Archive for October 12th, 2008
Red Hat Unveils Integrated Linux-Based HPC Platform
Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:51 No CommentsTweet Red Hat Unveils Integrated Linux-Based HPC Platform Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has announced the delivery of an integrated Linux-based High Performance Computing (HPC) platform with the global availability of the Red Hat HPC Solution, an all-in-one stack that customers can leverage to deploy, run and manage their HPC clusters. Historically, [...]
Mandriva Linux 2009.0 is out – but do you care?
Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:45 No CommentsTweet Mandriva Linux 2009.0 is out – but do you care? The first time I ever saw Mandrake Linux (Now Mandriva) was on a retail store shelf. That was probably 9 years ago and to be honest in the last few years I personally haven’t seen Mandriva running much (as I shoulder surf desktops at [...]
Google’s Android ‘opens up’ the smart phone
Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:22 No CommentsTweet Google’s Android ‘opens up’ the smart phone With the hype surrounding Apple’s iPhone 3G launch in Canada, not to mention Research in Motion’s BlackBerry and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, one might think there’s hardly room for yet another contender in the highly competitive smart-phone space.Google would beg to differ. The web-search giant’s much-hyped Android mobile [...]
Firefox for Mobile coming next week for Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:12 No CommentsTweet Firefox for Mobile coming next week for Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Mozilla will release an alpha-build of their new Firefox Mobile browser by the end of next week, initially only for the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. The software, codenamed Fennec, is intended for preliminary code checking with a touchscreen-centric device, according to Jay Sullivan, [...]
Which Web 2.0 Companies Are in Trouble?
Sunday, October 12, 2008 1:01 No CommentsTweet Which Web 2.0 Companies Are in Trouble? I came across this interesting article from Rafe Needleman about web 2.0 startups which will not make it through the economic downturn. Here are my thoughts on some of the companies on his list: Twitter: I agree the company needs to generate revenue and showing some ads [...]
