HP patents very trivial ideas about a century after their "discovery" and it threatens Free software in the process; update on Nokia vs Apple
Read more »Hewlett-Packard Takes World Back to World War One with New Software Patent
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Freescale suggests ARM based tablets for $200?
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Processor manufacturer Freescale Semiconductor has announced a reference design for tablet PCs that the company believes will make products feasible at a cost of $200. The first demo devices are to be exhibited at the CES trade show in Las Vegas, which is due to start on Tuesday. They offer a 7-inch display, run on Freescale's i.MX515 ARM processor, and include Wi-Fi as well as Bluetooth.
Read more »Microsoft unfazed by Ubuntu Windows XP GUI clone
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Microsoft legal has decided to react passively to the news of Ylmf OS, a Linux distribution that clones the look and feel of Windows XP.
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How to install Enna Media Center in Ubuntu 9.10
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Enna is a lightweight XBMC concurrent, developped by the GeeXboX team as its distribution brand new user interface. Enna allows you to listen to your favorite music, watch your movies and TV shows, browse through your personnal photos and read comics and mangas from over the Internet.
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Apache Ready to Unleash Another Decade of Innovation
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The Apache Software Foundation has arguably been the leading force for open-source software (OSS) over the last 10 years and promises to continue being a force in the new decade.
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Google Launches Boneheaded Retail Strategy
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The big story to me today wasn't the launch of the Nexus One phone, which looked nice enough, but the fatally flawed web-only distribution system
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Hulu Desktop for Linux
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Hulu is one of the most popular video sites on the web. You can watch all kinds of different television shows and movies right in your browser. But there’s also another way to watch Hulu and that’s to download the Hulu Desktop application for Linux.
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A Bushel of Free FOSS Resources
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On a regular basis, we at OStatic round up our ongoing collections of open source resources, tutorials, reviews and project tours. Hopefully, you'll find something to learn from here, and the good news is that everything found in this post is free.
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Get to Know rsync
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One of the handiest tools you'll ever have on Linux (and other *nix systems) is rsync. As the name implies, rsync is used to sync files on remote and local machines. You can use rsync to copy files to remote systems and back again, or to make backups to locally mounted hard drives.
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2010 kicks off era of hidden Linux
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For something as open as Linux — the open source operating system developed by thousands of individuals and dozens of companies — you wouldn’t think it would be so hidden, but that’s exactly what Linux will be in 2010 and beyond.
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Laptop powered by AA Batteries
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Available for only 200 dollars and can run off of AA Batteries. Norhtec’s Gecko EduBook can run off of 8 NiMH rechargeable batteries.
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Freescale, Hearst Jump Into the Tablet Pool
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The tablet device market is as busy as the Android phone market these days, with new contenders entering daily. The latest entrants? Freescale and the Hearst Corporation. Yes, a chip vendor and a publisher.
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VIDEO: Dell netbook to Dell phone mod!
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So this guy buys a Dell Inspiron Mini 10.1-inch netbook but either isn't happy at its lack of cellular coverage, or just has a severe phone fixation and decides to rip it apart and turn it into a Dell Mini 3i phone, complete with Android-based OS.
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Android & iPhone browser wars: Using HTML5, CSS, and jQuery
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Using HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, and jQuery on Android and the iPhone
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Debian GNU/Linux Milestones
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Debian 5.0, "Lenny" was released on 14 February 2009 after nearly two years of development. It includes more than 25 000 packages including many security enhancements such as SELinux included with all new installs (although it is disabled by default) and PHP's Suhosin system.
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