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Archive for November, 2007

Gphone – Andy Rubin talks about his upcoming Android

By • Nov 9th, 2007 • Filed under: Open Source Advocacy, Video

The fellow behind Android, Google’s mobile phone, Andy Rubin together with other members of the crew talk about the so-called Gphone. Basically, Android is a Google’s term for a Linux operating system, desktop and applications. Little is known about Android as these guys operate under a cloak of secrecy. The video tries to get us […]

Manuscriptum: the two-pound, Debian-powered PC

By • Nov 8th, 2007 • Filed under: Hardware

A German web retailer Manufactum recently put on it shelves a two pound mini-PC, they call Manuscriptum, that comes with a 500MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor, an 80GB hard drive, up to 1GB of RAM and a motherboard that takes up to four USB 2.0 ports. The VGA has a 1920 x 1400 resolution with […]

Firefox extension – Better YouTube

By • Nov 8th, 2007 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Video, Windows

A better YouTube is a new Firefox extension that bundles up YouTube Greasemonkey scripts (allows you to change how your favourite pages behave and look) into a single and more convenient package. It help you to customize YouTube video( not only), for better viewing. To install follow the famous three step process for installing Firefox […]

Firefox extension – Gmail Manager Update

By • Nov 8th, 2007 • Filed under: Email, Firefox

This Firefox extension allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. It displays account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets. Other features include; Ability to import/export account preferences, Mailto: links detection, One-click access for loading your Gmail account The […]

The gOS operating system for gPC

By • Nov 7th, 2007 • Filed under: Extras, Linux Packages, Open Source Advocacy

gOS, the name says it all, maybe, it is rather a difficult product to present, for a simple reason, it is unique of it’s type. The producer says “consumers, who use Linux and open-source software are rare” so the need to come out with what they call “An alternative OS for the masses” — released […]