Packed in their 7-by-2-foot titanium-framed fiberglass bodies are terabytes of cellphone flash storage, a dual-core ARM processor running open Linux software, a battery pack, sensor arrays, a GPS unit, and wireless and satellite communications systems.
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Palm hopes to broaden the Foleo's market by giving it an open Linux-based operating system that allows developers to tinker with it so it can be paired with other companies' smart phones, including Motorola 's (nyse: MOT - news - people ) Q and RIM's BlackBerrys.
The software powering the device is built on the open-source Linux kernel and the open-source WebKit Web browser engine, Rathakrishnan says.
With a feature-rich processor, the BeagleBone computer platform allows developers to fully utilize the technology within a full-featured, open hardware Linux development kit.
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Microsoft reached an agreement that will allow its Windows operating system, with which most people are familiar, to work with the open source Linux system used by rival Novell.
Before this strategy Nokia had the goal of developing Meego who was an open source Linux platform made with the help of Intel and other hardware makers with the objective of being capable of be instaled on phones, tablets, PCs, GPS, Televisions and making everything syncronized.
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The product, called Primequest, uses up to 32 of Intel 's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Itanium 2 processors per box and is designed to utilize both Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people )Windows and the open source Linux operating systems.
They are likely to remain immune due to the fact that Linux is open source, and because Linux promotes competition.
It has since been involved in "a number of massive deals for Linux desktops" and they're even in a "massive deal right now for... multi-thousands of units of a desktop opportunity for Linux, " claims Doug Small, worldwide director of open source and Linux marketing at HP.
Hadoop is neither a community-based open source project like Linux or Drupal nor a commercial open core company like Alfresco, or JBoss.
And because Linux is open source, the improvement was made available to all Linux distributions.
Apple should also consider including support for the open-source Linux operating system, as well as Unix variants.
Our third leading performer was Novell, ahead 40%, now shifting into supporting users of the Linux open-source operating system.
The segment offers operating systems, network services and workgroup computing software solutions based on the Linux open source operating system.
Its Sparc computer chip and Solaris operating system have been made less relevant by Microsoft Windows, Intel chips and the open-source Linux operating system.
Bioengineers, like computer programmers in the Linux open-source software movement, are encouraged to contribute "bricks" voluntarily, and can order the parts they need over the Internet.
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The project was terminated in May 2001, SCO says, alleging that IBM "misused its access to the Unix Software Code" to help build the Linux open standard.
Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) and Matsushita, both of Japan, said the operating system will be based on open-source Linux and will be available in March.
Ericsson's Screen Phone, which runs the open-source Linux operating system, combines both Internet access and a speaker phone, and will communicate with a home base station using the emerging Bluetooth technology for wireless personal area networking.
Much advice on offer online suggests souping up the specification of a netbook so it can run Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, rather than the free, open-source Linux system that is offered as standard on many netbooks.
The open-source, Linux-based service has the potential to shake up the wireless industry when it hits phones later this year.
Traditionally, the Linux and open-source software communities focused on solving the software problems of enterprise and computing markets with a limited choice of processor platforms.
When you have a mainstream PC manufacturer and the leading digital distribution platform for video games both championing Linux, open-source proponents are bound to start cheering.
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The company has long been a contributor to the Linux and open source software communities and is well known for its work on open operating systems as well as the open cloud.
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In the long run, Linux and other open-source programs could cause Mr Gates much grief.
He is looking at scaled-down Linux desktops and open-source database software to replace software he now buys from Microsoft and Oracle.
The computer runs on open-sourced operating system Linux and can be hooked up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
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After the dotcom bubble burst in 2001, many firms turned to Linux and other open-source software to save money.
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GitHub is a version control system based on Git, an open source project started by Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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