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Mobile Linux standards forum gives up
June 26, 2008
Efforts to standardize mobile Linux get put on hold after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it's merging with the Linux Mobile Foundation.
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Key mobile Linux platform out in March
February 4, 2008
The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately.
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More heavyweights join mobile-Linux group
February 11, 2008
Orange, Access join the LiMo Foundation to collaborate on its upcoming mobile-Linux platform, which promises more applications for users.
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LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia, and mobile Linux
February 4, 2008
Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation's first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech.
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Gphone vs. iPhone: The security debate begins
November 8, 2007
Plans for Google's Android spark discussion about whether its Linux platform will prove more--or less--secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone.
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From Danger's realm come Android's makers
November 12, 2007
Google's Andy Rubin talks nuts and bolts about the Linux-based phone software, the lessons of Sidekick, and the beauty of the iPhone.Google releases Android toolsImages: Software tools for Google A...
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Palm touts stability of Linux-based Treos
April 11, 2007
CEO says Linux-based operating system is due to appear on Palm Treo handsets by the end of this year.
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Commentary: Linux on the desktop
November 9, 2004
How serious a threat is the alternative operating system to Microsoft? For those who are mulling a switch, the key is to follow the money.
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Trolltech axes the Greenphone
October 22, 2007
The Linux developer says it will now focus on its Qtopia platform and leave the hassles of hardware to other companies.
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Torvalds switches to Apple
March 9, 2005
Linux figure says his main desktop is no longer an x86 machine. He wanted to "check out the other side."
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Mobile phone companies join forces on Linux
June 15, 2006
Several cell phone makers and mobile operators plan to pull resources to develop a common Linux operating system for mobile devices.
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Microsoft's eye on open source
July 20, 2005
Software giant's Martin Taylor soldiers on, evangelizing that open source may not be all it's cut out to be.
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Qantas ditches Linux for AIX
April 27, 2007
Airline looks to IBM's Unix-based AIX platform to handle internal finance systems, says "stability issues" were a factor.
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Caldera CEO mulls unified Unix/Linux
August 17, 2001
Ransom Love, chief executive of Caldera International, discusses the future of the open-source movement and his vision of a unified Unix/Linux platform.
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Linux gets its 'Moto' running
July 28, 2006
With phone called "Ming," company builds Chinese dynasty, helps Linux in its advance against Great Wall of rival OSes.
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Experts question Windows win in flaw tally
January 6, 2006
A US-CERT report that found Microsoft's OS had fewer vulnerabilities than Linux-Unix in 2005 is flawed itself, critics say.
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Sun's fighting chance
September 20, 2004
Forrester CEO George Colony argues that if Sun goes down, it's going to go down taking very big swings.
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