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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge...company's Chrome OS presentation on Thursday, said "Android and Chrome will likely converge over time," citing among other things the common Linux and Webkit code base present in both projects. It's not clear when Google thinks it might want... In this article: Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Netbooks, WebKit, Andy Rubin, and CNET |
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Computer World | 2 days ago
Hands on with the Dell Mini 3i smartphone
...said Thursday. The smartphone is one of the first Ophones in the world, a brand promoted by China Mobile to make sure consumers know it uses the Linux-based Open Mobile System (OMS) developed by the company. OMS is very similar to...
In this article: China Mobile, Dell, China, Android, IDC, Google, Quad, and Asia
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Yahoo! News | October 26, 2009
Qualcomm Opens Subsidiary Focused on Open Source (PC World)
...systems and applications, the company said. The engineers will work on software including Linux and Webkit as well as operating systems including Symbian, Android and Chrome, it said. In opening the new group, Qualcomm is following a...
In this article: Qualcomm, Android, Android, WebKit, Symbian, Smartphones, and Yahoo
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Phone News | 2 days ago
Motorola Announces Crush for USCellular
...see what the phone looks like without Verizon screwing up the user interface. It's nice, but it appears they continue to block access to the Linux underpinnings. Personally, I don't see why Motorola even bothers with continuing this line of...
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Centre Daily Times | 4 days ago
Mentor Graphics Delivers Optimized Android Development System for the OMAP35x Processors from Texas Instruments
...the OMAP35x Processors from Texas Instruments TOKYO - Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), a leading provider of embedded Linux and Android solutions, today announced its delivery of the Android Development System for the Texas...
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Adobe offers upgrades for Flash and AIR (InfoWorld)
The beta releases are available as free downloads from Adobe Labs. Flash Player 10.1 runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux desktop platforms and x86-based netbooks. Devices supported include Android, Windows Mobile, Palm webOS, and...
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Phone Scoop - Latest News | October 29, 2009
Qualcomm's Open Source Unit Joins Symbian Foundation
...become a member of the Symbian Foundation. Qualcomm's QuIC is focusing on open source initiatives such as Linux and Webkit, and on open source operating systems such as Symbian, Android and Chrome. QuIC joins the Symbian Foundation's board of...
In this article: Symbian Foundation, Qualcomm, Android, and WebKit
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Opinion: The future of Linux is Google
...interesting. There was nothing new about the idea of using Linux on a handset, and (apart from Google's involvement) little reason to expect it would carve out substantial market share in the competitive smartphone arena. But, with about...
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PR Newswire: Technology | October 19, 2009
Marvell Launches ARMADA -- New Application Processors for Next Generation Mobile Computing and Intelligent Connected Devices
...Support The ARMADA family supports primary operating systems used across consumer and embedded markets including Microsoft Windows Embedded CE, Windows Mobile, Google Android, Linux, Maemo, Ubuntu, and China Mobile's OMS. To further...
In this article: Armada, ARM, Ubuntu, MRVL, Blu-ray, Adobe Flash, Canonical, Nasdaq, and Adobe
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Linux (commonly pronounced: /ˈlɪnʌks/, in English, also pronounced: /ˈlɪnʊks/, Torvalds has made available an audio sample with his pronunciation in English (IPA: //ˈlɪnʊks//: ) and in Swedish (IPA: //ˈlɪːnɤks//: ) is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed, both commercially and non-commercially, by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Linux is predominantly known for its use in servers, although can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware, ranging from embedded devices, mobile phones and even some watches to supercomputers. Linux distributions, installed on both desktop and laptop computers, have become increasingly commonplace in recent years, partly owing to the popular Ubuntu distribution and the emergence of netbooks.
The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel, originally written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The rest of the system usually comprises components such as the Apache HTTP Server, the X Window System, the GNOME and KDE desktop environments, and utilities and libraries from the GNU Project (announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman). Commonly-used applications with desktop Linux systems include the Mozilla Firefox web-browser and the OpenOffice.org office application suite. The GNU contribution is the basis for the Free Software Foundation's preferred name GNU/Linux.
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