Gartner reports surging global handset sales in the second quarter, with Android taking second place over Apple's iPhone in smartphone OS market share. Meanwhile, the "partial fork" of Android from the Linux kernel has been debated at LinuxCon, with some claiming it's a temporary split, while others warn about the fork's long-term impact.
Read more »Details of vulnerabilities in the Palm Pre and Android published
As well as eavesdropping functionality, the vulnerability in the Palm Pre also allows it to be controlled remotely. The Android vulnerability allows access to login data stored by the browser
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LinuxCon Analysts: Linux Is Winning
Linux is now in the mainstream of enterprise adoption, according to analysts presenting new research here at the LinuxCon conference.
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KDE Reaches New Audiences in North America
KDE software has traditionally been strongest in Europe and South America. With the growth of events such as Camp KDE and many key contributors calling North America home, KDE is increasing its presence in this region.
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HP preps Android e-reader as WebOS tablet pushes to 2011
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is preparing a "Zeen" Android e-reader that interfaces with a new HP printer, says an industry report. Meanwhile, HP has postponed its WebOS-based "Hurricane" tablet to 1Q 2011
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Sony Ericsson to introduce Android 3.0 gaming platform and PSP Go-like smartphone
There's no question that gaming on the Android platform has heretofore been relatively underwhelming, but that looks like it's all about to change. It seems that Sony Ericsson -- a company that has yet to even introduce an Android 2.0 device -- is at work on a project to redefine gaming on Google's mobile platform.
Read more »Qualcomm Pushes For Less Linux Fragmentation
The fragmentation of mobile Linux needs to be addressed, Qualcomm executive Rob Chandhok told developers at LinuxCon
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Dell Streak: The Versatile Android-powered Tablet Computer
Is Dell Streak (formerly known as the Mini 5) a tablet computer or a smartphone? We could say both...
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The consistent failure of Linux to grab even 1% of the desktop OS market
Linux has been around for almost two decades now. It has become a resounding success as a server OS (for example as the L in the famous LAMP stack), and more recently as a mobile OS (Android). But what about on the desktop?
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Desktop Linux: Great for the Environment, Bad for Economy?
Is using desktop Linux better for the environment than say, running Microsoft Windows or Apple's OS X?
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Open Source Projects that Changed the World
To many, open source software isn’t just about getting something for free, it’s a statement about how the world should be. Here are seven projects that have, quite literally, changed the world.
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Ubuntu Probably the First Ever Linux Distro to Overshoot Popularity of Linux Itself
I don't know if that is a good news or bad news, but Ubuntu is going to be more popular than Linux itself according to some statistics via Google Trends and Google Insight.
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The golden age of open source?
Stephen O’Grady and Simon Phipps have both recently published interesting posts on the current state of open source, with Stephen pondering the relative growth of open source and Simon wondering whether the “commercial open source” bubble has burst.
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Where would we be without open source software?
So that's it. No more open source software. It's gone, all of it. Now what state is the world in now? Obviously there would be no more Linux, BSD, Gimp, Open Office and the rest.
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The Open Source Army of the Future
Unleash the iPhones of war! The Army’s announced the winners of their first-ever mobile phone app development contest. And the general behind the program says some of the applications will be in the field “within a year.”
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