This will give service providers and users a consistent interface, with the same look and feel, across multiple devices. We're excited about working with HP on this because of its experience in the telecom sector.

By leveraging the SDP infrastructure and the global reach of the Flash Platform, telecommunications operators and service providers can rapidly integrate and leverage network services and deploy multimedia communications solutions on nearly 600 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices worldwide.

It applies to Red Hat distributions only. It will attract those who want Red Hat as their primary service and support vendor. In the data center, however, it may not be that attractive for exclusive open-source software stacks vs. hybrid commercial and open-source software stacks.

This service will bring an unprecedented collection of popular TV series to a totally new platform, revolutionizing the distribution of television programming,

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There's always going to be a need for gatekeepers who perform the service that record labels do now. Otherwise, it's just noise, pure cacophony. Most people who are not A&R (Artist & Repertoire) executives don't want to sort through tens of thousands of contenders to find 50 things that sound great.