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Instapaper is finally available on the Android platform. If you're unfamiliar with the iPhone-originating app, it's an offline reader with a difference. I've always had a problem with offline readers. Offline readers, like the good-looking Pulse, function by pulling in XML feeds online.

Adobe has announced the release of Source Sans Pro, an open source font aimed at software UI use. The font comes in a variety of weights, includes all sources used in its production, and is available from Google Web Fonts

Sadly, just the name. Someone else says they own it Microsoft has dropped "Metro", the name given to the squaretastic user interface for Windows 8 and Windows Phone, claiming it was just a code name all along.…

The second release candidate includes numerous bug fixes and updates as the distribution heads towards its delayed mid-September release

The X.Org Developers' Conference 2012 is happening next month. Unfortunately, continuing to reflect the hastily-managed organization, the board has now come up with a call for presentations...

The Creative Commons online licence chooser tool has been completely rebuilt for "greater clarity and ease of use". The non-profit organisation has also published a second draft of version 4.0 of its suite of licences

In a statement focusing on transparency and open processes, the three organisations make their opposition to the ITU's opacity and closed nature clear

The first release candidate of the Linux 3.6 kernel is now available and she's packing many changes...

OpenSUSE 12.2 Release Candidate 2 is now available as the latest development version of this delayed Linux distribution that's seeking a new direction...

A new bipartisan bill submitted to the US House of Representatives proposes that the losing party in an IT patent lawsuit should bear all the legal costs

The kernel developers have added the VFIO userspace driver framework and a hybrid standby option to Linux 3.6. The 64-bit ARM code will be called "arm64" after all. The widely used software collection util-linux has been extended to include a range of new tools

I was recently contacted by Earl Malmrose of ZaReason, who wanted to know if I'd like to review ZaReason's new Linux-based desktop computer, built around the new Intel 6-Core processor and quad channel memory.

Educational initiative One Laptop per Child is to equip the next generation of its XO laptop with a Neonode touchscreen. No release date and no other details about the device have been revealed

Word has leaked out that Nokia will be shutting down their Brisbane Australia office next month. This is the office that's responsible for developing and maintaining several Qt components...

Following yesterday's news of a massive power regression within the Linux 3.5 kernel, James Bottomley has uncovered the kernel commit causing excessive power usage...

At the request of many Phoronix readers following the release of updated Arch Linux media, here are some new Arch Linux benchmarks. However, this is not just Arch vs. Ubuntu, but rather a larger Linux distribution performance comparison. In this article are benchmark results from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, CentOS 6.2, Fedora 17, Slackware 14.0 Beta, and Arch Linux.

Linux distro world is no longer just about Red Hat, Ubuntu and SUSE

Warsow 1.0 was released on Sunday as a major update to this multi-platform open-source game that actually has good game artwork, is quite unique and interesting, and serves as a decent Linux OpenGL benchmark...

The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has voiced concerns about what could happen to source code distributed under free software licences if the company providing the software goes bankrupt and enters insolvency proceedings. Especially in Germany, the current rules in this area of law are not well explored. Speaking to The H's associates at heise open, Matthias Kirschner, who coordinates German matters for the foundation, explained that a bankruptcy court in Germany could currently rescind the free software licence and all rights granted by it after the fact.

For at least some hardware, it looks like the Linux 3.5 kernel has regressed and is burning through noticeably more power than its predecessor. Over the weekend a new mailing list thread began that was entitled "Massive power regression going 3.4->3.5" pertaining to a power problem in this most recent Linux kernel release. This just wasn't a random user complaining of a "massive power regression" but James Bottomley, a Linux kernel developer veteran.