Entourage Systems announced the third Android-powered, dual-display e-reader of the week. The Entourage Edge opens up like a book, with one inside panel devoted to a 9.7-inch E Ink display, and the right panel offering a 10.1-inch touchscreen that provides WiFi (or optional 3G) based web browsing and media playback.
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Symbian Releases Microkernel As Open Source, Finally
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It was well over a year ago now that news of the Symbian operating system--found on approximately half of global smartphones--going open source broke. The news was interpreted as particularly important to Nokia's forward-looking Symbian strategy, but after all this time, an open source version of Symbian's platform is still only in beta testing.
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LiMo phone sports fan-like interface
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Japanese software firm Access and Israeli mobile design firm Emblaze Mobile today demonstrated a smartphone prototype and device stack based on the LiMo-compatible Access Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0.
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Cloud Computing: Good or Bad for Open Source?
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Actually, a few of us have our doubts, but leaving that aside, I think it's important to ask where does open source stand if the cloud computing vision *does* come to fruition? Would that be a good or bad thing for free software?
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Open source to reset IT expectations
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It boggles the mind, but it's apparently true: nearly half of enterprises think a software purchase is successful if the software is installed/deployed, according to a new study.
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Browsers in Linux: They own your CPU (and do so in Windows and Mac, too)
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I laugh — LAUGH! — when a tech journalist writes something to the effect of, "for lightweight tasks such as Web browsing," when you know, and I know, that there ain't nothing light about using present-day Web browser on present-day Web pages filled with Javascript, Flash and enough CSS to fill a book.
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Autonomously Finding Performance Regressions In The Linux Kernel
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Last weekend a few Phoronix benchmarks were underway of the Linux 2.6.32-rc5 kernel when a very significant performance regression was spotted. This regression caused the PostgreSQL server to run at about 18% of the performance found in earlier kernel releases.
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Camp KDE 2010 Registration Open!
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Registration for Camp KDE 2010 has officially opened! Camp KDE 2010 will take place in sunny San Diego, CA on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
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Red Hat fights open source corner
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Werner Knoblich, vice president and general manager of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa region, tells Computing about successful open source subscription models, ongoing battles with proprietary vendors for a level playing field, and opportunities for open source software in cloud computing.
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Icebird Flies Higher with opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM
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In this case study about a US-based manufacturing company with 200 employees replaced its legacy mainframe ERP system with opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM. In the process, the company was able to reduce costs, connect with new business partners worldwide, and replace a Windows-based IT infrastructure with Linux.
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CentOS5.4 is out! Upgrade from 5.3 to CentOS 5.4
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Announced today the release of centos 5.4 , the new centos 5.4 fixed many bugs and added many new packages , let's see what new and how to upgrade to CentOS5.4 from 5.3
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OpenSUSE Linux: When 1-Click Install Bites the Dust
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In OpenSUSE Linux, we have a wonderful thing called One-Click Install. This is a marvelous thing for new users. That said, what happens when it stops working or gets broken?
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Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: maturity or stagnation?
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Which is the best operating system — Windows 7, OS X 10.6 or Ubuntu 9.10? The question is almost pointless. Beneath their skins, the operating systems are remarkably similar.
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KDE4 Demonstrates Choice Is Not A Usability Problem
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A few days ago we found a nice blog post on the usability approach taken by the KDE community for the KDE 4 series. We have contacted the author to see if he was interested in doing a guest article for the dot expanding on his blog post.
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PHP Aims for the Mainstream in Zend Server 5
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The open source dynamic language PHP has been a mainstay of the Web application delivery landscape for the past decade, but only in recent years has it made serious inroads into enterprise IT development.
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