Oracle Stakes Claim in Open-Source 'R' Language 'R'
CFOworld
By Chris Kanaracus Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of "R," the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increasingly high profile in enterprise IT shops. It announced a new Advanced Analytics ...
Oracle Analytics Package Expands In-Database Processing OptionsInformationWeek
Oracle launches Advanced Analytics for R modeling languageInfoWorld

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CIOL
Open source based workflow management systems
CIOL
They manage to do this by keeping their own costs under control with the help of open source software. We interacted with the founding director of the company, Manish Dhingra to know more about their tryst with open source. Q> What Open Source software ...

Computerworld
Weave open-source data visualization offers power, flexibility
Computerworld
By Sharon Machlis Computerworld - When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way.

Android Community
HP releases Android on TouchPad code to happy hackers
SlashGear
The version of Android that those tablets were running has now been gifted from HP to the open-source geeks of the world. HP never did figure out how exactly those tablets shipped with Android pre-installed. The tablets shipping with Android created a ...
HP Releases TouchPad's Android Debug Kernel Source CodePhoneNews.com
HP releases source code for its internal TouchPad Android kernel to CyanogenModAndroid Community
HP releases Android TouchPad kernel, CyanogenMod to see improved featuresThe Next Web (blog)

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Rockbox developer interview: Open source firmware for MP3 players
IDG News Service
Techworld Australia recently caught up with some of the developers of Rockbox to discuss the open source project, which is designed to replace the firmware shipped on MP3 players and portable media players. Techworld Australia recently caught up with ...

NGINX Adds Support for Open Source Web Server
Server Watch
By Sean Michael Kerner (Send Email) The open source nginx web server has been gaining in popularity in recent months. According to at least one survey, nginx is now in fact the second most popular web server used for active domains.
NGINX Launches Commercial Support for Its World Renowned Open Source Web ServerMarketWatch (press release)

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50 Open Source Tools That Could Help You Find (or Keep) a Valentine
Datamation
Don't panic if you haven't planned the perfect date yet -- the open source community has you covered. In honor of the season, we've put together a list of open source tools for romantics. If you're looking for the perfect gift, we found open source ...

OpenStack Decides to Remove Hyper-V From Essex Release
Huffington Post
OpenStack, the largest collaboration on open source cloud computing in the world, decided to remove the code that supports Hyper-V despite a statement from Microsoft that pledged a "commitment" to working with OpenStack to resolve the issues with the ...

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Bloomberg Open Sources its Market Data Distribution Technology
NY Convergence
This is truly open source, free use,” Edwards told Wall Street & Technology. Bloomberg believes the move will make their product even more competitive. “We sell market data systems and that is our business,” Edwards told Wall Street & Technology.

Facebook may open source some of its back-end code this year
Digitaltrends.com
We hope to open source the project some time this year.” While Facebook opened its API long ago to developers so they could build applications on top of its product, the site is far from open-source. Advocates of the standard would cut your tongue out ...
Facebook may release its core C++ library this yearZDNet (blog)

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TIME
Android open source could lose bundled browser, but Chromium will fill the gap
The Verge
This means that once Chrome fully replaces Browser on Android, there will no longer be a browser that's a part of the open source Android. In other words, the Android Open Source Project — the core build of Android that's freely available to anyone ...
Google Releases Chrome For AndroidInformationWeek
Google's Android+Chrome likely a winning comboZDNet (blog)
Chrome Finally Comes to AndroidNew York Times (blog)
The Guardian -Know Your Mobile -MobileSyrup.com
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ZDNet (blog)
Super-communities emerging to serve open source vertical supply chains
ZDNet (blog)
These vertically-oriented super-communities, the Olliance Group point out, serve the needs of all players in open source supply chains. The emergence of super-communities –vertically-driven open source communities — is ongoing and will be a key trend ...

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Cloud proves that OldSQL is still cool
Register
While Oracle has faced down challenges to its core database business before from open source, the cloud presents an even thornier problem. If the world wants NoSQL and its ilk, will Oracle be forced to capitulate? In part this is because the relational ...

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RIM's Blackberry 10 Native SDK will be open source
Inquirer
By Chris Martin in Amsterdam CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has said the Native software development kit (SDK) for Blackberry 10 will be committed to open source. The firm, which has a history of basing its business on being a closed ...
RIM BlackBerrys to be replaced by Apple iPhones at Halliburton, US military ...Toronto Star
BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012, effortless new user paradigm or same old same old?ComputerWeekly.com (blog)
BBDevCon 2012: RIM's Sean Paul Taylor on providing robust game development ...Pocket Gamer.Biz
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NGINX Launches Commercial Support for Its World Renowned Open Source Web Server
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and MOSCOW, Feb 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- NGINX announced today commercial support options for companies using its open source web server in production. Intended for small, medium or large-scale commercial web installations, ...

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Digitaltrends.com
Open-source Spark tablet could arrive as early as May
FierceCIO
KDE plans to release a tablet that operates on the open source Linux operating system. According to a blog post written by KDE developer Aaron J. Seigo, the Spark tablet will come with a 7-inch (800x480) capacitive multi-touch display and will be ...
Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its wayZDNet (blog)
Linux unveils open source tabletITWeb
Is Linux Spark Tablet An iPad Killer?Datamation
Digitaltrends.com -LinuxInsider.com -PCWorld
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Ixonos, eZ Systems collabrate to deliver new cloud offering
Computer Business Review
The Ixonos-enabled eZ Publish Cloud helps turn eZ's open source Web content management platform eZ Publish into a customised cloud edition. Ixonos has already launched an open and secure enterprise cloud offering called Ixonos Elastic Cloud, ...
Ixonos and eZ Systems Partner on Cloud Publishing SolutionThe Complete Managed Services Resource
Ixonos marrieseZ Systems' World-Leading Content Management Solution With its ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Ixonos marrieseZ Systems' World-Leading Content Management Solution With its ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Ixonos-enabled eZ Publish Cloud helps turn eZ's award-winning open source web content management platform eZ Publish into a customised cloud edition. Ixonos launched an open and secure enterprise cloud solution called Ixonos Elastic Cloud™ in May ...

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The Hindu
"Facebook is a surveillance engine, not friend"
Times of India
One, don't use the term Open Source to mean free software. Two, don't say Linux but say GNU/Linux. Dr Stallman, who started the Free Software Foundation in 1985 to promote freedom to create, share and modify software, is extremely sensitive to whether ...
“Free software from legal control”The Hindu

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Alfresco enter the cloud & mobile era
ZDNet (blog)
By Oliver Marks | February 6, 2012, 5:18pm PST Alfresco are an interesting company who grew out of the original web open source movement. Founded in 2005 by ex Business Objects exec John Powell and ex Documentum founder John Newton, Alfresco's birth ...
Alfresco bullish about India's SMB marketCIOL

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