While Canadian telcos are still dragging their feet in following the U.S. example of making cellphone data fees more competitive, the U.S. telcos are about to scratch each other’s eyes out after the arrival of Linux-based handsets.
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OpenMoko open sources handset hardware
The developer of Linux mobile phones has open sourced the casing of its handset, releasing the CAD files so users can create their own versions to fit the OpenMoko electronics
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Athens schools promote 'open source' computing
Athens Area Schools is spreading its wisdom on the use of open source computer technology to educators around the state.
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HP preps sexy new ‘Eee PC killer'
Has Asus set off a new price war in the mobile computing landscape? It was only a few years ago that brand-name laptops started to slide in under the $1,000 mark.
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BBC moves Linux into TV production
Expensive and error-prone digital tapes have forced the BBC to look at using computers running Linux to help produce its programmes.
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The next major update of FreeBSD 7, due this December, is in the running to be one of the most impressive FreeBSD releases to da
In a 2005 report the Government quango Becta showed that schools could effect considerable savings by making use of Free Open Source software such as Open Office. In their study they simply looked at “like for like” software replacement using existing networks and computers.
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Ubuntu founder predicts Linux dominance in devices
Led by embedded consumer electronics device deployments, Linux is on "a trajectory to be the emerging platform of choice," says Mark Shuttleworth in an interview. The Canonical founder discusses plans for a user-friendly version of the popular Ubuntu desktop OS just for mobile and embedded devices, among other topics.
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Googly Eyed
After an excruciatingly long time, it looks like Linux is finally taking hold. But maybe we should rename it the Google Operating System because, clearly, the big Daddy Warbucks of search is the wind beneath the wings of Linux these days.
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"$5 iPod" follows in $100 laptop tradition
A Seattle-based nonprofit organization called Literacy Bridge hopes to create a low-cost audio player for the developing world. The $5 "Talking Book" is an iPod-sized flash-based mp3 player that juices up on health, educational, and other audio programming at Linux-based content distribution kiosks.
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IBM, allies offer Microsoft-free PCs for E.Europe
IBM has teamed up with partners in Austria and Poland to offer Microsoft-free personal computers for the eastern European market, IBM said in a statement on Tuesday. [They] said it was offering the PCs based on the open-source Linux operating system together with Red Hat software distributor VDEL of Austria and Polish distributor and services firm LX Polska in response to demand from Russian IT chiefs.
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Linux phone mechanicals published
Mobile phone design company Openmoko has posted industrial design source CAD files for its Linux-based, open source Neo 1973 phone (pictured at left). Openmoko has also committed to providing open source access to the mechanicals for its upcoming Neo Freerunner phone design.
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Digium Asterisk Scores Global Distribution Deal
Digium, one of Asterisk’s strongest proponents, plans to announce a global distribution partnership within two weeks, The VAR Guy has learned. The announcement, expected to be made at VoiceCon Orlando, could accelerate customer interest in open source PBXs and IP telephony systems.
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iTALC promotes learning on a classroom network
iTALC, or Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers, is a didactical tool designed to assist teachers.
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ATI & NVIDIA In The Linux Hollywood
FOSDEM was a week and a half ago, but the SD card containing a few extra pictures just turned up. The first main talk that occurred at FOSDEM was on the major growth of Linux within the motion picture industry and Hollywood. Linux is now the primary operating system being used in the render farms and post-production environments.
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Firefox, open access and the brick wall of mobile operators
Mozilla says it is working hard to convince cellular operators to allow 3G subscribers use mobile Firefox, which, in a nutshell, demonstrates how the operators are resisting open Internet access.
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