IBM and other players on Monday will launch its Open Cloud Manifesto, a call to make cloud computing “open as all other IT technologies.” But the list of companies that didn’t sign on to the manifesto is telling. Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce never signed on. Google was on a preliminary list of companies that signed on with the manifesto, but dropped off the final list.
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Can An Unkown Linux Gaming Console Survive?
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EVO keeps quietly showing up in the news for their EVO Smart Console, a Linux-based game console. It sounds cool, but there is one issue...
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Will Your Next Wireless Router Run Ubuntu?
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One of the most innovative features to find its way into the Linux kernel recently is support for master mode on several wireless chipsets. Though there's been little fanfare surrounding this development, it could soon be giving home users, in particular, another reason to celebrate Ubuntu.
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Open-source mobile framework supports Android
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A startup called Rhomobile announced the first formal release of its dual-licensed, open-source framework for smartphones. Rhodes 1.0 enables "write-once" development, using HTML and Ruby, of native smartphone applications for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and now Android, the company says.
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Linux Lost the Netbook War
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The only netbook running Linux on Amazon's Top 25 Netbooks list is the EEE 901, sitting at #19. The war is over, folks. Why did Linux lose?
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Moblin V2 vs. Ubuntu Netbook Remix vs. Ubuntu MID
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Last week Intel had pushed out a second alpha release of Moblin V2 and now it boots even faster, which means they are down to the point of being able to boot in just a few seconds.
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OpenMoko Smart Phone: Open Linux, Open Hardware, No Britney Spears
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Imagine owning a smart phone that you can hack just as freely as a PC. OpenMoko is an embedded Linux-based mobile platform, and the Neo Freerunner is OpenMoko's slick little touch-screen smart phone that runs OpenMoko.
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Tux Fleets of USB Keys to Boldly Go Where No Windows Has Gone Before
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Microsoft is afraid of Linux-bootable usb keys ( pendrives). Tux fleets of usb keys are about to boldly go where no Windows has gone before. Let's speed up this process by emphasizing educational opportunities in remote villages, multilingual experiences in international events, and diskless computers.
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Virtualised multiple OS mobile handset to hit market
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A low priced mobile handset capable of running multiple operating systems in virtual windows and with similar features of much higher priced smart phones is about to hit the market. The handset will run Linux and at least one other OS on top of the OKL4 hypervisor from Open Kernel Labs.
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The Year of the Linux-powered Robots
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In the very near future, robots will become an indispensable tool that man can’t live without. Just like computers, it will do complicated and challenging tasks thus making things a lot easier for all of us. We all know that majority of personal computers are still running Microsoft Windows operating system and that the year of the Linux desktop is still far from reality.
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In the process of pillorying the intelligence of buying Macs in the recession, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have admitted defeat in fighting Linux-based Netbooks. Ballmer said: "Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment--same piece of hardware--paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that's a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be."
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Technical Analysis Software in Ubuntu 8.10
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As a stock trader you'll need a technical analysis software to help you make your transaction decision. And Ubuntu provides this. What a gem I found, and it's free. This software already listed in synaptic package manager, Qtstalker. Qtstalker can use data from various sources, including Yahoo! Finance or a CSV file, so you can use this software to analyze any market data.
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Portraits of Linux
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I was wandering through the mall the other day with my youngest, we happened to stumble across this... I did a double-take when I saw the screen on the photo booth, blinking away, looking for input. The power in the mall had blinked a half-hour earlier, and I imagine the system has been rebooted then.
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The case for a secondary motherboard OS
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Flash memory prices have tumbled in recent years, which has been good for MP3 players, cell phones, SSDs, and the now-ubiquitous USB thumb drive. Falling flash prices have also been good for motherboards, allowing Asus to cheaply equip some of its latest models with 512MB memory chips that house an ExpressGate instant-on operating system that's—you guessed it—based on Linux.
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Can Ubuntu's 'Jackalope' Build A Better Netbook?
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As one Ubuntu Linux release bows out, another is on its way. And this time around, Canonical is clearly taking aim at the netbook market.
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