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Ubuntu 10.10 beta arrives with new netbook UI
Sep 3rd
Canonical has announced the availability of the Ubuntu 10.10 beta release.
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Ubuntu 10.10 beta arrives with new netbook UI
Chrome reaches second birthday, version 6 goes stable
Sep 3rd
When Google launched its Chrome Web browser in 2008, it was clear that the product had considerable potential.
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Chrome reaches second birthday, version 6 goes stable
RockPlayer brings FFmpeg video playback to Android
Aug 27th
Playing video on an Android device can sometimes be a bit of a chore. The platform’s native media framework has very limited support for mainstream formats and can really only play H.264 video that is in an MP4 or 3GP container.
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RockPlayer brings FFmpeg video playback to Android
New, inexpensive color e-readers have Android under the hood
Aug 24th
Although Google’s Android mobile operating system is principally designed for phones, it is also increasingly showing up on low-cost tablets and other kinds of mobile devices. The platform is rapidly emerging as a major contender in the e-book reader market, where it is attracting a growing number of hardware vendors.
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New, inexpensive color e-readers have Android under the hood
Nokia and Intel open Joint Innovation Center: 3D UIs and mobile holograms ahoy!
Aug 24th
We already knew Nokia and Intel were deeply in love, thanks to their collaboration on MeeGo , but now the pairing has decided to hook up with the University of Oulu in Finland and open a joint research center . Part of the Intel Labs Europe scheme, the new Joint Innovation Center will focus on “new and compelling mobile user experiences,” taking advantage of mobile device processing grunt to offer 3D graphics and even holograms. Twenty-four R&D staff will be beavering away at that, using the University of Oulu’s existing 3D research as their starting point.
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Nokia and Intel open Joint Innovation Center: 3D UIs and mobile holograms ahoy!
Motorola DROID X source code released
Jul 31st
Yay, open source! Anyone interested in the DROID X source code? If you are, the files are posted on Motorola’s developer site. The code weighs in at a hefty 280 MB and was actually released several days ago on July 28th
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Motorola DROID X source code released
FFmpeg gets its own implementation of Google’s VP8 codec
Jun 29th
Developers Ronald Bultje, David Conrad, and Jason Garret-Glaser are creating a native VP8 video codec implementation for the open source FFmpeg project.
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FFmpeg gets its own implementation of Google’s VP8 codec
Jolicloud 1.0 Bringing Touch Support Some Time in the Future [Video]
Jun 21st
Whens’ the last time we saw a Jolicloud video demo? A little over a year ago .
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Jolicloud 1.0 Bringing Touch Support Some Time in the Future [Video]
Dell thinking about shipping Google’s Chrome OS on netbooks
Jun 21st
A Dell executive has revealed that the company is in talks with Google and is exploring the possibility of shipping netbooks with Chrome OS, the search giant’s cloud-centric Linux-based mobile operating system. The news reflects Dell’s interest in experimenting with new platforms. Dell has experimented with desktop Linux, but hasn’t really committed to the platform in the consumer space
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Dell thinking about shipping Google’s Chrome OS on netbooks
Setting up a network printer in Fedora 13
Jun 20th
I have been bragging to everyone how user-friendly Fedora has become with it’s most recent release for a while now. Some people are prone to believe me and some are not
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Setting up a network printer in Fedora 13
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