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Jolla Confirms It Will Unveil Sailfish MeeGo-Based OS Next Month

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Finnish mobile startup Jolla has announced it will be unveiling its forthcoming MeeGo-based mobile OS — codenamed Sailfish — at an event in Finland next month. It says it plans to demonstrate Sailfish at the Slush startup conference in Helsinki, Finland, on November 21-22.

The startup said it will also discuss the Jolla SDK and app ecosystem with developers, while “device information, ID and expected availability” will be announced before Christmas.

Earlier this week Jolla announced the formation of an Alliance in Hong Kong to support Sailfish and help build out an ecosystem. Alliance members — as yet unnamed — will be contributing €200 million ($259 million) to expedite growth of ecosystem. Jolla did not specify the time period over which the funding out be received but said it would be released gradually, rather than as an up front investment.

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The DRM Graphics Pull Goes In For Linux 3.7 Kernel

Part 1 of the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) pull for the Linux 3.7 kernel was merged this morning…

 

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Make a Handy Little Android PC for Light Lifting

As many of us are gearing up for Windows 8’s imminent release, it may well be worth considering some alternatives. I don’t know about you, but after XP to Windows 7, via Vista, the idea of another OS from Microsoft, while not yet causing night sweats, is engendering some trepidation. For one, there are its networking quirks — XP didn’t talk to 7 at the Windows network level in my case. There are also expensive driver and program compatibility issues for older programs and equipment.

 

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From Noobs to Experts: Is There an ABC for Linux Distros?

“To every thing there is a season,” as the old saying goes, and “a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Can the same be said for Linux distros? That is the question that’s been on many Linux bloggers’ minds. Specifically, “What Distros Have You Used, in What Order?” was the title of the Ask Slashdot post that got the conversational ball rolling, and it was a provocative one. “It raises a question that Slashdot could answer well in the comments: what’s your distro use order from beginning to now?” said blogger colinneagle. “Maybe we could spot some trends.”

 

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Google Widens Cuts at Motorola, Plans $340 Million Payout in Q3

The company says that its efforts at identifying areas of improvement at Motorola have forced it to “broaden” its actions. [Read more]

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Neo4j 1.8 Adds Creation to Cypher Query Language

Neo4j’s Cypher language is now capable of creating nodes and relationships, making it easier to explore the capabilities of the graph database.

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Microsoft Installs New Win8 Evangelism Boss – Weeks Before Launch

Devs to be wooed by OEM exec

Microsoft has dipped into its OEM executive pool for a new head of Windows 8 developer evangelism on the eve of the operating system’s launch.…

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Samsung Hiring More U.S.-Educated Talent: Wants Science, Engineering Post-Grads, MBAs, Interns

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South Korean electronics giant Samsung — which makes pretty much every gadget and gizmo you can think of from mobile phones to household refrigerators and even tanks â€“ is on a graduate recruitment drive aimed at further strengthening its North American business, according to the Korea Times. Specifically Samsung Electronics is seeking to hire post-grads who hold either a Master’s or doctoral degrees from “prestigious U.S. universitiesâ€.

Science and engineering graduates are top of its list — with doctorate candidates required to have a degree in electoral engineering, computer engineering, computer science, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, medical engineering or material engineering. It is also open to applications from science and engineering students who expect to gain their post-grad degrees by the end of the year.

Also on Samsung’s want-list: people who obtained MBAs in the U.S. MBA candidates must have two years work experience in companies and a degree in marketing, management development, product strategy or business strategy, the paper reports.

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Blender 2.64 Improves Green Screen and Compositing

The latest release of the open source 3D modelling and video production software includes many improvements added as part of the work on the Blender Foundation’s latest open movie project, Tears of Steel.

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Amazon Puts Free Relational Databases in its Cloud

MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server Express databases are now available in the “Free Tier” Usage plans for Amazon Web Services.

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