Archive for the ‘Open Source’ Category

Firefox 500 Million Downloads Celebration

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The Firefox browser has been downloaded more than 500 million times, according to SpreadFirefox website. Mozilla is celebrating this by raising 500 million grains of rice on FreeRice. Which is enough to feed 25,000 people for a day. In honor of the 500 million download mark we're celebrating by raising 500,000,000 ...

Dell Developing Google Android Handset?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The rumor mill is abuzz with speculation that Google is partnering with computing firm Dell to launch a mobile phone based on the web services giant's fledgling Android OS. According to MarketingWeek, senior industry sources claim the two companies will reveal their collaboration at February's Mobile World Congress (MWC) event ...

Android Hacked To Run On Real Hardware

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Google announced the open source mobile operating system Android, and released the SDK for Android in November. By combining an Android Software Development kit with an emulator and a Poky Linux kernel, a hacker called Cortez has created an installer which enables interested parties to run the platform on the Sharp ...

NYSE Switches To Linux

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

The New York Stock Exchange is investing heavily in x86-based Linux systems and blade servers as it builds out the NYSE Hybrid Market trading system that it launched last year. Flexibility and lower cost are among the goals. "What we want is to be able to take advantage of technology advances ...

Firefox Version 3 Beta

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Firefox 3 Beta version is now available for download for testing purpose. These beta releases are targeted to Web developers and our testing community to gain feedback before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The ...

OHA Releases Android SDK

Friday, November 16th, 2007

The Open Handset Alliance released an early version of the Android Software Development Kit, providing the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform. The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can download the Android ...

Technology Blogs - Blog Top Sites