Android 2.2 is barely out of the door, but one mobile fanatic has already got the skinny of what we can expect from the next Google OS update, due in October. Dubbed Gingerbread, or Android 3.0, it comes with stacks of awesome features, but also promises big changes from the Google.
Eldar Murtazin of Mobile Review has previous in getting the biggest mobile scoops and this is right up there. Android 3.0 is set to land on 15 or 16 October, with Google demanding that phones using the new OS come …

Adobe Systems has released an emergency security update to fix 17 vulnerabilities in its Reader and Acrobat applications, including two critical bugs that are being exploited by hackers in the wild.
The vulnerabilities were first reported by Adobe on 4 June, along with another critical vulnerability in its Flash player, which was patched within a few days.
The security patch for Acrobat and Reader had been scheduled for release on 13 June, but was moved forward by the company because the vulnerabilities addressed were being exploited by hackers to install malware onto end users …

Google Nexus One users are already getting their hands on the update, and it’s likely to cross the pond imminently. HTC also promised that it’s HTC Desire and Legend phones would be sporting the update very soon.
So what actually is FroYo, and what can we expect from the new Android OS?
Speed increase
Initial excitement over FroYo focussed on the huge improvement in processing speed, which was claimed to be up to six times faster, depending on the benchmarking system used. This has been achieved by using a technology trick known as just-in-time …

Google has patched 11 security holes in Chrome as Apple released Safari 5, the latest version of its WebKit rival.
The patch for Chrome 5.0.375.70 on Linux, Mac and Windows is the first fix for Google’s browser since the stable versions of the Mac and Linux editions were announced.
The update followed Monday’s Safari 5 from Apple that patched a record 48 vulnerabilities, most of them on WebKit – also used in Chrome. It’s the first major update to Apple’s browser in a year.
You can find out more information from the Google …

IBM has joined forces with chip companies Arm, Freescale, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, to create a company that will help the succession and the development of Linux software for devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, netbooks and maybe even televisions.
Quote from IBM:
“We had a lot of feedback from manufacturers that they really wanted to use Arm chips but the complexity was a challenge. Most of them are coming from an Intel environment where you don’t have all those variants,” said Ben Cade, co-chief executive of Linaro. “We got a lot …

The Archos internet tablet has just received a hugely significant update to it’s system; the new 89MB update enables the Android 1.6 platform to run OpenGL software. OpenGL allows games to process 3D graphics and content natively, it allows you to play 3d games such as  Speed Forge 3D and Racing Thunder II.
A little more about Archos (from the website)
ARCHOS is once again bringing new technologies into the hands of its customers. The new ARCHOS 5 internet tablet is combining all the know-how and renowned expertise of multimedia with the …

The MeeGo Linux operating system for mobile devices gained software support at the Computex show this week in Taiwan. Novell and Linpus both announced MeeGo-based netbook distributions, Movial announced a “MeeGo Services” development suite, and Telefonica has weighed in with support for the open source platform.
In April, the project announced a wide range of supporting partners, including most major Linux desktop distro vendors except for Canonical (Ubuntu). Last week, MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks was released, but was not offered in a full standalone distribution image.
If a full MeeGo Linux distro has yet to be …

The OpenOffice.org development team have issued the first point update to the 3.2.x branch of their open source office suite for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Solaris. The maintenance update addresses a number of bugs and security issues found in the previous 3.2 release, but adds no new features.
What is OpenOffice?
OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and …

Months after the release of the Ubuntu 10.04 comes the first Alpha of the 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
For those of you that doesn’t know what Ubuntu is -
Ubuntu is a Linux based operating system that is completely free to download, use and distribute. It is an alternative to using Microsoft Windows operating system.

Ubuntu is free. Always has been and always will be. From the operating system to security updates, storage to software.
Ubuntu is fast to load, easy to use, available in most languages and accessible to all.
Ubuntu applications are all free …