Intel and Nokia partner on open source mobile computing.
The two companies announced plans to create devices, Nokia calls “the next wave of mobile technology”; a new mobile device platform based on Linux and a range of open source technologies using Intel x86 Architecture chips and Nokia HSPA chipsets. more...

Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features.
Firefox 3.5 is a pretty substantial update to the popular open-source browser, and it's just around the corner. See what features, fixes, and clever new tools are worth getting excited about in the next big release. more... and Firefox 3.5 RC Review and Firefox 3.5 Release May Accelerate IE's Downfall.

Cisco offers Linksys 802.11n router with Linux.
Cisco today aimed its Linksys routers at the open-source community with its first modern-era, 802.11n Wi-Fi router using Linux. The WRT160NL gives power users more control over the operating system driving the network device without having to resort to hacked firmware. more...

Amazon Kindle powered by Linux, FSF not impressed.
Amazon is now making new source code available for its Amazon Kindle. Basically what it represents is, Amazon's responsibility to make the GPL licenced source code that is used in the Kindle available to others. more...

Clutter 1.0 Reaches RC1 Milestone.
Clutter, the open-source toolkit designed to develop rich user interfaces with OpenGL and OpenGL ES but without the complexity of programming to such APIs, is nearing version 1.0. This toolkit, which was used to create the very impressive Moblin V2 interface, is backed by Intel and continues to gain steam. more...

Installing Sonar in a Linux environment.
If you are serious about Code Quality management, you should know about Sonar. Sonar is a one-stop shop for code quality metrics. If you are using Maven to generate code quality metrics with tools like Checkstyle, PMD, FindBugs, Cobertura, and/or Clover, forget the standard Maven reports - use Sonar instead! Sonar gives you a dynamic view of both snapshot and historical data coming from all of these tools. more...

Misc.
T-Mobile Phones Home, Again.
Chris Mason on BTRfs: the next generation file system for Linux.
Valve To Launch Native Linux Game In July?
EFF busts bogus Internet subdomain patent.

How To Tips.

How To Creative Commons 101: Learn, understanding, and using
How To Great themes for Ubuntu 9.04.
How To Sending Text Messages Without a Cellphone.

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