Paid development pays off for LibreOffice for Android

Microsoft .Net's execution engine goes open source Best office apps for Android, round 2

InfoWorld Technology: Open Source February 04, 2015 Paid development pays off for LibreOffice for Android The Document Foundation's gamble delivers rewards with live demos at FOSDEM that show off the latest features in LibreOffice for Android. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Microsoft .Net's execution engine goes open source 2. Best office apps for Android, round 2 3. LibreOffice 4.4 tidies up, inside and out 4. Can Microsoft make R easy? : Kaspersky Lab, Inc. Be the One Who Puts Security on the Agenda eBook You want to maximize the potential offered by new technologies and establish an advantage over your competitors. But you know the latest IT developments can also bring new security challenges. This practical guide helps you align essential IT security with your core business objectives. LEARN MORE Microsoft .Net's execution engine goes open source Continuing with plans to open up its software development technologies, Microsoft this week open-sourced CoreCLR, the .Net execution engine in the .Net Core platform. CoreCLR performs functions such as garbage collection and compilation to machine code. READ MORE Best office apps for Android, round 2 With five Android office suites already duking it out, Microsoft Office jumps into the fray. Find out if it triumphs — or flails. READ MORE LibreOffice 4.4 tidies up, inside and out The release notes boast of much work done under the hood, including a major bug-reducing code scan. But for the first time in a good while, the hood gets a nice polish too. READ MORE Can Microsoft make R easy? Microsoft has a long history of making complicated technology simple to use. It could make R accessible to the point that a tech-savvy, nonprogrammer can do “data science.” READ MORE White Paper: Kaspersky Lab, Inc. 2014 Global IT Risks Report Kaspersky Lab’s report provides a look at the attitudes and strategies toward IT security including insight into the views, opinions and strategies of other IT professionals and valuable data to help benchmark your IT security against industry peers. LEARN MORE DAILY NEWS, DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX FIRST THING Start your workday with Today's Headlines: First Look, and find out what the tech world will be talking about all day. Subscribe now!