Archive for the ‘OS’ Category

Google Shows Off Android

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Google Inc. showed off its nearly completed mobile software system Android, to about 3,000 computer programmers Wednesday, during its annual developer conference in San Francisco, touting the platform's mobile web services, mobile gaming prowess and map features by means of an iPhone-like touchscreen device, including touch-screen and accelerometer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Android: Google’s Open Source Mobile OS

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The gPhone is not released yet with all those speculations and rumors, but Google joined forces with leading mobile technology companies to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others have collaborated on the development of ...