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Freescale adds Android, Xandros netbook support

Freescale's new ARM processors can now support the Android and Xandros open-source operating systems, the company announced this week. New industry agreements... Read more

16 February, 2009 by David Meyer

Xandros to return Freespire to Debian roots

Xandros, which acquired Linspire and its Freespire Linux distribution in July, has said... Read more

8 August, 2008 by Matthew Broersma

Xandros to swallow Linspire

...a footnote in operating-system history. The company is being swallowed by Xandros, another of the smaller Linux players. The deal is expected to be... Read more

2 July, 2008 by Ina Fried

Xandros expands mobile device push

Xandros, which makes the Windows-like Linux distribution used in Asus's popular... Read more

6 May, 2008 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft and Xandros extend partnership

Microsoft has extended its pact with Linux distributor Xandros. Xandros has created a Linux distribution based on Debian for both desktops... Read more

16 August, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Microsoft teams up with Linux distributor Xandros

Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Monday a technical and legal collaboration, the latest step in... Read more

4 June, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Windows-friendly Xandros 4 launched

The latest version of Xandros desktop Linux has arrived, continuing the operating system's mission to welcome... Read more

23 June, 2006 by Peter Judge

Skype lands on Linux distribution

Linux distributor Xandros on Monday released a non-commercial version of its distribution that includes... Read more

15 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Xandros 3.0 focuses on security

Xandros released version 3 of its Linux distribution for consumers on Wednesday, which... Read more

8 December, 2004 by Ingrid Marson

Desktop Linux backer gets new chief

Xandros, inheritor of the software from Corel's ill-fated foray into the... Read more

30 October, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Synaptics brings multitouch support to Linux

...Millos Linpus, Red Flag, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (Sled) 11, Ubuntu and Xandros, the company said Read more

20 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Asus releases Eee PC software-development kit

...development platform, including an Eee PC-compatible Open Circulation Edition of the Xandros Desktop OS, the Eclipse development environment, a Qt4 toolkit, a developer's... Read more

27 March, 2008 by David Meyer

Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'

...In recent times, Microsoft has struck legal agreements with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros and Linspire, pledging not to sue users of these distributions over alleged... Read more

24 July, 2007 by Brett Winterford and Munir Kotadia

Red Hat rejects Microsoft advances

...similar to the pacts it has already negotiated with Linux firms Novell, Xandros and Linspire. "We'd love to do the same deal with Red... Read more

18 June, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Free Linux rides again

Xandros, a start-up focused on desktop Linux, has begun offering a stripped... Read more

10 June, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

2 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

6 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

13 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

16 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

18 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

18 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

18 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

22 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

24 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths