G2: This Time on Vodafone
Feb 18, 2009A presentation at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona revealed that HTC and Vodafone are releasing a G2 phone (a.k.a. HTC Magic) as the successor to HTC and T-Mobile's G1 Android phone. Vodafone claims "exclusive deal" for G2. Where goeth the G3?
more »Red Hat Enters Virtualization Support Agreement with Microsoft
Feb 17, 2009U.S. Linux vendor Red Hat has entered a cooperation agreement with Microsoft in technical support of server virtualization.
more »Legal Video Downloads: YouTube goes Offline
Feb 17, 2009Until now, watching YouTube videos offline has been an awkward business, possible only with Firefox plugins or similar contraptions. Now, with the help of Creative Commons licenses, this could soon change.
more »Sidekick Mobile Phone with NetBSD: Microsoft's Next?
Feb 04, 2009Over a year ago Microsoft bought the software company Danger, popular in the U.S. for its Sidekick mobile phone. A new model is coming out, this time running on NetBSD.
more »Doghouse: Creating a Business The art of selling free software
Jan 31, 2009The open source community doesn't have a fleet of attorneys and PR consultants. When it is time to make the case for free software, you might just have to be the advocate.
more »Wikipedia Founder Seeks Limits on Editing
Jan 26, 2009Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has recommended reigning in edits of entries to the free-access online encyclopedia. The result has been an extensive dialogue in which the German Wikipedia community has provided some guidance based on its experience.
more »Venice Region Migrates to Open Source
Jan 26, 2009In an effort to reduce costs, municipal authorities in the Veneto region around the Italian city of Venice, will change to open source.
more »Sun's McNealy Advises Obama Administration on Open Source
Jan 23, 2009Sun cofounder Scott NcNealy has submitted a paper to the new U.S. administration about the cost savings and security benefits of Open Source software.
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