Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones

May 21, 2008

The world’s top handset maker Nokia Oyj hopes that the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to enhance the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, the company said.

Linux so far has had little success in mobile phones, but their role is increasing as more new Linux-based models coming to market, while Google Inc. gave a vote of confidence by using it to build their platform on android.

Nokia has used Linux for years in their Internet tablets, a large phone-like devices used to access the Internet on the road, but lacking the functionality of calls. “We will expand that range, and we believe that the role of Linux will grow,” said Nokia spokesman Kari Tuutti. Read more

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Citrix Makes the Desktop Virtual With XenDesktop

May 21, 2008

Hoping to stay one step ahead of rivals VMware, Citrix Systems is now shipping XenDesktop its product line of desktop virtualization software.

Announced on Tuesday at the company Citrix annual Synergy conference in Houston, XenDesktop comes in five editions, including a bare bones free Express Edition that will give small businesses and developers the opportunity to test the product for up to 10 users without having to worry about licensing fees.

XenDesktop offers the Windows desktop to clients across the network, using technology of virtual machine. These virtualized desktops are actually running on a central server, making it easier for them to be managed by IT staff. Read more

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‘$100 laptop’ nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft

May 17, 2008

The One Laptop per child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival group nonprofit once derided, is the solution to their problems in the dissemination of low-cost laptops for schoolchildren.

Microsoft & Laptop organization announced Thursday that the nonprofit organization of green and white “XO” Now computers can run Windows, in addition to its interface at home, que se basa en open the Linux operating system. That had been anticipated for months, but that amounts to a major change.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the laptop project - which aims to produce $ 100 computers, but now sells for $ 188 - acknowledged that having Windows as an option could reassure the ministers of education who have hesitated to Xos buy with its new interface, called Sugar. Negroponte had hoped to sell several million laptops by now, but has received about 600000 orders. Read more

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Windows Coming on Dual-boot OLPC

May 17, 2008

The One Laptop per child project and plan to make Microsoft Windows and Linux available in a draft version of the XO laptop, the companies on Thursday.

The parties expect to deliver a dual-boot system XO in August or September that will both traditional Linux-based Sugar operating system of XO and a low-cost student version of Windows XP, according to Austin Kyle, a representative OLPC.

Nicholas Negroponte OLPC President has spoken in the past to a dual boot XO model, but this is the first official announcement of such a system. The XO has been developed by OLPC for children in developing countries. The availability of Windows on the system will give customers more choices in operating systems and let them use Windows-based educational software and tools, the parties said. Customers and partners around the world have asked for Windows in XO, they said. Read more

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