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Submission + - X Window System Turns 30 Years Old (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: One of the oldest pieces of the Linux desktop stack still widely in use today is the X Window System that today is commonly referred to as X11 or in recent years the X.Org Server. The X Window System predates the Linux kernel, the Free Software Foundation, GCC, and other key pieces of the Linux infrastructure — or most software widely-used in general. Today marks 30 years since the announcement of X at MIT when it was introduced to Project Athena.
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Submission + - Android OS to rule the world by 2014 (cnn.com)

Submitted by Singer4096
Singer4096 writes: Gartner research projects that the Android OS will outpace all others by 2014 to become the leading Smartphone OS. Projections are that by the end of 2010, it will be in second place behind Symbian, the Nokia-backed OS. This is bad news for Apple and RIM who are projected to fight for third place in the Smartphone market.

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