3294 blog results for "Linux"

At least two companies aim to make smartbooks different enough from laptops--and Netbooks--that consumers will take notice. Think of the device as a large smartphone.

Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers

Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating-system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point the two will become one.

Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit

Eric Franklin and Dong Ngo discuss The Wire, Facebook in Vietnam, and Linux in episode 70 of Inside CNET Labs podcast.

Posted in Inside CNET Labs Podcast by Eric Franklin

Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

Dozens of companies are developing tools to ratchet down home energy use as part of utility smart grid programs, but nobody is sure which approach will stick with consumers.

Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica

Gartner's Nick Jones wants to characterize Apple as a consumer company, but what happens when those consumers start using Apple's tech in the enterprise en masse?

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

No, the search giant isn't saying it will build a Netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the Netbook of today.

Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit

Tom and Brian name the tech they think was a turkey in 2009 and get a few turkeys from listeners of the show as well.

Posted in The Real Deal Podcast by Tom Merritt

Monopoly is a dreaded word for the open-source community, so why are we as prone as anyone else to embrace natural monopolies?

Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay

Game developers are becoming more and more frustrated with Apple's App Store review policy. But so far, they don't have many alternatives.

Posted in Software, Interrupted by Dave Rosenberg