Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news

The latest rotten deeds of Microsoft may be found below, mixed within positive Linux and Open Source news.

LibreOffice debugs and buffs up to v.3.5

 
The Document Foundation (TDF) has announced the release of LibreOffice 3.5, which it modestly describes as “the best free office suite ever.”
Feb 2012
15

Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole

 
Microsoft will this week issue nine security bulletins to fix 21 vulnerabilities, with four labelled "critical" and the rest "important".  The company on Thursday said the critical fixes would address flaws that could allow remote code execution in Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, and Silverlight, Microsoft's web development tool.
Feb 2012
13

UK.gov: We really are going to start buying open-source from SMEs

 
Open source and open standards are the direction for UK government IT, the civil servant leading the government's technology change agenda has said.  Liam Maxwell, Cabinet Office director of ICT futures, said Tuesday in London that open source has grown up and it's time to dispel lingering misconceptions about this technology and development process.
Feb 2012
10

RIM's Blackberry 10 Native SDK will be open source

 
CANADIAN PHONE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has said the Native software development kit (SDK) for Blackberry 10 will be committed to open source.
Feb 2012
10

Buyers Lining up for Raspberry Pi's $25 PC

 
Raspberry Pi Foundation's US$25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive open-source hardware.
Feb 2012
10

Ready for Another Linux Tablet? Meet the Rugged Trimble Yuma

 
February seems to be shaping up to be the month of Linux tablets. Just last week we saw the announcement of the forthcoming Spark tablet running Mer Linux and KDE, which has caused plenty of excitement among Linux fans.
Feb 2012
10

Eight features Windows 8 'borrowed' from Linux

 
Though Windows 8 and Linux distributions differ greatly from each other in design, ideology and -- last but not least -- their primary audience, they're all built on the same basic principles of OS design so there's bound to be some overlap. And while Microsoft has long been accused of stealing from the open source community, according to some Linux fans, it's getting to the point where Microsoft simply appropriates good Linux features.
Feb 2012
10

Microsoft to issue more critical patches next week for Win7 than XP

 
Microsoft today said it would deliver nine security updates next week, four of them critical, to patch 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .Net and Silverlight.
Feb 2012
10

Microsoft Shift on Industry-Standard Patents Aimed at Google

 
Microsoft Corp.’s vow to negotiate with competitors over industry-standard patents, instead of trying to block their products, marks a change from the company’s position less than a year ago. Microsoft’s policy doesn’t bar the company from seeking bans on the use of patented technology that isn’t part of an industry standard or from suing to demand compensation for the use of the essential patents.
Feb 2012
09

Motorola wants patent royalties from Xbox, Windows 7

 
Florian Mueller, an intellectual property analyst who tracks worldwide patent disputes in his Foss Patents blog, says a court in Germany seems inclined to side with Motorola in the company's patent fight with Microsoft in which Motorola would like Microsoft to pay it royalties of 2.25 percent in sales of Windows 7 and Xbox 360, among other products.
Feb 2012
08
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Google, Microsoft butt heads over IE privacy skirting
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EuroParliament to exclude Free Software with patents and FRAND
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