Local developers are helping to drum up market buzz to boost interest and expertise in open source technology across the country. Development in the mobile arena is particularly hot at the moment, among both individuals and software houses, according to Linux user groups in Singapore.
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Google makes promise it cannot keep
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So Google reckons that it can provide the perfect operating system in Chrome, even to the point where according to Google's Engineering Director, Linus Upson, it will herald the end of malware.
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Linux and Unix Uptime vs Microsoft on Netcraft
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Could it be that Microsoft, Microsoft shills and/or Microsoft fanboys for same are “gaming” the uptime table at Netcraft? Unless I am misunderstanding something, frankly, I think they are.
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Are IT security journalists -- insecure?
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Well, last year at Black Hat, journalists were in fact targeted - by other journalists. Yes there was a 'Wall of Sheep' for the general attendee population, tracking those that sent passwords in the clear...
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Jim Zemlin: Personal computers will be free like phones
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Look for personal computer users to soon get their hardware in the same way that they get their cell phones: for free as part of telecommunications service subscriptions, the executive director of the Linux Foundation said on Friday afternoon.
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Maybe software services could harm free software after all
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What worries free software advocates is that their software can be enhanced without sharing the source, if the software is hidden behind a web interface. I claimed that this is not really a threat to the free software movement...
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16 Breakthrough Notebooks: A Look Back
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From the first prototype portable computer in 1968 to the OLPC XO (an inspiration for netbooks) to the CrunchPad Web tablet of the near future, these 16 notebooks mark important stages in the progress of laptops
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Google Touts Open Source Growth
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Google isn't only crawling your Web site, it's looking at your source code as well. That was the introduction for Chris DiBona, the open source programs manager at Google, one of several keynote speakers here at OSCON 2009 today.
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Open Space
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There are more than a few of us who would be overjoyed to see Open Source take over the world. For the geeks at NASA, though, the world is not enough. Open Source is nothing new for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — Linux Journal looked at Linux use in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories way back in May 2000.
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You’ve heard of Smart Phones and Netbooks. Now, get ready for Smartbooks — mobile 3G wireless devices that appear to be slightly larger than the iPhone. Qualcomm is rallying OEMs to introduce Smartbooks sometime in Q3 or Q4 2009. And here’s the twist: Qualcomm is hiring Ubuntu talent to help drive the project forward. Here's the scoop.
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Measuring Ubuntu’s Market Share
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Over the last few years, various figures have been put forth as measures of Ubuntu's desktop market share, with some sources contradicting themselves and most sources contradicting the other ones. Below, we take a look at different attempts to put a number on Ubuntu's popularity, and explore the various shortcomings and ambiguities involved in all of them.
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Microsoft, Red Hat Renew Linux Patent Spat
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Microsoft made waves this week with its GPLv2 contribution of virtualization code. On the other side of the coin, Microsoft continues to take issue with open source vendors over patents
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5 Best Palm Pre Features That iPhone Can’t Beat
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The Palm Pre is considered by many as the most potent iPhone-killer. It has a sleek design, a powerful OS, and a great numer of supported 3rd party applications.Even though the iPhone is the most popular smartphone around and I'm quite impressed by some of its features, I still believe that Palm Pre beats the iPhone in certain important areas...
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Linux Community Welcomes the NComputing $70 Cloud Desktop
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NComputing Brings Cloud Computing Down to Earth at CloudWorld Conference With a Perspective on Low-Cost Endpoint Devices
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NEC pledges WiMAX software to Moblin Project
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NEC announced its plans to support the Moblin project at "Wireless Japan 2009," a three-day expo in Tokyo this week. A computer translation of the announcement suggests that NECs contributions will include Linux drivers for WiMAX radio chipsets.
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