• Tell Your Story with Celtx

    Updated: 2010-06-30 23:08:08
    Want to write your story, create a screenplay, block out a storyboard, or create a comic? Put down the text editor, and pick up Celtx. Based on Firefox, Celtx is an all-in-one tool for media pre-production.

  • Cautiously Optimistic About Cisco's New Android-based Tablet

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:52:55
    It's been no secret amongst my friends that despite my reservations about the iPad, I still quietly crave having one.

  • Report: Living Dead KDE3, the Trinity Tales

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:20:07
    They keep trying to kill KDE3, but it refuses to...

  • Kindle for Android app ships, but Froyo roll-out hits snag

    Updated: 2010-06-30 18:28:21
    Amazon released its Kindle app for Android, while announcing a multimedia version for the iPhone and dropping the price of the Kindle, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, Android 2.2 rolled out to Nexus One users, but Sprint suspended its own rollout to the Evo 4G, says eWEEK, and Samsung announced plans for a Froyo update to its Galaxy S....

  • Mobile development framework rev'd with native mapping

    Updated: 2010-06-30 16:47:51
    Rhomobile announced a new version of its cross-platform smartphone app development framework, supporting BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, WebOS, the iPhone, and the iPad. Now available for free under the open source MIT license, Rhodes 2.0 adds native mapping across devices, a metadata framework for applications with changing underlying schema, and faster sync, says the company....

  • Kevin Schroeder's Blog: Zend Server Cluster Manager

    Updated: 2010-06-30 15:19:08
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  • The New, Need-Driven Browser Choice Model

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:56:55
    It used to be relatively easy for people to pick which browser to use, and one of the reasons that Microsoft's Internet Explorer still has dominant browser share is simpy that it came bundled with millions of copies of Windows on new computers. Firefox, more than any other browser of the last several years, made it a bit more complicated to decide on a browser. If you placed value on its extensions, which are hugely useful, it made more sense to use than Internet Explorer...

  • Rohit Chauhan's Blog: Eclipse Shortcuts for a PHP Programmer

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:42:47
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  • Thin client supports dual displays

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:37:24
    The U.K. firm Netvoyager announced a thin client that runs Linux and provides dual-display support, with both VGA and DVI outputs. The Neterm LX1032, as well as the similar Windows-based XP1032, offer Via C7 or Eden processors respectively, as well as 1GB of DDR2 RAM. 1GB of flash, a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB 2.0 ports, plus smart-card reader and Wi-Fi options, the company says....

  • Talend announce Apache Hadoop support

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:11:00
    Talend announce support for Apache Hadoop, HDFS and Hive, but...

  • Rhomobile 2.0 now available for developing platform-independent phone apps

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:07:00
    Rhomobile's Rhodes development framework allows developers to write programs for...

  • Guido on the history of Python

    Updated: 2010-06-30 14:03:42
    Python creator Guido van Rossum has been writing a series on the history of the language; the latest installment is titled From List Comprehensions to Generator Expressions". "Why the differences, and why the changes to a more restrictive list comprehension...

  • Blowing The Doors Off HPC Speed-up Numbers

    Updated: 2010-06-30 13:59:37
    A recent paper by Intel provides some hard data on...

  • GitHub introduces Organizations group-owned repositories

    Updated: 2010-06-30 13:59:00
    The GitHub developers have introduced a new way to simplify...

  • Thin client supports dual displays

    Updated: 2010-06-30 13:37:24
    The U.K. firm Netvoyager announced a thin client that runs Linux and provides dual-display support, with both VGA and DVI outputs.

  • How to Hack Your Nook (Firmware v 1.4) [Nook]

    Updated: 2010-06-30 13:34:16
    The nookDevs have updated their guide to gaining root access to your nook (and installing third party programs) so that it's compatible with the latest...

  • Apple, Dell luxury laptops: Once cool, now old

    Updated: 2010-06-30 04:50:20
    Luxury ultrathin laptops from Apple and Dell were once ultra-hip. Now they quietly age at Apple and Dell online stores.

  • Cisco Entering Tablet Market with Android-Based Device

    Updated: 2010-06-30 04:47:03
    Cisco today announced the Cius, an Android-based seven inch tablet computer aimed at the enterprise.

  • Nokia Taps MeeGo Over Symbian for N-Series

    Updated: 2010-06-30 01:49:12
    Handset giant opts for Linux-based MeeGo, a joint venture with Intel...

  • Cisco unveils Android-based mobile collaboration tablet

    Updated: 2010-06-29 22:54:24
    Cisco announced an enterprise-focused tablet based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom, using Intel's upcoming x86 Android port. Due in the first quarter of 2011, the Cius offers a seven-inch touchscreen, 32GB of flash, 3G and 802.11 a/b/g/n communications, a 720p-capable front-facing videocam, a five-megapixel still camera, plus an optional HD audio docking station equipped with a telephone handset....

  • Mini-ITX board targets 64-bit industrial apps

    Updated: 2010-06-29 21:13:47
    Via announced a Mini-ITX board with 1GHz or 1.3GHz versions of its embedded-oriented Nano E-Series 3000 processor. The Via Epia-M840 offers support for dual LVDS displays, up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, and a PCI Express x4 expansion slot, the company says....

  • MeeGo tablet unveiled in China

    Updated: 2010-06-29 21:02:52
    Red Flag Software has demonstrated a 10.1-inch tablet running its new MeeGo Linux version of Midinux 3.0 on an Intel Moorestown Z6xx processor, says Tech.qq. Equipped with Wi-Fi and 3G, the NPad tablet will go on sale in the third quarter, says the report....

  • iPhone vs. Android: Five points of difference

    Updated: 2010-06-29 20:35:57
    It's not a matter of which platform is better, it's...

  • Snapdragon-based Android 2.1 tablet goes on sale

    Updated: 2010-06-29 20:12:31
    Expansys UK has begun selling a seven-inch WVGA Android 2.1 tablet from Huawei, making it one of the first available Android tablets. Priced at 300 Pounds (about $451) without a memory card or 370 Pounds ($557) with 32GB, the Huawei S7 offers a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 802.11n wireless networking, Bluetooth 2.1, and a two-megapixel camera....

  • Ole Markus' Blog: Gentoo Linux and PHP-FPM

    Updated: 2010-06-29 19:53:39
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  • Linode Library: Deploy High Performance Drupal Sites with Mercury on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)

    Updated: 2010-06-29 16:03:41
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  • HTC: expect Desire, Legend and Wildfire to get Froyo 'beginning in Q3'

    Updated: 2010-06-29 14:32:00
    It's summer. It's hot. Naturally, everyone wants to lick some frozen dessert in one form or another. Shortly after the Nexus One got its absolutely official Android 2.2 update, HTC has once again leaped out to tell us of its own Froyo offering.

  • Netbook has 14-hour battery life, Bluetooth 3.0

    Updated: 2010-06-29 14:31:41
    Samsung announced a netbook claimed to offer up to 13.8 hours of battery life. The N230 also offers & Fast Start& technology, Bluetooth 3.0, a 250GB hard disk drive, a 10.1-inch display, and a choice of Intel's 1.66GHz Atom N450 or 1.83GHz N470 processors, the company says....

  • Google: Android 2.2 (Froyo) comes to Nexus One

    Updated: 2010-06-29 14:06:00
    Google is finally rolling out Android 2.2, codenamed Froyo, to Nexus One users in an over-the-air update. The new version of the platform brings several impressive new features like support for push notifications and some significant performance improvements.

  • Netbook has 14-hour battery life, Bluetooth 3.0

    Updated: 2010-06-29 13:31:41
    Samsung announced a netbook claimed to offer up to 13.8 hours of battery life.

  • Programming with Scratch

    Updated: 2010-06-29 13:30:00
    As a homeschooling parent, I'm a big fan of educational software and I've written quite a bit about about various programs in the past.

  • Codrops Blog: Fresh Sliding Thumbnails Gallery with jQuery and PHP

    Updated: 2010-06-29 06:37:21
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  • Multicore PowerPC networking SoCs gain Linux support

    Updated: 2010-06-29 05:13:06
    Wind River announced a multi-year collaboration with LSI to co-market & tightly integrated& Linux-ready hardware and software for LSI's PowerPC-based, multicore Axxia Communication Processors (ACP). Targeting telecommunications and networking infrastructure, the partners' solutions will include Axxia-optimized board support packages (BSPs) for Wind River Linux, VxWorks, Wind River Workbench, and Workbench On-Chip Debugging, says the company....

  • LLVMpipe Still Is Slow At Running OpenGL On The CPU

    Updated: 2010-06-29 00:57:37
    Two months ago we published our initial benchmarks of LLVMpipe, the Gallium3D driver that accelerated commands on the CPU rather than any GPU and unlike other Linux software rasterizers is...

  • Tomcat 7 beta released

    Updated: 2010-06-29 00:50:00
    The Apache Software Foundation has released the beta version of Tomcat...

  • Google testing new menu for Chrome

    Updated: 2010-06-29 00:22:00
    Google has begun testing a new "Unified Menu" in the latest developer channel (a.k.a. the Dev channel) ...

  • Hadoop goes 'open core' with Cloudera Enterprise

    Updated: 2010-06-29 00:02:02
    All-star startup fattens stuffed elephant Hadoop Summit  Cloudera – the commercial Hadoop outfit – has unveiled its first for-pay product: Cloudera Enterprise...

  • Rugged server supports six-core Xeons

    Updated: 2010-06-28 23:18:00
    Kontron announced a ruggedized server designed to operate in temperatures from 32 to 122 deg. F (0 to 50 deg. C). The KISS 4U KTC5520 features single or dual Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 processors, up to 96GB of DDR3 memory, four drive bays, plus PCI and PCI Express expansion slots, the company says....

  • HTC Wildfire review

    Updated: 2010-06-28 21:08:00
    If phones could make babies, then this HTC Wildfire would indubitably be the love child of the Desire and Nexus One. But of course, the humdrum reality is that 'tis just an Android 2.1 replacement for the entry-level Tattoo -- same 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7225...

  • Why the Eclipse Way Works So Well

    Updated: 2010-06-28 21:05:45
    After seven consecutive years of release trains running on time,...

  • Let's Get Small: Linux Enables Low-Power, Space-Saving Systems

    Updated: 2010-06-28 15:54:28
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  • Intel ups tablet ammo with MeeGo, Android 2.2 for x86

    Updated: 2010-06-28 15:54:27
    Software development for portable devices and tablet PCs is ramping up in a big way at Intel with the processor giant now backing Google’ Android for x86 computers alongside its own MeeGo operating system.

  • Growing pains afflict HTML5 standardization

    Updated: 2010-06-28 15:54:25
    Listening to marketing messages from companies such as Apple and Google, one might think HTML5, the next-generation Web page standard, is ready to take the Net by storm.

  • Palm shareholders approve HP takeover plans

    Updated: 2010-06-28 15:00:00
    Palm stockholders at a special meeting on Friday approved plans...

  • Linux Mint 9 KDE RC released!

    Updated: 2010-06-28 11:03:06
    The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 KDE RC. Linux Mint 9 KDE New features at a glance: KDE Network Manager New applications New Software Manager 30,000 packages Review applications straight from the Software Manager APT daemon Visual improvements New Backup Tool Incremental backups, compression, integrity checks Backup/Restoration of the software selection Better look & feel Backgrounds Welcome screen Update Manager System improvements Windows installer Husse quotes Default software selection Local repository and Gnome-PPP Apt...

  • A Peek at MeeGo for Tablets

    Updated: 2010-06-28 10:41:29
    It's not quite July yet, but it's not too soon to start adding things to your Christmas wish list. Case in point? A MeeGo-based tablet computer. We found this video of a "pre-alpha" demo of MeeGo for tablets. Shows the MeeGo user interface on a touchscreen tablet, some of the default applications, and working with the MeeGo multi-touch interface. You'll get a look at MeeGo playing back HD video, and AppUp Store for installing MeeGo applications. Remember, this is "pre-alpha," so it's likely to change before official devices are launched — but we think it looks really good already.

  • Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 3.2.6

    Updated: 2010-06-28 10:41:00
    Oracle has published version 3.2.6 of its open source VM...

  • Profiting from open source -- without selling out

    Updated: 2010-06-28 10:10:00
    Here are 8 business models for balancing openness with revenue...

  • Benchmarks Of The Latest Nouveau Gallium3D Driver

    Updated: 2010-06-28 10:00:06
    In recent weeks we have published a number of benchmarks showcasing the ATI Gallium3D driver that supports the R300-R500 graphics processors as this open-source driver has been maturing at such an exciting rate with impressive changes and measurable performance gains over a...

  • New APIs for Mozilla's JetPack: tabs, selection and Ajax

    Updated: 2010-06-28 08:55:00
    Version 0.5 of JetPack, intended for developing plug-ins for Firefox...

  • MontaVista and Bosch team up on in-car infotainment

    Updated: 2010-06-28 05:01:17
    MontaVista Software and Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH announced a multi-year partnership for developing Linux-based software for Bosch products, starting with in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. The initial IVI system will comply with the Genivi Alliance open source middleware standards for IVI, and future jointly developed Bosch/MontaVista projects are expected to include instrument clusters, say the companies....

  • Distribution Release: Sabily 10.04

    Updated: 2010-06-28 01:30:28
    Mehdi Magnon has announced the release of Sabily 10.04, an Ubuntu remix with Islamic...

  • Easy Linux backups with Lucky Backup

    Updated: 2010-06-26 06:25:58
    You'd like to think Linux means total data stability, but sometimes hardware fails or updates go awry. Jack Wallen gives the rundown on Lucky Backup for managing backups on Linux the easy way.

  • Weekend Project: Replacing Google Reader with Tiny Tiny RSS

    Updated: 2010-06-26 00:03:15
    If you are like a lot of Linux users, you get more and more of your information through RSS and Atom feeds: news sites, friends' blogs, projects' Planet feeds, automatic content delivered from search engines, and so on.

  • Signage PC has three video outputs, surround sound

    Updated: 2010-06-25 23:19:11
    Ibase announced a signage PC that's available with AMD Athlon, Athlon X2, and Sempron processors. The CM1200-952F includes DVI-I, DVI-D, and HDMI video outputs, six 3.5mm jacks for 7:1 surround sound, six USB ports, and a 2.5-inch drive bay, the company says....

  • Atom box accepts wide range of DC inputs

    Updated: 2010-06-25 20:50:47
    Axiomtek announced an Atom-powered industrial computer that accepts input power ranging from 9 to 36VDC. The compact, fanless eBOX-621-831-FL includes a 1.6GHz Atom N270, memory expansion to 2GB, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, plus both hard disk and CompactFlash storage, the company says....

  • I/O-rich PC uses dual-core Atom

    Updated: 2010-06-25 19:16:46
    Advantech added to its range of & ARK& automation PCs with a model incorporating Intel's dual-core Atom D510. The ARK-6320-6M01E has eight USB ports, six serial ports, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, and a Mini PCI Express expansion slot, the company says....

  • Sprint: EVO 4G users getting Android 2.2 'in the near future'

    Updated: 2010-06-25 16:36:00
    It looks like EVO 4G users will soon have one more thing to smile about, as Sprint has just announced that an Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) upgrade will indeed be coming to the "superphone." With the Android 2.2 upgrade, customers...

  • Fedora 11 reaches end of life

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:45:00
    Fedora 11, code named "Leonidas", has reached its end of...

  • Ubuntu Nearing X Server Not Running As Root

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:20:06
    Based upon a recent email to the X.Org developers' mailing list, Canonical is...

  • 10 Droid X features the iPhone 4 ought to have

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:04:43
    Apple's iPhone 4 went on sale yesterday amidst a tidal wave of hype. Meanwhile, Motorola's...

  • Intel's UXA 2D Performance Improvements

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:00:00
    In this month's AMD Catalyst 10.6 driver update for Linux they rolled out the ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture, which pleased many ATI Radeon customers, but they...

  • How The ATI Catalyst Driver Has Matured Since The RV770 Launch

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:00:00
    It has been two years since the ATI Radeon HD 4800 (RV770) series launched so we have gone back since that monumental hardware launch and have re-tested...

  • MeeGo Conference 2010

    Updated: 2010-06-25 15:00:00
    The MeeGo developers have announced that their inaugural MeeGo Conference...

  • Red Hat JBoss EPP 5.0 released

    Updated: 2010-06-25 13:56:00
    Red Hat has released version 5.0 of the JBoss Enterprise...

  • Chumby, the Next Generation

    Updated: 2010-06-25 13:02:17
    If you're unfamiliar with the Chumby, you might want to go back to...

  • RIM Earnings Show Heat From iPhone, Android

    Updated: 2010-06-25 07:20:11
    With Apple and Google bearing down, the early mover in...

  • Intel Seen Prepping 10-Core Xeon Processor

    Updated: 2010-06-25 02:12:03
    Agenda of forthcoming semiconductor conference hints that the chip giant...

  • Red Hat Outlines Cloud, Virtualization Plans

    Updated: 2010-06-25 02:12:02
    On the heels of reporting solid first-quarter earnings, enterprise Linux...

  • Addicted to Ubuntu? Try These 3 Distros!

    Updated: 2010-06-25 02:00:09
    No one can make the claim that Ubuntu isn't becoming the de facto Linux distro out there in...

  • Eclipse Helios Drops 39 Open Source Projects

    Updated: 2010-06-25 01:09:28
    The Eclipse Foundation release train keeps on rolling with Helios...

  • Tilera, Quanta Bank on Low-Power, High-Density Web Servers

    Updated: 2010-06-25 01:09:28
    Just when SeaMicro thought it had the market for low-power, high-density Web servers all to itself...

  • Motorola Shows Off Enhanced 'Droid X'

    Updated: 2010-06-25 01:09:28
    The second act for Motorola's Android-based Droid phone for Verizon...

  • Finding Evernote Replacements for Linux

    Updated: 2010-06-25 00:34:32
    One of the applications many users ask about when migrating to Linux is Evernote. While the folks at Evernote haven't created a Linux port, you'll find plenty of apps for note taking, organization, and wrangling important personal and business documents.

  • Rugged PowerPC COM targets mobile devices

    Updated: 2010-06-24 23:53:07
    MEN Micro announced a new, Linux-ready member of its ESMini COM (computer-on module) boards for mobile applications, incorporating a Freescale PowerPC MPC5121e or dual-core MPC5123 processor. The ruggedized MM50 COM is equipped with 512MB of soldered DDR2 SDRAM, serial I/O interfaces such as USB, and legacy interfaces including CAN Bus, COM, Fast Ethernet, I2C, and GPIO, says the company....

  • RISC/DSP cores gain Linux development support

    Updated: 2010-06-24 21:33:51
    Semiconductor IP vendor Virage Logic, which is soon to be acquired by Synopsis, released Linux toolchains for its 32-bit RISC/DSP ARC processor cores. The ARC GNU 2.3 Toolchain suite is available for the company's ARC cores, and the ARC Linux 1.3 distribution is available for its high-end, ARC 750D RISC/DSP processor core, which targets consumer electronics devices....

  • Nokia shifting high-end smartphones to MeeGo?

    Updated: 2010-06-24 18:35:26
    Nokia will shift its high-end N series smartphones from Symbian to the Linux-based MeeGo operating system, according to Reuters. The recently announced Nokia N8 smartphone is said to be the last N-series phone to run the newly open source Symbian operating system, version 3 of which is now & functionally complete,& according to Nokia....

  • Can Internet Explorer 9 Put Microsoft in the Browser Lead?

    Updated: 2010-06-24 15:14:20
    Microsoft is hard at work on its Internet Explorer 9 browser, following a period in which open source browsers such as Firefox and Chrome have steadily been eating IE's lunch. Judging from this blog post from Microsoft, there is some serious work going on under the hood of Internet Explorer 9 to make it competitive...

  • Adobe's Second AIR Defies Jobs' Flash iPhobia

    Updated: 2010-06-24 15:00:00
    Evolutionary RIA step for PC, Linux - and Mac Review Thanks to Steve Jobs, attention...

  • Red Hat Offers Support for Developing and Deploying Cloud Services

    Updated: 2010-06-24 15:00:00
    The new Red Hat Cloud Solution should help customers to...

  • Nokia Woos Developers with Cheaper Listing

    Updated: 2010-06-24 15:00:00
    €50 to you guv, and I'll throw in a signature too Nokia...

  • openSUSE 11.3 Launch Party in Nürnberg (15.7.)

    Updated: 2010-06-24 15:00:00
    On July 15th you are invited to celebrate with us the latest release of our distribution: openSUSE 11.3! Who? All people interested in openSUSE. Please spread the word! Where? openSUSE headquarters in the Novell building, Maxfeldstr.5, 90409 Nuremberg When? July 15th, 19:00 – 22:00 What? We plan to have a presentation of 11.3 and it’ improvements, some...

  • Linux-based multicore design targets femtocells

    Updated: 2010-06-24 05:17:15
    Texas Instruments says it is developing devices for small-scale & femotocell& wireless base-stations, likely using its DSP-based TMS320TCI648x system-on-chip. TI is developing scalable devices that can support from eight to 64 users, and which incorporate an ARM processor, digital radio front end, and a Linux-ready reference design, says the company....

  • AMD Debuts Low-End Opteron 4100 Processor

    Updated: 2010-06-24 01:20:09
    Taking aim at market segments concerned with efficient power usage,...

  • Wireless-enabled DVR computer is ready for the road

    Updated: 2010-06-24 00:26:57
    Lanner is shipping a rugged vehicle computer designed for video recording and wireless communications. Built around an Intel Atom N270, the fanless & LEC-5520& computer offers four-channel, real-time H.264 video capture and hardware compression, and is equipped with 3G, 802.11b/g/n, and GPS wireless communications, says the company....

  • Android 2.2 Froyo Source Code Available Today

    Updated: 2010-06-23 19:39:00
    It's still not hitting the bulk of Nexus Ones as far as we can tell, but for what it's worth, Google has unleashed the source code for Android 2.2 today, which is a solid sign that the code's been bulletproofed...

  • Red Hat Launches Hybrid Cloud Platform

    Updated: 2010-06-23 18:14:00
    Red Hat releases Cloud Foundation, a package of software and...

  • HP spins a netbook just for schools

    Updated: 2010-06-23 18:13:46
    HP announced a netbook for students that includes a metal-hinged case, carrying handle, and worldwide V.92 modem. Available in bulk orders only, the Mini 100e includes a 10.1-inch display, customizable case, network activity light, and a 1.66GHz Atom N455 processor with DDR3 RAM, the company says....

  • Nearly 8,000 Votes Cast to Determine New Geek Apparel in Linux.com Store

    Updated: 2010-06-23 18:09:53
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  • Open source media player embraces HD

    Updated: 2010-06-23 18:07:39
    VideoLAN is shipping version 1.1 of its cross-platform, open source VLC media player, adding hardware acceleration, WebM support, and faster HD decoding, but deleting Shoutcast support. Meanwhile, several industry reports suggests possible reasons for Adobe's temporary suspension of its beta 64-bit Linux version of Flash....

  • The Eclipse Helios "Release Train"

    Updated: 2010-06-23 17:24:16
    The Eclipse project has announced the arrival of its annual "release train," called Helios. "The Helios release is the largest release train produced by...

  • MontaVista spins Linux development platform for Cortex-A9

    Updated: 2010-06-23 16:00:27
    MontaVista Software, LLC, announced the availability of what's claimed to be the first commercial Linux distribution and toolchain optimized for ARM Cortex-A9 processors. Offered as a market specific distribution (MSD) package for MontaVista Linux 6 (MVL6), the software includes a toolchain optimized for the multicore-enabled Cortex-A9 architecture, says the Cavium subsidiary....

  • Quest to Combine Oracle with Hadoop

    Updated: 2010-06-23 15:30:00
    A new tool is to provide data exchange facilities between...

  • MontaVista Spins Linux Development Platform for Cortex-A9

    Updated: 2010-06-23 15:00:27
    MontaVista Software, LLC, announced the availability of what's claimed to be the first commercial Linux distribution...

  • Office Web Apps, Google Docs Go Head-to-Head

    Updated: 2010-06-23 15:00:00
    The online versions of Microsoft Word and Excel challenge longtime...

  • Intel's Chief Wizard Conjures the Cloud, Apple and a Phone That Keep Secrets [Interview]

    Updated: 2010-06-23 15:00:00
    If anybody knows the future of computing, it might be Intel CTO and Labs chief Justin...

  • Android Apps: Shifty Little Bleeders

    Updated: 2010-06-23 15:00:00
    A fifth of Android applications...

  • SIIA Cracks Down on European Software Pirates

    Updated: 2010-06-23 05:40:16
    After years of investigating and prosecuting U.S.-based software pirates, the...

  • IT Security: Think Smart, Not Expensive

    Updated: 2010-06-23 01:19:19
    Gartner urges enterprises to adopt practical security measures when it...

  • Slimline PC piggybacks on digital signs

    Updated: 2010-06-22 23:17:27
    Axiomtek announced a digital signage computer designed to hang from, and power, large digital signage displays. The DSA-200 supports Intel Celeron M or Core 2 Duo processors, accepts up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, includes a PCI Express Mini Card slot, and has both DVI and VGA outputs, the company says....

  • GUI toolkit adds OpenGL support

    Updated: 2010-06-22 23:00:11
    Wind River has rev'd its GUI development suite for embedded devices, adding support for OpenGL 3D graphics. Wind River Tilcon Graphics Suite 5.8 also broadens its embedded target operating system support from Linux and VxWorks to Windows CE and Windows XP, and adds support for more hardware platforms, including the Intel Atom, says the company....

  • Report: Latest KDE Release Marks a New Beginning

    Updated: 2010-06-22 22:39:28
    Sooner or later, the moment had to come when the...

  • Red Hat Revenues Swell to $209.1m

    Updated: 2010-06-22 22:29:33
    Red Hat is not as precisely coupled to the economy as many other IT players. Throughout the Great Recession, Red Hat...

  • Save the Date: MeeGo Conference 2010 in November

    Updated: 2010-06-22 22:13:38
    It's time to block your calendar and request approval to travel - the MeeGo Conference has been scheduled for November 15 - 17, 2010 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland...

  • GUI Toolkit Adds OpenGL Support

    Updated: 2010-06-22 22:00:11
    Wind River has rev'd its GUI development suite for embedded devices, adding support for OpenGL 3D graphics. Wind...

  • Nokia: Pre-Alpha Release of MeeGo for Handsets Coming June 30th

    Updated: 2010-06-22 21:24:00
    We've already gotten an early peek at what's in store for MeeGo on handsets courtesy of some leaked UI guidelines, and it looks like folks now won't have to wait too much longer to try it out for themselves -- Nokia has confirmed that the pre-alpha release...

  • U.K. Researchers Building 'Fat-Free' Cloud Programming Framework

    Updated: 2010-06-22 21:18:00
    Researchers in the U.K. are developing a lean-and-mean programming framework called...

  • Adobe ships final Flash Player 10.1 for mobile devices

    Updated: 2010-06-22 20:43:35
    Adobe Systems announced it has released the mobile version of Flash Player 10.1 to its platform partners, and the media player will & soon& arrive on Android 2.2-ready phones. Meanwhile, Brightcove has released a web video player SDK for Android based on Flash 10.1....

  • 5 Useful Google Command Line Tricks

    Updated: 2010-06-22 19:40:00
    Last week, Google rolled out a fun new feature that lets users interact with Google Apps via command line. Naturally, our friends at LifeHacker geeked out with it over the weekend and found these 5 handy GoogleCL tricks.

  • VLC Media Player Out In Much-Improved New Version

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:03:54
    The good news today on the application front is that the VideoLAN Project has released version 1.1 of the open source VLC Media Player....

  • Google Setting Up Music Store Later This Year, Looking for Search and Android Synergy

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
    Remember that chart that pointed out the differences between Google, Apple and Microsoft? Well, it's looking increasingly like Google is intent on filling any and all gaps in its portfolio...

  • 15 Facts You Should Know About MeeGo

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
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  • Salesforce Releases Facebook for Suits

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
    Salesforce.com is today expected to release its Facebook...

  • Jolicloud 1.0 Betbook OS to Include Touchscreen Support

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
    The Jolicloud developers have confirmed that the upcoming major 1.0...

  • The Open Invention Network Launches Associate Member Program

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
    The Open Invention Network has announced the launch of a...

  • IFOSSLR 2.1 Available

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
    The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review has published Volume , No. . There...

  • Open Economics: Inspiring Confidence Through Transparency

    Updated: 2010-06-22 15:00:00
    Market confidence is a valuable commodity in tough economic times. And governments will try just about anything to inspire some. Recapitalization--bailouts--for struggling sectors...

  • EPIC SBC gets SUMIT expansion

    Updated: 2010-06-22 14:17:43
    Adlink announced a EPIC-format SBC that incorporates both PCI-104 and SUMIT (Stackable Unified Modular Interconnect Technology) expansion interfaces. The & Ampro by Adlink& ReadyBoard 850 supports Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs up to 2.26GHz, includes dual gigabit Ethernet interfaces, and offers both 18/24-bit LVDS and a VGA output, the company says....

  • Embedded Linux development platform adds PowerPC support

    Updated: 2010-06-22 05:08:23
    Mentor Graphics announced a version of its Mentor Embedded Linux development platform that supports Freescale's PowerPC-based QorIQ and PowerQUICC processors. The multicore-ready Mentor Embedded Linux for QorIQ and PowerQUICC includes an Embedded System Builder build engine, an Eclipse-based Mentor Embedded Edge IDE (integrated development environment), and debug tools, says the company....

  • Google Tightens Up Docs for the Enterprise

    Updated: 2010-06-22 04:50:08
    Secure collaboration through the cloud is the next great growth...

  • LinuxCon Preview: Virgin America Runs Massive Workloads on Linux, Shares Best Practices

    Updated: 2010-06-22 04:22:01
    Virgin America's Ravi Simhambhatla is delivering a keynote at this year's LinuxCon North America. He will be giving us the CIO view on how to sell the value of open source internally when cost isn't the only driving factor. Mr. Simhambhatla took a few minutes to answer some of our questions as we prepare to see him speak in Boston on August 12, 2010.

  • 15 Facts You Should Know About MeeGo

    Updated: 2010-06-21 23:39:23
    Coming out of Computex, there's been a lot of momentum for Meego,  the Linux-based platform that can power multiple computing devices, including handsets, netbooks, tablets, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. Ibrahim Haddad, the Linux Foundation director of technology and alliances, has just published a new article, "An Introduction to the Meego Project." It's a great [...]

  • Linuxables: Intro to Linux Command Line

    Updated: 2010-06-21 21:28:39
    Ah, the Linux command line - that of which myths and legends are made.

  • Cloudera Plugs Oracle into Google's Bastard Grid Child

    Updated: 2010-06-21 21:07:11
    Cloudera — the commercial Hadoop outfit...

  • Android e-reader drops price, as Wi-Fi only version debuts

    Updated: 2010-06-21 20:10:04
    Barnes Noble is shipping a cheaper version of its Android-based Nook e-reader without a 3G modem. Except for broadband, the $149 Nook Wi-Fi offers all the features of the original Nook, now reduced in price to $199 and called the & Nook 3G,& and both versions now have free access to AT T's nationwide Wi-Fi network....

  • Overcoming Common Unix-to-Linux Migration Pitfalls

    Updated: 2010-06-21 18:43:54
    You may encounter problems when moving from Unix to Linux. Learn about...

  • Dell Pondering Chrome OS Netbook

    Updated: 2010-06-21 16:45:51
    Chrome OS Netbooks are expected to launch by the end...

  • Dell Backtracks on Linux Being Safer Than Windows

    Updated: 2010-06-21 16:41:27
    Microsoft pressed forward and Dell backtracks, but not as far...

  • What's Adobe's 64-bit Flash Plan?

    Updated: 2010-06-21 15:10:56
    Adobe Systems pulled the plug on its only 64-bit version...

  • Making Sense of the New Business of IT

    Updated: 2010-06-21 15:00:00
    You may be heartily sick of hearing that ‘hange is the only constant’ ‘verything’...

  • MeeGo Bug Jar 2010.25

    Updated: 2010-06-21 15:00:00
    A Quick Look at MeeGo in Bugzilla 2010-06-14 through 2010-06-20 MeeGo Platform As of 2010-06-21 MeeGo Platform contains 2474 items (+90 this week), including 910 open issues (+12 this week): 838...

  • Toshiba launches Tegra-powered Android 2.1 netbook

    Updated: 2010-06-21 05:25:37
    Toshiba announced a netbook that runs Android 2.1 on a 1GHz, ARM Cortex-A9 based Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. The Toshiba AC100 is equipped with a 10.1-inch, 1,024 x 600 display, and offers eight hours battery life, seven days standby time, and suspend from resume of less than one second, claims the company....

  • Fedora 13 praised for security and permissions enhancements

    Updated: 2010-06-19 03:46:09
    The Fedora project's community-driven Fedora 13 Linux distribution has been reviewed by eWEEK, which was impressed with its cutting-edge enterprise features. The review praises Fedora's new security and permissions features such as the AccountsDialog user management utility, and author Jason Brooks also likes the new command line interface for NetworkManager....

  • Tiny embedded device server offloads Ethernet networking chores

    Updated: 2010-06-18 22:14:44
    Lantronix is shipping a new member of its MatchPort family of embedded device servers that supports Ethernet networking. The MatchPort NR is a dedicated co-processor serial device server module based on a Lantronix DSTni x86 processor that manages network activity, thereby offloading the device's host microprocessor....

  • Atom-powered controller has eight-bit digital I/O

    Updated: 2010-06-18 20:20:37
    Aaeon announced an Intel Atom-based & system controller& that includes 8-bit digital I/O and four serial ports. The FES-5120 includes a 1.6GHz N270 CPU, a CompactFlash slot and dual 2.5-inch bays for SATA drives, six USB 2.0 ports, and gigabit Ethernet, the company says....

  • Core i7 SBC's available in rackmount PC, too

    Updated: 2010-06-18 20:17:32
    Eurotech is readying a 5.25-inch single board computer based on Intel Core i5 or i7 processors up to 2.53GHz. The Antares -- also available inside an industrial rackmount PC called the Antares Ice -- supports up to four independent displays, and offers dual gigabit Ethernet ports, extensive USB and serial connectivity, PCIe and SATA expansion, plus extended temperature support....

  • GPL'd Linux driver released for MPEG-4 compression

    Updated: 2010-06-18 05:12:51
    Bluecherry released an open source driver for version 2 of its Linux-based compression card for MPEG-4 digital video recording. Redesigned around the Linux kernel's API for Video (Video4Linux) and Audio (ALSA), the GPL-licensed driver primarily targets the Bluecherry compression cards and related Ubuntu-based video surveillance software, but can be used for a variety of video applications....

  • Gaming box lets Linux play the slots

    Updated: 2010-06-17 22:34:02
    Acrosser announced a PC that can run Linux inside arcade gaming consoles or slot machines. The ACE-S8700 includes golden finger and ccTalk interfaces, a VGA output, four serial ports, plus an intrusion logger and up to 512KB of battery-backed static RAM, the company says....

  • Toshiba spins 128GB NAND flash devices

    Updated: 2010-06-17 22:12:42
    Toshiba has announced NAND flash memory devices said to offer the highest densities ever. The new 128GB and 64GB devices use chips built on 32 nanometer process technology, integrate controllers for standard interfaces, and target smartphones, tablet PCs, and digital video cameras, the company says....

  • High-end Android phone crashes the iPhone's party at last

    Updated: 2010-06-17 21:25:52
    AT T has finally sprung for a high-end Android phone, announcing that it will carry a version of Samsung's Galaxy S called the Samsung Captivate. The Captivate features Android 2.1 running on a 1GHz Samsung S5PC110 & Hummingbird& system-on-chip, a four-inch Super AMOLED display, 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, and a five-megapixel camera, says AT T....

  • Android tugging on iPhone's cape

    Updated: 2010-06-17 18:56:24
    Quantcast reported a 4.6 percent jump in Android-driven mobile web traffic in North America over the last three months, while Apple's iPhone dropped 4.7 percent. Meanwhile, Chitika, using similar measurements, found that the Motorola Droid still dominates Android handsets with 33.75 percent traffic share, while Verizon owns 48 percent share of Android traffic by carrier....

  • Google works on Gingerbread UI, preps Google Music

    Updated: 2010-06-17 00:47:41
    Google's Android team will focus on user interface issues in the upcoming & Gingerbread& release of Android in an attempt to dissuade handset vendors from adding their own UI layers, writes Michael Arrington in TechCrunch. Meanwhile, Google is preparing an Android-linked iTunes competitor called Google Music, says CNET....

  • Remote device servers hardened for industrial work

    Updated: 2010-06-16 22:00:35
    Opengear announced three new UCLinux-based remote management device servers, focusing on industrial applications. In addition to the general-purpose, $475 ACM5004-2-I server, there's a telecom-oriented ACM5004-2-I-SDC version with a 48V DC power supply, plus an extended-temperature ACM5004-2-T aimed at utility networks, the company says....

  • COM Express modules to tap multicore PowerPC SoCs

    Updated: 2010-06-16 16:17:01
    Eurotech and Freescale Semiconductor announced a partnership to develop COM Express boards based on Freescale's multicore, PowerPC-based QorIQ system-on-chips (SoCs). Eurotech also recently announced a $1.5 million medical device win for its Linux-ready, ARM9-based Sphere II single board computer....

  • Android tablet to take on iPad in Japan

    Updated: 2010-06-16 14:44:44
    NEC is preparing an Android 2.1 tablet for the Japanese market based on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The LifeTouch offers a seven-inch, WVGA touchscreen, a SDHC slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, sensors, and a three-megapixel camera, says NEC....

  • FOSS Compliance: What Are the Basics You Must Know?

    Updated: 2010-06-16 01:12:59
    Software compliance isn't exactly the sexiest topic we tackle at the Linux Foundation, but it's one of the most important. While we focus *our* efforts on open source software, the vast majority of software compliance efforts are focused on proprietary licenses. Just ask a CIO of an enterprise who has been audited by one of their software suppliers recently, [...]

  • FPGA reference design includes Atom-powered module

    Updated: 2010-06-15 22:57:35
    Avnet announced a product bundle for those wanting to experiment with Xilinx's Spartan-6 FPGA (field programmable gate array). The & Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA PCIe I/O Reference Design& includes an Intel Atom-powered module and baseboard from Kontron, a PCI Express-based Spartan-6 board, and a video output adapter, the company says....

  • Samsung broadens Android, Bada phone families

    Updated: 2010-06-15 20:22:44
    Samsung announced two low-end Android handsets -- the 3.2-inch Galaxy 3 (I5800) and the 2.8-inch Galaxy 5 (I5500) -- as well as two Bada OS phones called the Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. Meanwhile, Samsung is prepping a keyboard version of its Galaxy S Android phone called the Galaxy S Pro, says AndroidCommunity....

  • Linux Adds to Super Computing Dominance: Good News for Linux Users

    Updated: 2010-06-03 01:14:03
    While it may not equal the hysteria of the iPad or the latest Android release, the news last week ranking the top 500 Super Computers in the world is significant, especially if you're a Linux user. Why? Because Linux continues to dominant super computing. This year it's added to its domination and occupies 470 of [...]

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