LG introduces their first Android-powered smartphone, the LG-GW620 & is following other Phone manufacturers HTC, Samsung & Motorola.
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You Cannot Delete Files in the Cloud
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You have to trust that these companies will delete your data when you ask them to, but they're generally not interested in doing so.
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Microsoft says "We are working on our Linux drivers"
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Microsoft has denied that it has stopped work on the Hyper-V drivers for Linux that it released in July. Greg Kroah-Hartman had noted in a recent status report on the state of Linux drivers that Microsoft had not responded to the over 200 patches that had been created to clean up Microsoft's code.
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Good News, id Tech 5 Is Likely Coming To Linux
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Contrary to earlier reports stating that the forthcoming id Tech 5 engine from id Software would likely not be ported to Linux due to the involved work, cost, and lackluster Linux graphics drivers (according to John Carmack), it looks like we will end up seeing this next-generation game engine running with Linux.
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Ubuntu Linux - 5 things to stem the tide of Windows 7
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Come this October, Windows 7 will go on sale, and this release, I strongly believe will be one of the greatest challenges Linux will ever face. Ubuntu Linux will also make a release within that same time and given the generally positive reviews that Windows 7 has received, it is going to be a very difficult time for Canonical to market Ubuntu.
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Welcome to the Linux Generation
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With our economy having its, well, ups and downs lately, you might be thinking “Is now really a good time to think about purchasing a new computer?” Meanwhile, software applications that once needed robust hardware to run are now moving on to the Internet.
Read more »Google File System II stalked by open-source elephant
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As Google rolls out GFS2 - a major update to the custom-built file system underpinning its online infrastructure - the company's former infrastructure don sees no reason why the open source world can't follow suit.
Read more »Car harnesses fighter jet technology
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The Ford motor company has harnessed technology from the F22 fighter jet as part of its bid to make its new Taurus "America's smartest full-sized sedan"...Ford said the F22 radar technology which they took and built upon was all open source.
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Fedora Mini - lightweight Linux with Moblin integrated
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Do your remember Moblin? This project will now be integrated into Fedora Mini - the lightweight Linux distro targetted at Netbooks/Nettops.
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Nokia Backtracks, Will Allow Customized Linux Phones
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Nokia this morning reversed its seeming stance on excluding carrier customization from Maemo-based smartphones like the N900.
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Facebook Releases Real-time Web Server Tech as Open Source
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Facebook is releasing as open source a Web server technology because it wants to make it easier for developers to create applications that let users post status updates in real time, a functionality popularized by Twitter.
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Best Buys Geek Squad Votes Union
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Charlie Demerjian has reported that Best Buy Geek Squad employees in certain locations have voted to form a union and that management is terrified (Charlies' words - not mine).
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New SV1T Eee Videophone with Touchscreen
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ASUS's 7" display is now touch-sensitive. The source code for the Linux device's Qt interface is downloadable.
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CAD Programs for Linux
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Often, when I ask why users don’t adopt Linux, I am met with the response “There are no CAD (Computer Aided Design) applications. Now I will confess that I know next to nothing about CAD, so I thought I would take a moment to highlight some of the CAD applications available for the Linux operating system.
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Is Xen Mature Enough to Replace VMWare?
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Charlie Schluting helps admins decide if Xen is a viable alternative to VMWare. Why move away from VMWare? Xen is open source and less expensive. But will it do the job?
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