Foxconn developing inexpensive, Arm-based smartbooks
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Foxconn Technology plans to launch its first smartbooks next year, which are mini-laptops that use microprocessors from Arm Holdings normally found in smartphones.
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Foxconn Technology plans to launch its first smartbooks next year, which are mini-laptops that use microprocessors from Arm Holdings normally found in smartphones.
The Linux Foundation’s grand new ambitions for Linux
Friday, September 4th, 2009Like a fervent preacher appearing before his flock, Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin emphasized benefits and potential for the Linux platform Thursday during an industry conference that also featured an update on mobile Linux efforts. At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in San Francisco, Zemlin cited advances by Linux ...
Red Hat eyes REST standardization
Friday, September 4th, 2009Red Hat is seeking REST standardization through an effort it is calling REST-*, which could serve as a counterpoint to the alternative WS-* specifications for Web services.
Android OS Developers to Revamp App Marketplace
Friday, September 4th, 2009In a bid to compete more squarely with Apple's App Store the developers of the Android mobile OS are improving the way people browse for applications on Google phones through what is known as Android Market. As part of a software upgrade (Android 1.6, aka Donut) Android handset owners will ...
Add a Desktop Dictionary to Ubuntu
Friday, September 4th, 2009If you do a lot of writing, a desktop dictionary tool can be a powerful asset. With it, you can highlight a word within any program and then click the dictionary icon in your menu bar, which will open a new Web browser window containing the definition of the word.
Red Hat promotes cloud projects, pans Microsoft and VMware
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Declaring that Microsoft and VMware will not drive cloud interoperability, Red Hat on Thursday detailed projects to proliferate use of clouds, including Project Hail, for putting applications onto a cloud.
Android, WiMax mobile device and chip kit unveiled in Taiwan
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009A Taiwanese research group unveiled a personal Internet device (PID) on Thursday made from its WiMax chips and a reference board that runs a version of Google's Android mobile operating system tweaked for PIDs.
Red Hat CEO: Choose flexibility or Larry Ellison
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Preaching on Red Hat's perceptions of open source, Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst on Wednesday asked the audience at the company's technical conference whether they want flexibility in their IT architectures or if they want what Oracle CEO Larry Ellison supposedly wants.
Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009
Monday, August 31st, 2009If you think you can easily whittle down the best open source software to a manageable number, you'll soon discover that you can't do it without a great deal of hair pulling, nail biting, and gnashing of teeth. There are just too many excellent tools. Even if you give up ...
Goldman Sachs case; can open-source software be stolen?
Monday, August 31st, 2009Arrested last month for stealing cutting-edge trading software from his former employer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., programmer Sergey Aleynikov offered up an interesting defense: he was only trying to download open-source software. According to a report published Sunday in the New York Times , Aleynikov told FBI investigators that he ...