Qualcomm announced its new open Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP) mobile operating system that delivers high-end features across all 3G technologies. It is as a native and fully realized mobile OS. Brew MP’s flexibility, openness and operator focus, combined with its ability to be integrated with virtually any mobile content delivery system, make it the best choice for mass-market devices. Qualcomm anticipates commercial Brew MP-based devices to be available in the U.S. and key international markets by the late summer of 2010. In a separate announcement, AT&T said it will launch Brew MP-based devices later this year. Read full story »

Samsung announced launch of its own smartphone OS is called bada. Bada is presented as a “complete smartphone platform, able to run high-performance native apps, and services”. Samsung bada is described as being simple for developers to use and having a ground-breaking UI. Bada will gradually replace Symbian and Windows Mobile in Samsung’s smartphone portfolio. Samsung hopes that bada-powered devices will become a significant force in the market in 2010. The first Samsung bada phones will probably be available starting next year. Read full story »

Google Chrome Operating System, the new OS announced by Google, is expected to redefine the concept of what operating systems should be. The free open source operating system will initially be aimed at the small, lightweight devices known as netbooks. The Google Chrome OS is scheduled to be released next year, and the netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Read full story »

Assume that you have a desktop with Windows and Linux as dual boot environment and you really want to access a few files saved in Linux / Ubuntu file system from the Windows login. For example, you may need to share files such as Docs, PDF, audio, video, etc. from both Linux and Windows. The … Read full story »

First of all, let me tell you that I am not an expert Linux user. I am writing here my trial and error experience with Ubuntu installation, dual booting, boot menu updating, etc., hoping to make a few other people also enthusiastic about the free software.
I have already moved on to the free (free as … Read full story »