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Linux Top 5: Will Project Harmony Bring Harmony to Linux?
July 20, 2011 – 9:31 am | No Comment

Linux Planet: Some ideas and debates on the Linux Planet and open source sphere just don’t seem to ever die or go away. One such debate is around contributor license agreements for open source projects, including Linux distributions.

Apple Crushes Estimates; Posts 125% Earnings Jump; iPad Sales Up 183%; iPhone Sales Up 142%
July 19, 2011 – 3:46 pm | No Comment

Surging iPad and iPhone sales sparked a 125% jump in earnings for the quarter ending in June, Apple

Open source remote controller flies model planes via Air Linux
July 19, 2011 – 3:25 pm | No Comment

Open source hacker community Gizmo For You is developing a Linux-based controller and separate receiver device to remotely control a model airplane or other vehicle.

Microsoft Looks Fully Valued With Earnings Due Thursday
July 19, 2011 – 9:32 am | No Comment

Microsoft is scheduled to announce its fiscal year 2011 Q4 earnings on Thursday, July 21. We currently have a $27 price estimate for Microsoft, which is very close to the current stock price.This quarter, we will focus our attention on developments related to Windows, the launch of Office 365, the growth of Bing and Windows [...]

Hadoop & Startups: Where Open Source Meets Business Data
July 18, 2011 – 12:36 pm | No Comment

TechCrunch: A decade ago, the open-source LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python) stack began to transform web startup economics…the same thing is now happening with Hadoop and Big Data.

Apple to Launch Low-Priced iPhone for $350
July 18, 2011 – 12:02 pm | No Comment

Apple is reportedly planning to unveil a low-priced version of its super-popular iPhone that will be sold without a contract. 

Microsoft Conference Focuses on Social CRM Update
July 18, 2011 – 11:36 am | No Comment

From enhancements for enterprise clouds to new social CRM capabilities, Microsoft’s 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference had plenty of dynamic highlights. Indeed, Microsoft Dynamics CRM was in the spotlight this year.

Is Microsoft Working on a New Social Site?
July 15, 2011 – 2:33 pm | No Comment

First Google, now Microsoft? Just a day after Google announced the success of its new social site Google+, which has reached 10 million users, Microsoft leaked what looks like a new social search project, which they’ve dubbed Tulalip–the name could use work. The details were found on another site, Socl.com and were quickly replaced with [...]