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Group Sense's Palm OS line-up give way to lone, Linux-based phone (Engadget Mobile)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:21:34 GMT

Filed under: Handsets , Others Well, it looks like Group Sense's once mighty line-up of Palm OS-based handsets has finally been shown the door with the whole lot now replaced by a single, Linux-based device. From the looks of it though, it doesn't seem like the new handset is about to work any wonders for the company, with the "real smart" Xplore WF100 boasting only a 1.5-inch 128 x 128 display,...

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Group Sense's Palm OS line-up give way to lone, Linux-based phone (Engadget)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:01:36 GMT

Filed under: Cellphones Well, it looks like Group Sense's once mighty line-up of Palm OS-based handsets has finally been shown the door with the whole lot now replaced by a single, Linux-based device. From the looks of it though, it doesn't seem like the new handset is about to work any wonders for the company, with the "real smart" Xplore WF100 boasting only a 1.5-inch 128 x 128 display, and...

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Tweets: IE security - Linux on Hyper-V - ISA SP1 - VMM 2008 (4sysops)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:00:59 GMT

Microsoft Unveils New Internet Explorer Security Features: http://snurl.com/2stie Seems MS still values security over new features. Linux on Hyper-V: http://snurl.com/2s8n4 Some useful tips of running SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora on Hyper-V. Linux Integration Components RC2 for Hyper-V http://snurl.com/2tg8g Strange! Why only RC2? Wasn’t Hyper-V already released? More than 1 million use Microsoft...

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Super Talent MasterDrive MX with Ubuntu Linux Bundle (nForcersHQ: News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:20:26 GMT

The "ultimate laptop SSD" now available with free operating system and OpenOffice. Super Talent Technology will include a free CD containing the Ubuntu Desktop Edition Linux operating system and the OpenOffice software suite with every MasterDrive MX shipped from July 1 through September 30, 2008. With the Ubuntu Desktop Edition, you can surf [...]

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Explore : Office Suites, OpenOffice, Software

Linux Vendor Completes 2 Million Acquisition of US Mobile ... - Mobile Burn (China 3G Telecom Market Report)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:50:34 GMT

Linux Vendor Completes 2 Million Acquisition of US Mobile ... Mobile Burn, PA - 10 hours ago Purple Labs Commits to Further Investment in Browser and Related Technologies In a letter sent today to mobile phone manufacturers, Simon Wilkinson, ...

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Howto: View The Hardware and BIOS Without Touching a Screw-Driver on Linux System (Linux and Open Source Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:21:00 GMT

Sometimes it may be necessary to view the hardware information of a server, laptop or desktop without opening it’s cover. In this post, I’ll explain how to use dmidecode Linux command to get the hardware and BIOS information of the server. DMI stands for Desktop Management interface and SMBIOS stands for System Management BIOS. dmidecode [...]

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Explore : Hardware

Linux video camera geo-tags, writes to SATA drives (LinuxDevices.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:15:09 GMT

This riveting tale describes the development of a fairly amazing Linux device. Andrey Filippov's latest paper describes how at the behest of an unnamed client, his small Utah-based company fit GPS, DMA-enabled storage, and multi-camera synchronization into its Linux-powered camera, which has an open hardware design.

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Explore : GPS, Technology, Utah

Links 03/07/2008: Many GNU/Linux Distributions Released; OpenMoko Out Shortly (Boycott Novell)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:19:24 GMT

Another place in the aviation world, much to my surprise, that Linux has not only crept into, but appears to be gaining steam, is the maintenance arena. Yes, seriously. Tux is helping more and more in the arena of aircraft maintenance. It’s nice to know that there’s a reliable OS powering a wide number of computers and diagnostic tools these days that help keep our favorite, and not so favorite,...

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Linspire chairman thinks desktop Linux is futile (TechSpot)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:02:00 GMT

There are many people who want to see desktop Linux succeed, and there are many companies and independent projects working towards that goal. Linux has very strong ties to the server and embedded markets, and device for device outweighs Windows in the world. However, not everyone agrees trying to erode Microsoft desktop market share is the way to go for Linux growth, and one of...

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Why to use the Linux desktop for business and how to do it effectively (ITBusiness.ca - Top Stories)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:00:50 GMT

Fortunately, the future of Linux on the business desktop has never been brighter. Bolstered by contributions from some of the biggest names in IT, today's Linux offers a rich, highly functional user experience to compete with any proprietary OS.

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How to write a thorough review of a Linux distribution (Newsforge)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

I have never written a review of a Linux distribution, but I've read more than I can count, and many of them have been maddeningly incomplete and not worth the time it took to read them. Here's a list of items you need to talk about in order to write a thorough review, covering every aspect of the distribution from the initial download to the final recommendation and everything in between.

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Linspire Chairman Frustrated By Futility Of Desktop Linux, Rebuts Carmony (Information Week)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Michael Robertson says Microsoft's imposing lead in the desktop market means Linux should look to next-gen devices for growth.

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Explore : Business Intelligence, Telecommunication

Re: software security auditing in Linux-based systems (Programming World)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:52:00 GMT

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Flipping the Linux switch: Linux web tools, Pt.4 - HTML editors for every mood (Download Squad)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Filed under: Design , Internet , Features , Linux , Open Source Maybe you've taken some time and fooled around a bit with Quanta Plus and Bluefish and decided that they weren't for you. Maybe you just looked at the features, and the GUIs and thought, "I'd rather pluck my nose hairs out than use those." That's okay. We're not about to pass judgment on your taste in HTML editors, or your strange...

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Explore : Internet, Open Source, Software, Technology

Latest Open Source Linux Phone on Sale July 4 (Wired)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:33:00 GMT

The latest attempt at an open source, Linux-based phone goes on sale July 4. Offered by OpenMoko, will it succeed where so many others have failed? We'll find out for sure on the Fourth.

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Acer's Linpus Linux Lite (Fedora) ultra portable laptop piles the pressure on Microsoft (FSM) (LWN.net)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:46:32 GMT

Free Software Magazine reviews the Acer Linpus Linux Lite ultra portable laptop. " It is due to launch here in the UK in early July with the GNU/Linux version with a price tag of £199. (Yes, surprise, surprise, they're offering Windows XP too.) Given the specification (Intel atom N270 chip, 8.9 inch screen, webcam, 1024 x 600 resolution, 8GB SSD, three USB ports, VGA, and two SD card...

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software security auditing in Linux-based systems (Programming World)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:52:00 GMT

After some cursory searching, and having used a few distributions for a few years, I haven't found any software vulnerability auditing software for any Linux distribution equivalent to FreeBSD's portaudit or NetBSD's audit-packages. In fact, FreeBSD seems to have two such tools, as it can claim vxquery in addition to portaudit, and I have yet to find even one such tool for any Linux distribution....

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Garmin navigation devices run Linux (Crave RSS)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:33:00 GMT

LinuxDevices has uncovered an impressive fact about Garmin's Nuvi (8xx and 5xxx series) GPS devices: They're running Linux. A quick look at the Nuvi 8xx source code indicates that the devices run a 2.6.17.7 Linux kernel on a Marvell "Monahans" processor, likely either the Marvell ...

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Bit Stories 2008-07-02: Recording Screwups, Moblin.org, Linux, MIDs, and NetMeeting (TinyScreenfuls.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:28:41 GMT

... sneak peak is out there, if you have a Samsung Q1 Ultra Brian feels that he won’t be able to use a Linux-based MID because of the lack of mature ink/handwriting input support It’s really hard to do an ink interface well Will Atom-based devices ever have the horsepower to do handwriting well? Is this a hardware or a software problem? Do open source projects do better when there’s a common,...

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Group Sense’s Palm OS line-up give way to lone, Linux-based phone (Best Gadgets World)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:07:55 GMT

by Donald Melanson , posted Jul 4th 2008 at 2:37PM Well, it looks like Group Sense's once mighty line-up of Palm OS-based handsets has finally been shown the door with the whole lot now replaced by a single, Linux-based device. From the looks of it though, it doesn't seem like the new handset is about to work any wonders for the company, with the "real smart" Xplore WF100 boasting only a 1.5-inch...

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