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The domain name system (DNS) maps human-understandable Web site addresses into numeric IP addresses. Launched in July 2006, OpenDNS adds a few free services on top of the traditional DNS to block phishing Web sites and auto-correct common misspelled URLs. And thanks to some clever traffic routing and load-balancing technology, OpenDNS can also deliver Web pages faster.

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The reviews are streaming are in. Three weeks after shipping, Nokia’s second generation Linux-based Internet tablet, the N800, is being characterized as a flawed jewel by dozens of reviews in publications as diverse as BusinessWeek, OSNews, and MobileBurn.

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Linux is among 15 featured technical tracks at this year’s Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), Silicon Valley edition. Billed as “the world’s largest international embedded technical conference and exhibition,” the event is set for Apr. 1-5 in San Jose, Calif.

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Last week, Motorola and five other cell phone manufacturers announced the official launch of the LiMo Foundation, a “global mobile Linux initiative.” The foundation will work off mobile Linux in a private collaborative development environment that has its roots in open source, but isn’t quite.

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(Column) – These days, it seems like we are being bombarded with options for keeping our lives in sync with the events happening around us. For years, PDAs and now even more so, Pocket PCs have become a mainstay for anyone whose life is dictated by the events happening on their calendar.

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Now Nokia has unveiled a new “Internet Tablet” device, called the N800. It looks very impressive and what’s most interesting from a Web perspective is the development platform that Nokia is attempting to build around this, and similar, devices. Nokia has a website devoted to this effort, called Maemo. It’s described as follows:

“Maemo is an open source development platform to create applications for Nokia Internet Tablet products like Nokia N800 and Nokia 770. The platform gives developers a powerful Linux based development environment and optimized end-user interface for handhelds.”

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A self-described “world famous celebrity hacker” has managed to boot uClinux on Sony’s MIPS-based PSP (Playstation Portable). Chris Mulhearn’s port so far lacks support for key PSP peripherals such as the screen, but could interest hackers able to connect serially to the PSP’s “remote headphones” port.

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igb writes “As part of their coverage of the launch of Vista, the BBC last week asked people to submit descriptions of the benefits and drawbacks of their chosen system, and today they’ve posted responses from two Vista users, a Linux user, and an OS X user. There’s nothing earth-shattering here, but it’s interesting to see the operating systems compared on a level playing field, and good that the BBC has given equal time to the major alternatives.”

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