Twitter and Co. to Protect Ubuntu Users with Update Alerts
Feb 19, 2010A new alert system should warn Ubuntu users via micro-blogging about potentially harmful updates.
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more »Adobe Joins LiMo Foundation
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more »Qt 4.6.2 stable for Maemo 5 with first Mobile APIs
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more »Video: Android and Linux Kernel
Feb 17, 2010At FOSDEM 2010 in Brussels, Linux Magazine Online pulled Android commentator Jan Wildeboer and kernel staging tree maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman away from the daily events to talk with them on camera.
more »HTC Legend and Desire Smartphones with Enhanced Sense
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