Want to hack on Facebook’s servers? Now you can

Today, Facebook announced it is opening up its fancy, redesigned data centers to help hardware hackers learn from and improve on their designs.

The Open Compute Foundation, announced today, will allow anyone to access the designs and specifications for Facebook’s …

Hi5 confirms 28 job cuts as it dumps open source for Windows servers

Social network Hi5 has cut 28 jobs after completing a migration from open source servers to ones based on Microsoft’s .Net software. The move was part of a larger plan to shift the social network toward social gaming and commerce.…

MapR makes friends of Hadoop and the enterprise, raises $20M

Enterprise software provider MapR announced a $20 million second round of funding today, with the goal of making Hadoop easier for companies to use.

Hadoop is open source software that allows companies to store data on clusters of cheaper servers …

Social incubator YouWeb raises $2M

Technology company incubator YouWeb has spawned incredibly successful social and mobile game companies. Now the Burlingame, Calif.-based incubator has raised $2 million in funding for itself.

YouWeb is raising the money from existing investors to help fuel its expansion. The …

Mozilla: Firefox 6 will be officially ready tomorrow

Though several reports have suggested users can download the new Mozilla Firefox 6 browser early from the company’s FTP server, Mozilla says that version is not final and the real build will be available tomorrow.

“As part of Mozilla’s open …

Cloud-based app-development startup Cloud9 raises $5.5M

Cloud9, a cloud-based app-development startup, closed a $5.5 million first round of funding from Accel Partners and Atlassian Software, the company announced today.

Cloud9 is a web-based programming environment for developers to create and run both web and mobile applications …

Symbian CEO Lee Williams steps down

Symbian Foundation CEO Lee Williams has stepped down from his position citing “personal reasons”, Mobile Industry Review reports.

The foundation is a non-profit organization, founded in June 2008, that spearheads the development of the Symbian mobile operating system. Williams served …