Why Windows fragmentation will blow Windows to smithereens (cough)
Android fragmentation will wreck Android for smartphones and tablets just as much as Windows fragmentation ruined Windows for the PC.
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CyanogenMod Android privacy vs. developer wars
The chief developer of the popular alternative Android firmware CyanogenMod thought that requiring devices to report unique smartphone and tablet data would be an unqualified blessing. They reckoned without their users.
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The Google Chromebook Pixel's most well-known fan is Linux's Linus Torvalds. In recent Google+ posts, Torvalds explains exactly what he loves the most about the Pixel: Its remarkable display.
Google, business, and open-source patent protection
Google has just pledged that it won't sue other companies over open-source patents if they don't sue Google first, but this is actually a long established policy. Now if it could only stop the patent wars.
Big business buys into big Linux
The Linux Foundation's latest enterprise survey shows Linux is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds.
Steve Kondik, CyanogenMod Android founder, leaves Samsung
One of the best-known Android developers is leaving Samsung for a new, as yet unknown project.
Schmidt does not rule out Android and Chrome OS merger
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt actually did not say that Chrome OS and Android would remain forever apart.
Chromebook's biggest fan: Linus Torvalds
Chromebooks are now on sale in more places around the world than ever. In part, that may be because Google's high-end Chromebook Pixel has a very well-known and enthusiastic fan: Linux's inventor, Linus Torvalds.
Google's Chrome OS partially hacked
While the Linux-based operating system wasn't really cracked at Pwnium, Google has decided to award a hacker $40,000 for finding an unreliable Chrome OS exploit.
Android plus Chrome OS equals Google's future operating system
We still don't know where Google is going with Android and Chrome OS, but putting Chrome's top executive in charge of Android is a big, honking hint.