Linux 3.12 gets ‘Suicidal Squirrel’ moniker as Linux Lord recovers from SSD FAIL
The next version of the Linux kernel, version 3.12, has a name: “Suicidal squirrel”.…
One day we’ll look back and say this was the end of the software platform
Ballmer has scribbled the epitaph of his own era
Comment I was once told by an editor not to waste too much time following Apple and other companies that sold hardware and software together.…
Hortonworks licks lips, sets sights on snaring fresh SI partners
HP, Dell, Accenture and Cap Gemini in crosshairs
Hortonworks’ SAP reseller agreement is the prelude to a series of big deals with OEMs and SIs in coming months, the company has promised.…
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Apple updates Mountain Lion, fixes Mail, Wi-Fi bugs
OS X 10.8.5 makes Mail messages reappear, doubles 802.11ac transfers
If you’ve been having problems with Apple’s Mail app on your Mac running OS X 10.8.4 Mountain Lion, Cupertinian engineers have felt your pain and now offer a fix: an OS X 10.8.5 update.…
Happy Friday the 13th! It’s Programmers’ Day
Why you can’t find your development team
If your code monkeys aren’t answering their emails today, it may not be the curse of Friday the 13th, but instead because they’ve taken a day of rest to celebrate Programmers’ Day.…
Couchbase relaxes NoSQL derrière into mobile seats
Couchbase Lite sits a small JSON DB atop iOS, Android
Database startup Couchbase has developed what it believes is the first NoSQL database for mobile devices, but why would anyone want such a thing?…
Dev delays push ship date of Metro-ized Firefox to January 2014
Forget what Mozilla said last month
The Mozilla Foundation has quietly delayed the release of the version of its Firefox browser for Windows 8’s Start Screen yet again, citing slower-than-expected development.…
Microsoft no longer a top Linux kernel contributor
Mobile device makers taking a more active role
After making headlines with its unexpectedly voluminous contributions to the Linux kernel in 2012, Microsoft has all but disappeared from the Linux development scene, according the latest report from the Linux Foundation.…
Jolla Sailfish OS to support Android hardware, apps
Run unmodified Android apps alongside native Sailfish ones
Finnish smartphone startup Jolla has announced that its Linux-based Sailfish OS mobile platform will be both software and hardware compatible with Android.…
Australia ponders 160,000-seat ERP possibilities
‘Transformational, progressive approach to government business architecture’ sought
Australia’s government has released an information paper titled “Investigation into optimising ERP Systems across the public service” that will consider how the nation’s government can best procure, and wield, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.…