PC Magazine - DeviceVM said Wednesday that the company has signed a contract with Asus to place its Splashtop Linux multimedia shell onto four more Asus motherboards. -- read full article
AP - Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network. -- read full article
NewsFactor - The competition between the Android and LiMo open-source mobile platforms heated up as Verizon Wireless joined the LiMo Foundation. On Tuesday, Verizon and the foundation announced that wireless carrier was joining as a core member, with a seat on the board of directors. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The decision to snub Google's Android and its friends intensifies the debate over exactly which firm will have the more "open" cell phone service. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The conversion to Linux followed the acquisition of the Euronext exchange in 2007, and the open source operating system is now powering the NYSE's mission-critical trading systems. -- read full article
