News tagged with open source operating system
Android vulnerability neutralised
Smart phones and tablet computers - once the latest must-have devices for technology geeks - are becoming increasingly more popular with the mainstream. The Android platform is now one of the most popular ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Cryptographic attack highlights the importance of bug-free software
A padlocked icon in a web-browser or a URL starting with https provides communication security over the Internet. The icon or URL indicates OpenSSL, a cryptography toolkit implementing the SSL protocol, or a similar system ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Mozilla to go after Android, Apple with cheap phone OS
Mozilla, which brought the free web browser Firefox to the masses, now wants to do the same for mobile users, with a new open source operating system that could drastically slash smartphone prices.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Mozilla's pdf.js project reaches its first milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- You may recall our earlier reporting on the Mozilla's pdf.js project, in which the folks over at Mozilla are trying to get their browser to display PDF files in your Firefox web browser with ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Best of Android packed into 'Ice Cream Sandwich'
Google on Tuesday said it is packing the best of its Honeycomb tablet computer software into a new "Ice Cream Sandwich" version of Android for mobile devices.
May 11, 2011 |
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Willow Garage introduces affordable, programmable robot - TurtleBot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Willow Garage, the Menlo Park, California-based consortium of robotics experts, founded by Scott Hassan in 2006 to create or develop hardware and open source software for the advancement of ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Military Adoption of Open-Source Software May Increase Flexibility and Lower Cost
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are helping the U.S. military analyze and develop the advantages of open-source software -- programs that make their source code open to others so it can ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Google's Chrome computing system to debut in autumn
Google said Wednesday it is planning to release its Chrome operating system, seen as a rival to Microsoft's Windows system, for free in the autumn.
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Sprint to release HTC Hero Android phone in October (Update)
US wireless carrier Sprint Nextel and Taiwan's HTC Corp. announced plans Thursday to release a touch-screen mobile phone in October powered by Google's Android software.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 03, 2009 |
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New myTouch 3G phone takes big step forward
When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 02, 2009 |
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HP exploring using Android software in computers
Leading US computer maker Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday it is studying the possibility of building machines based on Google-backed Android operating systems.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Let's see more of these technological innovations in '09
As we begin 2009, let's take a look back at what 2008 brought us in technology. Here are four positive trends that I hope will continue.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 07, 2009 |
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