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Social Media Turns Tangible - Huntsville, AL based Meshables (www.meshables.com) is ushering in a new twist on the social media phenomenon with the advent of social cards anyone can design themselves.
FORIX Integrates Sales Leads Ordering Powered by USADATA to its PrintBridge Software - USADATA (www.usadata.com), the leading provider of Sales Leads On Demand., and FORIX, a leader in web-to-print and order management technology, announced today a new partnership that enables users of FORIX PrintBridge software (www.forixprintbridge.com) to offer mailing lists and sales leads through their e-commerce storefronts.
Firefox Pushes Ahead on Android with Fennec Alpha Browser
(PC World)
- PC World - Even as Mozilla's Firefox recently garnered the No. 2 spot in the worldwide Web browser market overall, the software has taken a step closer to staking its claim on the Android platform as well.
iOS Bigger than Linux and Android Combined [STATS]
(Mashable)
- Mashable - According to the latest numbers from Net Applications, iOS is the third most popular platform on the Internet, surpassing Linux and Android combined.
A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions
(PC World)
- PC World - One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the one most people have heard of, but there are hundreds of others as well, each offering some variant on the basic Linux theme.
Oracle's Suit Against Android Could Split Open Source
(NewsFactor)
- NewsFactor - Oracle's suit against Google for the use of Java in its Android portable operating system continues to reverberate through the open-source movement. In the newest development, Google has declined to participate in the upcoming JavaOne conference, an event formerly hosted by Java creator Sun Microsystems and now run by Sun's new owner, Oracle.
Red Hat Board Gets Military Leadership
(PC World)
- PC World - The managing board of enterprise open-source software company Red Hat has elected a retired U.S. Army officer, General Henry Hugh Shelton, to serve as chairman, the company announced Monday. Shelton takes the place of Matthew Szulik, who was the former CEO of Red Hat.
Open-Source Facebook Competitor Diaspora to Launch Sept. 15
(PC Magazine)
- PC Magazine - Open-source social network Diaspora is set to launch on Sept. 15, the service's creators announced in Thursday blog post. But can it do battle with Facebook?
The Anti-Facebook Arrives September 15: Will You Switch?
(PC World)
- PC World - Diaspora, the open source social network and potential Facebook challenger, will be ready to launch on September 15, according to the project's developers.
Mozilla Releases Fennec, Firefox Mobile Alpha for Android
(PC Magazine)
- PC Magazine - Two years after its first announcement, the browser is still far from a final release.
Rumored SAP-Red Hat Merger Seen as a Long Shot
(PC World)
- PC World - Rumors swirled once again this week regarding a possible takeover of Red Hat, this time by SAP, but a number of industry observers said Thursday that the prospect is unlikely at best.
What Will Ubuntu 10.10 Look Like?
(PC World)
- PC World - When Canonical broke the news recently that Ubuntu 10.10 will include uTouch 1.0, a multitouch and gesture stack, it caused a flurry of excitement about the Linux release's potential for use in tablets.