Intel and Nokia are merging their mobile Linux distributions into a single operating system: MeeGo. At the same time, Adobe and Google has partnered up to bring Adobe Flash to Android.
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QUENCH (CLIQ XT): Motorola Android Smartphone Number 8
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The release of the QUENCH (CLIQ XT) marks the eighth Android-powered smartphone from Motorola. The company has been creating some popular Android handsets like the Backflip, DROID, and a few others so expect to see more to come.The QUENCH will run Android 1.5 ("Cupcake") and will feature Motorola's very own MOTOBLUR technology.
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Your Own Personal Pink Linux Data Cloud
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What's small and pink, incorporates a Linux kernel and an embedded ARM compatible processor, and let's you set up your own personal cloud? The answer is the latest Pogoplug device from Cloud Engines Inc.
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Adobe joins LiMo, as R3 spec nears completion
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The LiMo Foundation added Adobe, Else Ltd., MobiTV, and SRS Labs as new members to its open source Linux mobile phone consortium. The foundation also announced the "imminent availability" of the new R3 release of the LiMo Platform, adding location-based services (LBS) and contact management features.
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EXCLUSIVE: Notion Ink ADAM (Specs, Pics)
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As the global tech media waits for Notion Ink to unveil the Adam at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we decided to hop across to Hyderabad and catch them before they caught the flight to MWC!
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Moblin and Maemo merge as Qt-based MeeGo
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Intel and Nokia are merging their open source Linux operating systems to create a MeeGo OS, designed for mobile devices ranging from handhelds to netbooks. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, MeeGo builds upon the core from the Intel-backed Moblin technology and adds Nokia's Maemo middleware elements, as well as Nokia's Qt application framework.
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Nokia, Intel merge mobile Linux offerings
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Intel has tightened its alliance with Nokia by merging its Moblin mobile Linux platform into the Finnish phone giant's built-on-Linux Maemo OS. The combined platform will be called MeeGo - which will undoubtedly be satirised as 'MeeToo', given its clear intention to fight the rise of Android and iPhone.
Read more »Are smartbooks and Linux meant for each other?
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Smartbooks are an upcoming mobile computing device category built around ARM’s Cortex A8 and A9 line of processors. These devices are awaited with great anticipation because they promise a mixture between smartphone features (ultra-portable, 3G connected, always-on) and the functionality of netbooks/laptops (>9?
Read more »MeeGo: Maemo and Moblin merged by Linux Foundation
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The Linux Foundation has announced MeeGo, a merger of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo projects as a single project under the leadership of the Foundation. The news came in a posting by Linux Foundation's CEO Jim Zemlin who called MeeGo "a next generation mobile operating system designed for the next generation of mobile devices".
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So is ChromeOS a desktop winner? I think not.
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Whatever happens of course the fact is that when somebody of Google's size and impact enters a market, there will be winners and losers, losses and gains. Now that the dust has well and truly settled let' have another look at the potential impact of ChromeOS.
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Bringing the Magic to Linux with MeeGo
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MeeGo combines Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo projects at the Linux Foundation to create one open source uber-platform for the next generation of computing devices: tablets, pocketable computers, netbooks, automotive IVI and more.
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Linux group LiMo growing
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U.S. software firm Adobe and three other firms joined the wireless Linux group LiMo on Monday, underlying the growing role of the Linux computer operating system in cellphones.
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Android first to host Adobe's AIR for smartpones
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Adobe Systems is bringing its Flash-based AIR runtime to mobile devices, with Google's Android the first potential host. Adobe will show a preview running on Motorola's Droid and Milestone phones at the Mobile World Congress today in Barcelona, Spain, with general availability promised later this year.
Read more »Is Linux doomed to the server room in schools?
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This question has been asked many times before in many different settings. It’s the mantra of Windows desktop devotees: “Linux is fine in the server room, but…”
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IBM Stores Petabytes in Samba
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IBM unveils its entry in the growing market for clustered network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the Samba-based SONAS, capable of handling billions of files and petabytes of data.
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