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Fedora braves the first release of Gnome 3.0. Living up to its reputation for being one of the more adventurous Linux distributions on offer, Fedora 15's alpha release includes Gnome 3.0.

Mark Shuttleworth names next Ubuntu release and lays out future plans. Oneiric Ocelot. It's the name of the next release of Ubuntu, which was announced earlier this week by Ubuntu chief Mark Shuttleworth.

It's taken a while but now HP has joined the mobile fray with its WebOS devices. While everyone at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is watching the Nokia-Microsoft partnership kick off there is other news worth watching: HP's WebOS strategy.

Everything is moving to the Web, including the tools being used to build applications. Ask any serious software developer which programming tools they use and the chances are that you will hear the name 'Eclipse' more than a few times. Eclipse is one of the most popular programming IDEs, or integrated development environments.

The proliferation of highly portable tablet PCs and the range of new operating systems these devices use has caught the IT security industry napping

“App” has been voted the 2010 word of the year by the American Dialect Society, tragically beating out “nom” in a run-off vote. Most people know that “app” is hardly a new word, just a word that has newfound popularity outside the realm of geekdom. Similarly, the concept of the app store. Using a central repository for a platform's software isn't a new idea. Neither is attaching a price to that software. What is relatively new is the popularity of such software repositories.

Mandriva Linux's latest release is testament to the work done by developers to make it one of the easiest to use Linux releases ever.

Returned from your holidays with thousands of photos? Here are five tools to make organising and editing your photos more fun.

Still storing data on your local hard drive? It's time to get with the times. Cloud storage - files saved remotely on Internet-based servers - is the new big thing. Cloud storage also means that your data is safe if your hard disk dies and it is also with you when you're on the road.

Ubuntu chief Mark Shuttleworth is making some bold and potentially risky decisions about the future of Ubuntu Linux. It's been almost a year since Mark Shuttleworth relinquished the reins at Canonical, stepping down as CEO to take a more hands-on approach in the company that is the backer of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Judging by the various sharp turns Ubuntu has taken in the past year his steerage is starting to have an effect.

Fedora release heads into cloud with bag-full of developer tools and virtualisation tech. When it comes to Linux distributions one of the best of them is Fedora, the community version of Linux giant Red Hat. Following close on the heels of the release of Ubuntu 10.10 last month, Fedora developers last night released version 14 of the operating system.

There are around 90 000 apps in the Android marketplace. We suggest 10 worth looking at. Google's Android operating system is gaining popularity fast and its application marketplace is growing at break-neck speed. Already the marketplace lists around 90 000 applications, not as many as the iPhone's 300 000, but still a pretty impressive count.

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, is leaving the company. There are a couple of moments in Microsoft's long history that will be remembered as when the company changed forever. One of those is, naturally, when Bill Gates handed over the reins. The other will be the day that Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, leaves the building.

It could be too late for Microsoft to re-enter the mobile market. A lot has been written about Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 since it's official launch earlier this month. Most commentators are split down the middle: those that think Windows Phone 7 is the iPhone challenger users have been waiting for, and those that think that Windows Phone 7 is simply too late.

Cloud services are the chief focus of Google's Chrome 8 version. Google this week rolled out the first development versions of Chrome 8, the latest vein of its development browser. The primary focus for Chrome 8 is on cloud-based services, probably with Google's Chrome OS imminent release in mind.

Linux fans today celebrated one of the geekiest days of the year with the release of Ubuntu 10.10, otherwise known as Maverick Meerkat.

Two weeks left before Microsoft ends Windows XP sales. Windows XP no moreIt's been delayed more than once but now finally Microsoft is pulling the plug on Windows XP. From October 22, PC users will no longer be able to buy a PC with Windows XP pre-installed. Instead they will have to buy a Windows 7 version. It's the final call for what has been one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems.

Google says its new Chrome version has some serious speed. Thought the limits of browser speed had already been reached? Perhaps not. Google now claims to have something even better up its sleeve. According to its Chromium blog the version 7 of the Chrome browser could get a healthy speed boost.

Mandriva Linux gets a new lease on life and a new name. Mandriva Linux has once again escaped a potential grave and will live on as Mageia. This is not the first time that Mandriva has undergone a resuscitation and name-change.

Are hundreds of different Linux versions a good or a bad thing for open source? Every so often every Linux advocate is subjected, yet again, to the question: "Are there too many Linux distributions?"