May 23, 2013

Linux - News


Emblaze Else : First Else Linux Phone is no More – Emblaze Kills Else Phones

emblaze Else Linux Phone

Israel-based Emblaze on Wednesday said it was canceling development of the First Else. Designed in collaboration with Japan-based Sharp and Access, the First Else was supposed to be a super phone running Else Intuition – a new mobile OS based on Linux – and featuring a 480 x 854 pixels touchscreen display, GPS, 5MP camera, [...]

Palm Foleo Appears in the eBay Auction

Palm Foleo

Palm Foleo is a legendary name, it can be seen as the predecessor of the Internet, it has a 10-inch form factor, and Linux systems, including Wi-Fi, support for Office documents, e-mail operation, the Palm several years ago to build However, before the product release has been canceled, so we brought this product is usually [...]

Barnes & Noble Nook Made Amazon to Slash Its Kindle Price, Amazon Kindle is now Available for $189

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Amazon dropped the price of the smaller of its two Kindle ebook readers to $189(Check out new prices and buy Amazon Kindle from Amazon), just hours after primary competitor Barnes & Noble lowered its Nook reader to $199. Before today, the Kindle and Nook were both priced at $259. Barnes & Noble, the largest book [...]

Ubuntu is More Safer than Windows – Says Dell

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Linux has a powerful booster in the never-ending debate over what OS is safest from malware and spyware: Dell. And the vast majority of viruses and spyware written by hackers are not designed to target and attack Linux, They Said. Our users have shown interest in:SPYWARE LOGO

Canonical Make Ubuntu to Target Tablet PCs

ubuntu linux for tablet pcs

OPEN SOURCE software developer Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system for tablet computers. Canonical is hoping to step up its presence in the mobile space, but it might find itself having a tough time against other open source offerings like Google’s Android and Chrome. It might also encounter tough competition [...]

7.5 inch ECS Everest EB 900 eReader at Computex 2010

ECS Everest EB 900 eReader

ECS announced an affordable e-book reader at Computex 2010 called Everest EB-900. Its powered Marvell PXA 800 MHz 166e processor by 7.9-inch wide screen and touch-enabled e-ink has 1200 x 825 pixels resolution. Linux 2.6 kernel based operating system is installed in the e-book reader, 256 MB RAM and 1 GB of internal storage unit [...]

OLPC Turns into $99 XO Tablet Project

olpc $99 xo tablet

The folks at One Laptop per Child appear to be taking a different approach toward their next-generation hardware. In fact, the next XO product won’t be a laptop at all. Instead it will be a tablet. And instead of designing the tablet in-house like it did the original XO Laptop, OLPC is working with chip [...]

10-inch Shogo Tablet with Freescale Technology for Developers Coming

10-inch shogo tablet

The latest Good E-Reader news  has a breaking story out of France today, with a company named Realease working in conjunction with Freescale  to release two different Slate PC’s that will be aesthetically customizable by the company to meet your demand. Its 10-inch version is based on Freescale’s i.MX37 (ARM 11) processor; while another model [...]

BenQ Joybook R48 Multimedia Laptop Unveiled

benq joybook r48

The company BenQ announced the Joybook R48 – laptop with 14-inch display. According to the manufacturer, it is aimed at fans of internet surfing and multimedia. Interestingly, the BenQ Joybook R48 runs on the basis of OS Linux. BenQ Joybook R48 notebook comes with an Intel Core i3 processor as well as a 14-inch screen [...]

Litl to Launch Flash-Based Web-Connected TV

Litl webbook

In a press release, Litl announced their plans to come out with a new “web-connected TV product”, which is set for an early 2011 release. Like the Webbook, the (yet unnamed) set-top box will be primary net-based with just a web browser and Flash-based apps. The new device will attempt to solve the problem of [...]

Yuhua X2 – Linux 2.6 and Android Dual OS Boot Smartphone

Yuhua X2 Dual OS Boot Smartphone

There are rumors that Yuhua intends to launch its dual operating system smartphone- Yuhua X2. YUHUA X2 runs on Linux 2.6 and Android OS. Sporta 3-inch touchscreen with 240 x 400 pixels resolution, Yuhua X2 also packs a DVB-T mobile TV tuner. Other features including a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 1200 [...]

Aigo Introduced Maemo Powered Walkshow NX7001 MID

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The Chinese company Aigo prepares to release a mobile Internet device NX7001 Walkshow, operating under the operating system Linux Maemo. The Aigo Walkshow NX7001 MID has a 806-megahertz processor Marvell PXA310 and a 4.3-inch touch screen with 480 × 800 pixels, two cameras (with 2 – and 0.3-Megapixels), 3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, satellite receiver navigation [...]