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Samsung Stirs Up a New Mobile Platform
Mobile handset maker Samsung is not happy with just churning out new phones. The company is making a play for a bigger position in the mobile ecosystem with the launch of a new platform. Called Samsung...
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Company Offers Free Robots for Open Source Developers
Robotics company Willow Garage is giving 10 of its robots free to researchers in return for a promise that they will share their development efforts with the open-source community. “The hardware is...
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Symbian Operating System, Now Open Source and Free
The source code for the ten-year old Symbian platform will be completely open source and available for free starting Thursday. The transition from proprietary code to open source is the largest in...
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Build Your Own Tablet for $400
If you’re not sold on the iPad and are tired of waiting for tablets from other PC makers to show up, try getting your hands dirty with a tablet you can build on your own. Liquidware, an open source...
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T-Mobile Android G2, Successor to O.G. G1
T-Mobile has announced the G2, the successor to the very first Android phone, the G1. The new handset loses the famous “chin” of the original, adds fast HSPA+ data and integrates Google Voice. With so...
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Amazon to Launch Android App Store
Amazon is set to open the doors on an Android App Store, adding to the list of places where you may or may not be able to buy software for your device. According to Tech Crunch’s excellent MG Siegler,...
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Android Trojan Highlights Risks of Open Markets
Android enthusiasts have long championed Google’s “open” philosophy towards the smartphone platform. The recent appearance of a new Trojan horse in unofficial Android app venues, however, may cause...
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Android App Removals Cast Doubt on Google’s ‘Openness’
Google’s pitch for the Android mobile platform rests on a single, oft-repeated word: “Open.” But to some Android developers, the search giant’s recent practices at its app store have been anything but...
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Android Malware Explodes, iOS Remains Safe
According to a report by antivirus software maker McAfee, Android is now the “most attacked mobile operating system,” with a jump in malware attacks of 76 percent in the last quarter. This impressive...
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Codify: Write and Run Software on the iPad
The iPad is just a device for consumption, right? And — according to a screed by sci-fi author Cory Doctorow — it signals the end of computer programming, at least for the tinkerers like you and me....
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