Cold War at the Eighth KDE PIM Gathering
Jan 15, 2010The eighth annual KDE PIM developer meeting in Osnabrück, Germany started out with an extended snowball fight among the Scottish, German and Dutch contingencies. That actual work was being done was evidenced by enhancements to Akonadi, KDE 4.4 and 4.5, and planned further development of the Kontact groupware client.
more »Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 Removes HAL
Jan 15, 2010The development of Ubuntu 10.04 is taking another turn. Lucid Lynx now has a second alpha version that gets rid of HAL.
more »Ted Ts'o Joins Google and Helps with Ext4 Migration
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more »Android Platform 2.1 for Developers
Jan 13, 2010Google's latest release, Android 2.1, comes not only with the mobile operating system but also a developer kit.
more »Symbian 3 and 4 Progress
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more »New Toys: Interesting Mobile Linux Devices at CES
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more »VIA Telecom to Join Open Handset Alliance
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more »Google Mobile Phone with OLED Display and Android 2.1
Jan 07, 2010Google has presented its Android mobile phone to the public. What's special about the Nexus One is the 3.5" touchscreen with an OLED display resolving at 800 x 480 pixels and the newest Android 2.1 (Eclair).
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