Linux Rants

• Mobile developers boost Linux kernel team
• Debian Squeeze the First GNU distribution to Support ZFS
• Splashtop Unveils New Chromium-based ‘Instant on’ OS
• How to Buy a Computer Preloaded With Ubuntu
• How to Buy a Computer Preloaded With Ubuntu
• 2010′s 5 biggest Linux and open-source stories
• Microsoft Ups Online War, Says Google's 'Failing'

– Wait, MICROSOFT says GOOGLE is failing?? Did I read that right?

• Dell Inspiron Duo review
• RIM shares jump on positive view of new OS
  (Reuters)
• Apple looks to take over the world with iPad (Appolicious)

– If Apple has proven anything over time, it’s that just because it’s first doesn’t mean it can last.

• Red Hat Acquires Makara
  (PC World)
• Windows Phone 7 rumored to get “massive” update in January
  (Ben Patterson)
• Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool
• Linus On Branching Practices
• New images of 4-inch, Android, LG Star handset emerge
• Android Market content ratings now live for developers
• HTC job listing hints at an E Ink / 3D-filled future, new North Carolina facility
• LG Star shows up again, flexes its Tegra 2 muscle for the camera
• Office Depot welcomes 10-inch ViewSonic G Tablet into the fold, slaps $399 sticker on it
• Infinity I-Kitchen sports Linux-based touch screen computer, kitchen sink still not included

– More proof that Linux runs ANYWHERE.

• Watch out, PC: The tablet cometh
  (Ben Patterson)
• BlackBerry Empathy design concept feels bad that you're stuck using a BlackBerry

– Is repulsion an emotion?

• Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 – NetworkWorld.com
• Tablets, Cloud Expected To Reduce PC Sales Growth
  (NewsFactor)
• The good and bad news about Dell and Ubuntu
• Tablets taking bite out of PC sales: Gartner
  (AFP)
• * NTFS: A File System with Integrity and Complexity *
• AT&T: Motorola Olympus to launch in December/January? [Updated]
• ‘Massive’ Windows Phone 7 update coming in January
• Motorola Olympus hitting AT&T in 'December or January,' says now-deleted Facebook post
• Top 15 free tools for every Windows desktop – InfoWorld (blog)
• Confessions of an iPhone 4 User: Five Things to Like about Windows Phone 7
  (PC World)
• Hackers Release iOS 4.2.1 Unlock for iPhone 3GS
  (PC World)
• Android takes over Europe; Apple fights back with patent warfare
  (Appolicious)
• Sharp’s Galapagos media tablets landing December 10, costing quite a few Yen
• ASUS Eee Note EA-800 priced at $230, launching in Taiwan this week
• Microsoft in talks to start new TV service using the 360?
• Lady Gaga trapped in an Android smartphone, we wish she’d stay there (video)
• Apple Bans Android Magazine App From App Store

– Apple won’t even let you READ about the competition. Censorship at it’s finest.

• WP7 developers complain of missing payments, broken reporting tools

– All the more reason to go with Android.

• Samsung Nexus S reappears at the FCC with a pair of new antennas
• iPhone 3G, 3GS get iOS 4.2.1 unlock, using risky ultrasn0w workaround
• New Angry Birds to land on Android for Xmas; plush toys coming soon
  (Appolicious)
• How Apple Had a Spectacular Year
• Apple Bans Android Magazine From App Store (PC Magazine)

– Nice bit of censorship there Apple. This is why Apple’s little walled garden is bad. You’re only allowed what is Apple approved. You’re not even allowed to talk about competing with Apple.

• AMOLED shortage to become a surplus in 2011
• Linux Radio

– That’s AWESOME!!

• Nokia toys with context-aware smartphone settings switch, Jigsaw provides better context for apps like this

• Security Expert Warns of Android Browser Flaw
• Thin client computing grows up – CNET
• Android 2.1 rolling out to Sony Ericcson Xperia X8, depending on product code
• KDE 4.6 Beta 1 – a First Look
• Windows Phone 7 Sales Continue To Struggle
• iPhone unlocking tool ultrasn0w working on iOS 4.2.1
• Toshiba TG01 slowly, surely gets hacked to run Android
• Advent Vega nabs Android Market access courtesy of MoDaCo custom ROM
• How would you change Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Beta?

• Company Seeks To Boost Linux Game Development With 3D Engine Giveaway
• Editorial: My next iPad won’t be a 7-incher, but I wish it could be
• Windows Phone 7 unlock tool released
• Jolicloud Jolibook review
• Next iPad likely to get a new screen, front-facing camera; USB port… not so likely
• Apple cuts iPad price
• Report Says Apple IPad 2 to Have 2 Cameras, USB Port
  (PC World)
• Apple iPad 2 to feature Retina Display, USB port?
• Security experts unearth unpleasant flaws in webOS
• Report claims five features for future iPad 2.0
• Acer’s 10.1-inch tablet reportedly uses AMD C-50 APU
• Ask Engadget: best Android tablet for under $200?

This Friday, and this Friday ONLY (along with all the other 364 days of the year), you can get the Linux Distro of your choice FREE!!

• UBUNTU
• FEDORA
• CentOS
• openSUSE
• DEBIAN
• MANDRIVA
• LINUX MINT
• GENTOO
• Thousands More!

Beat that Microsoft or Apple.

• KDE SC 4.6 Beta 1 Released
• Windows Phone 7 Unlocked for Sideloading
• Thought-Controlled Apps On Android May Not Be Far
• Nexus S in the wild gives us a blurry Gingerbread walkthrough
• Apple’s US Black Friday deals posted, exactly what you expected
• Microsoft Ditches Drive Extender, Customers Furious
  (PC Magazine)
• Nexus S Spotted Running Android 2.3
  (Mashable)
• Nexus S poses for Mr. Blurrycam, flaunting those signature curves
• Kinect hacks let you control a web browser and Windows 7 using only The Force (updated)
• Windows Phone 7 gets user-friendly hack for bypassing the Marketplace, loading your own apps
• Samsung Stealth V outed with DLNA certification: 4.3-inch screen, Android 2.2?
• Ubuntu's Engineering Director Debunks Rolling Release Rumours

– Good.

• New Windows Kernel Vulnerability Bypasses UAC

– Not Windows! That NEVER happens!!!

• New images of Google’s Nexus S emerge
• Windows Phone 7 team boasts of 3,000 apps, 15,000 developers
• The best netbook distro of 2010 – Linux User group test
• For computer shoppers, the usual suspects: Mac vs. PC, desktops vs. laptops – Washington Post
• Android: Too Much of a Good Thing?

– Uh, no?

• Android Market Matures with Mandatory Application Ratings
  (Mashable)
• Attachmate To Retain Novell Unix Copyrights

It was recently reported by Boy Genius Report (found on Twitter at @BGR) that Apple has been poaching the RIM employees in order to make a try at the Enterprise. Apple can hire all the employees in the world if it wants to, but they’ll still fail in this venture.

The philosophy at Apple has always been about control. Apple loves it’s control. It controls the hardware, and it controls the software. After over three decades of Apple, and all the changes that have gone on at that company, Apple’s desire for control is something that has never changed.

The problem with Apple’s controlling nature is that large corporations also like to be in control. For Apple to succeed in the enterprise world, it’s going to have to relinquish some of that control. I’ve seen nothing to suggest that Apple is capable of doing that.

In a time when Apple seems barely able to keep the market that it does have, this seems like a lost cause. Apple’s previous attempts at infiltrating the enterprise market have been an all around failure. I expect this to be the same.

• Ubuntu Will Begin Updating Daily, Report Says
  (PC World)
• HTC HD7 greets Black Friday with a Buy One Get One Free offer from T-Mobile
• Is Your Bash Prompt Cramping Your Style?
• Novell To Retain UNIX Copyrights

– Even better.

• Sony’s SNAP Uses GNUstep
• Motorola’s next devices for AT&T and Verizon Wireless
• Android Market adding content ratings to all apps, past, present, and future
• Attachmate to Retain Novell Unix Copyrights
  (PC World)
• Readers Sound Off: Best new iOS 4.2 features
  (Macworld)
• Dell will pay you to take an HTC DROID Incredible

– Sound like a deal!

• Who owns what in the Novell deal
• Attachmate to retain Novell Unix copyrights

– Glad to hear this one.

• BlackBerry Playbook pricing to start at $399?
• iOS 4.3 rumored for December; ngmoco, DeNA expanding Mobage next year
  (Appolicious)
• Acer to challenge the iPad by releasing Android, Windows tablets
  (Digital Trends)
• Samsung, HTC License Massive Patent Portfolio
• Chrome OS consumer launch pushed to 2011, Google-branded Chromebook could still arrive this year
• Hopeful for some sweet Gingerbread treats, and other Android news
  (Appolicious)
• Hands-On With Acer's New 10-Inch Android Tablet
• Random Fixes: PC Reboots, Mailto Hassles, Tiny Icons

– Wouldn’t it just be easier to switch to Linux?

• Google Tasks Tray

– Interesting.