As many had predicted, Nokia has finally unveiled to the world its latest handset the N9 at a Nokia Connection event in Singapore. It’s the company’s first stab at a handset that is running on MeeGo operating software, which is based on Linux technology – but surely is only a stop-gap before we see Nokia [...]

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When using an Android device, their notification system (although very useful) can become a clustered and confusing mess if you don’t keep up with everything that’s going on. It seems however that a new Android Notifier which sends your notifications via WiFi or Bluetooth to your OS X desktop (with Linux support on the way [...]

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Multi-touch has already been enabled for Windows 7 netbooks for devices with a Synaptics touchpad, but now Linux users will be able to get their hands, or fingers, on the same functionality. The touchpad maker has extended its Gesture Suite software to Linux, along with increased multi-touch options. Linux faithfuls will now be able to [...]

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Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Apple’s Safari to become the third most used browser in the world, after only hitting the public sphere for the past 15 months. Data from analytics firm Net Applications shows that Chrome jumped from 3.9 per cent of usage to 4.6 per cent based on 160 million visitors to [...]

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The wait is almost over, the possible iPhone killer from Nokia has started shipping and will be available to buy over the counter in just a few days. The N900 uses the Linux based Maemo 5 software which is great news for application developers as everything is open, it is proven technology and it is fast. To mark the official shipping Nokia has released a cool video about the origins on the N900.

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October has been a busy month with the launch of Windows 7 but Windows 7 isn’t the only new version of a desktop operating system being launched this month. Ubuntu 9.10, the very popular Linux distribution, was released yesterday and should prove to be popular among Linux fans and hopefully gain some new users too. For those who don’t know, Ubuntu is a Linux based operating system which can easily replace Windows on your PC. It costs nothing to download and it is completely free to use without any charge.

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Nokia are about to release the N900 and it has a very good chance to be the real iPhone killer. Watch this cool video to see how the Nokia N900′s user interface works… I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

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We were at IFA in Berlin for too short a time to even think about taking everything in. Sticking mainly to the Sony end of things, and now the IFA is complete for another year, we bring you the best of the rest based on what has the ‘blogosphere’ abuzz. Extreme Netbook- email and internet [...]

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