Raspberry Pi has Possibly Sold its Millionth Unit
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced that it could have sold over a million units of its credit card sized computer – the Raspberry Pi.
Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news
Microsoft pats self on back over Windows 8 sales
Tami Reller, one of the two newly minted heads of Microsoft’s Windows group, said the company has sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses to date. As Microsoft’s announcement explains, that…
‘Not even Santa could save Microsoft’s Windows 8’
Once upon a time any problem at Microsoft could be magically resolved with a new Windows release. Since Windows Vista, however, that formula hasn’t worked. In fact, according to new…
Microsoft Surface jailbreak arrives
Microsoft has publicly praised the work of a security researcher who found a way to run unsigned desktop-oriented applications on the company’s Surface RT tablets, which run the locked-down Windows…
Microsoft Silicon Valley offices raided with only iPads stolen
Microsoft’s reputation as the “less cool” rival to Apple appears to have been reinforced, after thieves raided its Silicon Valley offices – but only stole a collection of iPads.
Internet Explorer Under Siege As Microsoft Struggles To Fix Its Fix
The zero-day vulnerability caused panic at the start of the year, leading Microsoft to rush out a Fix It solution whilst it works on issuing a proper patch. But at…
Amazon’s top-selling laptop is the Linux-based Chromebook
While Microsoft are having issues with sales numbers of Windows 8-based devices and Apple continue to push their awesome Retina-based MacBook’s, it is the Linux-based Chromebook from Samsung and Google…
‘Holey code, Batman!’ Microsoft to patch 12 vulns on Tuesday
Microsoft has issued its pre–Patch Tuesday report, saying it will issue seven patches fixing 12 code flaws next week – but it won’t provide a permanent fix for the exploit…
No Sales Pop for a New Version of Windows
It used to be that a new version of the Windows operating system was enough to get people excited about buying a new computer, giving sales a nice pop.
European Commission’s Low Attack on Open Source
the European Commission is not serious about open source, and has no intention of doing anything meaningful to help it grow in Europe, despite some soothing noises to the contrary.
Ubuntu for smartphones aims to replace today’s mobes, laptops
Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux operating system, has announced a new version of Ubuntu designed specifically for smartphones.
Another Apple Patent Gets Smacked Down, And Its ‘Thermonuclear War’ Becomes Even More Of A Farce
This time it’s the so-called “pinch and zoom” patent getting rejected by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and this is a big deal since that patent was one…
IBM taps Red Hat for cut-throat priced Linux on big supers
Big Blue is going to Red Hat for a Linux environment for its largest supercomputers, and it is mothballing its own LoadLeveler workload manager for x86 clusters in favor of…
Microsoft to Moto: We’ll give you $1m a year for your patents
Microsoft reckons that no more than $502,000 a year is fair for Moto’s H.264 video patent – which is used in Xboxes and other MS gear – and $736,000 a…
‘We are screwed!’ Fonts eat a bullet in Microsoft security patch
Windows users were surprised to find that a Microsoft security update stopped fonts from working on their PCs. Security update KB2753842 has killed certain fonts on PCs where it has…