As open source predictions for 2012 continue to be shared, some trends are already starting to emerge. AT&T has launched a new cloud offering, the mobile space saw the release of Tizen’s OS source code and open source methodologies are helping to advance the medical research field. Here are some highlights from these stories and more:
- In his blog, “TV for Human Beings: Ubuntu Linux,” Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols discusses the Canonical release of Ubuntu TV at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
- Jay Lyman expanded on his open source predictions for 2012 in the LinuxInsider article, “Open Source: Not Just for Tech Anymore.”
- The big announcement of AT&T joining OpenStack to run their new open source cloud, AT&T Cloud Architect, was covered by Gavin Clarke in The Register article, “AT&T joins ‘Linux for cloud’, boosts HTML5 apps.”
- On his ComputerWeekly blog, Adrian Bridgwater wrote about Google Labs releasing the code for their 3D visualization of the human body: “Google open sources Zygote 3D human body viewer.”
- Medical Xpress published a story on the set of advanced robotic surgery systems that have been developed by major medical research laboratories across the US: “‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs.”
- John Ribeiro reported on the alpha release of the Tizen operating system source code, in the TechWorld article, “Tizen open source mobile OS releases source code.”
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