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Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:00 GMT
PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
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Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:19 GMT
PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.
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WordPress Guns for Web Content Management Duties
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:40:12 GMT
PC World - Long popular with bloggers, the open-source WordPress blogging software is also starting to find a niche as a low-cost corporate CMS (content management system), at least for managing relatively simple Web sites.
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Rivals Report Boost from Microsoft's Browser Ballot
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:05:57 GMT
NewsFactor - Mozilla and Opera Software say they are seeing an uptick in demand for their browsers in the wake of Microsoft's launch of a choice ballot in Europe. Mozilla CEO John Lilly told The New York Times over the weekend that more than 50,000 Firefox downloads have already occurred via direct links from the new choice screen that the European Commission mandated last year as part of its antitrust settlement with Microsoft.
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Motorola Releases Two New Android Smartphones
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:49:25 GMT
NewsFactor - Motorola is placing two new bets on the open-source Android operating system with the release of its Backflip and Devour smartphones. The uniquely designed Backflip began selling through AT&T Wireless late last week, and the Detour is now available from Verizon Wireless.
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Mozilla's Drumbeat Beats to an Open Web
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:46:12 GMT
PC Magazine - In Mozilla's world, the Firefox Web browser is but a mere battle in a larger war, one that's aimed at punching holes through closed, proprietary Web platforms of all kinds. What's on the horizon? "Drumbeat".
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Group Seeks to Open Source Data-center Design
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:10:24 GMT
PC World - A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.
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Opera Hopes To Capitalize on Europe's Browser Choice
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:30:09 GMT
NewsFactor - Microsoft is promoting alternative browsers to millions of Windows users across Europe -- and Opera is poised to pounce on the opportunity. With a brand-new, faster iteration of its open-source browser, Opera is working hard to gain the attention of Europeans looking for an Internet Explorer alternative.
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