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Ubuntu: One OS, one interface, all devices Summary:  Canonical believes that Ubuntu can be one operating system and Unity the one interface you need for your PC, your smartphone, and your tablet. Here's how they'll do it. For years,  Ubuntu  and its parent company  Canonical  has been pursuing a single dream: One operating system and one interface,  Unity , for PCs, tablets, and smartphones. That dream is now becoming a reality. Say hello to Canonical's Unity interface vision for PCs, smartphones, and tablets. The recent headlines have been about Canonical's crowd-sourcing of its hybrid smartphone/PC, Ubuntu Edge, but Canonical's plan of one integrated operating system and interface for all platforms predates it by years. While Unity is known better as an easy-to-use Linux desktop interface for beginners, Canonical has been aiming  Unity at the smartphone and tablet market since it was introduced in October 2010 . It's on...

Oracle to halt development of Sun virtualization technologies Summary:  Oracle will soon be announcing that it's discontinuing development of its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Sun Ray software and hardware, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client product lines. Oracle   has decided to stop development on its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Sun Ray Software and Hardware, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client product lines. Some Oracle partners, which received the news over the weekend, are not happy with this change. In a  document detailing the support policies for this virtualization software and hardware (Link requires Oracle support account) , Oracle said, "In an effort to more tightly align Oracle's future desktop virtualization portfolio investments with Oracle Corporation's overall core business strategy, we have ended new feature development for Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software , Oracle Virtual Desktop Client (OVDC) Software, Oracle...

New hints on what's coming next for Microsoft Surface, Skype, Windows Phone Summary:  Microsoft is calling its fiscal 2014 its biggest year of innovation ever. Here's the slide that shows why. Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner shared some new hints about what's coming during what he called Microsoft's "biggest innovation year ever" during Day 3 of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference. Turner showed this slide at the end of his remarks on July 10: (Sorry it's a bit blurry; I captured it from Microsoft's video feed. It also is not arranged in chronological order, as far as I can tell; it's just a collection of product launch points.) We already knew Microsoft had committed to launching Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Visual Studio 2013, SQL Server 2014, System Center 2012 R2 and a host of other "Blue" wave of products during this coming fiscal year. (Microsoft's FY 14 runs from July 1, 201...

Yahoo acquiring 'smart address book' Xobni Summary:  Yahoo might be looking to take over your mobile phone from every possible angle, including where you store your contacts. Yahoo  can't seem to go one week without adding another startup to the portfolio. Just before everyone takes off for Independence Day, the rejuvenated technology giant is making moves to acquire Xobni , a self-described "smart address book." With products for Microsoft Outlook and Gmail, Xobni ( or "inbox" spelled backwards ) developed a platform that essentially aggregated everyone you have possibly contacted (whether it's via email, text message, phone call, etc.) and tried to unify and organize that data to provide more comprehensive contact files. Those files were also populated with updates from Facebook and Twitter. Xobni also offered  teams and enterprise subscription options  for automatically managing emails, contacts, and folders with little to no ...