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• — Latest Tizen sightings: Samsung phone, Intel laptop demo

     (Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:27)

  Days after releasing version 2.1 of the Linux-based Tizen mobile operating system, Samsung confirmed an upcoming GT-I8805 Tizen smartphone, and Intel demonstrated a laptop running Tizen 3.0 in a GNOME shell. Other developments around this week’s Tizen Developers Conference include a Tizen App Challenge and 2013 phone launch promises from NTT DoCoMo and Orange. On [...]

• — Microsoft Snoops In Skype, Dissed By HP & More

     (Saturday, 25 May 2013 05:32)

  What is Microsoft going to do about this? Threaten to play hardball and make it difficult for HP’s PC division? We think not. Ballmer can hardly afford to do that; the PC market is the only coin in his pocket. Besides, CEO Whitman is probably prepared for that possibility. We wouldn’t be surprised to discover that she and Shuttleworth have already been becoming phone pals–just in case Ballmer decides to shoot himself in the foot.

• — It Seems I Won't Be Writing For Linux Advocates After All

     (Saturday, 25 May 2013 03:38)

  Today it became clear that I wouldn't be writing for Linux Advocates after all. I've learned a lot in the past week and I've come to the conclusion that this is for the best.

• — Going All the Way: GPL’ing Our Theme

     (Saturday, 25 May 2013 01:44)

  If you’ve been vising our site for awhile now (thanks, by the way), you’ve certainly noticed that things have been looking a little less…terrible, as of late. We’ve been working on turning “The Powerbase” into a more modern and aesthetically pleasing site, and the recent change of theme is a major step in that direction.

• — Zend Framework 2 Tool (ZFTool) Introduction

     (Friday, 24 May 2013 23:49)

  ZFTool is an utility module for maintaining modular Zend Framework 2 applications. It runs from the command line and can be installed as ZF2 module or as PHAR.