The chip giant will develop Web appliances, using its Celeron processor, that will enable home users to access the Internet without the need for a PC. There will be a small degree of overlap but this will be more of a communication device.
Linux is an ideal platform for specific purpose-sealed appliances such as those used by small and medium businesses to connect to the internet, or in consumer network computers. The three factors that make Linux useful for these appliances are its...
Will every electronic device start to look like a Formula One car emblazoned with sponsor logos? Indeed, Microsoft appears to be currently winning the consumer battle with AOL as it received higher consumer satisfaction ratings.
Certified phones are due in 2007, said Michel Gien, Lips committee member and executive at embedded-software maker Jaluna. PalmSource licensed its PalmOS operating system to handheld device maker Palm but began a move to Linux by acquiring China...
Others are run at the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum, the Open Source Development Labs, and the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS). Greg Besio, vice president of mobile device software, said in an interview at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo...
He also provided reassurance that, as one of Nokia's key drivers for the acquisition had been Trolltech's "talent", the manufacturer had "no plans to reduce [Trolltech's] workforce". Öistämö said the acquisition would aid Nokia in its strategies of...