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Samsung's new CEO puts spotlight on software

FierceWireless | June 18, 2012

Samsung Electronics' new CEO reiterated the company's push to more firmly establish itself in the software realm as it seeks to fend off competition from the likes of Apple and other technology heavyweights.

Samsung joins Linux Foundation, pledges $500K to support open source

June 6, 2012

Samsung Electronics has joined the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization that oversees the open-source Linux operating system. Samsung signs on as a platinum member, paying $500,000 per year...

Intel scraps MeeGo for Linux-based Android rival Tizen

September 28, 2011

Intel will halt development of its MeeGo open-source mobile platform to throw its support behind Tizen, the new Linux-based cross-architecture device software platform announced Tuesday by the Linux

MeeGo 1.2 release targets tablets and netbooks

FierceDeveloper | May 23, 2011

The Linux Foundation unveiled the project release of its MeeGo 1.2 open-source mobile operating system, promising a baseline for developers and manufacturers to begin creating software for devices

China Mobile joins the Linux Foundation

November 2, 2010

China Mobile, the world's largest telecommunications operator by market value, is joining the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the growth of the Linux open-source

Linux chief: 'We have to do better' to rival Apple

FierceDeveloper | February 1, 2010

Executive director of the Linux Foundation Jim Zemlin maintains that while Linux-based devices can rival with Apple's new iPad tablet on price, the open-source community faces "a ways to go to