Android phone users get update for flaw
Friday, October 31st, 2008Users of the G1 Android phone on Friday have begun receiving a software update that fixes a flaw that security researchers found earlier in the week.
Archive for October, 2008
Users of the G1 Android phone on Friday have begun receiving a software update that fixes a flaw that security researchers found earlier in the week.
Intel joins Taiwan on Linux OS for netbooks
Friday, October 31st, 2008Intel and the Taiwan government plan to open a development center to further the Linux-based Moblin OS for devices such as netbooks and mobile Internet devices (MIDs), they jointly announced on Thursday.
Education IT chiefs debate open source
Friday, October 31st, 2008The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a debate over it.
Plex: The Front Row alternative
Friday, October 31st, 2008OS X's Front Row interface is a fine choice for watching movies or TV episodes you've purchased at the iTunes Store. But if you want to play media from sources other than the iTunes Store, Front Row isn't much use. There's an alternative solution: a free, open-source media center application ...
New Android apps a mixed bag, should improve
Friday, October 31st, 2008Some of the new applications loaded to the Android Market since it opened on Monday don't work very well, crash the phone, aren't particularly elegant and in one case, uses commands written in Chinese.
Motorola cuts platform options to Android, Windows Mobile
Friday, October 31st, 2008Motorola is limiting future handset launches to devices based on the Windows Mobile or Google Android platforms, the company said today.
Morris Worm Turning 20
Friday, October 31st, 2008netbuzz writes "The Internet will mark an infamous anniversary Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20. Considered the first major attack on the 'Net, Morris served as a wake-up call about the risk of software bugs, and it set the stage for network security to become an important area of ...
Google Book Search Settlement Receiving Criticism
Friday, October 31st, 2008waderoush writes "While James Gleick, Lawrence Lessig, and other pundits have reacted positively to this week's proposed settlement of the publishing industry's lawsuit against Google over the Google Book Search project, a deeper study of the agreement turns up some worrisome provisions that could make online access to books much ...
BBC Brings DRM-Free Content To Linux Users
Friday, October 31st, 2008eldavojohn writes "The BBC is planning to release some of its programmes to users of GNU & Linux. You won't see Doctor Who or Dragons' Den on there anytime soon, but they have been working with Canonical & Collabra on getting this out there for Totem users. The developer blog ...
Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista
Friday, October 31st, 2008Anonymous writes "By now a lot has been reported on the new features and improvements in Ubuntu 8.10; it also looks like the OS is outperforming Vista in early benchmarking (Geekbench, boot times, etc.) At what point does this start to make a difference in the market place?" (And though ...