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Nokia N900 runs on the new Maemo 5 Linux open source software. The N900 lets users open multiple application windows and run simultaneously while taking advantage of its cellular features. The N900 offers a high-res WVGA touch screen, QWERTY keyboard and a Mozilla powered browser. The device runs on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, with up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration.
Stallman Takes His Free-Software Crusade to Argentina
Two whirlwinds blew into Buenos Aires this week: the hundreds of Wikipedia supporters, editors and administrators here for their annual Wikimania conference, and the free-software activist Richard Stallman, who was in town as part of his never-ending tour of the globe to promote his cause. The two are set to meet Wednesday, when Mr. Stallman gives the keynote address at Wikimania in a theater across the street large enough to accommodate the expected crowd. But they don’t exactly blow in the same direction.
Attacking SMM Memory via Intel® CPU Cache Poisoning
A paper with code has been released outlining an "invisible exploit" involving Intel SMM cpu cache poisoning. Intel has not yet commented.
Chrome gets Mac deadline, extensions foundation
Google has revealed its goal for releasing Mac OS X and Linux versions of its browser. Also, cutting-edge Chrome sports early work to enable extensions.
What's Holding OpenOffice Back?
Why doesn't free trump expensive? Every Microsoft product has a free, open source counterpart created by dedicated programmers who loathe everything the company stands for. The free stuff is darn good. Yet companies and individuals continue to buy billions of dollars worth of Microsoft products.
Nearly 20% of Mid- and High-end Mobile Devices Will Run a Linux Operating System by 2013
ABI Research releases new report showing Linux OS gaining momentum following LiMo Foundation initiative, Google's Android solution and Nokia's support of Maemo solution and purchase of Trolltech.
Yahoo! sends formal reply to Microsoft keeping door open on possible transaction
Yahoo!'s Board of Directors issued a letter to Microsoft stating "we have continued to make clear that we are not opposed to a transaction with Microsoft if it is in the best interests of our stockholders."
First Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone unveiled
The new Purple Magic Linux 3G Linux reference feature phone offers video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsing and video streaming ...
Announcing the Werewolf
It's close to midnight and something cool is coming through the "tubes"
It's looking real tight, a distro for the experts and the n00bs
With Live CDs so you can try it out before installing
Or DVDs so you can have the packages you choose
No way to lose
It's looking real tight, a distro for the experts and the n00bs
With Live CDs so you can try it out before installing
Or DVDs so you can have the packages you choose
No way to lose
Introducing Scott Ruecker
LXer Announcement: 21-Jun-2007Scott Ruecker will begin serving as LXer's new Editor-in-Chief effective immediately.
FC6 slips a third time
Hi, its me again, remember me? I was the guy who told you we would probably release on Thursday of this week. Yeah, about that...
Another slip in the FC6 schedule
... we decided to respin the release candidate tree and push the release date out another couple of days... We're planning to release on Thursday Oct 19th.
War driving picks up speed in Janesville
He walks briskly down the street. He balances a laptop computer in one hand. The other hand holds a little plastic box that's plugged into the laptop. It's an antenna...
Red Hat Creates JBoss Stack
Red Hat has integrated JBoss, which it acquired 90 days ago, into Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and put the resulting Red Hat Application Stack (RHAS) up for sale as a new subscription possibility...