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• Ubuntu to run on tablets, smartphones and TVs, canonical founder says

  Canonical is working with hardware vendors to port Ubuntu to smartphones, tablet computers and Internet TVs, founder Mark Shuttleworth has told journalists.

• CIO Summit: South East Water embarks on green IT initiative

  Under constant pressure driven by both the global financial crisis and climate change, Australian water utility, South East Water (SEW) identified a need to clean up its carbon footprint.

• Canon projector makes 80-inch screen from an inch away

  Canon's new projector can produce 80-inch images when positioned an inch away from a screen or wall, it announced on Tuesday.

• Excited for Ubuntu Linux 11.10? The countdown has begun

  It may not compare with the hype that comes out of Cupertino or Redmond, but there's no denying that the new This Is the Countdown” website launched in the past few days adds a considerable dose of excitement to the upcoming launch of Ubuntu 11.10, or Oneiric Ocelot.

• Canon, Oracle to develop document processing technology

  Canon will work with Oracle to integrate its business copiers and printers with the software giant's database and server products.

• Countdown to Ubuntu 11.10: The first beta version arrives

  Just a few weeks following the official feature freeze on Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot,”the first beta version of Canonical's free and open source Linux distribution was released on Sept. 1.

• Linux Foundation chief: 'You are an idiot' if you don't give back to open source

  Linux is the granddaddy of all open source projects, the blueprint for the decentralized development processes. And some of those who use the Linux code, free for the taking, don't give back in equal measure. Still, the time for cajoling those users -- even commercial projects like Ubuntu leader Canonical -- into participating is over, says Jim Zemlin, executive director of the nonprofit Linux Foundation.

• Canon print acquistion boosts CSG results

  The acquisition of Canon’s print services group has helped IT services company CSG (ASX: CSV) record solid increases in revenue and profit for the year to 30 June 2011.

• Ubuntu breaks from the Linux pack

  Ubuntu 11.04 (nicknamed Natty Narwhal) marks a decided change in direction for the Linux-based operating system. The biggest change is that Canonical, the organizer of Ubuntu, is replacing the Gnome/KDE desktop environment with a new user interface called Unity.

• Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says

  Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth is a big fan of Google Chrome, and says the browser could replace the standard Firefox in future versions of Ubuntu Linux.

• Nine features we may see in Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot'

  Canonical's Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" may still be occupying much of the Linux world's attention, but at last week's Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest, the next version of the free and open source Linux distribution began to take form.

• Canonical services boss quits, in another departure from Ubuntu firm

  Neil Levine, Canonical's VP of services, has quit the company and joined a small cloud systems management business.

• Natty Narwhal: The first Linux for newbies?

  Whenever a new version of an operating system is released, it's common to see a wave of reviews following on its heels, assessing how the software compares with what came before it and weighing its new pros and cons.

• Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' makes splashy bebut

  Culminating months of increasingly eager anticipation, Canonical on Thursday released the final version of Ubuntu 11.04, also known as Natty Narwhal.

• Power and transport trouble Japanese IT makers after quake

  Japan's major electronics companies took stock of their problems on Monday, as the country struggles to come to terms with the scale of devastation following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.