14 Results for Android

Applied Filters

Jul-2009

Filter Results

Click a filter below to apply it to results

AUTHOR
Sam Dean (14)
SUBMITTED
TAG
android (14)
google (7)
chrome os (5)
smartphones (5)
view more

OStatic Buffer Overflow...

SpringSource takes on Java goliaths. The company is proving that commercial open source can peacefully coexist with community involvement.

Microhoo lessons for open source. Yahoo?s open source projects are now held by a company that is cash poor.

Acer: Android netbook on track for Q3. The company has wavered on whether it will deliver one, but it apparently is on track, and may dual-boot with Windows.

The Gap moves from Windows to Red Hat Linux. The company needed to revamp its entire end-to-end business technology platform.

Dell: New Ubuntu desktop PC launching soon. There?s a high probability that it will debut the week of August 2nd.



SugarSync: Sync Files Folders and Photos from Android

As JKOnTheRun notes, Sharpcast's extremely popular SugarSync file synchronization service now works with Android-based phones and devices. Widely used on the iPhone, BlackBerry and on Windows Mobile devices, the service also works on both PCs and Macs. It lets you retrieve and view files from any computer in a SugarSync account, browse and upload local files, send files and share folders directly from a phone, view folders shared with other phone users, and upload and view photos from a phone. Sharpcast offers a free 2GB storage account, and you can sign up from the Android application, which is available on Android Market today.?


Android Is Still Headed Beyond Just Smartphones

Earlier this month, when Google announced its Chrome OS and made clear that it is headed for netbooks, the news curbed many of the predictions people were making about the Android operating system's prospects on netbooks. Google officials made clear that they were steering Android toward smartphones. That hasn't stalled all of the efforts to bring Android to platforms other than smartphones, though. As PC World points out, device maker Touch Revolution is working on several types of touch-screen devices based on Android, including a line of cutting-edge remote controls for homes. Meanwhile, Japan's OESF (Open Embedded Software Foundation) continues to push forward with plans to deliver devices running Android as an embedded operating system.


Fashionistas, Design and Early Open Source Smartphones

Today, JKOnTheRun notes that HTC--the first hardware maker to back the open source Android operating system--may be putting Android on over 50 percent of its future phones. If true this is a big blow to Windows Mobile, the platform on the major portion of HTC?s lineup for some time, they conclude. I have to agree, and this is yet another example of Android's pronounced momentum in the smartphone market, where we're going to see large waves of Android handsets arrive this year and next. Android is shaping up to be a hugely influential open source platform.? For Android phones to really get competitive with the iPhone, though, the cool factor matters. This is much more important than it may seem at first glance.


Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Chrome OS, Speed and Ads

GigaOm has a good report up on Google's quarterly earnings call, where CEO Eric Schmidt talks extensively about plans for Chrome OS, the company's upcoming open source operating system aimed at netbooks. As we discussed here, steering people toward Google's advertising network is a primary goal Google has for Chrome OS, and Schmidt directly confirms that. He also talks about speed as a focus: Our primary focus for that product will be speed ? in particular speed of boot and speed of computation, and seamless use of all the web services that are the promise of cloud computing. Check out more of his comments here.?


GigaOm: Google Voice for Android, Blackberry Could Cause a Shakeup

This morning, reports that Google Voice is headed for Blackberry and Android handsets started making the rounds on the web. Google had previously announced that this was in the works, but provided official confirmation today, in this post.

According to the post: The mobile application makes using Google Voice with your cell phone simpler by letting you place calls and send SMS messages directly from your Google Voice number. You can call from your phone's address book or enter in numbers directly, and your outbound calls will display your Google Voice number as the caller ID. You can also listen to your voicemail and read transcriptions of your messages. As GigaOm points out, some people may be underestimating how far-reaching this could be, with Google standing between users and their carriers.



Chrome OS, Android, and Other Trends Boost Open Source Jobs

Last week, in a post called Open Source Skills As a Job Seeker's Key Differentiator, I provided a chart showing rapid growth in jobs available for people with open source skills for platforms such as Drupal and Joomla. The trend is up while the economy is down. We've done several other posts on how open source skills can arm a college graduate looking for tech work, or a recently laid off worker, with powerful calling cards for finding employment. That's why Glyn Moody's post today, Will Chrome OS Burnish the Open Source Jobs Market? caught my eye. He makes a number of good points, and the trend he points to is likely to spread out with several beneficial results.?


OStatic Buffer Overflow...

There will be three updates to Android by the end of the year. They're all named after desserts.

Chrome OS proves Google can hype, but can it win? It used to be that only Microsoft could pre-announce a product to mass hysteria, then under-deliver for the first few iterations.

Google and open source finally kill Clippy. Microsoft is selling Office 2010 as an action flick whose first scene is at the graveside of Clippy, the paperclip help icon.

Five ways to help secure Apache on Linux. Apache is one of the most popular web servers available, and it's easier to secure than you may think.

6 reasons to license software under the GPL. Programmers are plagiarists.



OStatic Buffer Overflow...

Is Oracle getting ready to kill OpenSolaris? What does a Linux company, which Oracle is, want to do with its newly purchased Sun operating system?

Google releases open source NX server. Amid the fanfare of the Chrome OS announcement, Google quietly released an open source NX server, dubbed Neatx, for remote desktop display.

HP releases $500 Linux netbook onto Aussie market. This week sees the Australian launch of the Mini 110, which HP is offering with both Ubuntu and Windows XP.

Free operating systems that aren't Linux. There are other free options such BSD, OpenSolaris, HaikuOS, ReactOS, and PureDarwin.

Chrome, Android have different jobs, Google says. Android has features unique to running mobile devices, and one doesn't replace the other, a Google mobile executive says.



Two Open Source Venture Capital Rounds From This Week

This week brought more venture capital funding for open source players. Google's Chrome OS isn't the only news on the netbook operating system front for the week. Jolicloud, which has an Internet operating system for netbooks, has announced the completion of a $4.2M Series A funding round led by Atomico Ventures, in conjunction with Mangrove Capital Partners. Meanwhile, Borqs, which has an open mobile phone operating system based on Android, has raised $17.4 million in Series B funding.


View Page: 12