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Lately, I'm getting interested in Mobile Phone Application . And what make me more interested about it was, getting to know the Android , a new open source operating system and software platform for mobile phones . The Android is developed by Google, and later the Open Handset Alliance based on Linux kernel . Google has made most of the Android platform available under the Apache free-software and open source license. The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a business alliance of 48 firms including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Samsung, LG, T-Mobile, NVIDIA, Sony Ericsson, ARM, AKM Semiconductor Inc, ASUSTek COmputer Inc, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc, Wind River Systems, Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co Ltd, Softbank Monile Corporation, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone that came together to develop open standards for mobile devices. The Android platform was announced on 5 November 2007 with the founding of the Open Handse...

For those who remember my post about the Battle Programmer Shirase , here is the continuation of the episode. For those who haven't watch the first episode , you better watch it first. But, if you wanna skip it, the first episode is the introduction of a brilliant programmer or hacker named Akira Shirase . In that episode, there was a hacking attempt on U.S. shipping company which reroutes a package to an Asian Hacker . While on the other side, BPS or Battle Programmer Shirase is recruited by Akizuki, an employee from Abin Electronics. BPS accepted Akira's recruitment after seeing the discontinued X68 series doujinshi SCSI card by Abin Electronics which was made at Iwasawa plant. Apart from that, there is another story of Misao-chan who somehow have an unknown relationship with Shirase. Now, let's watch this Episode 2 of Battle Programmer Shirase ... Hmm.. hope you like it. I'll continue with the next episode later. Enjoy!! You may also love to read: Battle Program...

I have lot's of queries from friends who recently migrates to Ubuntu on Where to find Ubuntu Resources? So, I'm listing some useful Ubuntu Resources here for newbies to start with. http://ubuntuforums.org - In this searchable web forum and moderated social network is a diverse, talented, and moderated community of Ubuntu users and support staff. People share their success and setbacks here with each other as well as offering assistance and guidance. Chances are good that if you’re having difficulty with something in Ubuntu , someone has already run into the same problem and found a solution. http://forums.ubuntu.com.my - This is another searchable web forum aiming to support local Malaysian Ubuntu Community. All the people here are Malaysian Ubuntu Users and Official Ubuntu LoCo Member. You can get support in Malay language here. www.ubuntu.com/support - This site offers paid support from Canonical Ltd. , the company behind Ubuntu. If you don’t want to spend time search...

Mark Shuttleworth have announced that the codename for Ubuntu 9.04 , which is expected to arrive in April 2009, will be Jaunty Jackalope . Ubuntu releases are issued every six months and include the latest versions of popular open source software applications. "The Warrior Rabbit is our talisman as we move into a year where we can reasonably expect Ubuntu to ship on several million devices, to consumers who can reasonably expect the software experience to be comparable to those of the traditional big OSV's—Microsoft and Apple," he wrote in a mailing list post. "The bar is set very high, and we have been given the opportunity to leap over it. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to shine, and we want to make sure that the very best thinking across the whole open source ecosystem is reflected in Ubuntu, because many people will judge free software as a whole by what we do." A big focus of the 9.04 release will be improving boot time and general performance. Shuttl...