Microsoft makes it official – XP is coming to the XO OLPC May 16, 2008 Microsoft’s participation in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15,…
At What Point Is It Cheaper to Just Buy Novell? May 12, 2008 Microsoft no longer sees itself as simply a Windows company. One recent indication of this is their determination to buy the LAMP-centric (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) Yahoo!…
Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC January 9, 2008 At CES, Everex is launching a $399 ultramobile that will be sold through Walmart.com starting January 25. The low-cost Everex CloudBook uses the open…
First look at Geubuntu 7.10 December 14, 2007 Geubuntu 7.10 was released last Thursday and a couple of people asked me to take a look at it. As the distribution’s logo hints,…
Tiny Cloudbook runs Google-oriented Linux December 11, 2007 The Asus EEE has competition. FIC/Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen in January. The “Cloudbook” will…
New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB released December 4, 2007 A new, Mandriva Linux 2008-based version of the Mandriva Flash bootable USB key was released. Flash boots a complete Mandriva desktop on almost any…
Microsoft Open Solaris? Microsoft BSD? Microsoft what? November 24, 2007 I wonder what would happen if Microsoft dropped the Windows NT core, making an about face, like Apple did years ago with BSD and…
gOS Unboxed: Should Microsoft Worry? November 21, 2007 Microsoft’s rivalry with Google heated up considerably this past year when rumors surfaced that Google might release its own operating system to compete with…
Will GNOME split give Microsoft Open XML standards win? October 31, 2007 Opponents of making the Microsoft Word format an ISO document standard, like OpenDocument Fellowship member Russell Ossendryver, compare GNOME’s actions to Democrats offering counters…
Google’s OpenSocial: What it means October 31, 2007 Google’s open social networking platform play is the buzz of the blogosphere tonight. Indeed, it is called OpenSocial in that the set of APIs…