Wesnoth Struggles with App Store’s GPL Incompatibilities

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July 21, 2010

In light of the recent GPL compliance complaint made by the Free Software Foundation against Apple’s App Store, which sells and distributes software for Apple gadgets, it was probably inevitable that other problem applications would surface. While there are various opinions on whether the App Store can legally distribute GPL-covered binaries…

ARM Lines Up a Warp Speed Future For Mobile Processors [Guts]

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July 21, 2010

ARM has solidified its position today as master of the mobile processor universe, announcing a deal with TSMC that will take smartphone chips all the way down to a 20nm process. That means: faster, better, more efficient.

Build an Android Twitter app using XML and JavaScript Object Notation

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July 21, 2010

This article, explores techniques for handling two of the most common data formats used on the Internet — XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)— on the Android platform. Learn the basics of XML and JSON and how to build an Android application that parses and displays a Twitter status-update in both formats.

Review: 50 Open Source Financial Applications

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LinuxPlanet

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July 20, 2010

From balancing your checkbook to running your giant globalcorp, open source has accounting, ERP, business intelligence, billing, human resources, investment, point of sale, spreadsheets, and time-tracking software for everyone; Cynthia Harvey assembles this collection of 50 to get you started.

Puppet System Configuration Gets Bumped to 2.6

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internetnews.com

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July 20, 2010

The popular, open source configuration management tool receives a handful of enhancements — including basic Windows support — while its backer, Puppet Labs, gets new financing.

Adobe FlashTime to Bring Peer-to-Peer Video Calls to Android

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Engadget

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July 20, 2010

With tongue wedged firmly in cheek, Adobe has named its latest little bit of demo software FlashTime and given it a quick spin to whet our appetites. Built using the forthcoming Air 2.5, this peer-to-peer video chat client harnesses your smartphone’s camera to get some direct visual communication going with your fellow Android lovers. Okay, so Android users already have other options for doing just this very thing, but the point being made here is that you can do just about anything with Flash, and…

Linux-Ready NAS Devices Run Dual-Core Atoms

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LinuxDevices

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July 20, 2010

Synology America is shipping two network-attached storage (NAS) devices running its Linux-based Synology DiskStation Manager 2.3 software. The desktop DiskStation DS411+ and rack-mount RackStation RS810+ are both equipped with dual-core Intel Atom D510 processors, as well as four bays supporting up to 8TB each, with the RS810+ expandable to 16TB via Synology’s RX410 add-on unit….

Lenovo to Launch Android Tablet by Year’s End

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Linux.com Editorial Staff

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July 20, 2010

With the Android-based “LePad,” the Chinese company becomes just the latest vendor readying a pure tablet device.

Dell to Buy Ocarina Networks

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CNET

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July 20, 2010

Tech giant highlights its interest in Ocarina’s deduplication capability, which helps customers reduce storage needs by shrinking redundant data.

Cloud Wars: HP Poaches Salesforce Executive Mark Angelino

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TechCrunch

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July 20, 2010

Mark Angelino, formerly vice president at IBM and President at Sprint, was responsible for the adoption of Salesforce’s sales, call center and platform services in North America from May 2009 until last month. As you can tell from the screenshot above, he left Salesforce.com in June to become Senior Vice President at another company, but…