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Conceivably Tech: "Following Qualcomm, Samsung is also close to be launching a new smartphone processor with two cores. Based on ARM architecture, the new processor promises five times the graphics performance of current chips and enable 1080p video recording and playback."

Standards Blog: "I've been re-working The Alexandria Project in preparation for approaching a literary agent. One thing I'm toying with is whether the book needs to get to a quicker, edgier start than the original first chapter provides - such as what follows below. What's your opinion?"

Hannspree announced a 10.1-inch, Nvidia Tegra 2-based tablet running Android 2.2, aimed at a European audience. The Hannspree Tablet offers 16GB of flash, HDMI output, 802.11/b/g/n, and claimed eight-hour battery life, and also supplies one key feature so far missing from many Android tablets: Android Market access....

ZDNet Asia: "OrangeHRM, the open source human resource management (HRM) software company, wants to join the million-dollar revenue club by 2011."

MakeTechEasier: "With the coming of KDE 4, the number of effects has multiplied, and KWin (KDE's window manager) is now on par with Compiz (a window manager with numerous desktop effects). Moreover, KWin's primary advantage over Compiz is that it is part of KDE and integrates perfectly with the rest of the desktop."

Digital Versus: "What is using Linux like in 2010? Can anybody pick it it? What about giving it a trial run first? Well, we're going to find out."

Serverwatch: "Love Microsoft or hate it, there are two things about the Redmond enterprise OS maker you can't deny: It's very, very big, and it likes to get its fingers into every pie around."

Dedoimedo: "Several readers contacted me, urging me to review Zorin. My interest piqued, I set about the lanes of Google, searching for more information. The initial findings were quite positive. Zorin was praised in the reviews I read. The official website looked posh, sending a subliminal message that it was a kind of a freebie Mac OSX. "

Worldwide PC shipments are projected to total 367.8 million units in 2010, a 19.2 percent increase from 2009. But demand for desktops and notebooks is likely to fall in the second half of the year, the research firm adds....

Datamation: "The race to accelerate browser features continues as Mozilla developers race towards the finish line to get the finished version of the Firefox 4 Web browser out the door."

Разработчиками Mozilla Labs объявлено о создании игровой платформы с соответствующим названием (Mozilla Labs Gaming). Цель проекта заключается в создании браузерных игр, основанных на открытых веб-стандартах.

Некоторые из технологий Mozilla Labs используют webGL, сенсорное управление, геолокацию, Javascript и открытые видео- и аудиостандарты. Игры, основанные на HTML5, свободно доступны на некоторых сайтах (таких как HTML5games.com), но благодаря Mozilla ассортимент игр будет расширяться.

Для подогрева интереса разработчиков Mozilla Labs Gaming также объявлено о начале международного конкурса <game_on> 2010, который начнётся в конце сентября.

ФГНУ “Республиканский мультимедиа-центр” объявил о завершении работ по созданию программного обеспечения для воспроизведения электронных образовательных ресурсов нового поколения (ЭОР НП) в операционной среде Linux. Приложение выложено на официальный сайт центра, откуда его может скачать любой желающий, причем совершенно бесплатно.

Если рассуждать формально, то одной объективной причиной для отказа от использования Linux у школ стало меньше. И причина эта весьма серьезна — если не работают пособия, на которых построен учебный процесс, то разговор о миграции возможен только в теоретическом аспекте, как о некой далекой перспективе.  »

Asus announced a mini-notebook featuring both a dual-core Intel Atom processor clocked at 1.8GHz and an Nvidia Ion GPU (graphics processing unit). The Eee PC 1215N has a 12.1-inch screen, up to 4GB of RAM, a 250GB hard disk drive, an HDMI output, and optional USB 3.0 ports, according to the company....

Desktop Linux Reviews: The Desktop Linux Reviews blog now has a brand new discussion forum.

The Tyee: "Injecting greater competition into that market lies at the heart of last week's CRTC decision to require incumbent telecom companies -- such as Bell, Bell Aliant, and Telus -- to provide independent ISPs with speed-matched open access to their network..."

Archos announced five new Android-based tablets running Android 2.2 on 800MHz to 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processors, all offering 720p HD video playback and 802.11n Wi-Fi. Shipping this fall, the tablets include the 2.8-inch Archos 28, the 3.2-inch Archos 32, the 4.3-inch Archos 43, the seven-inch Archos 70, and the 10.1-inch Archos 101, says the company....

Hitachi Displays Ltd. has reportedly developed a projected capacitive touchscreen that responds either to fingers, a stylus, or gloved hands. To be shown at an October trade show in Japan, the device can respond to insulating materials including leather, wool, and artificial fibers, according to a Nikkei Electronics article....

Linux Planet: "Canonical CTO Matt Zimmerman gives an inside look at how he works with Ubuntu's engineering teams and the upstream community."