Tag Archives: Linux

Android 2.1 now on the HTC HD2

The HTC HD2 is a Windows Mobile phone, or at least it was, but now some clever techies have managed to sort it so the handset can run Android 2.1. In.. more

Google uninstalls Windows

It is being widely reported that the search giant Google are removing Windows from its desktop PC’s in order to eliminate the risk of security breaches. Google have around twenty thousand.. more

JooJoo Linux powered tablet now available in the UK

If you’re fed up with the iPad delays (it’s the end of next month now), and fancy an alternative web tablet, then the JooJoo may well be worth a look. The.. more

Alex laptop launched for the computer-phobic

There are plenty of people out there who won’t touch a computer because they’re scared of them. And this is a market the Broadband Computer Company is hoping to address with its laptop creation which goes by the name of Alex. Even the name sounds.. more

Emblaze Mobile announces First Else phone

Israel based Emblaze Mobile has announced the First Else, a strangely named new smartphone which will employ an innovative Linux operating system called Else Intuition. As the name suggests, the focus of the OS is on intuitive use, and a design which allows the user.. more

Nokia unveils N900 tablet phone

Nokia has officially unveiled its latest touchscreen handset, the N900. The flagship device, built on Nokia’s Linux-based OS Maemo 5, features a 3.5-inch screen that Nokia claims will deliever a PC-like experience on the handheld tablet. The handset is Nokia’s first internet tablet to feature.. more

Streamezzo and Telemak strike deal

Streamezzo and Telemak announced a partnership on Wednesday that will allow Telemak’s Mobile TV Applications to be enriched and made compatible with all of the major mobile operating, including Windows Mobile, Symbian, Linux, iPhone, Blackberry, Java, and Android. Telemak developed the mobile television application and.. more

Chinese Green Dam Porn Blocker May Be Security Risk

New parental software called the Green Dam Youth Escort is raising concern from net privacy activists and security watchers, as they believe the remote code access can be used to create a botnet that can use the PCs to target government computers. According to the.. more

Google issues warning over Chrome for Mac

Google has issued a warning to computer users who are running a Linux based operating system or the Mac OS, not to download and use the Google browser Chrome. The warning applies to the newly released Mac and Linux builds of Chrome that are currently.. more

Smartphone market share to double by 2020

Smartphones are set to double their market share by 2013 to take 20% of the global market, according to research by In-Stat. One in three mobile users plan to replace their current model with a smartphone, an In-Stat survey found. Smartphones with a Linux-based OS.. more