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Brian Proffitt is a veteran Linux and open source journalist/analyst with experience in a variety of technologies, including cloud, virtualization, and consumer devices.

Hitting the HTML moving target

Posted Jul 23, 2012 - 04:00 pm

News over the weekend that the HTML5 standard would be forked into two separate tracks may have been slightly overstated: the fork has actually been a long time coming.
Why the Nexus 7 is taking off

Posted Jul 23, 2012 - 12:44 pm

Reports that the 16-GB Nexus 7 tablet is selling out may reflect Android acceptance, Amazon wariness.
Mobile & Wireless
Oracle tries to capture CentOS users

Posted Jul 20, 2012 - 09:57 am

Oracle has set its target on the CentOS distribution of Linux in the hopes of capturing more attention and revenue.
IT Management
Botnet takedown cuts world spam by 18 percent

Posted Jul 19, 2012 - 02:05 pm

There's less Viagra spam in your inbox this morning, thanks to the efforts of international security experts.
Security
Ohloh.net opens data for community use

Posted Jul 18, 2012 - 07:05 pm

Researchers and observers of the FLOSS community, take note: all the FLOSS project and participant metadata they have is now open.
IT Management
Open Source Initiative changing governance

Posted Jul 18, 2012 - 10:16 am

The Open Source Initiative is adding individual memberships to its roles, which will fundamentally change the way that organization is governed.
IT Management
Will open source office suites go the way of Thunderbird?

Posted Jul 17, 2012 - 11:55 am

If mobile and cloud is the new direction of productivity apps, open source office suites must innovate quickly or die.
Cloud Computing
The Value of Pi

Posted Jul 16, 2012 - 03:45 pm

The sudden popularity of mini-board systems like Raspberry Pi have brought back the pioneering spirit of Linux' early days. But will it bring a resurgence in programming and development?
IT Management
Safe Harbor not safe enough for EU cloud data

Posted Jul 16, 2012 - 10:08 am

The adoption of cloud computing by European companies in a predominately US-based cloud world at risk.
Cloud Computing
Pentagon develops cloud computing strategy

Posted Jul 13, 2012 - 08:36 am

The lure of cloud computing is powerful enough to attract even the Pentagon, which released a public outline of its cloud computing strategy this week.
Cloud Computing

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IPv6 Month

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