Japanese embedded specialist ACCESS has joined the Open Handset Alliance and released its first application for Android, an implementation of the Graffiti text entry system from the Palm PDA
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Ubuntu 10.10’s New File System: btrfs
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Between ext3, ext4, reiserfs and others, Ubuntu has no shortage of file systems to choose from when installing a new system. And those options are set to become yet more numerous in Ubuntu 10.10, which will introduce support for btrfs.
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Flattr: A Social Micropayment Platform for Financing Free Works
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People have been talking about "micropayments" since the early days of the world-wide-web, so I'm always skeptical of micropayment systems. Flattr is an interesting variation on the idea though.
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Open source: A hardy few do all the work
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A census of open source developers has provided a sharp reminder of the necessity of commercially viable open source companies, and also how important it is that commercially viable open source companies employ good people to write open source. This probably isn't news to Reg readers, for whom it might be bleeding obvious - perhaps even tautological.
Read more »2010 Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming - Montréal, Québec, Canada - August 21-22, 2010
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"The 2010 Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming provides a forum for discussing experience with and future development of the Scheme programming language. The scope of the workshop includes all aspects of the design, implementation, theory, and application of Scheme. We encourage everyone interested in Scheme to participate..."
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In Search of the Perfect KDE4 Distro – 3 Linux Mint 9
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I am writing this from Linux Mint 9 KDE4. Already I am feeling very at home with it. Is Linux Mint 9 the KDE nirvana I am looking for?
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Top 10 Avant Window Navigator AWN Themes #Part 2
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Been a long time for changing Avant window Navigator theme, found really cool collection on deviantart, you will find many themes appropriate for your desktop and installed themes you have even it was dark theme or bright theme.
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Using Checkinstall To Build Packages From Source
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Checkinstall is a utility that builds a .deb, .rpm or Slackware package from a third party source code tarball. This allows you to introduce such third party software using the standard package management features of your distribution.
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As you may know, the Linux and open source community provides a wealth of free operating systems. Today, we'll review 4 different desktop distributions specifically designed for educational and academic use.
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Quick Impressions of openSUSE 11.3
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About two weeks ago, the openSUSE Project released version 11.3 of its popular Linux distribution, and after putting it off for quite a while, I decided to give the latest version a download and see what SUSE has been up to.
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Report: Android shipments increase by 886%
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According to research firm Canalys, worldwide shipments of smartphones running Google's open source Android mobile operating system increased by 886% in the second quarter of 2010
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Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3
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Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Android rootkit demonstrated
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At this year's DEFCON 18 Hacking Conference, two security researchers have demonstrated what they claim is the first rootkit for Android
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Negroponte offers OLPC technology for $35 tablet
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One Laptop Per Child wants to join forces to help develop the Indian government's planned US$35 tablet. In a congratulatory note to the government, OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said the world needs the $35 tablet, and he offered the country full access to OLPC hardware and software technology.
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Rigs of Rods Simulator Game Gets Marked 0.37-r1
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One of the free software projects we have been talking to as of late about better enhancing their benchmarking capabilities for likely integration into the Phoronix Test Suite is Rigs of Rods.
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