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A survey by the investment banking and securities firm UBS found that fewer CIOs will deploy Linux than in the past, but the results are being met with shrugs in the Linux community. According to UBS, more than 90 percent of CIOs who are not Linux users said they would not deploy Linux in the calend...

Mobile devices are increasingly working their way into our everyday lives, and market research suggests that the operating systems driving these devices are often Linux-based. Technology research firm ABI Research forecasts that Linux will be the fastest growing smartphone operating system over the ...

Ingres on Wednesday announced its launch of Icebreaker BI Appliance, a solution for business intelligence customers. The Icebreaker BI Appliance is actually a tightly woven combo of the Ingres database integrated with Linux business intelligence software from open source-based JasperSoft, and Linux-...

The Federal Communications Commission is working out the rules for what could be the most important radio spectrum auction for years to come. At stake is the right to use spectrum in the coveted 700 MHz bands, which are characterized by the ability to travel long distances and go through the walls o...

Key kernel developers and more than 230 Linux leaders participated last week in the first Collaboration Summit hosted by the Linux Foundation to discuss solutions for the most pressing issues facing greater Linux adoption. The nonprofit Linux Foundation, dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux...

Rochester, N.Y.-based Performance Technologies announced Tuesday additions to its NexusWare Linux-based operating system and development environment to include support for a wide range of single board computer hardware offerings. The release of NexusWare version 12 expands Linux support to include b...

The Linux Phone Standards Forum announced Monday the publication of its first specifications aimed at fostering interoperability across the Linux-based mobile phone market. The first installment of LiPS Release 1.0 includes a reference model, address book and voice call enabler, as well as user inte...

Microsoft and South Korea's LG Electronics have announced a patent cross-licensing deal, similar to one Microsoft recently signed with Novell, that allows LG to use Microsoft technology in its products while giving Microsoft access to LG's intellectual property. The deal means LG can use Linux in it...

Trolltech CTO Benoit Schillings sees the future of mobile phone communication in the cross-platform solution that Linux can provide. His vision was buffeted recently by a prediction by market research firm ABI that Linux will ship in more than 200 million phones in 2012, up from 8.1 million in 2007....

Some 204 million mobile phones, or 14 percent of the world market, will be running on Linux by 2012, according to a report released this week from the London office of ABI Research. "Linux in the cellular phone is not a question of if, but when," declared ABI Research Director Stuart Carlaw. Develop...

Consumers and enterprise workers will not likely soon see cute marketing labels such as "Linux Inside" or images of penguins pasted on the outer casings of their favorite entertainment and communications products. Nor will products they buy be touted as using Linux in advertising campaigns. Regardle...

Chances are that one or more of your consumer products uses the Linux operating system. In order to find out, you'll have to look at the fine print. Manufacturers do not openly advertise with labels announcing "Linux Inside." Linux has steadily become the operating system of choice by manufacturers ...

Telecommunications industry analysts have been evangelizing the arrival of cell phones running on the Linux operating system for the last few years. The sermonizing has recently reached a fevered pitch in some quarters. The Linux operating system, they say, is on its way as a full-powered alternativ...

Mobile Linux is one of the fastest growing markets and has the potential to be the largest segment in Linux. With literally billions of mobile devices in the market, Linux on mobile could outstrip both Linux-based desktops and servers combined, according to a la Mobile CEO Pauline Alker. By all acco...

Access has announced a Linux and open source software application framework for mobile devices, which will be open to developers under the Mozilla Public License. The Access application framework is tuned for mobile phones and handhelds, and includes services for installing, managing and allowing co...