That raft of new mobile processors in January sure paid off as the chip giant blows past all projections for a tremendous first quarter, signaling renewed growth for the IT sector at large.
<b>IT World:</b> "After years of fiscal ups and downs, it now appears Mandriva S.A., makers of the Mandriva Linux distribution, may be up on the seller's block."
<b>ServerWatch:</b> "The latest smartphone sales figures from NPD Group show Google's Linux-based Android OS blowing the iPhone and Windows Mobile clean out of the water."
A number of bogus Web sites that appear to be the official pages of a pair of credit unions used by military personnel are actually phishing traps designed to steal soldiers' identities.
Another example of the negative marketing impact of poor customer service, plus productivity tips, a resource for business start-up funds and a big lesson from Hilton hotels.
Another example of the negative marketing impact of poor customer service, plus productivity tips, a resource for business start-up funds and a big lesson from Hilton hotels.
<b>IT World:</b> "Look around you. If you're in an office or coffee shop where people are using Windows, chances are someone's PC is now, or recently has been, part of a botnet."
<b>MyThoughts:</b> "For all the people who are waiting for the Linux 2.6.34 kernel for Ubuntu the wait is over. The kernel is available for Ubuntu Lucid right now, the downside is that you have to compile it yourself, the upside there's an article for that."
<b>Steaming Open Cup:</b> "Speculations are rife that Google has finally decided to put an end to fragmentation in the Android OS. Will we really start seeing an overwhelming majority of Android smartphones running the same version?"
<b>IT World:</b> "The Linux marketplace has matured. The heavy lifting has been done," she said. "Working with the CodePlex Foundation is addressing the next generation of challenges."
<b>OSNews:</b> "Another article on intellectual property enforcement? Yes, since I consider this to be the most important struggle technology has to face over the coming decade."
In a bid to make its Bing search engine more social networking-oriented, Microsoft adds Facebook feeds and also shows off updated tools for Webmasters.
<b>The Register: </b>"Opera 10.53 beta for Linux and FreeBSD is the first Unix beta of Evenes, the browser built atop the company's new Carakan JavaScript engine."
<b>Daniweb:</b> "Google does a lot of things well, maybe too well, and it's adding to its portfolio of tools on a weekly basis. At some point you have to look at the number of pies in which Google has its fingers and start to get a little frightened of this company."
<b>Desktop Linux Reviews: </b>"KahelOS is essentially a remastered version of Arch Linux. Arch Linux has always had a reputation as being somewhat inaccessible to average desktop users, and KahelOS is an attempt to make Arch Linux more accessible to more people."
<b>Phoronix:</b> "to test the performance claims of Arch versus others, we have compared the performance of the newest Arch 2010.05 media against Ubuntu Linux."
Apple's iPads are flying out the door even faster than the iPhone's initial debut. If you're planning to justify the expense, here are the five best apps to help you put that toy, um, mobile device to work.
While the Mozilla Jetpack SDK is still a work in progress, it is set to be an integrated part of the upcoming Firefox 4 release and continues to gain new features and capabilities with each new SDK release.