Ubuntu falls behind Fedora, Mint, openSUSE

26 Nov, 2011, 1:13 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Linux 3 Comments

According to the latest ranking list put forth by DistroWatch, popular OS, Ubuntu has lost out on its top position to Fedora, ... More

Windows XP turns 10, loses global usage to Windows 7

24 Oct, 2011, 12:55 pm IST Naina Khedekar Windows 1 Comments

 Windows XP has been around for a decade and unscathed by successors (read Vista). Launched in 2001, it was widely accepted even after 2006 when More

Google accuses Microsoft of 'extortion' over Android

30 Sep, 2011, 5:48 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General 1 Comments

Yesterday, we learnt that South Korea-based Samsung Electronics agreed to pay Microsoft, fees (royalty) for every Galaxy S II smartphone and, or Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet it shipped, since they were based on Android – a platform whose patents, Microsoft claims that it owns. More

Samsung to pay Microsoft royalty

29 Sep, 2011, 5:08 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Software 1 Comments

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics will now pay Microsoft for every Android-based handset or tablet it sells, hereon as royalty fees. More

Intel, Samsung to lead new Linux platform

28 Sep, 2011, 12:37 pm IST Reuters Software

Two Linux groups said on Wednesday that they would combine their technologies to create a new operating software platform for a range of mobile devices led by Intel and Samsung Electronics. More

Security breach hits Linux Foundation sites, down for maintenance

12 Sep, 2011, 11:04 am IST Rossi Fernandes Web services

The latest victims of a hack attack are sites belonging to the Linux Foundation. More

QNAP expands their Turbo NAS lineup with 8 and 10 drive NAS boxes

29 Aug, 2011, 4:03 pm IST Roydon Cerejo NAS

QNAP Systems Inc. have expanded their business series desktop Turbo NAS servers with larger capacities that can now hold up to 8 and 10 drives. More

Linux turns 20 today

25 Aug, 2011, 4:14 pm IST tech2 News Staff NAS

25th August 1991 was the day when Linux was conceptualised by a student at University of Helsinki named Linus Torvalds. More

Windows 7 Still a PC Favorite

10 Aug, 2011, 4:54 pm IST Anuradha Shetty NAS 3 Comments

According to a recent research report published by Gartner, Microsoft’s popular, latest operating system, Windows 7 will be able to successfully counter all competition in the OS space. More

VisionMobile Report: Android Not a Very 'Open' Platform

06 Aug, 2011, 3:20 pm IST Rossi Fernandes Android 2 Comments

One of the reasons for Android’s success is the belief that it’s an open operating system and people generally tend to like that. More

Acer Introduces 'Gorgeous by Nature' Series of Notebooks

03 Aug, 2011, 5:48 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Notebooks 1 Comments

Acer has just launched a new notebook line-up under the ‘Gorgeous by Nature’ banner, which uses ‘earthy’ colors like Amazon Green, Pacific Blue, Desert Brown, Sunset Red and Monsoon Black. More

Buying Guide - Netbooks

27 Jul, 2011, 4:40 pm IST Rossi Fernandes Netbooks 1 Comments

Netbooks are just all over the place and everyone seems to be been going wild about them. More

Simmtronics Launches India's First Solar-powered Desktop

21 Jul, 2011, 6:05 pm IST Roydon Cerejo Desktops 3 Comments

How’s this for green computing? Simmtronics Semiconductors have launched a new range of desktop PCs that are powered completely by solar energy. More

Inspan Launches ADATA C008 Line of Pen Drives

19 Jul, 2011, 5:38 pm IST Nigel Almeida USB Pen drives

Inspan Infotech has just announced the availability of 4GB and 8GB Pen Drives from ADATA. More

Adobe Flashes Flash 11 Beta

14 Jul, 2011, 11:27 am IST Rossi Fernandes USB Pen drives

Adobe Flash is used across all platforms on the desktop as well as mobiles. Adobe has released a new version of the runtime - 11 (Beta 1 11.0.1.60). More

Android Now Invited to Ubuntu's Cloud

01 Jul, 2011, 10:42 am IST Rossi Fernandes USB Pen drives 2 Comments

Ubuntu is the first distribution that comes to mind when you think about Linux. One of the unique features introduced by Canonical, the company behind the distribution... More

Mozilla Announces Thunderbird 5

01 Jul, 2011, 10:12 am IST Aaron Almeida USB Pen drives

In keeping pace with Firefox, Mozilla’s email client Thunderbird have also adopted the rapid release cycle with the latest version of Thunderbird 5. More

Chinese Search Engine Baidu Creating Android Clone

29 Jun, 2011, 3:44 pm IST Rossi Fernandes Smartphones

Android’s popularity has risen to a point where other companies want to create a similar operating system. More

One of Opera's Founders, Jon Von Tetzchner Quits

25 Jun, 2011, 11:26 am IST Rossi Fernandes Smartphones

One of they key people behind Opera Software, Jon Von Tetzchner has put in his papers at the company following disagreements with the board. More

Mozilla Firefox 5 Leaked

20 Jun, 2011, 10:54 am IST Rossi Fernandes Smartphones

The popular web browser from Mozilla, Firefox 4 was just released a few months back. More