Will a mass produced Linux pad ever exist to compete with the iPad? One reader says that there is one but you get a different story when you click "Order."

Modular social networking gadget specifications now allow use beyond pure social networking applications, offering both a core and social set of data models, APIs and gadgets

Fluendo has announced Fluendo Media Center, a €40 package which integrates the company's DVD player for Linux and other codecs into a single application.

Cloud computing is known as the next big thing in IT. But what is it exactly? In a cloud, the key players are the user and provider. Users have access to the cloud resources in form of (web) services, containing the functionality of software (inside the browser), platforms or infrastructures. Let’s see what’s behind it…

This is the fourth Linux-based smartphone development we have covered in Linux User & Developer. Check out earlier issues of the magazine for the coverage on Openmoko, Palm Pre and Google Android. This alone proves that Linux is already a big thing for smartphone or embedded development…

The goal of this article is to review the history and architecture of Linux as well as its present day developments to understand how Linux has become today's leading platform for cloud computing. We will start with a little history on Unix system development and then move to the Linux system itself.

Many have tried to build and sell a $200 tablet; none have succeeded. Freescale's tablet prototype could change that.

This New York Times report says that Google is working with Intel, Sony and Logitech to develop an Android based set-top box