Tagged: Linux & News
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iPhone and Android own 80pc of the global smartphone market News
24.05.2012 More than eight out of 10 smartphones shipped during the first quarter were powered by iOS (23pc) and Android (59pc) operating systems, according to IDC.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech -
Fluid UI can take developers from idea to app in just 15 minutes News
08.05.2012 Start-up duo Dave Kearney and Ian Hannigan, co-founders of Fluid Software, claim to have developed the world’s fastest app prototyping tool, which can take an app from... -
Raspberry Pi challenge to get creative juices flowing News
07.03.2012 The Raspberry Pi €25 microcomputer that sold at the rate of 7,000 an hour last week has inspired a new innovation challenge called the Raspberry RoadTest. -
Raspberry Pi offers stg£22 credit-card size PC for budding programmers News
29.02.2012 The Raspberry Pi, a credit card-sized Linux-based computer priced at stg£22 aiming to get people into coding, has launched today. Demand for the computer has caused websites... -
Ireland’s Coder Dojo movement spreads its wings to the UK News
08.12.2011 The Coder Dojo movement, which is inspiring young people all over Ireland to learn about software programming, plus languages such as Scratch and Java, has now unleashed its... -
Tiny ‘Cotton Candy’ USB stick holds an entire dual-core PC News
18.11.2011 FXITech, a Norwegian technology company, has created a USB device that contains an entire dual-core computer that can plug into any screen, including TVs and smartphones.Categories: Computers, Consumer Tech, Games/Entertainment, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Wireless Communications -
Intel creates US$100m AppUp fund – invests in 12 companies News
16.11.2011 Intel Capital has unveiled a US$100m Intel Capital AppUp Fund which will target companies developing apps and digital content for multiple devices. So far US$45m worth of...Categories: Apps, Apps Zone, Computers, Digital Media, Funding, Hardware, Internet, Investments, Mobile, Mobility, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless CommunicationsTags: Linux, Android, Netbooks, Ultrabooks, Java, Venture Capital, Intel, Adobe, HTML 5, Adobe AIR, Adobe Flash -
Dennis Ritchie, father of C, co-developer of Unix, dies News
14.10.2011 Dennis Ritchie, who created the C programming language and helped develop the Unix operating system, has died aged 70. -
Intel and Samsung working on new Tizen OS to rival Android News
28.09.2011 Intel and Samsung are to lead the development of a new open-source mobile operating system called Tizen, based on Linux. It will be the successor to previous collaborations such... -
Microsoft agrees to invest US$100m in SUSE Linux certs News
26.07.2011 In a renewal of a deal originally brokered with Novell prior to its acquisition by Attachmate, Microsoft has committed to invest US$100m in new SUSE Linux Enterprise... -
Novell and SUSE Linux go their separate ways News
18.05.2011 Novell and SUSE Linux are to pursue their own destinies, each with their own management teams following the US$2.2bn acquisition of Novell by Attachmate. -
Recovery management and business continuity keep businesses step ahead News
22.12.2010 Regardless of company size, your mission-critical IT systems cannot afford any downtime. You need to ensure the availability and recoverability of your files, email, databases... -
Novell shareholders back US$2.2bn Attachmate acquisition News
21.02.2011 A sufficient number of shares have been pledged by Novell shareholders to the Attachmate acquisition of the company for US$2.2bn. However, regulators in Europe and the US have... -
EU reveals parental software can’t block Web 2.0 content News
13.01.2011 While 84pc of parental software succeeds in blocking access to certain websites, it is not very successful at filtering Web 2.0 sites or blogs, a study by the European... -
Low-cost software for schools turns one computer into 10 News
27.09.2010 A new green software is giving schools in impoverished villages access to computers. -
Deals done this past week News
27.09.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including the research collaboration between Intel and Tyndall National Institute, UCC.Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals Done -
Meet the next generation of software developers News
05.08.2010 The next generation of software developers who will be capable of tackling complex mission critical enterprise applications are here – and they come fom an unexpected place, the... -
OPINION: Securing your (data’s) retirement News
03.08.2010 Paul Hands looks at the options for disposing of critical information correctly when a hard disk reaches the end of its days. -
Deals done this past week News
26.07.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including Google’s deal with NextEra Energy Resources to power data centres, and Irish firm Azotel’s expansion...Categories: Renewable Energy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Green, Digital Media, Deals Done, CommunicationsTags: Google, Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines, Linux, Broadband, S3 Group, BSkyB, High Defintion, Set Top Boxes, Sky, Electricity -
Irish broadband tech firm expands into US Linux market News
22.07.2010 Cork-headquartered technology company Azotel is to expand in the US as part of a partnership with US player ImageStream, a manufacturer of Linux-based routers for ISPs.