Twilio Cloud Communications announced the release of OpenVBX, an enterprise telephony solution that provides Google Voice like functionality and scalable performance. Unfortunately Twilio doesn't offer hosting, leaving that up to an admin to decide.
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OLPC's New XO for 90,000 Teens in Uruguay
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OLPC has just been awarded an order from Plan Ceibal for 90,000 XO's for teenagers in Uruguay. Yes, there will be a new XO specially for teenagers. Uruguay already has 380,000 of the original XOs for younger children, and now the kids can graduate to one designed for them as they mature. It's to be a dual boot laptop. Note not triple boot. No Microsoft in this picture at all.
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Linux PC Robot < 500$ DIY Linux robot
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Looking for a cheap DIY Linux robot? This is the Linux PC robot project. The objective of LinuxPCRobot is to build a fully functional robotic development platform for $500 or less using linux, commonly available components, a little skill, and some good old fashioned scrounging.
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Firefox Losing Foothold on Linux Distros?
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When you install the Ubuntu Netbook Edition in October, don’t look for Firefox on the desktop — it won’t be there. Chromium, Chrome’s open source cousin, is going to be taking its place. After years of desktop dominance on Linux, is Firefox losing its foothold or is this an anomaly?
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GNOME Desktop Comes to One Laptop Per Child
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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) announced the inclusion of the GNOME desktop environment in its XO-1.5 line of computers. The inclusion of GNOME allows for students to quickly move from a learning environment to a productivity environment quickly and easily.
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Fragmentation: The FUD That Never Dies
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Why the "fragmentation" slur against Free software no longer applies without the messenger being extremely hypocritical
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Skobbler brings open source maps to UK iPhones
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The navigation application for iPhone 3G and 3GS uses data from the Open Street Map Project to display maps on a user's device, supports turn-by-turn driving directions and is now available in the UK and Ireland
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Almost Every Installation of GNU/Linux is a Download of OpenOffice.org
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A quick analysis of office suites market share, a word about Microsoft's semi-exclusion of GNU/Linux from Office, and a criticism/assessment of lack of value in the next release
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Apple iPad: Helping or Hurting Ubuntu Mobile Internet Devices?
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At first glance, it will be difficult for Canonical and Ubuntu to compete with Apple's dominant iPad in the tablet market. But now that I've had some time to really think about the situation, I think the iPad will help to re-ignite Ubuntu's Mobile Internet Device (MID) effort against Microsoft Windows. Here's why.
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Universities Choose Thin Clients to Cut Costs
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Virtual desktops help to save energy at schools and other organizations. Raydesk is an open-source based solution that helps to integrate diverse operating system environments on one desktop.
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Q7 Linux MID nice but missing most important feature
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This is the Q7, a very nice mobile Internet device available running ubuntu or android. It has 1080p HD video playback and that could make it a top gadget. Sadly it's missing one important feature I really think is a no-go for a device like this.
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ZaReason Verix Notebook
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One year ago we reviewed the ZaReason Ion Breeze computer that was built around NVIDIA's ION platform with an Intel Atom CPU, but today we are looking at our first ZaReason notebook and it boasts some very high-end hardware.
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Linux Is Winning
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Linux doesn’t have a CEO. Consequently, there’s no annual keynote hosted by a charismatic alpha male. But if it did, and if there were a conference covering the first half of this year, the first speech would start with three words: ‘Linux is winning’.
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No Ubuntu for tablets
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Ubuntu sponsor Mark Shuttleworth has made clear that rumours circulating in recent days of a special version of Ubuntu Linux for tablets are based on a misunderstanding
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Canonical: Ubuntu tablets due early 2011
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Ubuntu-based tablets could hit the market as early as the first quarter of 2011, says a Canonical exec. "The devices world is a really exciting space right now and we're really bullish on it," Canonical VP of alliances and OEM services told Network World.
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