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  • Motorola rumored to have acquired Azingo, part of some grander OS plans?

    Motorola rumored to have acquired Azingo, part of some grander OS plans?

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    This one isn't official just yet, but if some changes in employment status on LinkedIn is any indication, it looks like Motorola may have recently acquired mobile Linux OS company Azingo. It may not exactly be a major player in the mobile OS field, but its Linux-based Azingo Mobile OS does look to be capable enough (complete with a Webkit-based browser and Flash runtime), and the acquisition is especially interesting in light of some recent comments made by Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha. Back during Moto's Q1 earnings call, he said that he has "always felt that owning your OS is important, provided you have an ecosystem, you have all the services and you have an ability and the scale to execute on keeping that OS at the leading edge," adding that he continues to believe "that at some point, if we have all of those attributes, that owning our own OS will be a very important thing." Is Azingo Mobile that OS? Probably not, but it'll certainly be interesting to see where this leads -- as long as it doesn't lead to something called MOTOZINGO.

    Motorola rumored to have acquired Azingo, part of some grander OS plans? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Dropbox Finally Launches on Android (iPad, too)

    Dropbox Finally Launches on Android (iPad, too)

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Yay! Everyone's favourite file-sharing and document-syncing service, Dropbox, has finally released their official Android app, alongside an iPad app and mobile API. The Beta version of the Android app has been out-and-about for the last fortnight, but now the fully-fledged, 100% official, ready-for-action, go-get-em-tiger version has been released to the Android Market. I'm serious. No joke reality. You can go do a search now if you don't believe me. Go on, I'll wait. See? Neat, isn't it?

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  • Motorola Hints At Its Own Mobile OS, Acquires Azingo

    Motorola Hints At Its Own Mobile OS, Acquires Azingo

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    After rumours of HTC contemplating their own OS, it seems Motorola may also be heading back into the OS game, with Co-CEO Sanjay Jha hinting at the importance of having their own OS.

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  • Videos: WePad’s interface moves oh so smoothly

    Videos: WePad’s interface moves oh so smoothly

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    This is the final version of the WePad, and it's currently earmarked for a July release. We'll see, of course. Anyhow, the device was shown off to the press in Germany earlier today, and several videos demonstrating the interface are now online for our viewing pleasure. It does look mighty slick, but you wonder if that's enough to take on Cupertino's “magical and revolutionary” device.

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  • The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake?

    The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake?

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    We're not entirely sure this thing exists in real life. The G-mate Gun Overlord just seems a bit too glorious. Even the video after the jump isn't enough proof. If it is real though, watch out, it could be awesome. Unless of course it's not and actually really lame.

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  • PS3 owner gets $130 rebate because of Linux removal

    PS3 owner gets $130 rebate because of Linux removal

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Y'all know that Sony killed Linux support on the PS3 with the latest firmware update (and had previously killed it with the introduction of the PS3 Slim), yes? Yes. A European PS3 owner has received a £84.00 (around $130) rebate from Amazon for removing support for the free and open source operating system. Win~!

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  • Daily Crunch: Bear Test Edition

    Daily Crunch: Bear Test Edition

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember the Linux wristwatch? An Interview with Mike Davey about his Homemade Turing machine Awesome Mega Man hoodie Fujitsu develops robotic care bear that giggles, snores What’s the secret message on the USB drive?

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  • No more Linux for the PS3

    No more Linux for the PS3

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    I almost bought a Sony PS3 specifically so that I could use Linux on it. Now, I'm glad I didn't, because Sony has announced that in an upcoming firmware release they're going to remove support for alternate operating systems. The official explanation for the removal of this feature is "due to security concerns", but no specific security concerns have actually been mentioned yet.

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  • Hack your Samsung TV, linux guy

    Hack your Samsung TV, linux guy

    Posted on March 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Interestingly enough, the official Samsung firmware for several different models is based off the Linux kernel. This opens up a whole world of possibilities, particularly since many users feel that the current firmware is broken. The major problem is that the media player functionality is very basic, and missing key file types needed to make it useful.

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  • North Korea develops its own Linux distro called Red Star OS

    North Korea develops its own Linux distro called Red Star OS

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    If you guys weren't terrified of North Korea by now, here's more evidence that the country is absolutely nuts: they've developed their own Linux distribution! It's called Red Star OS, and we can thank a Russian student for unearthing it for us. I now fully expect to see knee-jerk reactions like, "Down with Linux!" even though that makes no sense at all.

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  • You don’t fall for the wallet inspector gimmick, so why fall for its online equivalent?

    You don’t fall for the wallet inspector gimmick, so why fall for its online equivalent?

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    I think I'm getting to the point that, instead of feeling bad for people who fall victim to phishing scheme, or any other online nonsense, I'm actually like, “You know what? Serves you right.” There's a new scam going around that exploits Internet Explorer (in Windows XP, mostly), and it works by tricking users into pressing the F1 key at a certain time. Once the key is pressed, any ol' code a hackers wants to execute can be executed. Right now, the only work-around is to not press F1 when prompted by any ol' site. Cool.

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  • Nice Doggie: Puppy Arcade 7 available

    Nice Doggie: Puppy Arcade 7 available

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Of all the wonderful uses for Linux, gaming hasn’t traditionally been one of its stronger suits. But as we all know, old console emulators provide eons of entertainment and said emulators run across a variety of operating systems. And so there’s Puppy Arcade, a derivation of the small-footprint, runs-on-just-about-any-hardware Puppy Linux.

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  • Dell’s “Linux Tax” is outrageous

    Dell’s “Linux Tax” is outrageous

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    I knew you had to pay a little extra to get Windows, but $100,000 to get Linux on your Mini 10n netbook? Good lord! What are the manuals written on? The skin of unicorns? Click to embiggen.

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  • Security expert: Flash is horrible

    Security expert: Flash is horrible

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    An Italian security site ran an interview with Pwn2Own contest winner Charlie Miller about secure systems. He said Windows 7 was pretty darn secure but that - get this - Flash eats it big time when paired with an insecure browser.

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  • Smartphone Sales Up 24 Percent, iPhone’s Share Nearly Doubled Last Year (Gartner)

    Smartphone Sales Up 24 Percent, iPhone’s Share Nearly Doubled Last Year (Gartner)

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Last year, Apple's iPhone nearly doubled its worldwide market share of smartphone sales to 14.4 percent, up 6.2 points from the year before, according to the latest market share figures put out by Gartner. The iPhone still trails behind Nokia's Symbian-powered smartphones (No. 1), which saw their share decline 5.5 points to 46.9 percent, and RIM Blackberries (No. 2), which gained 3.3 points to end the year with a 19.9 percent share. Remember, these are worldwide estimates. In the U.S., both Blackberry and Apple are much larger than Symbian. And when it comes to mobile Web traffic, Apple and Android dominate with 81 percent share. According to Gartner, Android phone sales jumped 3.4 points (to 3.9 percent), but Android is still smaller than WIndows Mobile or Linux. Those mobile OSes, however, saw their market share drop 3.1 and 2.9 percent, respectively. Palm's WebOS barely made a mark with 0.7 percent share.

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