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The Firefox Browser Pet!

A perfect pet for the real open source geek, the Firefox pet. Look, just bring back a little puppy, shave it and then spray painting its back to look exactly like the burning fox that clings on the Earth - the fox that is on the logo of your favorite browser. So, now you can call yourself a real geek devoted to Mozilla Firefox. I hope what has been done to the little doggy in the picture would not trigger any protest from the animal rights groups!

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Ulteo brings OpenOffice 2.3 online, but it’s crawling!

Ulteo has brought OpenOffice version 2.3 online. Go to Ulteo.com, and fill up some simple profile information then you’ll get an account to login and start using the OpenOffice online. The online OpenOffice by Ulteo requires Sun’s original JVM (Java Virtual Machine), different from some other online office suites such as Google Docs or Zoho, which rely on DHTML/AJAX for delivering fantastic web apps with high user interactiveness.

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Wizpy Linux Device, all-in-one gadget runs on Linux

This Wizpy Linux Device is such a good and compact gadget that has many functions loaded on it. It runs on Linux, a small device that is capable of many functions. Including playing music and movie, recording audio, tuning FM radio, reading e-books, making IP calls and browsing the Internet. It seems to work similarly to MojoPac that we’ve seen before which allows you carry your personal desktop around and transfer to any computer to work on. Just plug it into a PC’s, it’ll then present you your own desktop and environment.

Its browser is Web 2.0 complaint, meaning that you shouldn’t have any problem browsing AJAX-featured or flash featured websites. It’s also loaded with mail client, RSS reader and Open standard office suite, which uses the ODF standard file format, so you can use word, spreadsheet, presentation software on it. The 4GB model is available at a price of $290.00.

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Legos-like modular computer system runs Linux!

The use of open source operating system such as Linux is definitely a great idea to attract more developers into it for coming out with better apps and modules and eventually will make a great product. Besides Google, there are some other small players doing it too. A six-person startup, Bug Lab is doing a modular computer system that resembles a set of electronic Legos. The system and the modules will run open source operating system, Linux. The system is called “Bug”, which it starts off from a BugBase brain module.

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Google Phone: NO gPhone, it’s Google Mobile OS only, confirmed by Google!

A few sources confirm today that there will be NO such device called “gPhone” by Google. Instead, it is an operating system based on open source, which the real intention behind is to make the mobile world to have cheaper phone calls, and much easier web browsing. This new mobile OS to be released by Google, will be under Google’s relaxed terms of an open-source license. So, other developers can view the source code and develop better apps to sit on it! Of course, this Google’s mobile OS will eventually be on all mobile platforms and it’s now been endorsed by 33 companies who make up the new Open Handset Alliance including many big players.

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Google Phone? Android? A Linux OS? Internet access at PC-type speeds? WTF?

Will Google announce anything today? Yes, it will definitely be something by Google. But before the actual announcement, lets look at some rumors that have been floating over the last weekend until today. The rumors cite more to Google would release a software more than a hardware. Last week some said that Google would release a Linux-based operating system that would have the code name “Android” instead of “G-Phone”.

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Google to reveal Google mobile OS in two weeks?

Your dream was shattered when Google told that there would be no Google phone. Instead, it would be a Google OS to compete with the Microsoft Windows mobile version. And again rumors have emerged that Google is planning on revealing its first Google mobile OS in about two weeks’ time.

The rumored Google OS would probably include all the available Google’s core apps including Gmail, Google Calender, and Google Maps. The Google OS would be an open source OS that would attract more outside developments for better applications for it. HTC and LG are also said to be in talks to develop hardware for the mobile OS to run on their devices.

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Goldens.com hides your IP address, so you won’t get caught of surfing porns!

When you’re surfing the Internet at home or in the office, your ISP or your office IT department will have the full trace of what websites that you’ve been surfing. As every single PC is associated with an IP address that is the identity of your PC, so you can’t run away from being fully logged by the local ISP or your office IT department for the websites that you’ve accessed. If you want a little privacy without getting traced by your local ISP or your office IT department, Goldens.com has a solution that may help, but it costs a little every month.

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Intel’s Cool Software site is for digging the next “Google” in the Internet!

Intel seems to be pretty aggressive in looking for the next big thing, perhaps the next Google in the Internet cloud. With many thousands of web 2.0 software and applications have mushroomed over the Internet in recent years, Intel has decided to take one step ahead, and created a bookmarking site similar to KillerStartups.com or SimpleSpark.com, which allows public to submit and vote on new up-and-coming applications or companies. This bookmarking website is called Cool Software, which will be the central repository for Intel to predict who is the next Google, before it becomes Google, so their always ready investing arm, Intel Capital, can hit the jackpot at the most right time.

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No more Google Phone, it’s a software that rivals Windows Mobile instead of iPhone!

When the rumors started rumbling about Google was working on a cellphone that would probably be the biggest rival of iPhone, everybody was simply so eager and started waiting for the official and final words from Google to confirm the Google Phone was real. But, what has been reported by New York Times would have probably shattered many people’s dreams.

According to NYT, Google wanna have its footprint everywhere to leverage the mobile phone’s advertising potential. In short, Google is not creating a device to be the rival of the iPhone. Instead, Google is working on a software, an OS for the mobile world that will be an alternative to Windows Mobile from Microsoft and other OSes. And this Google mobile OS will be made free and available as an open source software. The move of Google is purely to lead the creation of an open source OS for the mobile world to compete with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile. So, Google is still on its own track, which the right track for them is to work on software instead of hardware.

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