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OpenSUSE uncorks a fine Ruby-red Bottle: Beta 13.1 didn't give me a hangover

Review New admin bling, yes, but no tacky desktop tricks
Scott Gilbertson, 27 Sep 10:23

'200 million' fanbois using iOS 7 just a week after release - study

Plus: Most US iDevice users are drinking Cupertino's latest Koolaid
Jasper Hamill, 27 Sep 06:59

Microsoft to merge Windows, Windows Phone stores in 2014

Platforms to unite in ONE APP STORE TO RULE THEM ALL
Neil McAllister, 26 Sep 23:03

Google reveals its Hummingbird: Fly, my little algorithm - FLY!

Update brings Googleplex one step closer to sentience
Jack Clark, 26 Sep 21:34

Apple iOS 7 makes some users literally SICK. As in puking, not upset

'Eye candy really is as bad as classical candy is for the teeth,' writes one
Rik Myslewski, 26 Sep 20:36

Apple: Now that you've updated to iOS 7... YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK

You're stuck with those crayon graphics forever, chum
Jasper Hamill, 26 Sep 14:58

Look out, world! HP's found a use for Autonomy - rescuing Win XP bods

Life-support switch-off deadline looms, wouldn't want anything to happen to your lovely data
Chris Mellor, 25 Sep 10:43

iOS 7 SPANKS Samsung's Android in user-experience rating

But the real loser in tests of five top smartphone operating systems comes from Redmond
Rik Myslewski, 24 Sep 22:54

Apple TV update available after weekend tellybox-wiping snafu

Version 6 promises not to erase your Breaking Bad stash
Bill Ray, 24 Sep 15:57

App Store ratings mess: What do we like? Sigh, we dunno – fanbois

How do I know what to download if I don't know what everyone else is doing?
Jasper Hamill, 24 Sep 12:19
Steam coming from a boiling kettle

Valve shows Linux love with SteamOS for gamers

Plans more announcements to pwn gaming industry
Iain Thomson, 23 Sep 21:38
grab_that_cash

Launchpads, catapults... what a load of - WAIT, there's £15m for grabs?

Comment Quango sprinkles cash on games, animation and trendy meeja types
Andrew Orlowski, 23 Sep 07:29

Opinion

One day we'll look back and say this was the end of the software platform

Comment Ballmer has scribbled the epitaph of his own era

Microsoft haters: You gotta lop off a lot of legs to slay Ballmer's monster

Comment Terrifying ten-legged beast of Redmond is not dead yet
Trevor Pott, 29 Jul 09:28

Verity's summer songs for programmers: Sing your pals to sleep()

Stob When Irish IDEs are smiling, and so on
Verity Stob, 22 Jul 09:43

News

Oracle hides ExaLogic price cut

Old price lists prove price halved, so why has Big Red deleted the post announcing it?
Simon Sharwood, 23 Sep 02:04

No luck at all for BlackBerry as Messenger apps launch stalls

Leaked Android build 'causes issues,' is withdrawn
Neil McAllister, 22 Sep 18:26

Ubuntu penguins strain to squeeze out bug backlog by mobe OS deadline

Will phone-flavoured Um Bongo be polished off in time for October?
Gavin Clarke, 20 Sep 12:34

PEAK APP: After 2013, you'll NEVER again install as many – Gartner

Everyone's downloaded all that ever needs to be downloaded
Bill Ray, 20 Sep 11:59

Google smacks Surface with free Quickoffice for Android, iOS

Chocolate Factory retaliates before MS Office lands on mobile platforms
Simon Sharwood, 20 Sep 06:30

Brits are world's most wired drivers, says fleet tracker CEO

Now the for the bad news: the roads are so bad you can't do logistics without fleet trackers
Simon Sharwood, 20 Sep 03:59

Final preview of IE11 for Windows 7 uncanned

Microsoft has a browser for ye scurvy consumerrrrs
Gavin Clarke, 19 Sep 09:47

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it ... Win Phone 8? No, it's APPLE'S iOS 7

Review Arr, 'tis colourful. Belike Microsoft weren't lubbers after all
Tony Smith, 19 Sep 09:04

Apache Foundation embraces real time big data cruncher 'Storm'

Does for real time processing what Hadoop did for batch processing
Simon Sharwood, 19 Sep 03:55

BlackBerry Messenger to launch on Android, iOS this weekend

Free downloads to open BBM to rival smartphone platforms
Neil McAllister, 18 Sep 22:04

Open source Android fork Cyanogen becomes $7m company

Plans to build 'world's largest' mobile OS contender
Neil McAllister, 18 Sep 19:48

Microsoft relents: 'Go ahead, install Windows 8.1 on clean PCs'

Updated Retail media and downloads will no longer be upgrade-only
Neil McAllister, 17 Sep 21:50
Funnel of cash. Credit: via SXC – http://www.sxc.hu/profile/Leonardini

IBM proffers $1bn for Linux development on Power

Rising open source tide carries all boats, IBM hopes
Jack Clark, 17 Sep 21:47
Photo of Jean-Baptiste Quéru

Former! Android! Open! Source! Boss! Takes! Job! At! Yahoo!

Mayer poaches mobile talent from old stomping grounds
Neil McAllister, 17 Sep 19:03
australia

Australia ponders 160,000-seat ERP possibilities

'Transformational, progressive approach to government business architecture' sought
Simon Sharwood, 17 Sep 06:42
Sailfish OS

Jolla Sailfish OS to support Android hardware, apps

Run unmodified Android apps alongside native Sailfish ones
Neil McAllister, 17 Sep 00:37
Linux kernel development

Microsoft no longer a top Linux kernel contributor

Mobile device makers taking a more active role
Neil McAllister, 16 Sep 22:35
Couchbasesofa

Couchbase relaxes NoSQL derrière into mobile seats

Couchbase Lite sits a small JSON DB atop iOS, Android

Happy Friday the 13th! It's Programmers' Day

Why you can't find your development team
Iain Thomson, 13 Sep 19:29

Apple updates Mountain Lion, fixes Mail, Wi-Fi bugs

OS X 10.8.5 makes Mail messages reappear, doubles 802.11ac transfers
Rik Myslewski, 13 Sep 17:19

Hortonworks licks lips, sets sights on snaring fresh SI partners

HP, Dell, Accenture and Cap Gemini in crosshairs
Gavin Clarke, 13 Sep 13:03