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Verizon snuffs Google for Microsoft search
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| Verizon has unilaterally updated user Storm
| 2 BlackBerries and other smartphones so that
| their browser search boxes can only be used
| with Microsoft Bing.
|
| The move is part of the five-year search and
| advertising deal Verizon signed with
| Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m.
|
| [...]
|
| Naturally, such sites can still be queried
| via the browser proper. But countless users
| are up-in-arms over the switch. A discussion
| thread dedicated to the change at
| CrackBerry, a popular BlackBerry user site,
| is now 36 pages long.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/19/verizon_snuffs_google_for_bing/
Bings got an iBug? â Problems with Bing on iPhone?
http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/bings-got-an-ibug-problems-with-bing-on-iphone/
They can't even released on schedule... or without major bugs...
Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2010 launch
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| Microsoft will delay the release of Visual
| Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 in order to
| have more time to address performance
| issues.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/19/microsoft_delays_visual_studio_2010/
Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2010 launch due to virtual memory performance issues
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4812
Recent:
Android Gets a Big Backer in Verizon, and Palm Opens Up
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| The prospects for mobile open source just get brighter
| and brighter. Following months of rumors, Verizon
| Wireless has said that it will put substantial resources
| behind the open source Android platform, in a broad
| partnership with Google. Google and Verizon will work
| together to deliver new products and services that they
| say will arrive "in the hands of consumers quickly."
| Notably, both companies have pledged to put unique
| applications onto handsets, including apps from their
| internal developers and others from third-party
| developers.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/android-gets-a-big-backer-in-verizon-and-palm-opens-up
Google, Verizon teaming to develop Android devices
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| Verizon and Google have entered into an agreement to
| jointly develop wireless devices based on Google's open-
| source Android mobile platform.
|
| During a teleconference today, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam
| and Google CEO Eric Schmidt outlined the companies' new
| strategic partnership that will develop Android-based
| smartphones, PDAs and netbooks, and deliver users with
| applications sold through the Android Market app store.
| Verizon says that it will have two Android-based
| handsets on the market by year-end with more to come by
| 2010.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138997/Google_Verizon_teaming_to_develop_Android_devices?taxonomyId=88
Red Hat Linux helps to power Verizon's Cloud
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| Verizon Business rolled out its Computing as a Service (CaaS) product today,
| which brings the big carrier directly into the cloud marketplace. While the
| cloud is a compute infrastructure, it still needs an operating system and for
| Verizon that means both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/06/red-hat-linux-helps-to-powers.html
Verizon to Offer HP Mini Netbook and 'Mi-Fi' Service May 17, Reports
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| It would come with either Windows XP Home (SP3) or Ubuntu Linux and 16/32GB
| solid state or 80GB hard-drive options.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/164665/verizon_to_offer_hp_mini_netbook_and_mifi_service_may_17_reports.html
Verizon Launches MiFi Hotspot Without Subscription
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| When we first heard about the MiFi last December, Novatel pointed out that
| the router is actually a tiny Linux PC, capable of running its own software.
| The router could check e-mail and store messages on a memory card without a
| PC, in theory. But Verizon's version looks like it's just a Wi-Fi router -
| for now, at least.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346697,00.asp
The Verizon Hub Widget Phone Just Got a Lot More Exciting
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| I'm reviewing the somewhat anachronistic Verizon Hub connected phone. Now
| that I've seen its futureâan open platform built on Linux with sleek hardware
| from this decade, like capacitive touchscreensâit's way more exciting.
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http://i.gizmodo.com/5213358/the-verizon-hub-widget-phone-just-got-a-lot-more-exciting
Verizon Launches 'Hub' VOIP Phone
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| Verizon Wireless launched a VOIP-based, Linux-powered home phone on Friday,
| the Verizon Hub. The Hub plugs into a home broadband line and acts as a
| family calendar, limited Web browser, messaging center, digital picture frame
| and, of course, a phone.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339502,00.asp
Verizon VoIP phone doubles as DPF
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| Verizon Wireless announced a VoIP touchscreen phone that incorporates a
| digital picture frame (DPF) capability and can send navigation instructions
| to Verizon mobile phones. According to one report, the Verizon Hub (pictured)
| is based on OpenPeak's OpenFrame phone, which is said to run Linux.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4867423455.html?kc=rss
Verizon CEO doesn't know about open source
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| I just got out of a Q&A session with Verizon Communications CEO Denny Strigl
| and being an open source guy I asked Strigl about open source. Specifically I
| asked what role does open source play at Verizon now, especially in light of
| the recent SFLC lawsuit against Verizon on GPL infringement.
|
| Strigl looked at me with a blank face and asked me to repeat my question. He
| was completely clueless.
|
| He then asked one of his PR people to answer, and they too were clueless.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/verizon-ceo-doesnt-know-about.html
Verizon offers details of Usenet deletion: alt.* groups, others gone
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| Cuomo claimed that his office found child porn on 88 newsgroups--out of
| roughly 100,000 newsgroups that exist. In a press release, he took credit for
| the companies' blunderbuss-style newsgroup removal by saying: "We are
| attacking this problem by working with Internet service providers...I commend
| the companies that have stepped up today to embrace a new standard of
| responsibility, which should serve as a model for the entire industry."
|
| [...]
|
| What this means in practice is that, thanks to the New York state attorney
| general, Verizon customers will lose out on innocent discussions. Verizon is
| retaining only eight newsgroup hierarchies, even though over 1,000
| hierarchies exist.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9967119-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org
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| Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice,"
| it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone
| competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications
| from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo), an industry group it joined today,
| along with seven other companies.
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http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7113682989.html
Update: Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group
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| Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the
| first U.S. operator to join the LiMo Foundation, a group developing mobile
| Linux technology
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/14/Verizon-Mozilla-join-mobile-Linux-group_1.html
Related:
Palamida Exec Chides Verizon For Not Responding On GPL Suit
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| "I'm a little surprised by it, to tell you the truth," Tolliver said in a
| recent interview. Palamida is a supplier of risk management software for
| managing an enterprise's software assets. Its auditing system scans code and
| identifies its origins, from open source projects or other known sources.
|
| "Usually these issues can be resolved before pretty promptly," he added. But
| Verizon had no response to the center when it sent a letter notifying Verizon
| of a violation, and it's had no response since the center filed a suit Dec. 7
| in federal District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080112/tc_cmp/205602460
Member review of Verizon FIOS
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| For the broadband installation, one thing I really didnât want was to have
| Verizon install a bunch of junk software on my computer. So when it was time
| to set up the connection I offered the tech a linux laptop. He said, âLinux,
| whatâs that?â I said, let's try it anyway. The normal procedure is to connect
| your computer, go to a special website and download a bunch of software, then
| set up your account username and password and agree to a terms of service. Of
| course, going to the special website we get the message, âyour operating
| system is not supportedâ. I asked the tech to call his support, who laughed
| when he heard the word linux, but then relented and gave us an extra special
| website with login and password where we could set everything up without
| downloading software. Yay! The TV and phone setup were completely
| straightforward.
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http://www.broadbandreports.com/comment/2568/66067
Verizon Embraces Google's Android
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| In yet another sudden shift, Verizon Wireless plans to support Google's
| (GOOG) new software platform for cell phones and other mobile devices.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2007/tc2007123_429930.htm
Verizon to support the Linux desktop, but only if your rich...
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| Verizon has been supporting the linux desktop for Red Hat for
| various applications for a while now. It wasn't until recently
| that with the help of some unpaid employees that they got it
| working for Ubuntu.
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http://www.treeninjas.com/?p=12
Verizon Business Expands OS Support for Enterprises
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| "Windows is our most deployed system, but Linux is our fastest-growing
| one..."
|
| [...]
|
| He also said that AIX and UX also have strong cross-platform
| compatibility with systems like Linux, and are well designed to
| handle applications requiring huge memory and scalability.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/53095.html
Verizon takes over Microsoft TV code
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| Unhappy over the memory footprint of applications and delays in rolling
| them out, Verizon has ditched some of Microsoft's television software and
| has chosen instead to write its own.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060914-7742.html
Verizon sues FCC over open-access auction
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| Media reform group Free Press, a supporter of the open-access rules, accused
| Verizon Wireless of sending "lawyers, FUD and money" in an attempt to
| overturn the FCC's decision.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070914/tc_infoworld/91833
Google vs. Verizon: The 'open access' saga continues
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| First with Net neutrality and now with so-called "open access" rules for
| forthcoming wireless networks, there seems to be no end to the discord
| between Google and Verizon.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9778508-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
BusyBox Developers, SFLC Sue Verizon for GPL Infringement
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| The same two principal developers already successfully sued Monsoon Media,
| and they have litigation pending against Xterasys Corporation and High-Gain
| Antennas, LLC. Here is the press release from the Software Freedom Law Center
| on the Verizon suit, followed by the complaint as text.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007120713435029
Verizon Being Sued for GPL Infringement
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| According to the SFLC, Verizon can be added to the list of companies
| infringing on the GPL. They filed a lawsuit in New York yesterday (pdf)
| alleging that the company is handing out routers using the GPL'd
| software 'BusyBox' without accompanying source code.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/07/1953217&from=rss
Verizon: Open access should cut costs
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| Verizon Communications Inc.'s plan to open its wireless network to any
| devices, not just Verizon cell phones, is partly motivated by a desire to cut
| costs, the company's chief operating officer said Wednesday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_open_network
Thin clients in, PCs out at Verizon Wireless
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| Sun's Sun Ray is unique among thin clients, many of which still use
| some kind of embedded Windows or Linux operating system, even though
| the applications are shifted to servers.
|
| [...]
|
| With about 5,000 Sun Ray terminals installed at three Western call
| centers, and a fourth in progress, Verizon has seen a 60% to 70%
| drop in desktop problems and a 30% decline in electrical use at
| each center.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/050407-thin-client-verizon.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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