Google Gadgets Adds Widgets, Sidebar to Linux Desktop, Jun 05, 2008

Google Gadgets, an open-source, stand-alone app that runs gadgets from Google Desktop and the Universal iGoogle repository, closes the widest gap between Google Desktop's Linux version and its Mac and Windows cousins

Yahoo and Microsoft used the press to negotiate for several months regarding a potential merger. Now it appears Acer and Microsoft are having a public spat. Or, if they aren't yet, Acer's comments Wednesday will likely start one.

Smartphones running Linux look set to become far more commonplace within the next five years, market watcher ABI Research has forecast.

It was a five year deal, but 18 months in to the hell-frozen-over cooperation agreement between Microsoft and Novell, Novell executives indicate things are still moving along swimmingly.

...the Asus Eee is the one machine that has captured the hearts of minicomputer fans. In the United States, it costs $299 to $499. “This is the world’s first disposable notebook,” said Bob O’Donnell, a vice president at IDC, a computer industry research firm.

2.6.26-rc5 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.

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