Linux kernel

...USB storage, a light-weight IP stack, Qt/Webkit, a zero-footprint runtime for Ada programs, and the addition of a paravirtualized Linux kernel to the mainline distribution. These and more changes are described in full detail in the release...

In this article: Linux, Qt, Ada, and WebKit

...just download any binary and run it," Sengupta said. Chrome has a verified boot process that uses cryptography to ensure that the Linux kernel, the nonvolatile system memory, and the partition table are not tampered with when the system...

In this article: Chrome OS, Google, Nintendo, BusinessWeek, Apple, Cloud computing, and Web applications

...select from hundreds of packages and middleware for their custom root file system. Newer versions of Linux components, including the Linux kernel, toolchain, packages and middleware, will be available in LinuxLink as they become available...

In this article: Linux, Customer, Trademark, GNU, and Linus Torvalds

See why InfoWorld's Eric Knorr says, "I want my Chrome OS Web appliance."] 1. It's not Linux True, the Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel, just as it draws from a number of other open source projects, including Moblin and Ubuntu. All the...

In this article: Chrome OS, Linux, Google, Android, InfoWorld, Ubuntu, IDC, and Microsoft

...most computing tasks. So Google has put it front and center in Chrome, reducing the rest of the operating system down to a minimal Linux kernel that drives only the most essential hardware components for a Web-centric user. Life in the...

In this article: Chrome OS, Google, Linux, Cloud computing, Salesforce.com, Microsoft, Sears, E mail, and Google Docs

...for Chrome." The Linux Foundation oversees the Moblin netbook OS , created originally by Intel Corp., as well as the Linux kernel itself. "Many of the technologies present in Chrome originated in the Moblin Project. For example, Moblin...

In this article: Google Chrome OS, Microsoft, Google, Moblin, Linux Foundation, Canonical Ltd, E mail, Ubuntu, and Jim Zemlin

...Motorola Droid is being offered for $150, compared to Verizon's price of $200. Both Palm phones run Palm's innovative webOS, a Linux kernel married to the open source Webkit Javascript engine. It's a combination that lets developers use...

In this article: Palm, Sprint, Amazon.com, Iphone, Palm Pre, E mail, BlackBerry Storm, and BlackBerry Bold

...the open-source community. "We are incorporating open-source products from many open-source community projects, including the Linux kernel," Pichai noted. And going forward, the Chrome OS code will be free, accessible to anyone, and open for...

In this article: Chrome OS, Google, and Yahoo

...deployment. The Arriba APK provides complete visibility throughout all layers of the Android stack, starting with the embedded Linux kernel and device drivers through Android libraries and application framework, the Dalvik VM and everything in...

In this article: Android, MIPS Technologies, Trademark, California, Competitive advantage, Linux, Java, and DVD

...goal after the arrival of Windows Vista, which simply didn't perform very well, especially in its early days. Mark Russinovich, Windows NT kernel guru, didn't even try to defend Windows Vista in this regard during his talk. "One of the...

In this article: Microsoft, Kernel, Mark Russinovich, Windows Vista, and SQL