2009 has been a rather interesting year for Linux, and 2010 promises to be even better. In 2009 we have seen the explosion of Linux in the mobile phone segment: Google's Linux-based Android OS smartphones have blossomed, Nokia's Maemo based N900 made geeks all over the world drool, Palm released a new linux-based OS for its smartphones, WebOS, even Samsung unveiled a new Linux-based OS for its mobiles called Bada.The year of the Linux Desktop, may yet be far far away, but there is no doubt that 2009 was the year of the Linux Mobile.That is not to say 2009 brought nothing good for the Linux desktop. For one, we now have a Google created "distribution" of Linux, Chrome OS, targeted towards netbooks. The economy has been a major incentive for Linux adoption, with netbooks...

Despite the growing prevalence of the internet there is still a case to be made for offline encyclopedias, especially in a country like India.While the most of the world has moved on there are still people in India who do not have proper broadband access (or no access at all). Many rely on disc based encyclopedias, but they are a dying breed indeed. WikiReader offers you the entire Wikipedia encyclopedia in a small form factor. The device operates entirely offline and doesn't need an internet connection even for updating the Wikipedia article data. You can get updated versions of the encyclopedia mailed to you on SD cards twice a year, eliminating any need for an internet connection.The device features a 3.5" capacitive touchscreen with an onscreen keyboard, and can run for a total...

Some details about the upcoming Google Chrome OS based netbooks has leaked and the specification look delicious indeed. The Chrome OS devices will be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra chipset with an ARM processor which uses less power and gives better performance than current Intel Atom chipsets. The Tegra chipset is also what powers Microsoft's Zune HD. Chrome OS, which was announced back in July had been the center of some rather wild speculation until finally Google unveiled the OS and made the bitter sweet announcement that Chrome OS would not be released by Google as an installable operating system for current netbooks but would be a device in itself. The Chrome OS netbooks were meant to be used a companion devices, not intended to replace current computers but to be seen as...