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That Cute Android Wallpaper May Be Sending Your Data to China
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70518.html
Personal data about millions of Android users could be sent to a mysterious Chinese website thanks to a set of wallpaper apps in the Android Market. That's according to mobile security firm Lookout, which discovered the questionable apps as part of its new App Genome Project.Katherine Noyes2010-07-30T05:00:00-07:00Mobile
Personal data about millions of Android users could be sent to a mysterious Chinese website thanks to a set of wallpaper apps in the Android Market. That's according to mobile security firm Lookout, which discovered the questionable apps as part of its new App Genome Project, an effort to identify security threats in the wild and provide insight into how applications are tapping into personal data and accessing other phone resources. The apps include branded wallpapers from "Star Wars" and "My Little Pony."
]]>2010-07-30T05:00:00-07:002010-07-30T12:32:17-07:00Europe's Tender Words About FOSS
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70510.html
There's no denying that everyone needs a little love from time to time, but for those of us in the FOSS community, that need can be particularly acute. After all, rarely a week goes by without some affront from those we had hoped were our friends. Case in point? Dell. Imagine our surprise, then -- nay, outright joy! -- when none other than Neelie Kroes lavished a heaping helping of love upon the FOSS community.Katherine Noyes2010-07-29T05:00:00-07:00Community
There's no denying that everyone needs a little love from time to time, but for those of us in the FOSS community, that need can be particularly acute. After all, rarely a week goes by without some affront from those we had hoped were our friends. Case in point? Dell. First, it was the disappearing love letter. Then, it was the "helpful" Windows vs. Ubuntu comparison guide. The latest? None other than outright rejection. Imagine our surprise, then -- nay, outright joy! -- when none other than Neelie Kroes lavished a heaping helping of love upon the FOSS community.
]]>2010-07-29T05:00:00-07:002010-07-29T09:09:20-07:00Motorola Has Its Work Cut Out for It
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70513.html
At face value, Motorola turned in respectable second quarter earnings: It posted revenue of $5.414 billion, which, although down slightly from the $5.497 billion realized the same period a year earlier, nonetheless beat analyst expectations of approximately $5.19 billion. The company also posted mobile smartphone shipments of 2.7 million units in Q2, up from 2.3 million in the first quarter. Here, doubts begin to set in.Erika Morphy2010-07-29T11:37:27-07:00Wall Street
At face value, Motorola turned in respectable second quarter earnings: It posted revenue of $5.414 billion, which, although down slightly from the $5.497 billion realized the same period a year earlier, nonetheless beat analyst expectations of approximately $5.19 billion. The company also posted mobile smartphone shipments of 2.7 million units in Q2, up from 2.3 million in the first quarter. Here, though, doubts begin to set in about Motorola's performance: Some analysts were expecting shipments of 3.1 million to 3.2 million. One firm, Reuters, had predicted 2.7 million -- which Motorola delivered.
]]>2010-07-29T11:37:27-07:002010-07-29T11:38:07-07:00Sunbird: Your Calendar, Your Way
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70485.html
Sunbird Calendar could prove to be one of your most useful tools. If you work on multiple computers or lack constant access to Web-based apps like Google and Yahoo calendars, you can be cut off from calendar access at very inconvenient times. The Sunbird Calendar solves these and a variety of other problems.Jack M. Germain2010-07-28T05:00:00-07:00Applications
Sunbird Calendar could prove to be one of your most useful tools. If you work on multiple computers or lack constant access to Web-based apps like Google and Yahoo calendars, you can be cut off from calendar access at very inconvenient times. The Sunbird Calendar solves these and a variety of other problems. About the only thing I miss from my previous days of working on a Windows PC is the portable apps I could load from a USB stick onto any computer I used. I regained a sense of that mobile portability with Sundbird.
]]>2010-07-28T05:00:00-07:002010-07-28T10:17:31-07:00GNOME Bands With LiMo to Build Mobile Linux Inroads
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70491.html
The LiMo Foundation and the GNOME Foundation on Monday announced that they have begun working together as partners to further open source innovation. Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation's advisory board and the GNOME Foundation will become an industry liaison partner for the LiMo Foundation.Katherine Noyes2010-07-27T05:00:00-07:00Mobile
The LiMo Foundation and the GNOME Foundation on Monday announced that they have begun working together as partners to further open source innovation. Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation's advisory board and the GNOME Foundation will become an industry liaison partner for the LiMo Foundation. The partnership stems from the use of several components from the GNOME Mobile platform in releases 2 and 3 of the LiMo Platform, the groups said.
]]>2010-07-27T05:00:00-07:002010-07-27T09:01:36-07:00Dell's 'Brilliant' Windows vs. Ubuntu Analysis
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70481.html
Here in the Linux community, we're already pretty accustomed to strange behavior from hardware vendors when it comes to our favorite operating system. Sometimes, though, you just have to sit back and scratch your head. The latest example? None other than Dell. After the curious case of its disappearing "love letter" to Linux, the Texas titan's UK site recently posted something that may be even more mystifying.Katherine Noyes2010-07-26T05:00:00-07:00Community
Here in the Linux community, we're already pretty accustomed to strange behavior from hardware vendors when it comes to our favorite operating system. Sometimes, though, you just have to sit back and scratch your head. The latest example? None other than Dell. After the curious case of its disappearing "love letter" to Linux a few weeks ago, the Texas titan's UK site recently posted something that may be even more mystifying: a guide to helping customers choose between Windows and Ubuntu.
]]>2010-07-26T05:00:00-07:002010-07-26T07:25:56-07:00Wikileaks Plunges Political World Into Turmoil
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70484.html
In what's been called the "biggest leak in intelligence history," more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe. Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.Katherine Noyes2010-07-26T12:18:18-07:00Blogosphere
In what's been called the "biggest leak in intelligence history," more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe. Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. Analyses of the material appeared simultaneously in The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Speigel. The documents reportedly include compelling evidence of widespread yet unreported abuses during the war.
]]>2010-07-26T12:18:18-07:002010-07-26T14:32:07-07:00Who You Gonna Call? Q&A With Software Freedom Law Center's Eben Moglen
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70470.html
The Software Freedom Law Center provides free legal representation and other law-related services to open source software developers. The organization began in 2005 under the direction of Eben Moglen, a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University Law School. His law center represents many of the most important and well-established free software and open source projects.Jack M. Germain2010-07-23T05:00:00-07:00Legal
The Software Freedom Law Center provides free legal representation and other law-related services to open source software developers. The organization began in 2005 under the direction of Eben Moglen, a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University Law School. His law center represents many of the most important and well-established free software and open source projects. The SFLC's goal is to help non-profit FLOSS projects succeed. The free legal assistance provides programmers and open source projects with sound legal and organizational structures.
]]>2010-07-23T05:00:00-07:002010-07-23T10:01:17-07:00India Aims to Supply Students With $35 Tablet Computers
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70473.html
Indian officials have unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost $35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. In photos, the device looks much like the sleek tablet-style PCs coming on the market and typified by the iPad. It will offer such standard functionality as word processing, Web browsing and video-conferencing.Erika Morphy2010-07-23T11:50:44-07:00Personal Computers
India's Ministry of Human Resource Development has unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost $35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. In photos, the device looks much like the sleek tablet-style PCs coming on the market and typified by the iPad. It will offer such standard functionality as word processing, Web browsing and video-conferencing. It is aimed at university students, with delivery planned for 2011. At $35, the computer is cheaper than most digital cameras.
]]>2010-07-23T11:50:44-07:002010-07-24T17:06:12-07:00Is Linux Too Much for One Mere Mortal to Handle?
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70461.html
Here in the Linux blogosphere, things have been remarkably calm, cool and collected of late. Much, in fact, like the Father of Linux himself, one might say. It should come as no great surprise, then, that the very same man -- Linus Torvalds -- was the subject of some considerable -- albeit well-mannered -- debate.Katherine Noyes2010-07-22T05:00:00-07:00Community
Here in the Linux blogosphere, things have been remarkably calm, cool and collected of late. Much, in fact, like the Father of Linux himself, one might say. It should come as no great surprise, then, that the very same man -- Linus Torvalds -- was the subject of some considerable -- albeit well-mannered -- debate. The "scalability of Linus," in fact, was the subject of a post by Jonathan Corbet earlier this month on LWN, and it's sparked quite a discussion.
]]>2010-07-22T05:00:00-07:002010-07-22T09:07:46-07:002 Photo Managers That Tie Features Into Neat Little Bundles
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/70448.html
The more I delve into open source photo apps for Linux, the harder the choice becomes to use just one photo management solution. I keep finding photo managers that outdo my previous picks. Take, for example, digiKam and Shotwell. These two apps are much like some of the best-of-class photo apps I have reviewed as Linux Picks choices in recent months.Jack M. Germain2010-07-21T05:00:00-07:00Applications
The more I delve into open source photo apps for Linux, the harder the choice becomes to use just one photo management solution. I keep finding photo managers that outdo my previous picks. Take, for example, digiKam and Shotwell. These two apps are much like some of the best-of-class photo apps I have reviewed as Linux Picks choices in recent months. These picks include: GIMP, Album Shaper and F-Spot. digiKam and Shotwell do many of the same organization and tweaking functions. But it is how their developers tie the features together that makes these two photo tools really good choices.
]]>2010-07-21T05:00:00-07:002010-07-21T20:17:01-07:00
Personal data about millions of Android users could be sent to a mysterious Chinese website thanks to a set of wallpaper apps in the Android Market. That's according to mobile security firm Lookout, which discovered the questionable apps as part of its new App Genome Project, an effort to identify security threats in the wild and provide insight into how applications are tapping into personal data and accessing other phone resources. The apps include branded wallpapers from "Star Wars" and "My Little Pony."
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There's no denying that everyone needs a little love from time to time, but for those of us in the FOSS community, that need can be particularly acute. After all, rarely a week goes by without some affront from those we had hoped were our friends. Case in point? Dell. First, it was the disappearing love letter. Then, it was the "helpful" Windows vs. Ubuntu comparison guide. The latest? None other than outright rejection. Imagine our surprise, then -- nay, outright joy! -- when none other than Neelie Kroes lavished a heaping helping of love upon the FOSS community.
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At face value, Motorola turned in respectable second quarter earnings: It posted revenue of $5.414 billion, which, although down slightly from the $5.497 billion realized the same period a year earlier, nonetheless beat analyst expectations of approximately $5.19 billion. The company also posted mobile smartphone shipments of 2.7 million units in Q2, up from 2.3 million in the first quarter. Here, though, doubts begin to set in about Motorola's performance: Some analysts were expecting shipments of 3.1 million to 3.2 million. One firm, Reuters, had predicted 2.7 million -- which Motorola delivered.
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Sunbird Calendar could prove to be one of your most useful tools. If you work on multiple computers or lack constant access to Web-based apps like Google and Yahoo calendars, you can be cut off from calendar access at very inconvenient times. The Sunbird Calendar solves these and a variety of other problems. About the only thing I miss from my previous days of working on a Windows PC is the portable apps I could load from a USB stick onto any computer I used. I regained a sense of that mobile portability with Sundbird.
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The LiMo Foundation and the GNOME Foundation on Monday announced that they have begun working together as partners to further open source innovation. Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of the GNOME Foundation's advisory board and the GNOME Foundation will become an industry liaison partner for the LiMo Foundation. The partnership stems from the use of several components from the GNOME Mobile platform in releases 2 and 3 of the LiMo Platform, the groups said.
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Here in the Linux community, we're already pretty accustomed to strange behavior from hardware vendors when it comes to our favorite operating system. Sometimes, though, you just have to sit back and scratch your head. The latest example? None other than Dell. After the curious case of its disappearing "love letter" to Linux a few weeks ago, the Texas titan's UK site recently posted something that may be even more mystifying: a guide to helping customers choose between Windows and Ubuntu.
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In what's been called the "biggest leak in intelligence history," more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe. Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks. Analyses of the material appeared simultaneously in The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Speigel. The documents reportedly include compelling evidence of widespread yet unreported abuses during the war.
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The Software Freedom Law Center provides free legal representation and other law-related services to open source software developers. The organization began in 2005 under the direction of Eben Moglen, a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University Law School. His law center represents many of the most important and well-established free software and open source projects. The SFLC's goal is to help non-profit FLOSS projects succeed. The free legal assistance provides programmers and open source projects with sound legal and organizational structures.
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India's Ministry of Human Resource Development has unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost $35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. In photos, the device looks much like the sleek tablet-style PCs coming on the market and typified by the iPad. It will offer such standard functionality as word processing, Web browsing and video-conferencing. It is aimed at university students, with delivery planned for 2011. At $35, the computer is cheaper than most digital cameras.
]]>
Here in the Linux blogosphere, things have been remarkably calm, cool and collected of late. Much, in fact, like the Father of Linux himself, one might say. It should come as no great surprise, then, that the very same man -- Linus Torvalds -- was the subject of some considerable -- albeit well-mannered -- debate. The "scalability of Linus," in fact, was the subject of a post by Jonathan Corbet earlier this month on LWN, and it's sparked quite a discussion.
]]>
The more I delve into open source photo apps for Linux, the harder the choice becomes to use just one photo management solution. I keep finding photo managers that outdo my previous picks. Take, for example, digiKam and Shotwell. These two apps are much like some of the best-of-class photo apps I have reviewed as Linux Picks choices in recent months. These picks include: GIMP, Album Shaper and F-Spot. digiKam and Shotwell do many of the same organization and tweaking functions. But it is how their developers tie the features together that makes these two photo tools really good choices.
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