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Android 2.2 Froyo Source Code Available Today

It’s still not hitting the bulk of Nexus Ones as far as we can tell, but for what it’s worth, Google has unleashed the source code for Android 2.2 today, which is a solid sign that the code’s been bulletproofed to the Open Handset Alliance’s satisfaction and is ready for deployment across a number of phones from different manufacturers and carriers…

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Red Hat Launches Hybrid Cloud Platform

Red Hat releases Cloud Foundation, a package of software and services for running hybrid clouds

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The Eclipse Helios “Release Train”

The Eclipse project has announced the arrival of its annual “release train,” called Helios. “The Helios release is the largest release train produced by the Eclipse community, including 39 different project teams, over 33 million lines of code and the work of 490 committers…

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Quest to Combine Oracle with Hadoop

A new tool is to provide data exchange facilities between the free Hadoop MapReduce database and the classic relational Oracle

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MontaVista Spins Linux Development Platform for Cortex-A9

MontaVista Software, LLC, announced the availability of what’s claimed to be the first commercial Linux distribution and toolchain optimized for ARM Cortex-A9 processors. Offered as a market specific distribution (MSD) package for MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6), the software includes a toolchain optimized for the multicore-enabled Cortex-A9 architecture, says the Cavium subsidiary….

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Office Web Apps, Google Docs Go Head-to-Head

The online versions of Microsoft Word and Excel challenge longtime Web-app leader Google Docs, while PowerPoint takes on Zoho Show in the online-presentation category.

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Intel’s Chief Wizard Conjures the Cloud, Apple and a Phone That Keep Secrets [Interview]

If anybody knows the future of computing, it might be Intel CTO and Labs chief Justin Rattner. So we had to ask him, “What’s next?” Well, for one, Intel Inside your phone. More »

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Android Apps: Shifty Little Bleeders

Bit malwarey here and there

A fifth of Android applications aren’t playing fair, according to SMobile Systems which reckons that mobile application marketplaces are rife with malware.…

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SIIA Cracks Down on European Software Pirates

After years of investigating and prosecuting U.S.-based software pirates, the trade association turns its attention thieves based in Europe.

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IT Security: Think Smart, Not Expensive

Gartner urges enterprises to adopt practical security measures when it comes to safeguarding their data — and that doesn’t always mean spending a lot.

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