Have you ever thought about all of the places Linux has been popping up lately? It's not just in your computer anymore. Linux is powering mobile phones, handheld gaming consoles, GPS systems, e-book readers, and more. Personally, I'm waiting for the Linux refrigerator, the Ubuntu frigidaire, which will be fast, cold, and powerful enough to churn out ice cubes like there's no tomorrow. Unfortunately, this article isn't about the next generation of refrigerators, but it is about another common household electronic device that we use everyday: our television set.
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Google and Dell tipped to reveal iPhone rival plans
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Speculation is mounting that Google is plotting the launch of a mobile phone in partnership with computer giant Dell.
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Motorola responds to Nokia's Trolltech buy
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Motorola has responded to the news earlier this week that rival Nokia plans to purchase Trolltech, long-time supplier of the graphical development framework used in Motorola's Linux phones. In a nutshell, the response boils down to, "We were over Qt, anyway."
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California company introduces new mobile Linux platform
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Another mobile Linux platform, this time from Azingo, hit the market on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software.
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IBM adds Linux apps support to Unix servers
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IBM has added a new capability to its virtualization platform that will allow Linux applications to run on IBM's Unix servers, the company announced Tuesday.
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The Linux kernel: now and then
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When Linus Torvalds was writing his kernel way back in the 1990s, he was working in a small bedroom in an average house in Finland and using hardware that wasn't exactly top of the range.
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Progress drives Linux, greed drives Windows Vista
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MIT just announced that it will offer a new class focused on building mobile applications for the Linux-based Google Android. The class is already full and is a small example of how students believe open source is making progress in the mobile industry.
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Linux phones: a fragmented market in search of a leader (Google?)
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About five years ago, it was clear to me that personal computers would disappear… in our pockets. Along many other analysts, I could see computers getting smaller and smaller, and mobile phones getting busier and busier. Eventually, my dream-prediction said, it wouldn’t quite be “one computer on every desk” but a much more exciting “one computer in every pocket, and one monitor/keyboard paid on every desk”.
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Extinguish communication blues with OpenFire
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Many companies consider instant messaging to be a distraction, but IM can be an effective communication tool if used properly. OpenFire is an open source enterprise IM server that has lots of features to streamline communication within an enterprise.
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Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?
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The easy, obvious answer is yes. Nokia’s agreement to buy Trolltech for $155 million has to be a big win for mobile Linux.
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Eight Asian ICT predictions for 2008
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This year will see Linux gain a stronger foothold as an enterprise platform in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as steady growth in mobile-commerce, a market report revealed.
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Low-Cost Laptops: Quality Issues Raise Questions of Usefulness
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Sure, the low-cost computers developed by OLPC and Intel may look cute, but actually using one reveals a host of shortcomings. In the OLPC XO, software was complicated and buggy. For weeks neither my brilliant niece, nor her well educated parents, could figure out how to get it to connect online. The Intel Classmate was no miracle of modern design, either.
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Rollup e-reader runs Linux
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Philips spinoff Polymer Vision has announced plans to ship a Linux-capable e-reader with a flexible, rollup display. Thanks to the screen's low power consumption, the "Readius" offers up to 30 hours of reading without a battery charge, according to the company.
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Mystery infestation strikes Linux/Apache Web sites
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According to a press release issued earlier this month by Finjan, a security research firm, compromised Web servers are infecting thousands of visitors daily with malware that turns their Windows machines into unwitting bots to do the bidding of an as yet unidentified criminal organization.
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Fonality Partners with Dell for Turnkey VoIP
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Fonality has become the first open-source-based VoIP provider to strike a deal with a Tier 1 computer vendor. Starting this February, customers will be able to purchase fully provisioned Fonality VoIP Phone System servers from computer maker Dell. The Fonality VoIP Phone System will come installed on Optiplex 330 PCs, according to Fonality CEO Chris Lyman. Mr. Lyman thinks this is a big moment for open-source-based technologies:
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