Communication

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Open-source enthusiast chides Cisco over iPhone

Even while Cisco Systems is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open-source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright in the same product.

Cisco has not…

Houghton College Selects Pingtel’s Open Source VoIP Solution

Pingtel Corp., the leading provider of SIP-based Enterprise Communications Systems (ECS) today announced that Houghton College has selected Pingtel’s SIPxchange™ ECS for campus-wide deployment.…

Motorola RIZR Z6, Linux based music phone

Motorola has had a mostly quiet CES but there were a few announcements at CEO Ed Zander's keynote speech this morning. The most interesting of which is the Motorola RIZR Z6 which looks like a…

The cloudy future of mobile Linux

Linux has been mentioned as a potentially leading platform for mobile devices for as long as there have been mobile devices. However, mobile Linux is still largely missing in action. The new crop…

Asterisk saves call centre operator R4.5m

Metropolitan Health Group (MHG) had saved R4.5 million in the last two years by switching to open source software for its Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) call centre. This is according…

Trolltech ready-made software suites for Linux-based mobile phones

Trolltech, the company that makes software faster to build and easier to use, today announced a new development initiative, Qtopia Greensuite. The Initiative actively addresses reducing a…

The Economics of the First Truly Open Linux Phone

In Amsterdam yesterday at the Open Source in Mobile Conference, First International Computer (FIC) - a Taiwanese components manufacturer announced that OpenMoko is the platform of choice for…

Open Source VoIP Takes A Few Steps Forward

As voice-over-IP gains ground in businesses and with consumers, the open-source community sees an opportunity. While open source never posed a strong challenge to conventional voice technology,…

Linux Smartphone Firm May Be Headed for China IPO

Taiwanese entrepreneur Roger Kung has bet on Linux for its low-cost, high-flexibility, customizable user interface. Linux-based smartphones held a 48 percent market share in China in 2004,…

ACCESS to Release Application Framework to Open Source Community

Continuing to demonstrate its commitment to supporting the development of open source components optimized for the mobile and embedded device markets, ACCESS CO., LTD., today announced it plans to…