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Bad Voltage Episode 77 Has Been Released: Wax Cylinder Coming Soon

Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, Bryan Lunduke, and myself present Bad Voltage, in which three idiots fail to recognize the glory of having the theme tune from The League Of Gentlemen as one's ringtone, we create Garcia's Law, and: * 00:02:01 Google have long been a

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Google Nexus 5 Review

This review was originally done for Bad Voltage, but I figured it may also be of interest to my general readers. In this episode I'm going to review the recently released Nexus 5 phone, manufactured by LG. While the 5 in the product name is a reference to

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My First Android Experience: intriguing, extremely encouraging but a bit disappointing

I recently got my hands on a Nexus One, which believe it or not is my first Android-based phone. I've been trying to acquire an N1 for quite some time now, so after finally tracking an AT&T version down it quite simply couldn't ship

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Oracle, Google and Java - Oh My

A follow-up to this post, now that some additional information is coming out. James Gosling has made another interesting post with some historical information, including the fact that as a result of an IBM lawsuit some Sun engineers made an unofficial game out of seeing how ridicuouls of a patent

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Oracle Sues Google For Patent And Copyright Infringement

In one of its first big moves with the assets it's acquired as part of the Sun acquisition, Oracle has just announce that it's Suing Google for patent and copyright infringement. From the press release: "In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle&

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Google Android outsells Apple iPhone in Q1 of 2010

From the article: Smartphones based on Google’s Android mobile operating system have outsold Apple’s iPhone in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by research firm The NPD Group. The data places Android, with 28 percent of the smartphone market, in second

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Introducing the Google Chrome OS

After years of speculation, Google has officially announced its intentions for a "Google OS". From the press release: It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who

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MySQL: Now and Then... and Dual License Community Impact

Stephen O’Grady recently posted a Q&A pertaining to the past, present, and future of MySQL. There's been quite a bit going on at MySQL and Sun lately, but I'll focus on one issue in this post - the impact of the current MySQL

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Linux popularity across the globe

Royal Pingdom has posted some interesting stats about Linux popularity across the globe, based on Google Insights for Search. From the post: Some interesting observations * Ubuntu is most popular in Italy and Cuba. * OpenSUSE is most popular in Russia and the Czech Republic. * Red Hat is most popular in Bangladesh

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Apple iPhone 2.0 Upgrade == FAIL

A note to Apple. I find it astonishing that you have created an upgrade procedure that can fail in a way that leaves the phone useless. You had 6+ months to prepare for this, so error messages like this are just inexcusable. Google, please hurry up with Android ;) --jeremy

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Opening up Symbian - Good or Bad for Linux?

That's the question raised by this recent Nokia press release: Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net

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Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo in $44.6 billion deal

It's been rumored on and off for years now, but Microsoft just made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. The bid, which would consist of cash and Microsoft stock, values Yahoo shares at $31 a share, a 62% premium on Thursdays closing price. More analysis here.

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Lessons from Google and Red Hat for Facebook and Open Source

Matt has articulated something I've tried to explain to people many times. From his post: Twentieth century software business models focus on scarcity because they're founded upon 20th century conceptions of property (actually, their origin is a few centuries' older than that, but never mind)

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Where's my Gphone?

Google finally made the highly anticipated Gphone related announcement today: Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than

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Some LinuxQuestions.org Stats

Every once and a while I like to post a quick update that includes some stats about LQ. Here are a couple for the month of October 2007. Browsers * A total of 277 distinct Browsers visited LQ last month. Those with more than 1%: Firefox61.99% IE24.14% Mozilla5.50%

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Open Source and the Future of Network Applications

There's a lot to see at OSCON, so it should come as no surprise that you won't be able to personally see everything you'd like to. I seem to have missed one of the most talked about events though. "Tim has a television

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Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma says iPhone will fail

The iPhone has to be one of the most hyped devices I've seen in a long time. Many of the reviews so far seem to indicate that the device actually lives up to the hype, which is no small feat. It's interesting to see that Clayton

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Google Desktop is now available for Linux

At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, it was alluded to by a few Googlers that more Google Linux apps were coming "real soon now". Making good on that quickly, Google just released the Google Desktop for Linux. While it is a native app, it's not Open

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Update

It's lunchtime at the summit and I have enough time for a quick update. First, a big thanks should go to Google. They are treating us extremely well and it's fantastic that they do things like this. The last time I was at the GOOG campus

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I take off for the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in about an hour. Really looking forward to the event. If you're staying at the Wild Palms and would like to meet for a drink/chat tonight, I should be at the hotel by about 9PM. Feel free to

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I've finally booked the trip to Mountain View for the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. I'll be getting in on Tuesday night and will be staying at the Wild Palms Hotel, if anyone wants to meet for a drink/chat. It looks like quite a few attendees

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I'm happy to announce that I'll be attending the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at Google's Mountain View Campus. It looks to be a great event to discuss the future direction of Linux and Open Source. If you'll be attending, I'll

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Red Hat to build 'Global Desktop'

Quite a bit of news coming out of the Red Hat Summit. I really would have liked to attend this, but somehow the date slipped by me. Hopefully next year. One of the major announcements made was 'Global Desktop'. From the article: Red Hat is preparing to release

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Microsoft Urges Review of Google-DoubleClick Deal

It's amazing how quickly things change sometimes. Microsoft, the consummate anti-trust defendee, is now asking for help from antitrust authorities. From the NYT article: Microsoft, a veteran defendant of epic antitrust battles in the United States and Europe, is urging regulators to consider scuttling Google’s plan to

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Google offers employees true choice on the desktop

Sure, the fact that "when you start work at Google, you get to choose whether you want a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer" shows how fundamentally Google gets some things. That's not why I find this article interesting though. There are two very good snippets in