litl_phil wrote: While it's nice that Google and Acer share the vision of cloud-based computing, it's also worth noting that we at litl already have a webbook on the market (available at litl.com) that runs our own cloud-based OS.
Unlike Chrome, litlOS is focused on creating a new and better web experience for the home, so we don't have the usual browser interface, we have our own innovative UI. In conjunction with easel mode (litl's inverted-V position) and our growing cohort of litl channels (special apps t...
Dec. 4, 2009 11:38 AM EST
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FMS tested over SuperUMTS connections 
Finally I successfully tested SuperUMTS (HSDPA) performances in terms of bandwidth, latency, websurfing, and stability. In Italy, 3 firms offer SuperUMTS: Vodafone (70% of population coverage), TIM (48%) and 3 (60%). I chose to try Vodafone because I have used extensively and with satisfaction its UMTS service ... 
Back in the summer I had the opportunity to attend Foo Camp '06 at the O'Reilly offices in Sebastapol, CA. Foo Camp is a loosely organized gathering of folks that O'Reilly invites to flock together for a weekend of discussions, impromptu sessions ... 
With every release of Sybase WorkSpace we find new products, from the Sybase group of products, integrated into the Workbench ISE (Integrated Service Environment) ... 
After months of talks with potential suitors, Borland decided not to sell off the tools division, but to spin it off instead ... 
Someone was asking on the FlexCoders list today about having a date field, where clicking into the TextInput side allowed the user to type in a date ... 
My good friend, Eileen Rumwell, has started blogging. Her blog is something I plan to keep watching especially since in the short time it has been up she has already thrown out some great insights. The really cool thing is that having com ... 
One of the things I'm doing this week is preparing for a presentation at Web Builder 2.0 on how to monetize mashups in Las Vegas next week. Consequently, I've been pulling together notes, talking to mashup creators, and studying ... 
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I have been traveling a lot (Korea Max, and now in Europe), as well as focusing on an internal Apollo release. I wanted to make up for the lack of posts though by ... 
Sim Simeonov finally did it. Earlier in the week he noticed that Wikipedia didn't have a page for social commerce, so now he has created one ... 
My first footsteps into the world of online video. Recorded a tutorial for Blog-City on how to use YouTube within your blog ... 
I am pleased to report that BEA Workshop Studio 3.3 is now available. The primary new feature with this release is a feature called Web Folder Mapping that allows you to assemble your source files in a folder organization that matches the needs of you ... 
The International Sybase User Group announces their 2007 board ... 
Peter Bell has an interesting series on "Architecting Your Views". As usual, his thoughts are very interesting and inpsired me to share my own views on the matter ... 
Symbian is releasing Ruby for Symbian OS to the Open Source software developer community. Ruby for Symbian OS brings the power of the Ruby programming language to the Symbian ecosystem. The package includes the Ruby source code (based on Ruby 1 ... 
I just confirmed that I'll be attending, and presenting at, 360Flex, a new Flex conference scheduled for March 5th-7th 2007 at eBay's Town Hall Center in San Jose, CA. Other Adobe presenters include Matt Chotin, Ely Greenfield, Ted Patrick, Christian ... 
There's been a lot of talk about how to run ColdFusion MX 7 on Ubuntu Linux, but I haven't seen much about running CFMX on Fedora Core 6 Linux. While both are officially unsupported for use with ColdFusion by Adobe, as a hobbyist you might enjoy wo ... 
I'm speaking tomorrow for the Scottish CFUG, nevertheless, free and open to whoever wants to join us. It will be a Adobe Breeze, sorry, Adobe Connect presentation, very similar to the one I did for the Boston CFUG back in September, but I will slow ... 
If you are learning a new language or just want to read some Web pages written in a foreign language, use Google ... 
Update: read the full press release from TeraTech about this transition. Hal Helms just made the following announcement in the latest issue of his Occasional Newsletters (not yet posted to the site at the time of writing, only distributed by email): ... 
Some of you may have noticed a similarity between UA's network design and ESB implementations that embrace SOA concepts. This post illustrates how the design and implementation of Ulysses Agenda is simple, yet extremely extensible. Thanks to ESB/SOA ... 
Oracle seems to have divided the open source ranks over the MySQL delay it’s having closing its acquisition of Sun. Eben Moglin, the GPL’s most ardent defender and delineator, the lawyer who has worked hand in glove for years with the Free Software Foundation’s founder Richard Stallman...
Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON'...
The irony is that Oracle has advanced MySQL, lost money in the process, and helped its competitors - all at the same time. When Oracle buys Sun and controls MySQL the gift (other than to Microsoft SQL Server) keeps on giving as the existential threat to RDBs is managed by Redwood Shore...
WSO2, the open source SOA company, today announced the launch of the WSO2 Cloud Platform. Available today, the new WSO2 Cloud Platform features a family of WSO2 Cloud Virtual Machines; WSO2 Cloud Connectors for enabling fast, secure cloud services; and the multi-tenant WSO2 Governance-...
Now, the open source Mozilla Thunderbird client software can be used with Open-Xchange collaboration software. The "Community OXtender for Thunderbird" software connector gives users full access to appointments and contacts stored in the Open-Xchange Server and enables them to use Thun...
Morph Labs, a leading provider of enterprise cloud computing technology, today announced an introductory trial of the Morph CloudServer, an open, standards-based server IT organizations can use to rapidly model and evaluate their cloud implementations. A miniature "Cloud Environment in...
