Palm, and it's Linux based WebOS, are being acquired by HP in a $1.2 billion deal
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Lawsuit alleges Palm Pre violates copyright
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Artifex Software is suing Palm over the PDF (Portable Document Format) viewer in Palm's Pre smartphone, it said on Thursday.
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Artifex Lawsuit Against Palm Pre
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Artifex Software Inc. today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Palm, Inc., based on Palm's unauthorized copying and distribution of one of Artifex's registered technologies
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Still no source code for the European Palm Pre
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According to Harald Welte, co-founder of the GPL Violations Project, Palm looks to be repeating the trick with the European version of the device.
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Linux-based phones : Why are GNU/Linux users treated as second class?
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Like many free software users, I am greatly encouraged by the number of mobile phones that are starting to come out running some form of embedded Linux-based OS. Nokia's Maemo and Palm's webOS are shaping up and it seems every day we hear of yet another Android device. All of this is good news, but just how useful are these free software phones to the free software lover?
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Two prominent Web-based programming advocates have left Mozilla for Palm, arguing that the time has come to use browsers to bypass Apple's controlling role in mobile applications.
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Palm Abandons Windows Mobile: A Clear Economic Model Behind Free Software
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"Jon Rubinstein just made it official during their financial results conference call, folks: Palm is only going to develop webOS devices from now on. Say goodbye to Palm-branded Windows Mobile Devices..."
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An open alternative for Palm Pre iTunes users
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Apple will tell you that iTunes 8.2.1 fixes bugs and, in particular, improves interoperability with iPhones and iPod Touches running iPhone 3.0 Software. But, it really it only has one "feature:" It blocks the Palm Pre's iTunes compatibility. KDE thinks there's another way.
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Amarok to Palm: "Forget Apple, Come to Us!"
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Open source project Amarok, in an open letter to Palm, has invited the company to work with them. The reason: the Apple iTunes 8.2.1 update guarantees that the Linux-based Palm Pre smartphone can no longer use the iTunes music management software.
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Novell Collects Software Patents While Apple Attacks Linux with Patents
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Novell is still pursuing intellectual monopolies and Apple threatens to use them to attack Linux-based products from Palm
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Palm cancels Linux-based Foleo
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Palm has canceled the Linux-based Foleo mobile companion, CEO Ed Colligan announced today on the company's blog. Colligan said the move would cost the company $10 million in earnings, but allow it to focus on a single Linux smartphone development platform going forward.
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Palm Positions New Foleo PC as Smartphone Companion
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With the Foleo, Palm is clearly hoping to leverage the open-source community as well as third-party developers. The companion's synchronization architecture is open, the company said, and it uses a Linux-based operating system. Web access is via the Opera browser.
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Palm Unveils Foleo, GNU/Linux-Based "Mobile Companion"
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Contrary to recent rumors, it's not Palm's first Linux smartphone, and no, it's not a competitor to Nokia's Linux-based N800 Internet Tablet. Rather, Palm today unveiled the Foleo, which it's calling a 'new class' of mobile device.
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