Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux (PC World)PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn???t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true. Full text |
Rivals Report Boost from Microsoft's Browser Ballot (NewsFactor)
Motorola Releases Two New Android Smartphones (NewsFactor)
Ex-Mozilla Security Chief Takes Job at Apple (PC World)
NexentaStor Adds Primary Deduplication (PC World)
FSF to Google: Free the On2 Video Codec (PC World)
Rhomobile upgrades smartphone dev platform (InfoWorld)
Firefox 3.5.8 Closes Security Holes (PC World)
LG GW990 Is First Announced 'Meego' Phone (PC Magazine)
PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn???t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true. Full text
NewsFactor - Mozilla and Opera Software say they are seeing an uptick in demand for their browsers in the wake of Microsoft's launch of a choice ballot in Europe. Mozilla CEO John Lilly told The New York Times over the weekend that more than 50,000 Firefox downloads have already occurred via direct links from the new choice screen that the European Commission mandated last year as part of its antitrust settlement with Microsoft. Full text
NewsFactor - Motorola is placing two new bets on the open-source Android operating system with the release of its Backflip and Devour smartphones. The uniquely designed Backflip began selling through AT&T Wireless late last week, and the Detour is now available from Verizon Wireless. Full text
PC World - Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple. Full text
PC World - Nexenta Systems is updating its NexentaStor open-source storage software with in-line deduplication, which increases the amount of data that can be stored on a server by storing it more efficiently, and support for three popular hypervisors. Full text
PC World - In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation has urged Google to open source a video codec that it acquired in its purchase of On2, completed Monday. Full text
InfoWorld - Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms. Full text
PC World - Mozilla yesterday released updates for its Firefox Web browser to shore up vulnerabilities in the 3.5.x and 3.0.x browser versions. Full text
PC Magazine - A day after Intel and Nokia announced they were merging their Maemo and Moblin Linux platforms to become MeeGo, a presenter at LG's press breakfast on Wednesday confirmed that the LG GW990, the first phone based on Intel's Moorestown platform, will "transition" to MeeGo. Full text
PC World - The latest version of OpenOffice fixes several vulnerabilities that could cause a computer to become compromised by a remote attacker. Full text
