Despite powering only a handful of handsets available on the market, Android has already had a significant impact on the competitive landscape in smartphones. Looking at its primary rivals that run on a variety of hardware from multiple manufacturers, Android has provided a free and highly customizable licensed challenge to Windows Mobile...
Read more »Switched On: When netbooks suffer from 'Droid rage
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Microsoft's Secret Weapon isn't FUD, it's Inertia
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This is a story of hubris, nemesis and very bad language. Mine. We all like to have our egos flattered and I'm no exception, so when two old acquaintances told me their Windows laptops were infected with viruses I knew they were about to put the bite on me. They did. Could I fix them?
Read more »Good-Bye Ubuntu, Hello PCLinuxOS
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After almost two years of relying on Kubuntu and Ubuntu, your editor has had enough. Farewell faithful *buntus, hello and welcome PCLinuxOS. Will PCLinuxOS work out better?
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Fedora 9 approaches end-of-life
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Fedora developer Jon Stanley has announced that the 10th of July, 2009 will be the end-of-life date for Fedora 9, code named Sulphur.
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Mumble Makes Notifications in Ubuntu / Gnome, More Growl-Like
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Mumbles tries to bring a more Growl-like interface to Linux notifications. Currently it supports applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird, Amarok, and Twitter's API, among others.
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Karmic Koala To Offer More Diverse Wallpaper Selection
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In Karmic Koala (9.10), though, Ubuntu seems to be shifting more towards the Windows 7 style... The plan is apparently to offer, in addition to the default wallpaper, a selection of more diverse alternative wallpapers, including photographs, which is a first for Ubuntu.
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IE8 beats Firefox and Chrome in 7 out of 10 areas
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Microsoft has launched a website titled "Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts," where it gives reasons for installing the browser, compares it to two competing browsers, and busts myths around its offering. At the top, there are selective quotes from different IE8 articles.
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Why ARM based Smartbooks might fail…
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There are two major trends in the netbook space today. On the one hand, PC makers are putting out ultraportable laptops with bigger screens and keyboards and faster processors. The other trend is the blurring of the lines between netbooks and smartphones.
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Upload to Facebook and other social sites from your mobile using ShoZu
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Looking for a mobile application that can upload text, pictures, video and files from your phone to the internet and the online community for free?
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Facebook chat directly on your mobile phone using ebuddy v1.2
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Try out the latest version of eBuddy has come with Facebook chat for your mobile phone, this is very amazing as Facebook chat has been the greatest innovation to come to Facebook
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Will Ubuntu remain a minor player
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It is time for open source advocates to take off the rose-colored glasses and ask if Ubuntu — more appropriately its Canonical business arm headed by Mark Shuttleworth — is ever going to be a factor below the server level.
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Microsoft and Novell Share a Goal of Eliminating Free GNU/Linux, Imposing Software Patents
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Who Sponsored Forrester’s Latest Attack on Free Software?
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Forrester's FOSS-hostile survey leaves many questions unanswered
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New Push for Gnote in Ubuntu by Default
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Another step towards abolishment of Mono as by-default component
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KDE and Version Numbers
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I’m fed up! I’m sorry, but I just don’t buy it. MAYBE it worked with the .0 release, but anything above x.0 IS NOT a preview / beta / release candidate. KDE 4.2.4 is the real, proper, full up released version of KDE. Amarok 2.1 is the real, proper, full up released version of Amarok.
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