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09.10.10

Broadcom offers a Linux WiFi driver - Inquirer

Broadcom offers a Linux WiFi driverInquirerWhile other wireless chipset manufacturers like Intel have been knocking out open source Linux drivers for years, Broadcom is way behind the curve on ...

09.09.10

FSF sides with Google over Oracle

It took a while, and that delay may be telling in terms of the underlying issue, but the Free Software Foundation has finally issued a public statement on the Oracle-Google Java suit.They side with Google.(FSF logo from Wikimedia.)

09.07.10

Google pits the law against its open source designs

Could Google’s PR machine be hiding a weak legal case?Google made its case recently to The New York Times, arguing that Oracle is trying to “take back” Java, and the Times got a law professor to call the case part of an “open source proxy war” in which open source is used as a weapon.

09.06.10

Google Wave goes open sauce - Inquirer

TopNews New ZealandGoogle Wave goes open sauceInquirer

09.06.10

O2 releases Android 2.1 update for Dell's Streak - Inquirer

Geeky gadgetsO2 releases Android 2.1 update for Dell's StreakInquirer

08.30.10

Google makes a risky play for the gallery

The Great Google is wearing sackcloth and ashes this week, whipping up public resentment against legal rival Oracle by staying away from JavaOne, and quietly encouraging sales of James Gosling’s nifty anti-Oracle t-shirts. (Picture from Cafepress.)