MeeGo Repositories: Code Available for Moblin-Maemo Merger
Apr 02, 2010Imad Sousou, director of Intel's Open Source Technology Center, has released the first parts for developers of the Linux-based MeeGo platform for mobile devices.
more »Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 for New Processors
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more »Scorpio Blue Notebook Hard Drive Stores 750 GBytes on Two Disks
Mar 31, 2010The 2.5" SATA Scorpio Blue hard drive from Western Digital has the highest storage capacity of any notebook drive, according to its maker.
more »Simmbook Netbook for Emerging Markets
Mar 30, 2010IBM and Indian company Simmtronics are marketing their 10" netbook at a cost under $200.
more »NVIDIA Drops Xf86-video-nv Support: No Open Source for New Cards
Mar 30, 2010Andy Ritger, NVIDIA manager responsible for the Linux graphics cards, as announced on the X.org mailing list that the graphics chip company will no longer develop the open source 2D video drivers for its chips. He recommends using the VESA X driver instead.
more »Sony Removes Linux from PlayStation 3
Mar 29, 2010After the PS3 Slim already delivered without Linux functionality, Sony is now also removing Linux from the older PlayStations as of firmware update 3.21.
more »Lindy USB 3.0 Drives and Docking Station for Linux
Mar 29, 2010USB 3.0 promises up to 5 Gbit data transfers. Manufacturer Lindy now brings two SATA hard drive enclosures and a hard drive docking/cloning station with USB 3.0 to the marketplace.
more »Qt 4.7 Preview for N900
Mar 18, 2010Qt developers have packaged a preview for the upcoming version 4.7 of the toolkit for the Maemo N900 smartphone. The software packages are intended for developers.
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