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Just before hitting the sack, I saw an updated feed from my RSS reader. GigaOm seems to have picked up a few morsels below of information about the Google Phone:

Google Phone is based on a mobile variant of Linux, and is able to run Java Virtual Machines.

All applications that are supposed to run on the Google Phone are Java apps. The OS has ability to run multimedia files, including video clips.

The user interface is similar to a UI typical of mobile phones, and the image (with red background) floating around isn?t representative of the Google Phone UI. The entire UI is said to be done in Java and is very responsive. The UI, of course has a ?search box.?

There is a special browser which has pan-and-browse features that are common to modern browsers such as browsers for iPhone and Symbian phones. The entire browser is apparently written in Java.

Initially there was one prototype, but over past few months Google has the mobile OS running on 3-to-5 devices, most of them likely made by HTC, a mobile phone maker, and all have QWERTY keyboards. The model that folks have seen is very similar to the T-Mobile Dash. Around 3GSM, there were rumors that Google, Orange and HTC were working together on mobile devices.

Iphone killer? I know you’re all waiting to find that out as well.

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After months of speculations from the Open Source community, Hewlett-Packard will soon be selling RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Desktop 5 on its HP dx2250 PC. For now the deal is available only on Australian shores. HP joins Lenovo and Dell as major PC OEMs that are now offering pre-loaded desktop Linux?at least to some of its customers.The AMD-powered dx2250 PC is a low-end business PC and comes in any variety of the processor line ranging from the 1.60 GHz AMD Sempron 3000+ processor to the 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ processor. The dx2250 can hold up to 2GB of RAM and a 250 GB hard drive. It comes with a variety of optical drive options, ranging from ordinary CDs to a DVD+/-RW LightScribe, Double Layer/Dual Format drive.

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It was leaked a few hours ago and already it’s got PSP and FF series fans clamoring. Even I want a PSP to play it the moment it arrives. Here’s the video:

 

A friend in the Open Source community has invited me to visit two interesting sites, UbuntuHQ and UbuntuGeek.

The former collects all Ubuntu related articles in one place while the latter collects tutorials. UbuntuHQ links to every new article in their network. The idea of UbuntuHQ is that you don’t have to visit 53 sites every day to check them for new howto’s or Ubuntu news. You can just go to UbuntuHQ and follow the links which look interesting. Aside from the ubuntuforums, these two are definitely one of the many useful sites for anyone interested with Ubuntu Linux so update your links and add them to your feeds now.

If you’ve noticed, Part 1 is limited to closed-source blogging engines. I opted to separate the open-source list to give everyone a perspective of what they’ll be getting on both sides and help you decide which source and engine will work for you.

Serendipity
Serendipity, often called s9y, is a good choice over the competition. Ffeature-rich, smooth, and well structured Serendipity features an option to easily exact changes to your blog without editing your template file. This is ensures that a non-technical user will not risk accidentally delete any essential part of the template. Serendipity has a very good plugin management system to control what plugins are installed in the sidebar and how they are ordered. The main problem of s9y is the lack of plug-ins and its heavy weight in terms of bandwidth. However, Serendipity is a neat and very nice blogging tool for those who expect something more than just a blog. In Serendipity, you will have full control over plug-in development and management. This blog engine is compatible with different kinds of database servers like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
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