Enterprise Linux Weekly Snapshot
Updated: 2010-10-29 23:49:56
Russia makes big plans for Linux, the Open Data Center Alliance, a new cloud lab, and the green credentials of two companies close to Linux...
Day 5 - Community Day (Live from UDS)
Updated: 2010-10-29 23:49:53Gerry Carr's final thoughts from UDS, day 5...EPIC SBC supports 1080p video, dual displays
Updated: 2010-10-29 23:08:26IEI Technology has released an EPIC single board computer (SBC) featuring the Intel HM55 Express chipset paired with an Intel Core i7/i5/i3 or Celeron processor. The Nano-HM551 supports 1080p video, offers dual display capability with its VGA, LVDS, and HDMI ports, and provides Mini-PCIe expansion, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, plus USB, serial, and SATA I/O....Embedded PC goes wireless with four Mini-PCIe slots
Updated: 2010-10-29 21:07:15Habey announced a compact Intel Atom-based fanless computer with four Mini-PCI-Express (Mini-PCIe) slots, enabling dual 3G mini-modules and two more peripherals. The WIT-1800 is equipped with the Atom N450 or D410 processor, up to 2GB DDR2 memory, SATA and CompactFlash storage, plus gigabit Ethernet, USB, and serial I/O....Google Apps for Android gets enterprise security, management
Updated: 2010-10-29 18:04:43Google has added enterprise security support to its Google Apps for Android 2.2. Newly enabled features include support for remote wipe, remote idle lock, improved password protection, and a new Google Apps Device Policy app, says the company....Re-Cycled Air Blog: PHP Dark Arts: Daemonizing a Process
Updated: 2010-10-29 17:02:36
: : : News Feed Jobs Feed Sections Tutorials Books Events Talks Jobs Recent Jobs Job Posting : GoDaddy.com Seeks PHP Developer Phoenix , AZ or Denver , CO Job Posting : Apollo Interactive Seeks PHP Programmer Culver City , CA Job Posting : Discovery Communications , LLC Seeks Web Developer Atlanta , GA Job Posting : National Geographic Seeks LAMP Web Developer Washington , D.C . Job Posting : Grow LLC Seeks Senior LAMP Developer New York , NY Job Posting : Distribion Seeks PHP Application Developer Dallas , Tx Job Posting : Worldwide Travel Directory Seeks LAMP Consultant New York City , NY Job Posting : Oakley Seeks Web Software Engineer Foothill Ranch , CA Job Posting : Etouches.com Seeks Web Developer Reading , UK or Ridgefield , CT Job Posting : Broadcast Interactive Media Seeks PHPEmbedded database tunes up memory management
Updated: 2010-10-29 16:10:30ITTIA announced a new version of its lightweight, Linux-compatible SQL R-DBMS (relational database management system) with several features aimed at the embedded market. ITTIA DB SQL version 3.3 adds a custom memory allocator and graphical database editing utility, says the company....OpenNebula 2.0 Open Source Cloud Software Released
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:33:00Version 2.0 of the open source OpenNebula Toolkit goes a long way towards establishing it as a viable alternative to commercial cloud computing software...Motorola Droid X, Droid 2 lead to $109M 3Q profit
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:22:14Motorola's Android-based Droid X and Droid 2 helped the company's mobile device business attain profitability for the first time in more than three years. The company as a whole earned a $109 million profit for the third quarter, and revenues hit $4.9 billion, up 13 percent from Q3 2009, reports Motorola.....Rainbow Firefox Add-in Brings Advanced Video, Audio to the Browser
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00We've written before about how most of the innovation in browsers is going on between the two leading open source contenders--Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome--and now Firefox may very well benefit from the shrewd move toward enbabling advanced video and audio recording features within the browser.Monotone 0.99 Released
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00Version 0.99 of the monotone source code management system has been released. New features include reworked selectors, a new URI syntax, a cleaned-up command-line interface, new automate commands, and more. The 1.0 release, which will contain only bug fixes on top of 0.99, is expected by the end of the...Development Release: Linux Deepin 10.12 Alpha 1
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00The first alpha build of Linux Deepin 10.12, a Chinese desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, is out and ready for testing. One of the most interesting features of the release is the attempt to maximise vertical screen space by placing the GTK+ application menus and window controls....Excito B3 Mini ARM Powered Server
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00Many interesting things come from Sweden whether it is Tunnbrödsrulle to Glögg to IKEA, but how well are these wonderful people able to create compact, home servers? After reviewing the CodeLathe TonidoPlug and PogoPlug, Excito, a company from Limhamn asked if we would be interested in checking out their new...Asterisk Thinks Big With Open Source VoIP Effort
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00Asterisk's latest open source project, the Scalable Communications Framework, is designed for large-scale deployments.Mozilla Addresses Firefox Nobel Security Hole
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00Popular open source browser wasted no time in issuing a patch for a zero-day vulnerability that was distributing malware around the Web, including the Nobel Peace Prize site.Motorola Droid X, Droid 2 Lead to $109M 3Q profit
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00Motorola's Android-based Droid X and Droid 2 helped the company's mobile device business attain profitability for the first time in more than three years.Acer Liquid Metal gets official in the UK with Android 2.2 and Breeze UI
Updated: 2010-10-29 15:00:00After seeing the handset leaked, Acer just made its Liquid Metal handset official. The 3.6-inch slate runs Android 2.2 Froyo atop an 800MHz Qualcomm 7230 processor. Inside all that molten metal you'll find 802.11n WiFi, support for 14.4Mbps HSDPA, DLNA/UPnP streaming support, an image stabilized 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash capable of...SitePoint PHP Blog: Speed Up Your Website with PHP Buffer Flushing
Updated: 2010-10-29 14:34:18
: : News Feed Jobs Feed Sections Tutorials Books Events Talks Jobs Recent Jobs Job Posting : GoDaddy.com Seeks PHP Developer Phoenix , AZ or Denver , CO Job Posting : Apollo Interactive Seeks PHP Programmer Culver City , CA Job Posting : Discovery Communications , LLC Seeks Web Developer Atlanta , GA Job Posting : National Geographic Seeks LAMP Web Developer Washington , D.C . Job Posting : Grow LLC Seeks Senior LAMP Developer New York , NY Job Posting : Distribion Seeks PHP Application Developer Dallas , Tx Job Posting : Worldwide Travel Directory Seeks LAMP Consultant New York City , NY Job Posting : Oakley Seeks Web Software Engineer Foothill Ranch , CA Job Posting : Etouches.com Seeks Web Developer Reading , UK or Ridgefield , CT Job Posting : Broadcast Interactive Media Seeks PHPSite News: Popular Posts for the Week of 10.29.2010
Updated: 2010-10-29 13:08:40: : News Feed Jobs Feed Sections Tutorials Books Events Talks Jobs Recent Jobs Job Posting : GoDaddy.com Seeks PHP Developer Phoenix , AZ or Denver , CO Job Posting : Apollo Interactive Seeks PHP Programmer Culver City , CA Job Posting : Discovery Communications , LLC Seeks Web Developer Atlanta , GA Job Posting : National Geographic Seeks LAMP Web Developer Washington , D.C . Job Posting : Grow LLC Seeks Senior LAMP Developer New York , NY Job Posting : Distribion Seeks PHP Application Developer Dallas , Tx Job Posting : Worldwide Travel Directory Seeks LAMP Consultant New York City , NY Job Posting : Oakley Seeks Web Software Engineer Foothill Ranch , CA Job Posting : Etouches.com Seeks Web Developer Reading , UK or Ridgefield , CT Job Posting : Broadcast Interactive Media Seeks PHPBrian Swan' Blog: Determining Azure Drive Letter with PHP
Updated: 2010-10-29 06:34:01: : News Feed Jobs Feed Sections Tutorials Books Events Talks Jobs Recent Jobs Job Posting : GoDaddy.com Seeks PHP Developer Phoenix , AZ or Denver , CO Job Posting : Apollo Interactive Seeks PHP Programmer Culver City , CA Job Posting : Discovery Communications , LLC Seeks Web Developer Atlanta , GA Job Posting : National Geographic Seeks LAMP Web Developer Washington , D.C . Job Posting : Grow LLC Seeks Senior LAMP Developer New York , NY Job Posting : Distribion Seeks PHP Application Developer Dallas , Tx Job Posting : Worldwide Travel Directory Seeks LAMP Consultant New York City , NY Job Posting : Oakley Seeks Web Software Engineer Foothill Ranch , CA Job Posting : Etouches.com Seeks Web Developer Reading , UK or Ridgefield , CT Job Posting : Broadcast Interactive Media Seeks PHPAcer preps for November tablet launch
Updated: 2010-10-29 05:07:29Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci says to expect a line of Acer tablet devices on Nov. 23, with some running Android and others running Microsoft Windows. Lanci also predicts that the worldwide tablet market will reach 40 million to 50 million units by 2011....Day 4 - Big Wheel Keeps on Turning (Live from UDS)
Updated: 2010-10-29 04:48:33Gerry Carr is head of platform marketing at Canonical and is reporting directly from Ubuntu Developer Summit this week. We're hosting those exclusive reports here as a series of guest blogs. Day 4 summary here...MeeGo 1.1 ships with touch-enabled netbook, IVI, and handset stacks
Updated: 2010-10-29 01:17:50The MeeGo project released version 1.1 of the MeeGo core, plus version 1.1 upgrades for the Netbook, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI), and Handset user experience (UX) stacks. Supporting Intel Atom and ARMv7 architectures (starting with the Nokia N900 smartphone), MeeGo 1.1 adds touch support, improved telephony, and Qt 4.7, which includes a QML scripting technology for animated touch-enabled apps....600MHz Cortex-A8 module starts at $49
Updated: 2010-10-28 22:51:31Variscite is shipping what it claims is the lowest cost Cortex-A8 computer-on-module (COM) on the market. The $49 VAR-SOM-AM35 integrates the 600MHz AM3505 or 3D-accelerated AM3517 processor, running on only one Watt, and offers LCD and touchscreen interfaces supporting up to 2048 x 2048 resolution, plus interfaces including SD card, Ethernet, USB, serial, and CAN Bus....Get Your Music Fix From Amazon MP3 on Linux with Clamz
Updated: 2010-10-28 21:30:14Music loving Linux users take note: Though Amazon hasn't updated its Linux downloader for Amazon MP3 in ages, you can still get your MP3 fix off Amazon using clamz.Revue reviewed: Despite some gaps Google TV box a winner
Updated: 2010-10-28 19:49:36Logitech's Revue set-top box for the Android-based Google TV IPTV service gets kudos in an eWEEK review. Meanwhile, Google is giving away 10,000 free Revue devices to developers, Logitech releases its Harmony Android app for Google TV, and broadcasters block content from Google TV over digital piracy concerns....Smartphone security suite spans enterprise, consumer functions
Updated: 2010-10-28 16:56:27Juniper Networks announced an end-to-end suite of security products and services for smartphones designed to span enterprise and consumer needs. The Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite offers antivirus, personal firewall, anti-spam, loss and theft prevention, monitoring and control services, and parental controls for Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile platforms....Intel launches first China fab, expands in Oregon
Updated: 2010-10-28 15:44:58Intel opened a 300mm wafer fabrication facility in China, its first semiconductor manufacturing plant in Asia. Meanwhile, the chipmaker is also expanding in Oregon with a $6- to $8 billion investment in five 22nm fab projects targeting processors for mobile devices....Distribution Release: Finnix 100
Updated: 2010-10-28 15:00:00Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 100, a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian's testing branch: "Finnix 100 comes over a year since its previous release, Finnix 93.0, and introduces a new version scheme, with future versions incrementing numerically. Finnix....Tutorial: Tracing Linux Problems With Strace
Updated: 2010-10-28 15:00:00Strace is handy tool for performance testing and troubleshooting on Linux; in this article learn how to do some basic troubleshooting when your applications crash or refuse to start.KDevelop 4.1 Adds Git Support
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:58Following more than one thousand commits after version 4.0 arrived earlier this year, the KDevelop development team has released the first point update to the 4.x branch of its C++ integrated development environment...Linux Boosts Stock Exchance Trading Speeds
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:55As reported by Computerworld UK report, the London Stock Exchange has announced that its new Linux based system will achieve world record breaking trading speeds.MeeGo v1.1 for Handsets is Out, Let the N900 Dual-Booting Begin
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:52Following hot on the heels of the PR 1.3 update for the N900 comes the official MeeGo v1.1 build for handsets with U-Boot support. For developers, or anyone who simply like to hack around, that means that the Nokia N900 is now ready to dual-boot into your choice of Maemo...FOSS Could Fix the 'Broken' Enterprise Software Model
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:50It's by no means uncommon here in the world of IT to hear it declared that one aspect or another of this world is "broken." To hear that charge made about something as fundamental as the way enterprise software is currently sold, however, is rare. That, however, is just what...Open Education Resources: Moving from Sharing to Adopting
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:35Educators have been sharing open educational resources (OERs) for over 12 years now. There are literally tens of thousands of them out there, many structured as collections of course materials known as open courseware (OCW), some structured as complete open courses, some structured as complete open textbooks, and many not really structured at all.AMD's R300 Gallium3D Driver Is Looking Good For 2011
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:34After years of development work by Tungsten Graphics (now VMware) and the open-source community at large, the Gallium3D driver architecture is finally getting ready to really enter the spotlight of the normal Linux desktop user. With the recent Mesa 7.9 release, the open-source ATI developers switched their R300 driver (that...China Wrests Supercomputer Title From U.S.
Updated: 2010-10-28 14:22:31Tianhe-1A has 1.4 times the horsepower of the current top computer, which is at a laboratory in Tennessee.Day 3 - Wednesday, the Longest Day of the Week (Live from UDS)
Updated: 2010-10-28 04:17:41Gerry Carr is head of platform marketing at Canonical and is reporting directly from Ubuntu Developer Summit this week. We're hosting those exclusive reports here as a series of guest blogs. Here's the scoop on Day 3, apparently the longest day...Novell Appliance Architect Shares His Dister Contest Favorites So Far
Updated: 2010-10-28 04:14:41Novell has been running a popular contest over the last few months that seeks to find the best software appliance built using SUSE Studio. They're awarding the best submission with $10,000 (yeah, you read that correctly). It's called the Disters Contest and our very own Jim Zemlin is one of the judges.PandaBoard opens up Cortex-A9 SoC to developers
Updated: 2010-10-28 01:18:46Digi-key is shipping a 1080p-ready development board based on Texas Instruments' Cortex-A9-based, dual-core, 1GHz OMAP4430 system-on-chip (SoC). The $174 & PandaBoard& offers 1GB of DRAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB, DVI, and HDMI connections, and targets smartphone and mobile device development using open source Linux distributions such as Android, Angstrom, Chrome, MeeGo, and Ubuntu....First Look at Firefox Mobile 4
Updated: 2010-10-27 22:20:17
Mozilla has publicized beta releases of the desktop version of Firefox 4 since July, but mobile users can test out the next major update to the mobile browser as well. Firefox 4 for Mobile is officially at beta 1, with builds available for devices running Android and Nokia's Maemo operating system.
Android e-reader adds color, web browsing, and video
Updated: 2010-10-27 21:23:52Barnes Noble announced a $249, all-color version of its Android-based Nook e-reader that adds full web browsing and video viewing capabilities. The Nook Color offers 8GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, and a seven-inch, backlit 1024 x 600 color touchscreen, but while it offers 802.11n Wi-Fi, there is no 3G option....Which Programming Languages Are on the Rise?
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:20:05Peter Wayner from InfoWorld wrote a story yesterday about the "7 Programming Languages on the Rise". Noting that the "mainstream is broad and deep," he says that most enterprise developers need to know one of the predominant programming languages, which he identifies as Java, C#, or PHP.Intel Core i7 970 Gulftown On Linux
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:20:04Intel will be introducing their first Sandy Bridge CPUs in the coming months, which we already know has Linux graphics support well underway, but for now the top-end Intel desktop processors are the Gulftown CPUs that were introduced earlier this year. The Gulftown CPUs boast six physical processing cores with...Interview: Nvidia Looks to the Future of GPU Computing
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:20:03Mary Branscombe over at ZDNet interviews Nvidia’ CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang about how the company’ its Tesla and Fermi-based GPUs are making parallel computing mainstream. According to Huang, the challenge of realizing parallel performance is data movement: In computer graphics, the traditional APIs of the past, the ones that all failed are the ones that moved data back and forth. They’e all dead. We want the parallel computing environment that streams the data to the right place so that the...Caught on Video: 2 Tools for Linux Screen-Session Recording
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:20:02Do you ever marvel at those step-by-step how-to product demos of software apps that end-users post on places like YouTube? It is often easy to spot these demo videos shot with cellphone cams or PC eye cams placed over the user's shoulder. But two cool Linux apps give you a...CELF is Joining the Linux Foundation
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:20:01At the Embedded Linux Conference Europe, Tim Bird, architecture chair of the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), announced that the organization was joining the Linux Foundation. Bird said that CELF "couldn't be more happy to have the opportunity" to work within the LF. Jim Zemlin, LF executive director, congratulated both...Hadoop service provider Cloudera Receives $25 Million in Funds
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:19:59Hadoop service provider Cloudera has announced that it has secured $25 million in venture funding from Meritech Capital Partners, bringing its overall funding total to $36 million...Open Data, Open Source, and the City of Portland
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:19:57"As a city that values openness and innovation, Portland is proud to host GOSCON this year." - Mayor Sam AdamsThe Main DRM Pull Request For The Linux 2.6.37 Kernel
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:19:54David Airlie has just called upon Linus Torvalds to pull in his DRM kernel tree for the Linux 2.6.37 kernel merge window. We have talked about many of these features before that are now entering the mainline Linux kernel code-base as new capabilities of the open-source Linux graphics stack, but...Embedded Linux group merged into Linux Foundation
Updated: 2010-10-27 14:02:00The Linux Foundation (LF) and its smaller embedded Linux counterpart, the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) announced they will merge, with CELF becoming a technical workgroup at the LF. With the merger of the two non-profit groups, the Linux Foundation will expand its embedded computing technical programs, and will launch a new embedded Linux & Yocto Project.& ...While Apple Debates Open vs Integrated, We Want the Best of Both Worlds
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Updated: 2010-10-27 06:15:18Gerry Carr is head of platform marketing at Canonical and is reporting directly from Ubuntu Developer Summit this week. We're hosting those exclusive reports here as a series of guest blogs. Here's the "narrative" on day 2...Android Market hits 100K apps as smartphone market keeps rolling
Updated: 2010-10-27 05:58:32Google announced that the Android Market for smartphone and tablet applications reached the 100,000 application mark on Oct. 25, one week after the Apple iOS App Store topped 300,000. Meanwhile, ABI Research lists both operating systems as driving an & exploding& global smartphone market that grew 50 percent year-over-year in the second quarter....Yocto Project aims to standardize embedded Linux builds
Updated: 2010-10-27 05:03:11While announcing its merger with the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) today, the Linux Foundation launched an open source build system project called the Yocto Project. Based on the Poky Linux build system, the CELF- and Intel-driven Yocto Project aims to provide open source tools to help companies make custom, Linux-based embedded systems for ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86 architectures....System Administrators Gone Wild
Updated: 2010-10-27 00:48:59We're all concerned about security, but where to focus attention is the challenge. While most of the attention is focused on inbound attacks, we also need to worry about internal attacks and misuse of access.Asustek, Garmin ending joint smartphone development
Updated: 2010-10-26 23:53:30Asustek and Garmin announced they have made their last Garmin-Asus smartphones, which include several Linux- and Android-based Nuvifone and Garminfone models. Asus will instead offer its own phones, and Garmin will develop apps, say the partners....Ubuntu drops GNOME in favor of homegrown Unity UI
Updated: 2010-10-26 21:02:44The & Unity& user interface that debuted in Ubuntu 10.10's Netbook Edition will be standard on the next version of the Ubuntu Desktop Edition as well. Ubuntu Desktop 11.04 will replace the Linux distribution's default GNOME desktop environment in favor of the multitouch-enabled Unity interface, says Ubuntu sponsor Canonical....Low-cost network appliance has six gigabit Ethernet ports
Updated: 2010-10-26 20:06:59Axiomtek announced a 1U network appliance that uses Intel Atom D410 or D510 processors and provides six gigabit Ethernet ports. The NA-320 includes both hard disk and CompactFlash storage, accepts up to 2GB of RAM, and has a PCI Express Mini Card expansion slot, the company says....Mobile processor market is hotter than ever, In-Stat says
Updated: 2010-10-26 19:49:33The mobile processor market is set to reach four billion units by 2014, market research firm In-Stat has reported. The pronounced growth is expected to create room for a number of processor architectures to flourish...Security processors get 64 RISC cores
Updated: 2010-10-26 18:21:44Cavium Networks announced the next generation of its Nitrox security processors, supported by a Linux software development kit (SDK). The four new Nitrox III security processors integrate 16 to 64 security RISC cores with compression engines, virtualization hardware, and a PCI-Express Gen 2 interface, and are said to be scalable from 5Gbps to 40Gbps....Wi-Fi Direct networks will work without base stations
Updated: 2010-10-26 16:23:54The Wi-Fi Alliance announced a new wireless networking specification that will allow devices to connect to one another without the aid of an access point (AP). To be available later this year, & Wi-Fi Direct& will allow & direct connection groups& for tasks such as printing, syncing, and sharing content, the industry group says....Amazon Kindle now allows for e-book lending
Updated: 2010-10-26 16:00:54Amazon.com has enabled a 14-day e-book lending feature on its Linux-based Kindle e-reader device, matching a similar Barnes Noble feature and escalating the e-reader wars. Meanwhile, Amazon's Android-ready Kindle app has added the ability to receive newspapers and other periodicals, says the company....KDevelop 4.1 Released
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00KDE.News has the KDevelop 4.1 announcement. There are improvements in patch exporting, script integration, PHP support, and a new hex editor, but the headline feature seems to be Git support. "That means that we have support for the basic features for management of a VCS-controlled project, like moving, adding and...openSUSE 11.1 to Reach End of Life in December
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00The openSUSE Project has confirmed that version 11.1 of the openSUSE Linux distribution will reach its end of life in December of this year...Ubuntu Changing Gears With Unity Desktop
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00Next release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution will use the Unity interface as the default Linux desktop, according to founder Mark Shuttleworth, who is also looking to boost financial sponsorship for open source projects.NVIDIA GT 425M: Windows 7 Ultimate vs. Ubuntu 10.10
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00Back in August we looked at the gaming performance between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 using a Lenovo ThinkPad W510, and the results were not too dramatic, but since then there has been a new release of Ubuntu (the 10.10 Maverick Meerkat) and new graphics hardware has been released. After...Clutter's Latest Release Gains Wayland Back-End
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00The Wayland Display Server continues moving forward and is nearing the point of usability by enthusiasts and those interested in easily trying out this display server that leverages the latest and greatest Linux graphics technologies...Open-Source Software in the Enterprise
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00News Analysis: The topic of open-source software has been steeped in debate since the development and licensing took root in the 1980s and picked up steam with the proliferation of the Internet in the decade that followed. - The topic of open-source software has been steeped in debate since the...Oracle OpenOffice.org vs. TDF LibreOffice
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00Oracle continues to be at the center of controversy despite their press release stating they will continue to support and release OpenOffice.org as an open source project. Most recently Oracle was vilified by bloggers and the press for asking members of The Document Foundation to resign from OpenOffice.org due to...Google Completes Android 3.0?
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00While an official announcement has yet to be made, the internet is full of rumours that Google's Android developers have completed the next version of its popular open source mobile operating system, Android 3.0 "Gingerbread"...Google: Android Market has 100,000 Apps
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00Following unofficial reports that the Android Market had surpassed 100,000 applications, Google has confirmed this is the case...Nokia Releases Maemo Update for N900
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:00:00Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has released a new firmware update for its Linux-based N900 internet tablet and smartphone, adding support for its Ovi Suite for Windows PCs, the Qt Mobility API and the company's Ovi Music Store...Day 1 - Report from Ubuntu Developer Summit
Updated: 2010-10-26 04:31:09Gerry Carr is head of platform marketing at Canonical and is reporting directly from Ubutu Developer Summit this week. We're hosting those exclusive reports here as a series of guest blogs...Adobe updates AIR dev tools, supporting Android
Updated: 2010-10-25 23:04:34Adobe launched version 2.5 of its Adobe AIR rich-media development platform, extending support to TVs, smartphones, and tablets, and also launched a cross-platform app distribution service called Adobe InMarket. Adobe AIR 2.5 adds support for accelerometer, camera, video, microphone, multitouch, and geolocation functions, supporting Android, iOS, and BlackBerry Tablet OS, as well as desktops including Windows, Macintosh, and Linux....MontaVista Android platform targets single-Watt ARM11 SoCs
Updated: 2010-10-25 22:32:42MontaVista Software announced the availability of an Android reference platform for the Econa CNS3xxx ARM11-based processors manufactured by its parent company Cavium Networks. The reference platform offers support for on-chip hardware acceleration blocks, and integrates drivers for peripherals including Bluetooth, 802.11n, and touchscreens, says MontaVista....Samsung readies Galaxy S heir while Android phone rumors heat up
Updated: 2010-10-25 20:55:07Samsung is readying a 4.3-inch & i9200& update to its Galaxy S phones that runs Android 3.0 on a 2GHz processor, says an industry report. Other rumored Android phones include an Acer Liquid Metal phone, an HTC device that may be called the Knight or the Speedy, an LTE-ready LG model, a high-end Motorola Olympus, and a Motorola Quench XT3, say reports....Wind River Hypervisor adds QorIQ, Xeon 5600 support
Updated: 2010-10-25 16:55:42Wind River has upgraded its embedded virtualization software to support two major multicore processor platforms. Wind River Hypervisor 1.2 adds support for the Intel Xeon 5600 series and Freescale's QorIQ P2 and P4 system-on-chips (SoCs), including the P4080 model, and offers a new device management layer and automated software upgrades, says the company....Ubuntu Changes its Desktop from GNOME to Unity
Updated: 2010-10-25 15:31:21In a surprising change, Mark Shuttleworth announced that Ubuntu was changing its default interface from GNOME to its netbook-oriented Unity interface read more...Make the Zimbra Desktop Your Email and Social Desktop
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:58
When Zimbra is talked about in the open source community, it usually means someone is talking about the open source groupware server that waits in the background to overtake Exchange. That may be the case, but there is another Zimbra tool that should be on the lips of anyone looking for a great email/social client. That tool? Zimbra Desktop.
Couchpubtato Lets Your CouchDB Store PubSubHubbub Feeds
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:57Couchpubtato brings together PubSubHubbub and CouchDB, giving you the ability to turn your feeds into real-time streams and then make any Couch database act as a subscriber endpoint. Couchpubtato converts incoming XML RSS and ATOM feed data into JSON Activity Streams format. Here's an example: To set up Couchpubtato, you'll...Google's Go Has Been Called To Go Into GCC 4.6
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:54Last year one of the many projects introduced by Google was the Go programming language. Do you remember? It's reached a state of being a production-ready language, at least within Google's confines, but this project hasn't received as much attention and interest by the Linux and open-source communities as some...Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8200)
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:53This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful...Droid Pro Appears at Verizon for $299?
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:51If you're looking to get some BlackBerry up in your Droid, brace yourself for a premium price. Motorola's Droid Pro worldphone was just spotted at a Verizon test website for $299 on-contract and as much as $700 unsubsidized. Should the 1GHz unit arrive as shown without a chunky rebate of...Here's Compiz 0.9.2; Should Be Ready For General Use
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:49Sam Spilsbury has just announced the release of Compiz 0.9.2 as the successor to Compiz 0.9.0, which was released in July of this year. We knew that Compiz 0.9.2 was on the way and that it would offer many improvements from new animations to plug-ins that would make you feel...Coming Soon: X.Org 7.6 Release Candidate
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:48X.Org Server 1.9.1 was released yesterday, which led us to wonder about the status of the X.Org 7.6 katamari that was supposed to come at around the same time as this first stable point release. We hadn't heard anything about the X.Org 7.6 release schedule in weeks and before that...12-Year-Old's Firefox Security Flaw Discovery Nets $3,000 Payday
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:46At 12 years old, I successfully conquered a pile of dirt when I moved it from one side of my yard to the other. Alex Miller, currently 12, conquered a difficult Firefox security flaw, earning $3,000 in the process.Well, There's No Radeon HD 6000 Open-Source Surprise
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:45Earlier this week AMD launched the Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards as their first next-generation offerings that belong to the "Northern Islands" family. A day later there was the Catalyst 10.10 Linux driver release from AMD that added support for these new "Barts" GPUs to their...App Makers Take Interest in Android
Updated: 2010-10-25 14:40:44As Android phones gain market share, many app makers are rethinking their exclusive focus on iPhones.Samsung Android PMP open for pre-orders
Updated: 2010-10-25 05:00:20French online retailer Material.net has begun taking pre-orders for an Android portable media player (PMP) spinoff of Samsung's Galaxy S phones. Aiming to compete head-on with Apple's iPod Touch, the Samsung Galaxy Player 50 offers a 3.2-inch 400 x 240 pixel display, a two-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, and GPS....FPGAs to be integrated with ARM and MIPS cores, Altera says
Updated: 2010-10-22 22:39:17Altera announced that it has licensed ARM's Cortex-A9 core, and will incorporate it into a 28nm chip integrating FPGA (field programmable gate array) technology during 2011. Meanwhile, a soft processor core based on MIPS Technologies MIPS32 architecture will be released earlier in the year, the company added....Android DIY kit builds on BeagleBoard platform
Updated: 2010-10-22 22:22:18LiquidWare announced an open source hardware development platform for Android-based tablet or HMI devices. Designed for rapid prototyping, the DIY Android Modular Gadget Platform is based on modular hardware, including a 720MHz TI OMAP3530-based BeagleBoard, a 4.3-inch OLED touchscreen, and a & BeagleJuice& battery pack....From the New Kernel to OpenStack and the Linux Desktop: This Week's Enterprise Linux News
Updated: 2010-10-22 20:50:45The Linux kernel gets AppArmor, OpenStack gets real, and the Linux desktop is once again the topic of much debate...Android phone offers Bang and Olufsen audio and universal remote functionality
Updated: 2010-10-22 19:55:19Copenhagen, Denmark-based Lumigon offered new details on its upcoming Android smartphone, including the inclusion of a Bang Olufsen ICEpower audio system. The Lumigon T1 incorporates Freescale's 1GHz i.MX51 system-on-chip (SoC), and it offers a 3.5-inch glass capacitive touchscreen and a & self-learning& universal remote function, says the company....Silent server gains Intel Core CPUs, rugged design
Updated: 2010-10-22 16:57:38Kontron announced a new rackmount Kontron Industrial Silent Server (KISS) with a more rugged and easier maintained chassis. The Kontron KISS 4U Q57 is equipped with 64-bit Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors and the Intel Q57 Express chipset, and offers PCIe and PCI expansion, multiple storage options, dual gigabit ports, ten USB 2.0 ports, and four serial ports....Asterisk 1.8 Released with Google Voice and SIP Channel IPv6 Support
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00Digium has released a new Long Term Support version of its free and open source telephony platform. Asterisk 1.8.0 LTS features Google Talk and Google Voice support and sgnal processing for improved call quality...Mozilla's "Chromeless" project
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00Mozilla Labs has announced the "Chromeless" project, aimed at making it easier for developers to create browser interfaces. "The 'Chromeless' project experiments with the idea of removing the current browser user interface and replacing it with a flexible platform which allows for the creation of new browser UI using standard...Report: Increased HPC Investment Will Lead Europe to Industrial Leadership
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00IDC has published a new report for the European Commission that recommends an unprecidented supercomputing strategy for Europe. To help Europe advance to achieve worldwide scientific and industrial leadership, the report recommends that the EC step up investments in HPC resources between now and the year 2020. Looking ahead to what will be needed for success in 2020, Earl Joseph, IDC program vice president for HPC, noted that: “The cost and...Cray Beagle Super to Power Biomed Research at University of Chicago
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00Cray is starting to get traction with their “Project Baker” XE6 systems. This week, the University of Chicago Computation Institute and the National Institutes of Health announced the introduction of Beagle, a 150 teraflop Cray XE6 supercomputer that will support computation, simulation and data analysis for the biomedical research community. Housed at Argonne...Compliance Specialist OpenLogic Joins the Linux Foundation
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00The Linux Foundation has announced that open source governance and scanning solution provider OpenLogic has become its newest member...MontaVista Unwraps Carrier Grade Linux 6.0
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00The latest MontaVista Carrier Grade Edition of Linux includes a new type of virtualization.The Galaxy Player Looks Like One Sweet Android iPod Touch
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00We'd gotten a quick look at the Galaxy Player before, but not like this: a nearly three minute video that shows that Samsung's brought a gun to the iPod Touch gunfight.Weekend Project: Set Up Squid on Linux as a Caching Web Proxy
Updated: 2010-10-22 15:00:00The Squid proxy server can function in many roles — HTTP accelerator, traffic filter, network logger, etc. — but its primary function is caching frequently-requested Web resources to save WAN bandwidth. A transparent caching proxy can intercept and cache HTTP traffic for your entire LAN, without the need to individually configure each browser. Because Squid has so many options, though, you need to set it up and test it before rolling it out in a production environment — making it a perfect weekend project.Nokia announces profits, layoffs, and bigger focus on Qt
Updated: 2010-10-21 23:52:04Despite announcing strong 3Q profits of 529 million euros, Nokia says it will lay off 1,800 as part of a significant restructuring. In a major strategy shift, Nokia will focus on the Qt framework for both its MeeGo and Symbian mobile operating systems instead of using older Symbian development platforms....Linux 2.6.36 muscles up with AppArmor security
Updated: 2010-10-21 21:45:23Linus Torvalds announced a trimmer new Linux kernel release, which includes the long-awaited AppArmor security framework. Linux 2.6.36 also features support for the Tilera multicore architecture, a redesign of workqueues, an Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer, debugging improvements, latency enhancements, and a partial implementation of VFS virtualization scalability patches....Essentials of Bash Scripting: Using Loops
Updated: 2010-10-21 20:49:38An essential rule of system administration: If you need to do something often, try to write a script to do it for you. If you need to do something several times within a script, you'll need to be able to use loop statements to repeat something until done. With GNU Bash, you'll do this with for, while, and until statements.CrossOver 9.2 Built on Wine 1.2.1 Arrives
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00CodeWeavers has released version 9.2 of its CrossOver products for Linux and Mac OS X, which are based on the latest stable release of Wine...Mozilla, Google Improve Browser Security
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00Both Firefox and Chrome get security updates.Pixman Has Improved Gradients, Is Much Faster
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00While Cairo is frequently mentioned on Phoronix, mentioned less but used by Cairo (as well as the X.Org Server) for pixel manipulation is the Pixman library. Soeren Sandmann announced a new release candidate of Pixman 0.19.6 this afternoon and it has a few interesting changes worth noting...How Linux Benchmarking Will Change
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00Phoronix Test Suite 3.0 (codenamed "Iveland") has been under heavy development for more than a month and there is still at least three more months left of work before this major release will be christened. Today though it is time to publicly share the first details (aside from those that...Linux Kernel 2.6.36 Released
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00Nearly twelve weeks after the release of Linux 2.6.5, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.36. Unlike most new kernel releases, many of the various performance enhancements and updates in this version will be quite noticeable to end users...Linus Torvalds Awarded 2010 C&C Prize
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00The Linux Foundation has announced that this year Linux creator Linus Torvalds is one of three recipients of the prestigious C&C Prize from the NEC C&C Foundation for his contributions to computer technologies...OpenERP Aims to Impress U.S. Market
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00When Beija-Flor Jeans started outgrowing its Intuit QuickBook software last year, the company started looking around for something more robust to help mange its growing accounting, CRM and inventory management needs.Stephen Elop: Nokia's First MeeGo Device 'Will Be a 2011 Event''
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00No more wondering or speculation, Nokia's CEO just announced on the Q3 earnings call that its first MeeGo device won't be coming this year. In no uncertain terms, Stephen Elop said that Nokia's, "First MeeGo device will be a 2011 event." A device rumored to be the N9, pictured above.Intel Broaches Fresh Barrel-o-Linux
Updated: 2010-10-21 15:00:00Intel is not just a chip maker, but also a peddler of Linux and VxWorks operating systems for embedded devices thanks to its $884m acquisition last year of Wind River. This week, the semiconductor giant's Wind River subsidiary rolled out Wind River Linux, which...The Easiest Way to Sell Digital Goods with No Budget (1/4)
Updated: 2010-10-21 08:34:27
In this article I share my thoughts on selling digital goods online with no budget. This is the first of four articles on how to sell digital goods online with various sizes of budgets. New Member Spotlight: Aava Mobile Goes All Open
Updated: 2010-10-21 00:51:38We announced just last week that Aava Mobile has become a member of The Linux Foundation. Its involvement in Linux and open source development represents the growing number of telecommunications companies and organizations contributing to Linux. Aava Mobile claims the world's first fully open mobile device, so naturally, we wanted to know more...SODIMM-sized module taps 400MHz ARM9 chip
Updated: 2010-10-20 23:07:05Austria-based Ronetix has begun shipping a 2.6 x 1.3-inch module and evaluation board built around Atmel's 400MHz, ARM926-based AT91SAM9G45 system-on-chip (SoC). The PM9G45 module includes 128MB of DDR2 memory and 256MB NAND flash, as well as interfaces for Ethernet, USB ports, serial ports, LCD touchscreens, memory card readers, and more, says the company....Ruggedized PC has M12 connectors, dual video inputs
Updated: 2010-10-20 23:05:11Broadax Systems Inc. (BSI) announced a fanless embedded computer that's sealed against dust and can withstand immersion in water. The EMS-3701 offers a 1.1GHz Intel Atom Z510PT CPU, 1GB of RAM, CompactFlash storage, a variety of sealed ports that include analog video input, and optional 802.11b/g/n wireless networking, the company says....AMD demos CPU with integrated graphics
Updated: 2010-10-20 20:27:16Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has provided a glimpse of its upcoming & Llano& APU (accelerated processing unit), which integrates computing and graphics capabilities onto a single piece of silicon. Scheduled for release in mid-2011, the processor is being touted for its & world-class performance.& ...Dual-core mini PC has Ion 2, Blu-ray drive
Updated: 2010-10-20 20:20:36Zotac announced two mini-PCs that include Intel's dual-core Atom, Nvidia's Ion 2 GPU (graphics processing unit), and an integral Blu-ray drive. The slimline HD-ID33BR-U and HD-ID34BR-U include DVI and HDMI video outputs, analog and S/PDIF audio outputs, three USB ports, an eSATA port, and 802.11b/g/n wireless networking, the company says....MontaVista revs CGL Linux distro with virtualization and bare-metal engine
Updated: 2010-10-20 19:24:30MontaVista Software released an updated Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) embedded distribution with a RTOS-like & Bare Metal Engine& option for maximizing performance on multicore designs. MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 6.0 features a multicore resource management scheme for virtualization, adds support for Linux Containers, KVM, and EMVisor virtualization schemes, and upgrades OpenSAF support and power management features....Android 3.0 said to offer video chat, Google TV support
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:10:10Android 3.0 (& Gingerbread& ) will feature video chat support, SIP support for Google Voice on Android devices, and a major graphical redesign, says an industry report. Due this fall, Gingerbread will also provide support for Google TV and its & Youtube Leanback& feature, says the story....Collaboration Across Borders at the openSUSE Conference
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00It's a well-established truth in marketing that brands aren't about products or even experiences — they are about people. Create a community in which your user feels at home, where their questions are answered,their voices heard and their contributions appreciated, and half of your marketing work is done. It doesn't matter how clever your social media feed is if you don't have a core of humanity at the centre of your project.The Many Ways of Capturing the Moment With Linux
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Capturing a screen image is a basic computing task -- so basic, in fact, that almost every computer keyboard has a dedicated key to grab a picture of what the monitor is displaying in the instant the key is pressed.Mozilla Releases Firefox & Thunderbird Security Updates
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Mozilla has released updates for the Firefox web browser and for the Thunderbird news and email client, closing a number of critical security vulnerabilities in its open source products...OpenMP and MPI Duke it Out in Benchmarks
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Douglas Eadlne over at Linux Magazine writes that benchmarking OpenMP vs. MPI is a recipe for surprise: In a previous column, I had an opportunity to test OpenMP and MPI on a brand new 8-core SMP machine. My interest was to see how well MPI codes worked on an SMP platform.A Peek Into the Future of Intel Processors
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Brian Krzanich, a senior vice president at Intel in charge of manufacturing, talks about the future of Intel manufacturing and chips.Google Releases Chrome 7.0 Stable
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Nearly seven weeks after the arrival of Chrome 6 on the second birthday of Chrome, Google has released version 7 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux into the web browser's stable channel, closing a total of 11 security vulnerabilities, including 1 critical issue and 5 rated as high-risk...Mozilla preempts Google with 'open' web app store prototype
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Mozilla has released a prototype for what it calls an "open web app ecosystem," a browser-agnostic answer to Google's upcoming Chrome Web App Store.…...Lenovo Says no Android Tablet in US Until Honeycomb; no Windows 7 Tablet, Period
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00If you happen to be enthusiastic about Lenovo, tablets, and your American residency, look away now.HP Unveils webOS 2.0, Palm Pre 2
Updated: 2010-10-20 15:00:00Six months after acquiring Palm, HP rolls out its new mobile OS and smartphone in hopes of gaining ground in the competitive enterprise and consumer device market.HP announces Palm Pre 2 with WebOS 2.0
Updated: 2010-10-19 23:52:51HP announced a faster, 1GHz Palm Pre 2, as well as a major WebOS 2.0 update that features & true multitasking,& improved & Synergy& sync, and a & Just Type& feature that enables text entry before an app fully opens. The Pre 2 debuts on Friday in France on SFR, and will appear on Verizon Wireless in & the coming months,& says HP....ObamaBerry tech heading to Android phones
Updated: 2010-10-19 22:46:16Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) announced an & ObamaBerry& -like smartphone security solution for open source mobile platforms, based on the companys OKL4 mobile virtualization technology. Available initially for Android, SecureIT Mobile combines software and services that will let governmental agencies, contractors, integrators, and OEMs build secure devices using commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software, says OK Labs....Freescale's auto SoCs offer 1080p video option
Updated: 2010-10-19 21:36:24Freescale says it is now sampling two automotive-focused SoCs (system on chips) that employ ARM Cortex-A8 cores clocked at 800MHz. Targeting & reconfigurable instrument cluster applications,& the i.MX534 includes dual graphics processors for 2D/3D video acceleration, while the i.MX536 adds a video processor capable of 1080p decoding and 720p encoding & with minimal CPU loading,& the company says....1.5GHz Cortex-A8 SoC features dual display support
Updated: 2010-10-19 20:02:09Texas Instruments announced a new & Sitara& system-on-chip (SoC) claimed to offer the highest-performing, single-core ARM Cortex-A8 processor, clocked to 1.5GHz. Like TI's C6A816x Integra announced today, the AM3892 and 3D accelerated AM3894 Sitara SoCs support dual HD displays, as well as peripherals including PCIe, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and HDMI....The Root of All Password Evils: Say No to Shared Passwords
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00One password to rule them all — aside from the fun Tolkienesque overtones, sharing a root password among admin staff to perform system administration is just a bad idea. Like the One Ring, a single root password can lead to serious problems.The openSUSE Build Service 2.1 Released
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00The openSUSE Build Service – OBS – is now officially at release 2.1. We’e delighted with the improvements in this release, including an enhanced web interface, integration with online code management systems and better access controls.Development Release: Astaro Security Gateway 8.1 Beta
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00Angelo Comazzetto has announced the availability of a public beta release of Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) 8.1, a specialist Linux distribution for firewalls and gateways: "With the success of the ASG 8.0 launch, we will begin today the open beta program for users which want to test the....Get the Most Battery Life from a Linux Laptop
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00If Linux is your primary on-the-go computer OS, you'll find that it's really versatile in handling power consumption — if you know how to get around its settings. A poster at the Productive Geek forums shows us some power-saving setups.CogniDox releases OTRS Joomla! Gateway
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00CogniDox has released a gateway that combines the PHP-based Joomla! content management system (CMS) with the OTRS (Open source Ticket Request System) ticket-based email management software...OpenERP Solves Open Source's Vexing Problem: Making Money
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00Belgian open source application vendor OpenERP has set up its first overseas business office in San Jose, Calif. Traditionally, the company has worked with reseller partners in the United States and 54 other countries worldwide. After four years, though, OpenERP has begun an aggressive expansion. It plans to have 1,000...Open Standards Dispute Flares Up Again at the EU Level
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has accused the Business Software Alliance (BSA) of hampering innovation with its call for patented innovations to be included in open standards...Open Source MySQL Space Heats Up With SkySQL
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00Startup that includes many former MySQL executives is looking to provide an open source set of support tools for the database effort, without extending into a rival distribution.myTouch 3G's Froyo Update Well Underway
Updated: 2010-10-19 15:00:00From the looks of T-Mobile's official support forums, it hasn't gone out to everyone just yet -- but it looks like lots of myTouch 3G owners are now getting the official Froyo update the carrier announced back on the 13th of the month.Machine-vision SoCs mix 1.5GHz Cortex-A8 and DSP cores
Updated: 2010-10-19 05:18:19Texas Instruments (TI) announced the first two members of a Linux- and Android-ready & Integra& family of system-on-chips (SoC) aimed at machine-vision applications. The C6A8167 Integra and 3D-accelerated C6A8168 Integra combine a 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A8 core with a 1.5GHz digital signal processor (DSP), and support dual HD displays as well as peripherals including PCIe, gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and HDMI....Tablet sales to hit 19.4 million units in 2010, says Gartner
Updated: 2010-10-18 23:53:40Led by the iPad, tablet PCs will sell 19.4 million units in 2010, and soar to 208 million in 2014, according to Gartner. Tablets will pressure sales of mini-notebooks, e-readers, media players, and gaming devices, and perhaps even smartphones -- but devices based on Android and other open source OSes will fare better than most against cannibalization, says the study....Rackmount computer includes dual quad-core Xeons
Updated: 2010-10-18 22:50:03Trenton Technology announced a 3U rackmount computer designed for shipboard and control room applications. The TCS3502 includes dual Intel Xeon processors, two externally accessible, hot-swappable hard disk drives along with internal storage, a DVD-RW drive, three PCI Express slots, and one PCI slot, the company says....Android-ready SBCs build on 1GHz Cortex-A8 SoCs
Updated: 2010-10-18 21:02:45InHand Electronics announced the first two members of an Android-ready & Apeiron& line of single board computers (SBCs), the & Fury& being based on the Texas Instruments (TI) DaVinci DM3730 system-on-chip (SoC) and the & Siren& on TI's Sitara AM3703. Measuring 2.5 x 2.5 inches, both SBCs offer 1GHz performance, 256MB DDR memory, 512MB flash, plus Ethernet, RS-232, USB, and optional wireless connectivity....E-reader offers grayscale touchscreen
Updated: 2010-10-18 20:02:56Pandigital announced a six-inch, electrophoretic ePaper version of its Barnes Noble-ready e-reader. The Pandigital Novel Personal eReader offers an 800 x 600 grayscale touchscreen made by Sipix, Wi-Fi, 2GB of memory, and a microSD slot, says the company....How Fast Is Linux Growing in the Enterprise? Our New Report
Updated: 2010-10-12 16:27:01We're pleased today to announce the results of a new publication from the Linux Foundation: a survey of enterprise users titled "Linux Adoption Trends: A Survey of Enterprise End Users." We're publishing it today at The Linux Foundation's End User Summit. Why did we create this report? It's part of our mission to enable collaboration from [...]New Open Compliance Resources Now Available
Updated: 2010-10-08 00:59:14When we launched the Open Compliance Program in August at LinuxCon, we committed to providing additional free educational material. At launch, we had three info-packed papers you could view here or at our publications page. I'm pleased to report the fourth paper in the series is now available. "A Glimpse Into Recommended Practices in a FOSS [...]