Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

Chrome: Another Browser From Google

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Google released beta of Chrome, their own browser. Google said in its announcement: "To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff -- the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean ...

Linux Killer Application: AppChecker

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Many of the developers face one problem in Linux applications development, that to ensure the application works fine in all distributions like SUSE, Redhat, Debian etc. Fortunately, The Linux Foundation has just released a beta of a new program, Linux Application Checker (AppChecker), that's going to make vendors and programmers start ...

Nokia Acquires Symbian, Plans To Open Platform

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Nokia announced it will acquire the remaining shares of mobile software licensing company Symbian Limited--moreover, the handset giant will team with Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo to unite the Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP technologies and forge a single open mobile software platform. The firms will also collaborate ...

Firefox 3 Sets Download Record

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Firefox 3 was released on 17 June. And its already downloaded more than 14 million as of now, heading for a record. You can watch the live count as it streams in from Mozilla's raw server logs, and according to the download day page, the majority of downloads have come from ...

Linux Kernel Development And Stats

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Linux Kernel: Who is developing it, how they are doing it, and why you should care. The Linux kernel is the lowest level of software running on a Linux system. It is charged with managing the hardware, running user programs, and maintaining the overall security and integrity of the whole system. ...

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 ...