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Diminutive Android PCs Are Selling for Under $75
If you thought the Raspberry Pi was the only tiny, ultra-inexpensive, pocketable computer running an open source operating system, think again. Not only is the OLPC effort showing signs of new life, but a number of Chinese web sites are now offering Android-based MK802 computers in thumbdrive-style form factors (shown here) for under $75. The prices even earn you free shipping if you happen to live in one of several Asian countries. Is there a market for these?
An Open Source Arsenal for Photographers
There has never been a better time to be interested in digital photography. Not only do inexpensive digital cameras offer great high-resolution photos, but they come with very advanced feature sets. Over the years on OStatic, we've also covered a huge number of open source applications that can make editing, organizing and adding effects to digital photos much easier. If you're under the impression that you must have Photoshop to be a top-notch photo editor, think again. The open source applications that are available are beyond robust. Here is our updated collection of great tools for the digital photographer--and all of them are free.
Mandriva Returning to Community
In a blog post today Mandriva COO Jean-Manuel Croset announced that the new strategy going forward will be to let "the distribution evolve in and under the caring responsibility of the community." Mandriva SA will, of course, be a part of this entity.
NASA Reportedly Pulls OpenStack Development
Since it first arrived on the open source scene two years ago and got its initial wind at its back from NASA and Rackspace, the OpenStack cloud computing platform has received support from many powerful organizations, Dell, IBM, Cisco, HP, Yahoo!, and Red Hat. It's easy to forget, though, that OpenStack has its roots at NASA. Now, NASA officials have reportedly confirmed that NASA will minimize its development of the open source platform going forward. Meanwhile, more OpenStack-based deployments are arriving.
Android Rules the Smartphone Market, and Samsung Rides the Wave
It's official: Android smartphones are dominating the overall smartphone market. Researchers from Gartner report that Android phones represented 56 percent of the global smartphone market in the first quarter of this year, while Apple's iPhone was next in line with only 22.9 percent of the market. And, if you've been underestimating Samsung's force in the mobile phone market consider some key data about its leadership in the market for Android phones.
Chrome 19 Adds Tab Features, Moves Toward Business-Class Security
On Tuesday, Google released a major new version of the Chrome browser to its stable channel, available for Windows, the Mac and Linux. A new tab synchronization feature in the new version 19 of the browser is drawing some buzz, and you can watch how this feature works here. However, it's also notable that version 19 fixes 20 significant bugs, improving the browser's security. Google remains focused on security with Chrome, because that's the key to winning over IT departments at businesses, many of which favor market-leading Internet Explorer from Microsoft.
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Mark WalkerLinux and FOSS practitioner; always trying new apps. Writer. Podcaster. Facilitator. Preferred Linux distribution: Fedora
