eComStation and Breadbox Ensemble

OS/2 25 Comments
"As a long-time fan of GeoWorks Ensemble (now Breadbox Ensemble), a DOS based graphical user interface and office suite popular in the 80s, I've run it under a variety of operating systems and emulators over the years. You see, Ensemble requires an underlying operating system to provide a DOS compatible file system, not unlike early versions of Windows that required DOS. With the release of eComStation 2.0 I thought I'd revisit the challenge of getting Breadbox Ensemble running under OS/2 again but to add a further twist, since I didn't want to do this on a dedicated machine, I chose to see if I could get things running under VirtualBox."
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Asus Drops Windows 7 In Favor of Android

  Submitted by strestout1 Hardware 24 Comments
The Eee Pad, announced at Computex recently, was to be Asus' first foray into the tablet market, running Windows 7 and coming in both a 10 inch and 12 inch versions. The latests rumors, according to German site NetbookNews.de, state the Asus may be dropping Windows 7 in favor of a custom version of Android. With HP dropping their Windows tablet project some months back, and now Asus backing out of their plans, is there any hope for Windows to take hold in the tablet market?
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Hands On With Jolicloud OS

  Submitted by strestout1 OS News 5 Comments
Yesterday, Jolicloud released the much anticipated final version of Jolicloud OS 1.0, a web-based operating system built with netbooks in mind. The new release has been rebuilt from the ground up using Google's Chromium OS codebase in place of Mozilla's Prism backend. We got a chance to test the latest version of Jolicloud on Dell Mini 9 netbook, and were thoroughly impressed with what the OS has to offer. Here's what we found.
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webOS To Be Called the HP PalmPad

  Submitted by strestout1 Wireless 10 Comments
We've been expecting HP to make an official announcement on its rumored webOS tablet since their acquisition of Palm, but have come up with nothing yet. Crave is reporting that we may at least finally have a name for the device after the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted HP a trademark last week. The name? The HP PalmPad. While not entirely original, it's a nice nod to the company which is making the device possible and is at least more descriptive than say the Streak or the (what the hell is a) JooJoo.
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Shortcut Worm Vulnerability Affects All Windows Versions

  Submitted by HAL2001 Privacy, Security 2 Comments
Microsoft confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows. The new zero-day vulnerability is easily exploitable via USB storage devices, network shares or remote WebDAV shares. All that is required for exploitation is for the contents of the USB device to be viewed in Windows Explorer. Specially crafted shortcut (.lnk) files are allowed to execute code when the shortcut's icon is loaded to the GUI. An exploit targeting this vulnerability is currently in limited use and additional exploits are very likely in the coming weeks.
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Motorola Droid X Disappointments

Wireless 115 Comments
On July 15th the latest Android super-phone was released by Motorola and Verizon Wireless. All hail the Droid X. The release was not without controversy though. The Droid X, while greatly raising the bar for Android phones in general, does so at the expense of the very power users and community that made the original Droid the gotta-have phone it became. Alienating this group may have far reaching consequences for Motorola.
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Jolicloud 1.0 Brings A New HTML5 Interface

  Submitted by Debjit Wireless 2 Comments
Jolicloud is a Linux-based operating system for netbooks. It is built upon Ubuntu and the earlier versions had a user interface which is quite similar to Ubuntu Netbook Remix. However, with Jolicloud 1.0, which has been launched just a few days back, things have changed. Instead of the old interface, Jolicloud 1.0 now has a HTML5 based interface. In Jolicloud can use native Linux applications or web applications. However, with the HTML5 UI, they are blurring the difference between the two. Moreover, the new UI have simplified installing applications a lot.
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5 Enhancements in the Next Ubuntu Version (10.10)

  Submitted by Jonathan DePrizio Linux 21 Comments
Maverick Meerkat, the version of Ubuntu slated to be released later this year, brings with it several features and improvements that the Linux community has been eagerly looking forward to. I've taken a look at the blueprints for this next release, and picked out a few of the major items that Linux end-users will be interested in. Here are 5 things to look forward to in Ubuntu 10.10.
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The Next Big Tech Battleground: the TV

Multimedia, AV 59 Comments
I'm a couch potato. There, I've said it. I love sitting down and watching sci-fi movies, like any good geek would. And this is an (almost religious) action that hasn't changed for many, many, years. But I feel that we're in for a surprise soon. The way we watch TV and access content is about to change. TV watching will at last arrive into the 21st Century, and the technology giants will be there to duke it out for the reins of this new industry.
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