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Introversion brings two of their classic titles to the Ubuntu Software Centre. Introversion Software, indie developer of hits Darwinia and Uplink, have now launched the aforementioned titles on the Ubuntu Software Centre. The titles are currently selling for US$10 each.

OpenSuse 11.4 rolled out with more polish, speed and a new office suite. The OpenSuse developers have issued a new release and version 11.4 of the Linux operating system is as good as ever. The big changes in this release of OpenSuse, the community edition of Suse Enterprise Linux, include a speed boost, the new LibreOffice suite and all the latest KDE and Gnome improvements.

Looking for the best web experience on your Android device? We look at some of the Android browsers available.

Google released a stable version of Chrome 9 earlier this month but now the company has also pushed out a beta version of Chrome 10. As usual, there are many speed enhancements as well as changes in synchronisation and some of the dialog boxes. The biggest, or at least the most noticeable of the changes in Chrome 10 is the completely revamped settings interface. Google has completely redone the settings options which are now presented as a tab rather than a dialogue box.

The granddaddy of Linux still a big release for open source. It has been two years since Debian released a new stable version of its Linux operating system, and last week the Debian project, one of the longest-running producers of Linux, released version 6 of its OS, otherwise known as "Squeeze."

Forget Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. We look at five operating systems that are now mostly history

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Linux vendors look to improve user experience with a common Linux app store. Apps are the big thing in technology right now. Any company that has an operating system but doesn't have a dedicated app store is doing it wrong. Traditionally app stores were limited to mobile devices such as the iPod and Android platform but now it looks likely that Linux vendors will also jump on the app store train to spur greater adoption of desktop Linux.

The latest version of Google's mobile OS has a lot riding on its success. Google developers yesterday released Android 3.0, the latest version of the company's mobile operating system. This release of Android (Honeycomb) could well be one of the most important for Google which is gunning for a share of the tablet PC market in addition to the cellphone market share it has already captured.

Google is clearly going to continue its headlong dash into the browser market in 2011, having just released version 10 of its Chrome browser. Just last month users were getting used to the stable release of Chrome 8 and already version 10 is popping up in the development channel.

Given the choice of an Apple iOS or and Android powered device, my choice is clear. At the risk of sounding like a "hater" - I won't be buying an iPad. I know all the cool kids have iPads but I really don't want one. I'm also tired of hearing how "awesome" the iPad is. It's just a tablet PC, for goodness sake. The way some people carry on you'd swear the iPad was the equivalent of finding a cure for cancer or brokering world peace.

The Firefox 4 browser is edging closer to final release but still faces hurdles. Once the darling of the Internet digerati, the Firefox browser is still battling problems to issue a new release. Version 4 of the browser has suffered multiple setbacks and although it now looks likely to be released in February, the delays have caused Firefox to lose some of its shine.

Google's Android mobile phone operating system was one of the winners of 2010, booming in popularity to become the second most popular smartphone OS by the end of the year. Now in 2011 it looks that Google is setting its sights firmly on the tablet market.

Smartphone sales will boom in 2011. We look at some of the best phones coming our way. Looking to buy a smartphone this year? Here is a selection of the best phones coming our way this year.

It was inevitable that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early 2011 would have a fair share of Android-based tablet devices on show. We look at some of the Android devices that will very likely be heading our way this year.

Give open source software a spin. MyBroadband looks at 10 applications you can run on Windows. You don't have to run Linux to use open source software. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of open source applications that you can run on your Windows machine right now. We look at some of the best of these.

Smartphones are now an essential business tool and there are hundreds of applications to choose from. Smartphones are a key part of any businessperson's gadget lineup and Android-based phones are among the most popular. We look at some of the best Android applications on offer.

2010 was the year in which Linux took over. Not that many people will have noticed. As far as media coverage goes, 2010 doesn't appear to have been the best year for Linux. In years gone by it was common to see headlines proclaiming this or that government to be moving to Linux, or this or that company switching to free software. Not so in 2010, where tech media was dominated by tablet PCs, web applications and mobile phones.

Want to get into Linux? MyBroadband takes a look at the ten most popular Linux versions

New versions of Ubuntu Linux are released every six months and most of these are incremental steps forward as Ubuntu tries to evolve into a mainstream desktop operating system. Some have been more exciting than others but on the whole these six-monthly releases are more evolutionary than revolutionary.

It's been just six weeks since the release of Chrome 7 but this week Google pushed out a new version of its browser, Chrome 8. Not happy to rest on its growing market share, the latest Chrome release sports some performance improvements as well as new PDF capabilities. Naturally, bug fixes are a large part of the Chrome 8 release but this is not just a bug-fix release.