Open Source Insider
March 2011
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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 now available for Android tablets and mobile devices
31 Mar 2011 -
Who really commits code to open source?
30 Mar 2011 -
Camino web browser, for Mac open source purists only?
27 Mar 2011
Adobe Flash Player 10.2 has improved scrolling of web pages and better "embedded" in-browser experiences
Do customers who use commercially licensed versions of open source software dominate the code commits?
Camino is an open source web browser for Mac OS X users that requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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April is 'Linux & Android month' in San Francisco
24 Mar 2011 -
The fox is out of the box, a Firefox 4 screenshot selection
22 Mar 2011 -
Killing Linpus Linux, reaching for Ubuntu on netbooks
21 Mar 2011 -
Superzapping desktop Linux for a 10x speed boost
18 Mar 2011 -
Puppy Linux sit! roll over, there now - good dog
17 Mar 2011 -
Google arms "remote kill" to blast malicious Android apps
16 Mar 2011 -
Android, iPhone and iPad apps get naughty code license report
10 Mar 2011
April sees four developer conferences in San Francisco
A small selection of screen-shots to show off the launch of the Firefox 4 open source web browser with its new tabbing functionality
Removing Linpus Linux and installing Ubuntu on a netbook is not always that easy, some of the challenges are detailed here.
Linux developer Mike Galbraith created a patch just 233 lines long that was designed to improve the scheduler inside the Linux kernel and speed it up 10x
A short overview of the Puppy Linux operating system
Google has taken steps to remove malicious applications from the Android Market webstore and used a "remote kill" function to clean infected devices.
OpenLogic has released the results of a scan and license compliance assessment of 635 leading mobile applications.
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Rackspace parts open source clouds with formal support & services
09 Mar 2011 -
Five steps to open source license management heaven
08 Mar 2011 -
Death, taxes and open source software certainties
02 Mar 2011 -
Will Motorola's Xoom "Android Tablet" work for software developers?
01 Mar 2011
Open source cloud computing organisations deploying OpenStack now have option to receive formal service and support.
Open source software licence management processes are a necessary part of open source software adoption
Coverity Scan 2010 Open Source Integrity Report identifies Android vulnerabilities at the kernel level
Motorola Xoom "Android Smart Tablet" examined under Acid 3 tests from a developer's point of view.