Last week, we published a story about Oracle removing blog posts by former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz congratulating Google on Android. However, things may not be what it seems. There is a possibility that Schwartz published his blog post prematurely without a full understanding of what Google was planning.
The patent war between HTC and Apple is about to get a lot interesting. Earlier this month, HTC announced that they are acquiring S3 Graphics Co. for $300 million. By acquiring S3 Graphics, HTC will come in possession of S3 Graphics' patent portfolio. HTC is now threatening to use these newly acquired patents to take the fight back to Apple.
A while back, I read something amazing on Twitter. Someone has tweeted an article at TechCrunch which claims that the return rate of Android smartphones...
Mozilla has launched a new project called “Boot to Gecko”. The aim of this project is to develop a complete operating system for the open web. Unlike Google’s version of a web-based OS – the Chrome OS – Mozilla’s version is not aimed at netbooks. With Boot to Gecko, Mozilla is aiming for smartphones – and Android forms a part of their plan.
KDE SC has been using the name “System Settings” to refer to its application used to configure the system – such as time, font, theme etc. Now, a conflict has arisen because GNOME, too. has started using the same name – System Settings – for its application which was earlier known as the GNOME Control Center.
Oracle has acquired Ksplice. With the acquisition, Oracle will no longer provide Ksplice Uptrack as a separate product. It will be included as a part of Oracle Linux Premier Support.