Installing Android on the iPhone - Do you feel jealous of your Android-using friends? Are you sick and tired of your iPhone's locked up OS? Are you fearless enough to install Android on the iPhone? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, perhaps it's about time to install Android on your iPhone.
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Sphinx As MySQL Storage Engine (SphinxSE)
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SphinX is a great full-text search engine for MySQL. Installing the Sphinx daemon was straightforward as you can compile it from the source or use a .DEB/.RPM package but SphinxSE was a little bit tricky since it needed to be installed as a plugin on a running MySQL server. So if you use Debian or Centos and install your MySQL from a .deb or .rpm package this is how you do it.
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Google TV Platform introduced
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At the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco (USA), several leading industry players announced the development of Google TV – an open platform that merges the web and TV.
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Google launches encrypted search
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Google has just announced that it is rolling out an encrypted version of its web search service. Several important points about encrypted Google search:
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Monitor Servers from Your Android Device with httpmon
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Checking whether a specific Web server is up and running is as easy as issuing the ping command in the terminal, but if you are looking for a more versatile tool that you can use while on the move, try httpmon for Android.
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Are Trade Secrets and Trademarks the Future?
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It's becoming increasingly clear that the Internet's perfect copying machine makes copyright largely irrelevant today: once a copy is online somewhere, it's impossible to take it down everywhere. Could the arrival of digital 3D printers like the open source RepRap do the same for patents, by making it possible for anyone to download and print off analogue objects?
Read more »Has ASUS abandoned netbook Linux?
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It wasn't even three-years ago that Asus took the concept of a cheap, small notebook and turned it into a revolution: the Linux-powered netbook. But, now, without any fanfare, Asus seems to have closed down its Linux lines at least in the United States.
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NetworkWorld’s (and IDG’s Other Sites) “Open Source” Blogs Are Not in Favour of Open Source
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Caution is needed when it comes to Microsoft-affiliated Web sites which present themselves as "Open Source"
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Novell is Surrounded by Potential Buyers of the Company
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Novell's end as a publicly-traded company seems inevitable based on the plan to have an auction
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Google Chrome hits version 6 ?!
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Without a doubt, this is one of the fastest browsing naming efforts I have ever seen. At this rate Chrome 8 or 9 will be out by the end of the year.
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Patent Troll Larry Horn and Steve Jobs Prepare to Attack Google’s VP8, According to FUD Sites
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Less than a week after Google's VP8 liberation announcement, foes of freedom use sites that are foes of freedom to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about VP8
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25 Fresh and Cool Linux Wallpapers
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It's been a long time since we've featured here some cool Linux wallpapers. In case you've just tuned in, we have shared several Linux-related wallpapers already
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Apache Derby gains sequences and user defined types
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The Java database gains sequences and user defined types in the latest update and closes a security hole
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Who to Blame for Germany’s Dangerous Decision Regarding Software Patents
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Microsoft, Nokia, IBM, GE, Siemens, SAP, Philips and several other massive companies are largely responsible for Europe's trouble with monopolies on algorithms
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Advocates of FOSS and Open Standards Do Not Welcome EU ICT Plan (Digital Agenda)
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The Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR) mischaracterises the response of Free/Open Source groups to Neelie Kroes and the Digital Agenda; we attempt to set the record straight
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