the software's French publisher has been facing tough times.
Top 15 cloud storage tips and tasks

No single cloud service can do everything. Some shine when it comes to streaming a cloud music collection from the Web, but stink at syncing desktop folders. Other cloud services are great for sharing photos, but useless for reviewing a document's revision history.
Geotags in a photo of breasts brought down CabinCr3w hacker

According to the FBI, Ochoa allegedly tweeted in February using the handle @Anonw0rmer, directing followers to a site where he had posted information stolen from various law enforcement agency websites. At the bottom of the site was an image of a woman, now identified as his girlfriend, with a sign reading "PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w".
Microsoft System Center 2012 switch simplifies virtual systems management duties

Switching from VMware to Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation environment is saving money for two businesses that are also using Microsoft's System Center 2012 to manage and monitor applications and the infrastructure that supports them.
For a truly private social network, try RetroShare

It's a rare week indeed that doesn't bring forth some fresh privacy scandal, and creepy apps like Girls Around Me are only one small part of the problem.
Does VMware have a real future?

Price is a big weakness when every player in the virtualisation market is offering a good-enough free option.
Sirius CTO: UK businesses must start tapping SME talent

The time has come for small and medium businesses to get the recognition they deserve, according to Andrew Savory, newly-appointed Chief Technology Officer at open source systems integrator Sirius
Fast boot enthusiasts should check out xPUD Linux

Microsoft may be able to achieve relatively quick boot times using its forthcoming Windows 8, but the fact remains that for most of us, running on less-than-ideal hardware, those records will likely be out of reach.
Cobol on the mainframe: Does it have a future?

David Brown is worried. As managing director of the IT transformation group at Bank of New York Mellon, he is responsible for the health and welfare of 112,500 Cobol programs -- 343 million lines of code -- that run core banking and other operations. But many of the people who built that code base, some of which goes back to the early days of Cobol in the 1960s, will be retiring over the next several years.
Replicant developer interview - Building a truly free Android

Android has made massive strides forward since its debut in 2008, and in Q3 2011 more than half of all smartphones sold worldwide ran Google's mobile platform. In one sense it represents a massive validation for open source, and proof that free software is not condemned to a future of 'merely' running servers.

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