• Site News: Job Postings for the week of 04.24.2011

    Updated: 2011-04-30 13:06:03
    Job postings for the past week:Job Posting: Perforce Software Seeks Web Application Developer (Victoria, BC Canada) Job Posting: Options Consulting Solutions Seeks PHP Developer Team Lead (Toronto, Canada) Job Posting: FireScope Seeks Experienced Web Application Developer/Manager (Dallas, TX)

  • PICMG board supports quad-core Xeon E3 processors

    Updated: 2011-04-29 23:17:28
    Trenton Technology announced a full-size PICMG 1.3 single board computer (SBC) that's available with Intel's recently announced, quad-core Xeon E3-12xx processors. The TSB7053 offers up to 32GB of DDR3 memory, PCI and PCI Express expansion, six SATA interfaces, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, both DVI-D and VGA video, and a Mini PCI Express slot....

  • ESC show features Woz, teardowns, and 25 embedded tracks

    Updated: 2011-04-29 23:16:57
    The final agenda has been posted for the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon Valley 2011, scheduled for May 2-5. This year's event features four keynotes -- including one from Steve Wozniak -- plus 240 exhibitors, a teardown and giveaway of the Nook Color, and a Linux/Android track with sessions on Android sensors, Linux flash file systems, and & Android vs. MeeGo.& ...

  • Class action suit targets Google over Android GPS tracking

    Updated: 2011-04-29 21:09:39
    Google has been sued for $50 million by two HTC Inspire 4G owners in Michigan in a class-action lawsuit regarding Android's ability to collect information on a user's GPS location. Meanwhile, Oracle gained an early upper hand in its Android-related lawsuit against Google, and Barnes Noble has countersued Microsoft over its Nook-related Android suit, arguing anti-competitive behavior by Redmond....

  • Hannes Magnusson's Blog: There is an app^Wppa for that

    Updated: 2011-04-29 15:38:22
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  • Ibuildings techPortal: DPCRadio: Technical Writing

    Updated: 2011-04-29 14:56:26
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  • Ubuntu 11.04 Linux Debuts

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:30:01
    New Linux distro release takes aim at Windows and a strategy to get Ubuntu preloaded onto more hardware.

  • Google Releases Chrome 11

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:30:00
    New browser release include voice to text engine and fixes over 25 security flaws.

  • Yahoo Finds Delicious Buyer

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:29:46
    YouTube founders set to acquire bookmarking service.

  • Rugged, Atom-Powered Handheld Runs Linux

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:29:45
    Amrel announced the availability of Linux on a ruggedized, military-focused handheld PC that includes a five-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen. The Rocky DB6 has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 32GB of RAM, 64GB or 128GB of SSD (solid state disk) storage, and a Mini PCI Express expansion slot,...

  • Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Released

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:29:44
    Today we released Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, and you can find out more about it and download it here. This has been a ferociously busy cycle and with it we set out with significant, audacious goals. We shipped a new shell, a new media player, significant improvements to Ubuntu One, and we worked hard to deliver all this change and opportunity in...

  • Distribution Release: Ubuntu Studio 11.04

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:29:43
    Scott Lavender has announced the release of Ubuntu Studio 11.04, a specialist Ubuntu variant featuring a large collection of packages for multimedia tasks: "The Ubuntu Studio team is very excited over its ninth release: 11.04 'Natty Narwhal', available as a 1.5 GB DVD ISO image. Numerous improvements have....

  • Stable kernel 2.6.35.13

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:29:28
    Andi Kleen has announced the release of 2.6.35.13. The announcement has a long list of fixes throughout the tree. "This release contains security fixes and all 2.6.35 users are encouraged to update."...

  • Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 13.2.2

    Updated: 2011-04-29 10:29:13
    Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 13.2.2, a lightweight, Slackware-based desktop distribution featuring the IceWM window manager: "Absolute Linux 13.2.2 released. Use of HAL has been dropped for newer ConsoleKit and udisks, as well as LXDE's newer version of PCManFM. Code changes for the Absolute....

  • Google Talk brings native video chat to Android

    Updated: 2011-04-29 05:25:29
    Google announced a version of Google Talk for Android that enables voice and video chat, appearing first on Samsung Nexus S phones that have been updated to Android 2.3.4. Also this week, Google released a Google Docs for Android app that lets users turn pictures with text into editable documents....

  • Hands-on with MeeGo's Tablet UX

    Updated: 2011-04-29 01:11:54
    Intel's MeeGo team isn't resting on its netbook-centric laurels. In February, the chipmaker released what it called a "developer preview" of a MeeGo user experience (or "UX") for tablet computers. In April, it officially made the source code available too, making it one of the first publicly-visible glimpses at MeeGo 1.2.

  • Tegra 2 module gains open-spec pico-ITX carrier board

    Updated: 2011-04-29 00:10:32
    Toradex launched a pico-ITX carrier board for its Colibri modules, available with free schematics and compatible with Linux or Windows Embedded Compact 7. The Toradex Iris can support any Toradex Colibri module but is available with the Colibri T20 module pre-installed, making it one of the first Nvidia Tegra 2-based development boards, according to the company....

  • Community News: ZendCon 2011 Call for Papers Opens!

    Updated: 2011-04-28 21:57:18
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  • Rugged, Atom-powered handheld runs Linux

    Updated: 2011-04-28 21:03:28
    Amrel announced the availability of Linux on a ruggedized, military-focused handheld PC that includes a five-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen. The Rocky DB6 has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 32GB of RAM, 64GB or 128GB of SSD (solid state disk) storage, and a Mini PCI Express expansion slot, the company says....

  • Fanless industrial PC has Core 2 Duo, four expansion slots

    Updated: 2011-04-28 21:03:19
    Aaeon has added to its line of fanless embedded controllers with a 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo-based model. The AEC-6924 has two DVI-I video outputs, two Ethernet ports, a CompactFlash slot, four RS232/422/485 serial ports, plus Mini PCI, PCI and PCI Express x1 expansion slots, the company says....

  • LAN appliance has quad-core Xeons, up to 21 ports

    Updated: 2011-04-28 19:55:01
    Lanner announced a modular 1U network appliance that supports Intel's recently announced Xeon E3 CPUs. The FW-8865 includes from five to 21 gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 16GB of RAM, one or two hard disk drives, a CompactFlash slot, and a front-panel character display, the company says....

  • Ubuntu 11.04 out, awaits Unity verdict

    Updated: 2011-04-28 18:18:48
    Ubuntu 11.04 is available for free download, featuring a new touch-enabled Unity desktop environment, expected by Canonical to steer the popular Linux distro toward a tablet future while keeping the Ubuntu faithful happy. Other new features include LibreOffice 3.3.2, Firefox 4.0, and improvements to the Software Center....

  • Mozilla Overhauling Firefox Graphics, JavaScript

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:35:20
    Firefox's graphics and JavaScript performance should improve with new Mozilla projects. Don't expect results by Firefox 5's June release, though.

  • A Mesa Branch Provides GLSL IR To TGSI Translator

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:33:41
    What's been talked about extensively and for quite a while but not acted upon too much is ridding Mesa of Mesa IR, it's intermediate representation used internally by core Mesa and its drivers. It was also talked about as a possible summer project of replacing Mesa IR with GLSL IR.

  • Novell Attachmate Merger Complete

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:30:35
    Novell announced that it has completed its previously announced merger with Attachmate Corporation and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group.

  • openSUSE Happy to Welcome 16 GSOC Students!

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:14:05
    We’e got excellent news! We’e received many excellent submissions for our Google Summer of Code application and Google has given us 16 slots.

  • Unity: 3 Rants And A Tip

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:05:05
    Shawn rants a bit about Ubuntu's new Unity interface, and gives us a couple tips on how to adjust.

  • Distribution Release: Edubuntu 11.04

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:01:09
    Edubuntu 11.04, the educational flavour of Ubuntu, has been released: "The Edubuntu development team is really proud and happy to announce that Edubuntu 11.04 has now been released. This version builds on the excellent 10.10 release, making the installation process even more flexible and improves the desktop not....

  • Slackware 13.37 Released

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:00:00
    Not only is Ubuntu 11.04 out there, but Slackware 13.37 has now been released as well...

  • How To Upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) To 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) (Desktop & Server)

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:00:00
    The new Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 11.04.

  • Why We Need an Open Wireless Movement

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:00:00
    Yesterday Peter Eckersly posted at eff.org about the EFF's coming Open Wireless Movement. Here's what he had to say: If you sometimes find yourself needing an open wireless network in order to check your email from a car, a street corner, or a park, you may have noticed that they're...

  • Canonical releases Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal"

    Updated: 2011-04-28 15:00:00
    The latest release of Ubuntu, version 11.04 "Natty Narwhal", features Unity as the distribution's new default desktop, as well as various package updates, such as LibreOffice 3.3.2 and Firefox 4.0...

  • SitePoint PHP Blog: Simple Object Iterators in PHP

    Updated: 2011-04-28 06:15:10
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  • Windows still rules OS roost, but Linux and Mac growing faster, says Gartner

    Updated: 2011-04-27 22:02:37
    The worldwide market for operating system software grew nearly eight percent to $30.4 billion in 2010, led by Microsoft Windows with 78.6 percent market share, says Gartner. Yet Linux was the fastest growing server OS, and Apple's Mac OS had the fastest growth on the desktop, says the research firm....

  • Dual-core panel PC's for hospital patients

    Updated: 2011-04-27 21:51:35
    Advantech announced an & infotainment terminal& for hospital patients that includes a 15.6-inch touchscreen and a single- or dual-core Intel Atom processor. The PIT-1502W offers a resistive touchscreen with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, a two megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, RFID, and a smart card reader, according to the company....

  • MIPS Honeycomb port in progress

    Updated: 2011-04-27 20:37:44
    MIPS Technologies says it's working on a port of Android 3.0 (& Honeycomb& ) to the MIPS architecture, and also announced a 15 percent year-to-year increase in revenues for its fiscal third quarter. Meanwhile, MIPS and new licensee Ali Corp. of Taiwan announced Ali's Linux-compatible, MIPS32-based & M3701G& chipset, designed for triple-play set-top boxes....

  • ARM processor shipments -- and profits -- are booming

    Updated: 2011-04-27 19:24:15
    Buoyed by sales of smartphones and tablets, ARM Holdings reported a 35 percent increase in year-over-year profits. The company added that shipments of processors based on its designs were up 33 percent, while 39 different licensees signed up during the first quarter of its financial year....

  • Qt 4.7 and KDE 4.6 Going Stable, Finally!

    Updated: 2011-04-27 18:23:34
    After a lot of bug-wrangling both by upstream and by our Qt and KDE teams, we now feel confident that Qt 4.7.2 and KDE 4.6.2 are ready for stabilization. If you are a stable tree user (amd64, ppc, x86), the upgrade from current Qt 4.6.3 and KDE 4.4.5 will arrive at your machine soon, with...

  • Android now most desired smartphone OS in U.S., study says

    Updated: 2011-04-27 16:40:13
    Nielsen reports that 31 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers said they would prefer Android for their next phone, compared to 30 percent for the iPhone. Overall, Nielsen estimates that 37 percent of smartphone subscribers and 50 percent of recent subscribers use Android phones, up sharply from January....

  • Comparison of Open Source Application Servers

    Updated: 2011-04-27 16:28:50
    The role of application servers has grown significantly in IT architecture over the past few years as the cloud becomes the new frontier for application development–a frontier that offers more opportunity and challenges than the Web ever did.

  • Android Now Most Desired Smartphone OS in U.S., Study Says

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:40:13
    Nielsen reports that 31 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers said they would prefer Android for their next phone, compared to 30 percent for the iPhone. Overall, Nielsen estimates that 37 percent of smartphone subscribers and 50 percent of recent subscribers use Android phones, up sharply from January....

  • Linux 2.6.39-rc5 Kernel Released

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:39:03
    Linus Torvalds has released the Linux 2.6.39-rc5 kernel. This latest test kernel doesn't yet have a fix for the major power consumption regressions, but it has block layer plugging fixes, driver regression fixes, and a big RCU..

  • Recent Linux Kernels Waste Energy in Certain Situations

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:33:00
    According to the Phoronix web site, some systems running Linux kernels from version 2.6.35 to 2.6.38 consume noticeably more power...

  • Ubuntu California Natty Release Party

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:32:51
    Elizabeth blogged it already, but I thought I would pump it through my loudspeaker too. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday night (28th April at 7.30pm), be sure to head over to the Thirsty Bear (661 Howard Street, San Francisco 94105) to join us for...

  • Platform Symphony 5.1 Adds GPU Support, Doubles Scalability

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:31:22
    Today Platform Computing announced the release of Platform Symphony 5.1, its popular service oriented architecture (SOA) application. With it’ enhanced architecture, Symphony offers the following new capabilities: Easier Application On-boarding Faster, easier, less costly development and testing for applications allows customers to retain investments in existing applications. GPU Support and intelligent GPU workload scheduling exposes available resources at the enterprise grid...

  • Convert a Blog to a Static Website with Wget and Rsync [Command Line]

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:30:00
    If you have a blog that you no longer wish to keep interactive, you can use two little command-line utilities, wget and rsync, to easily convert your blog into a static site.

  • ARM Profits Ride Smartphone, Tablet Surge

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:24:16
    A 35 percent rise in profits coincides with a big increase in ARM-processor-based shipments "driven by growth in smartphones, tablets, digital TVs, and microcontrollers."...

  • Online Banking Trojans Target Chrome and Opera

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:22:00
    The latest version of the SpyEye trojan reportedly includes new capabilities that specifically target Windows users running Google Chrome or the Opera web browser...

  • Drupal at Warp Speed

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:09:02
    Need to setup Drupal CMS but don't have the time to learn how? Try this 30 minute quick start guide.

  • Openfiler 2.99 Active/Passive With Corosync, Pacemaker And DRBD

    Updated: 2011-04-27 15:00:00
    Openfiler is a Linux based NAS/SAN Application which can deliver storage over nfs/smb/iscsi and ftp. It has a web interface over that you can control these services. This howto is based on the latest version of openfiler at this date, you can...

  • Xoom sales still flag as developers rethink Android tablets

    Updated: 2011-04-27 05:27:37
    Verizon says it is happy with Motorola Xoom tablet sales, despite a Global Equities estimate that only 25,000 to 120,000 units -- a small fraction of the 500,000 to 800,000 units said to have been manufactured -- have actually sold. Meanwhile, increasing frustration with Android fragmentation, as well as a rough-edged Android 3.0 (& Honeycomb& ) release, has tipped mobile developer interest back toward the Apple iPad, claims an Appcelerator/IDC survey....

  • Mini-ITX board features four SATA ports, SIM slot

    Updated: 2011-04-26 23:48:11
    Norco announced a Mini-ITX motherboard equipped with an Intel QM67 chipset, supporting Intel's & Sandy Bridge& Core i7/i5/i3 processors. The MITX-6920 supports up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, and offers four RAID-capable SATA ports, three PCI Express interfaces, a 3G SIM slot, plus generous quantities of gigabit Ethernet, serial, and USB connectivity, says the company....

  • Help Us Design 20th Anniversary T-shirt and Be a Part of History

    Updated: 2011-04-26 22:28:38
    Throughout history, people have done a variety of things to mark important milestones in their communities and in their personal lives. Research on human behavior says this is based on a basic human desire to share with others your victories, successes and joys.

  • Verizon tips Droid Incredible 2, plus rugged Casio Commando phone

    Updated: 2011-04-26 22:13:56
    Verizon Wireless announced two new Android 2.2 phones, led by HTC's four-inch, global-roaming Droid Incredible 2 phone, which features dual cameras, including an eight-megapixel model. The ruggedized Casio G'zOne Commando, meanwhile, offers a 3.6-inch WVGA display, a five-megapixel camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS, as well as special field-ready apps linked to the phone's sensors....

  • HP aims AMD-powered mini-notebook at business users

    Updated: 2011-04-26 22:07:25
    HP announced a business-oriented mini-notebook using AMD's dual-core, 1.6GHz E-350 processor. The 3105m includes an 11.6-inch display, up to 8GB of RAM, a 250GB or 320GB hard disk drive, a six-cell battery, an available cellular modem, and a choice of operating systems, according to the company....

  • LG plays catch-up via ARM Cortex license

    Updated: 2011-04-26 19:49:25
    LG Electronics announced it has taken out a license with ARM Holdings that will give it access to the Cortex-A15 MPCore and Cortex-A9 MPCore processors. Also covering ARM's Mali-T604 GPU (graphics processing unit) and CoreLink interconnect and system IP, the agreement will & drive … applications that include digital TV, set top boxes (STB), mobile phones, tablets, and smart grids,& the company says....

  • Second major power regression found in Linux kernel, Ubuntu

    Updated: 2011-04-26 19:05:20
    A second major power regression in the Linux kernel has been discovered by Phoronix benchmarks. Following last week's discovery that Ubuntu 11.04 shows a 10 to 26 percent increase in power consumption over Ubuntu 10.10, in a problem traced to Linux kernel 2.6.38 and currently being investigated by Canonical, Phoronix found there was a 20 percent increase in power consumption in last summer's Linux 2.6.35....

  • Sony's Android tablet pair includes dual-screen model

    Updated: 2011-04-26 16:41:45
    Sony announced a pair of Android 3.0 tablets that integrate Sony's Qriocity video and audio, Sony Reader ebook content, and Playstation Suite games. Due to arrive this fall, the Sony Tablet S1 is a 9.4-inch model with a wedge-shaped design, while the S2 offers a folding clamshell format with dual 5.5-inch screens that can be viewed as a single display....

  • Does the DoJ Have FOSS' Back?

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    In a move designed to protect the free and open source software community, the U.S. Justice Department has intervened in an intellectual property case involving four dominant IT enterprises. The transaction involves software developer Novell and a consortium made up of Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC. The case could be...

  • German RadeonHD Hacker To Start R600 Gallium3D VDPAU

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    Christian König, the independent German developer who's known for being the first to provide open-source Radeon HDMI audio support back in the RadeonHD driver days and later to KMS, last October began working on R600 Gallium3D video acceleration. He quickly brought up XvMC R600g video acceleration when porting some of...

  • The Frozenbyte Bundle Hasn't Breached $1M USD

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    There's just twelve hours left to the Humble Indie "Frozenbyte" Bundle #3. This is a collection of games from the Frozenbyte game studio that are multi-platform (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X), are free of any Digital Rights Management restrictions, and you simply pay whatever you want for the collection...

  • Spotlight on Linux: Toorox

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    Toorox is a Gentoo-based installable live CD that features your choice of KDE or GNOME desktops. It comes with lots of useful applications including system configuration tools, easy package management, and proprietary code installers.

  • 2011 GSoC KDE Projects and Season of KDE

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    The KDE project accepted 51 students into this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program and announced the return of its own Season of KDE.

  • Welcome to our 2011 Debian Google Summer of Code students!

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    The Debian project is proud to announce, that it has again been choosen as Mentoring organization for this year's "Google Summer of Code". This year nine students have been accepted and will be sponsored by Google during their summer vacation to work on a specific task for a mentoring project.

  • Firefox 4 Surpasses 100 Million Downloads

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    Just over one month after it arrived, version 4.0 of Mozilla's open source Firefox web browser has surpassed 100 million downloads...

  • Google Forms Patent Commons for WebM

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    Google ramps up its defense for open source video codec with some big name backers.

  • VirtualBox 4.0.6 Adds Support for Up to 256 Host Cores

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    Oracle has released version 4.0.6 of its cross-platform VM VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware, the third stable update to VirtualBox 4.0...

  • Sony Shows Off Two Android 3.0 Tablets

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    Sony is planning to release two products to compete with the iPad this autumn – a 9.4" device and a fold-up device with two screens. Both will be able to access Sony shops offering books, films, music and games...

  • ISPConfig Monitor App For Android

    Updated: 2011-04-26 15:00:00
    The ISPConfig Monitor App is for all servers, not only for servers running ISPConfig. With the ISPConfig Monitor App, you can check your server status and find out if all services are running as expected. You can check TCP and UDP ports and ping your...

  • Multi-threaded MIPS64 SoC doubles cores to 16

    Updated: 2011-04-26 00:02:20
    NetLogic Microsystems announced a new version of its Linux-ready XLP processor family that doubles the number of MIPS64 cores on board to 16. The XLP864 supports up to 2GHz clock rates and, with the help of more than 80 processing engines, enables 80Gbps throughput and 120 million packets-per-second (Mpps) performance, says the company....

  • Fanless industrial PC stores video on hot-swappable drives

    Updated: 2011-04-25 22:11:38
    Moxa announced a fanless, Intel Atom N270-based computer intended to be a network video recorder in railway and industrial applications. The V2416 includes two bays for hot-swappable disk drives, a CompactFlash slot, VGA and DVI-I video outputs, four serial ports, and dual gigabit Ethernet ports with M12-type connectors, the company says....

  • COM Express module's designed for robots

    Updated: 2011-04-25 21:54:48
    New Embedded Technology announced a COM Express baseboard designed especially for robots, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and wearable computers. The & A-Brain& includes two Ethernet ports with RJ45 connectors, two SATA ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, four RS232 ports, VGA output, a Mini PCI Express slot, and a Type II Compact Flash slot, the company says....

  • TI updates DSP line with new chips, Linux support

    Updated: 2011-04-25 21:49:04
    Texas Instruments (TI) announced a new single-core TMS320C6671 member of its multicore TMS320C66x digital signal processor (DSP) family, as well as enhancements to its TMS320C6670 radio system-on-chip (SoC). In addition, the company released a free multicore software development kit (MCSDK) update for its C66x DSPs featuring updated Linux kernel support, optimized DSP libraries, and support for the OpenMP programming model....

  • Nook Color gets tablet makeover

    Updated: 2011-04-25 18:46:16
    Barnes Noble announced an automatic update this week for its Nook Color e-reader that turns the device into more of a low-cost Android tablet. New features offered by the 1.2.0 update include 125 apps, an email application, and support for Adobe Flash, says the online retailer....

  • Lenovo preps Honeycomb tablet with keyboard dock

    Updated: 2011-04-25 18:00:49
    Lenovo is readying an Android 3.0 tablet that offers a pen option and plugs into a keyboard dock, says and industry report. Meanwhile, Archos announced its seven-inch, Android-based 7c Home Tablet, and Samsung is rumored to be building Amazon's first Android tablet....

  • Embracing Streaming Music on Linux

    Updated: 2011-04-25 16:43:39
    If you're like me, you've got music playing all day. When you have tapped out your personal collection, want to troll for new music, or just let someone else handle the playlist — you'll find plenty of Internet radio stations and streaming services. Thankfully, Linux offers plenty of ways to tune into Internet radio stations. From Banshee to Pithos, you have a bevy of options at your fingertips.

  • Introducing The R5 Game Engine

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    With open-source game developers, the ioquake3 game engine is quite popular to use as a base since the Quake 3 / id Tech 3 engine is well-developed and famous thanks to id Software and then their kid generosity to open-source it when it reached the end of its commercial life.

  • DirectX Video Acceleration For MPlayer

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    Part of the beauty of open-source software is that anyone is free to work on whatever code they wish. For some developers this means working on open-source graphics drivers for old GPUs, for some it may be working on a game or desktop application, and for others it may mean...

  • GNOME 3.0 Arrives for openSUSE 11.4

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    The wait is finally over and the much anticipated release of GNOME 3 on openSUSE’ latest distro release, 11.4 is ready for download at a desktop near you. Frederic Crozat, a member of the openSUSE GNOME Team, has been working tirelessly, burning the midnight oil getting GNOME3 stable enough for you all to use. 

  • Linux Users Willing to Pay More for the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle Than Others

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    On April 12 the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle went up for sale--for whatever price you want. On top of that, you can select how much of your payment goes to the developers and how much goes to charity. Wolfire Games started organizing the Humble Indie Bundle series, which the HFB is...

  • Lustre as a Root File System

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    In this video, Robin Humble, NCINF, presents Lustre as a root file system. ecorded at the LUG’011 conference in Orlando on April 13, 2011. Slides from the conference will be posted soon at the conference site.  

  • Data-Intensive Problems to Shift Course of Supercomputing

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    Science Daily is reporting that a ‘ata Deluge’is resulting in a paradigm shift in supercomputer architectures. In a presentation during the 3rd Annual La Jolla Research & Innovation Summit this week, SDSC Director Michael Norman said that the amount of digital data generated just by instruments such as DNA sequencers, cameras, telescopes, and MRIs is now doubling every 18 months.

  • Video: Lustre Use Cases in the TSUBAME2.0 Supercomputer

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    In this video, Hitoshi Sato from the Tokyo Institute of Technology presents Lustre Use Cases in the TSUBAME2.0 supercomputer. Recorded at the LUG’011 conference in Orlando on April 13, 2011. Slides from the conference will be posted soon at the conference site.  Related posts:Video: ZFS on Linux for ustreVideo:...

  • Video: btrfs Overview plus Stability and Performance Analysis

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    In this video, ORNL’ Douglas Fuller presents brtfs: Overview and Requirements for a btrfs osd. After that, Whamcloud’ Johann Lombardi presents Stability and Performance Analysis of brtfs. Recorded at the LUG’011 conference in Orlando on April 13, 2011. Slides from the conference will be posted soon at the conference...

  • Nook Color Gets Real Apps: Is It a Real, $250 Android Tablet Now? [Tablets]

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    The update dropping for the Nook Color today is the big one: It tries to take the Nook Color all the way to a full-blown tablet for $250.

  • Leaked Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Running Honeycomb Due Out This July [Tablets]

    Updated: 2011-04-25 15:00:00
    Lenovo is leaking like a poorly built ship this Easter Sunday: This Is My Next just broke word of a not-yet-officially acknowledged Honeycomb-equipped ThinkPad tablet, due out (with stylus) this July.

  • OMAP-ready 720p camera module offers low-light sensitivity

    Updated: 2011-04-22 23:09:20
    E-Con Systems announced a one megapixel & wide dynamic range& camera module that supports 720p video at 30 frames per second. Available in an evaluation kit designed to plug into Texas Instruments' Cortex-A8-based OMAP3530 EVM, the e-CAM1M_CU10630_MOD is equipped with an S-mount lens holder, and offers an OmniVision OV10630 sensor, offering provide excellent low light sensitivity, says the company....

  • Modular LAN appliance supports new Xeon E3-12xx CPUs

    Updated: 2011-04-22 23:04:02
    Portwell announced a modular 1U network appliance that supports Intel's recently announced Xeon E3 CPUs. The CAR-4010 comes with eight or 16 gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 16GB of RAM, two or four hard disk drives, a CompactFlash slot, PCI Express expansion, and a front-panel character display, the company says....

  • Pricey Droid Charge phone unveiled by Verizon, Samsung

    Updated: 2011-04-22 20:59:13
    Verizon Wireless will begin selling a 4G LTE-ready 4.3-inch & Droid Charge by Samsung& Android phone on April 28 for a whopping $300 plus contract. Meanwhile, Verizon says the 4G- and Android-ready HTC Thunderbolt has been a hot seller, and Motorola has confirmed that the Verizon launch of its Droid Bionic phone will be delayed until summer....

  • Oracle Extends Open Source NetBeans IDE 7.0

    Updated: 2011-04-22 19:37:27
    Oracle advances the open source NetBeans IDE with Java 7 support.

  • Ubuntu 11.04 Adds OpenStack to Linux

    Updated: 2011-04-22 19:20:01
    Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty' will include the open source OpenStack cloud platform, but only as a technology preview.

  • Google pays Linux patent damages as industry braces for more suits

    Updated: 2011-04-22 16:32:56
    A Texas jury ordered Google to pay $5 million in damages to Bedrock Computer Technologies for infringing on a patent related to Google's use of Linux on its servers. The ruling could enable Bedrock to extract settlements from many more Linux-related firms, and it also suggests that Google will struggle to defend itself against Oracle's lawsuit over Android, writes patent expert Florian Mueller....

  • NSA Reveals Cloud Plans, May Open-Source Some of Its Software

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:25:00
    The nation's cryptologic intelligence agency is moving towards a cloud-centric approach to computing. In an interview with Information Week, National Security Agency CIO Lonny Anderson talks about the cloud, cross-agency information systems and open source.

  • The U.S. Army is Pursuing An Android Smartphone Strategy for Soldiers

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:11:48
    According to International Business Times, based on recent comments from U.S. Army personnel, the Army is building an Android-based smartphone framework and application suite designed for soldiers.

  • Frozenbyte Open-Sources Shadowgrounds Games

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    The Third Humble Indie Bundle that focuses upon games offered by Frozenbyte that are multi-platform and free of any Digital Rights Management, is still for sale at any price you wish (literally). This morning though there's been a surprise announcement by Frozenbyte with some bonuses, including the source-code release of...

  • Amazon Kindle App for Android Updated for Honeycomb Tablets

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    Android: Amazon's Kindle app for Android devices has been updated to make full use of Honeycomb tablets, with specific layouts added for newspaper and magazine subscriptions.

  • Kindle App Updated for Android Honeycomb Tablets

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    The latest version of the Kindle app for Android devices offers a virtual bookshelf to let people browse for books and a new layout for magazines and newspapers.

  • Document Foundation Announces Second LibreOffice 3.4 Beta

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    Just one week after the first beta arrived, the Document Foundation has published a second beta for version 3.4 of its open source LibreOffice office suite...

  • RHEL-Based Scientific Linux 4.9 Arrives

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    According to its developers, the legacy 4.x branch release of Scientific Linux is "a nice stable release" as it contains nearly two years of security and bug fixes...

  • Video: Lustre WAN at 100 Gigabit

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    Michael Kluge from ZIH in Dresden presents Lustre WAN at 100 Gigabit. Recorded at the LUG’011 conference in Orlando on April 13, 2011.

  • Will Google Sell Chrome OS Portables for Low, Monthly Subscriptions?

    Updated: 2011-04-22 15:00:00
    When Google announced Chrome OS in 2009, it got an overwhelming level of hype, primarily because it presented a new cloud-centric model for working with applications and unusual approaches to operating system security.

  • Five Tips for Working with GNU Bash History on Linux

    Updated: 2011-04-22 01:54:24
    They say that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it — but if you don't know how to use your history in Bash, you're just not making the most of your system. But this is simple to overcome with five tips on working with history on GNU Bash.

  • Linux-based FROG-I robot thinks its a dinosaur

    Updated: 2011-04-21 21:32:36
    The Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated a quadruped robot intended to test gait control and locomotion -- and eventually mimic the movement of a triceratops. The flexibly jointed, 3.1-foot FROG-I robot runs Linux on an Intel Xscale PXA270 processor, communicating via Wi-Fi with a host computer, while lower-level functions are controlled by two Texas Instruments DSPs....

  • Toshiba claims flash record with 19nm process

    Updated: 2011-04-21 19:46:09
    SanDisk and its manufacturing partner Toshiba announced a 19-nanometer (nm) process technology for fabricating flash memory chips. The companies will begin sampling a 64 gigabit (Gb), 2-bits-per-cell (X2) monolithic flash chip later this quarter, with volume production following later this year -- enabling smartphones and tablets with 128GB flash disks by early 2012....

  • Canonical confirms Apr. 28 release for Ubuntu 11.04, online trial version

    Updated: 2011-04-21 16:44:23
    Canonical confirmed that it will ship Ubuntu 11.04 (& Natty Narwhal& ) on April 28, and announced a new online trial version of the Linux operating system. The U.K.-based company also announced some new details of its server edition, including easier provisioning and a fully certified J2EE stack....

  • ARM’s Intel Challenger Set for 2012 release

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:46:36
    ARM Holdings’high-performance, low-power Cortex-A15 processor design will appear in products in late 2012 or early 2013, when it will begin to muscle in on territory long dominated by Intel’ x86 architecture.

  • Canonical Confirms Apr. 28 Release for Ubuntu 11.04, Online Trial Version

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:44:23
    Canonical confirmed that it will ship Ubuntu 11.04 (& Natty Narwhal& ) on April 28, and announced a new online trial version of the Linux operating system. The U.K.-based company also announced some new details of its server edition, including easier provisioning and a fully certified J2EE stack....

  • SproutCore 1.5 Web Application Framework Gets New Templates

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:16:00
    The update to the HTML5 framework sees the addition of templates, a new default theme, a new CSS parser and accessible desktop controls...

  • Mozilla Overhauls Its Process for Testing Firefox Extensions

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:10:30
    As we've recently covered, and as our readers have confirmed, not everyone is thrilled with the performance of Mozilla's newly release Firefox 4 browser.

  • Dropbox CTO Responds to Privacy Concerns

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:10:06
    Most terms of service (TOS) changes go unnoticed, but when Dropbox changed its TOS to say it'd provide files to the government people took notice. According to Dropbox's CTO, this is nothing new. But it does raise questions about Dropbox's security and privacy. Read more...

  • Converting Office Documents

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:00:00
    Now and then, office-type documents need to be converted. The latex users have always been able to produce a variety of formats from the command line, but for the OpenOffice/LibreOffice users, manual labor has been the solution. That changes with unoconv. Now you can convert to most file formats directly...

  • The Role of Technical Forums in the Progress of Open Source

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:00:00
    I am a huge advocate of the concept of open source software. As a society, we are at a point where information sharing is more critical than ever. Technical forums support the mission of open source in multiple ways. First, they allow programmers to work outside of their expertise.

  • Amazon Cloud Outage Derails Reddit, Quora

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:00:00
    A problem with Amazon Web Services took down some Web sites today. Amazon says it's getting its cloud computing service back to normal.

  • Red Hat's New Java Alternative: From Coffee to Tea

    Updated: 2011-04-21 15:00:00
    When a FOSS company gets to be the size of Red Hat, pretty much every move it makes is of interest to those of us here in the Linux community. So when said company unveils plans to create an alternative to none other than Java, well, let's just say everyone...

  • Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part VIII

    Updated: 2011-04-21 14:29:23
    Lennart Poettering is back with another edition of "systemd for Administrators". In it, he outlines some changes to configuration filenames and locations as part of an effort to standardize them across distributions.

  • Console server sports up to 10 Ethernet ports, 19 serial ports

    Updated: 2011-04-20 23:43:43
    Acrosser announced a console server that features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and up to nineteen serial ports. The ACS-R5401FL offers hard disk or CompactFlash storage, dual gigabit Ethernet ports and eight 10/100 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, and a VGA output, the company says....

  • Compact, rugged computer features wireless expansion

    Updated: 2011-04-20 23:38:06
    Nexcom announced a compact, fanless automation computer that tolerates shock, vibration, and temperatures ranging from 23 to 131 deg. F. The NISE 103 is equipped with a 1.8GHz Intel Atom D425 processor, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, CompactFlash and SATA storage, plus Mini PCIe, gigabit Ethernet, serial, USB, and DIO connections, says the company....

  • Another IPv6 Crash Course For Linux: Real IPv6 Addresses, Routing, Name Services

    Updated: 2011-04-20 18:43:19
    In the first IPv6 for Linux crash course, we covered some of the bare basics of IPv6 on Linux. Today we're going to learn how to use routable IPv6 addresses, some iptables rules to keep our experimentation from leaking out into the world, and about implementing DNS in IPv6.

  • Enea integrates Timesys' LinuxLink in new multicore dev platform

    Updated: 2011-04-20 18:07:37
    Enea announced a major upgrade to its embedded Linux development environment, incorporating Timesys' LinuxLink development software. The newly renamed Enea Linux PlatformBuilder is initially available in a & ELPB-NE& version for NetLogic Microsystems' MIPS-based multicore XLP, XLR, and XLS processors and combines Enea's former Eclipse-based framework with the LinuxLink configuration and build system, says the company....

  • Intel surprises with record first quarter

    Updated: 2011-04-20 18:03:38
    Despite weakening consumer demand, strong business spending and emerging markets are driving demand for Intel's traditional businesses, leading to record first-quarter numbers. Mobile devices represented only a fraction of the total, but Intel hopes to boost that this year, starting with newly confirmed plans to port Android 3.0 (& Honeycomb& ) to the & Oak Trail& Atom processor....

  • Linux patent protection group grows 28 percent in first quarter

    Updated: 2011-04-20 16:48:56
    Open Invention Network (OIN) announced a 28 percent increase in membership in its open source patent protection licensing service since the beginning of the year, bringing the total to 334 corporate supporters. The 74 new organizations covered under OIN’s royalty-free license include Hewlett-Packard and Facebook, as well as smaller Linux-focused entities such as Clonezilla and Mandriva....

  • Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake Reaches End of Life

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server release is nearing the end of its support life; Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu and Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager summarize what this milestone release meant to the Ubuntu project and community.

  • Sapphire Radeon HD 6570

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    AMD has expanded its Radeon HD 6000 series family, with the launch this week of the mid-range Radeon HD 6570 and Radeon HD 6670 graphics cards. We were sent over a Sapphire Radeon HD 6570 in advance, but as it did not arrive until Monday, the results are only now...

  • NetBeans 7.0 Arrives with Java 7 support

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    NetBeans 7.0 will allow developers exploring Java 7 to work with a familiar IDE while the update brings a range of improvements for all other users...

  • Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and OpenOffice Compared

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    Independently of each other, two studies have found that the number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office products has fallen dramatically over the past ten years [--] even below that of OpenOffice...

  • Google Hits 'Fast Forward' Button on WebM Codec Love for YouTube

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    Google is transcoding the WebM format into all freshly uploaded videos on its popular YouTube website, and it wants the world to know about it.…...

  • Soldiers Turn Into Android App Developers at the US Army's Request [Apps]

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    It's not enough to know how to shoot a gun and shine shoes—now, the US Army is writing Android apps for use in combat. Not on your bogstandard Motorola phone obviously—these apps will be used on the army and marine's special new Android phone that will be given to troops...

  • How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Ubuntu 10.10

    Updated: 2011-04-20 15:00:00
    This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on an Ubuntu 10.10 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it...

  • Intel’s Quarterly Profits Are Lifted by Sales of Chips for High-End Servers

    Updated: 2011-04-20 10:42:52
    Intel’ success in selling its chips for high-end server computers have helped it weather pressure from tablet computers and continuing economic uncertainty.

  • Mandriva 2011 Beta 2 - The Return of XKill

    Updated: 2011-04-20 10:42:51
    Mandriva 2011 Beta 2 was made available earlier today and my interest has been piqued since I saw Eugeni Dodonov's screenshot a couple of days ago. It's gone now, but the whole desktop appeared to be this launcher with a gray background. I was almost panicked. Visions of GNOME 3 and Unity danced through my head.

  • Official White House Android App Attempts to Quash OS Inequality

    Updated: 2011-04-20 10:42:50
    They may not be able to please all of the people all of the time, but President Obama and gang are doing their best to reach across the OS aisle with a new Android app. Like the iPhone edition that came before it, this official White House app offers presidential...

  • Editing RAW Photos on Linux with Rawstudio 2.0

    Updated: 2011-04-20 02:55:31
    The Rawstudio raw photo editor made its 2.0 release on April 8, boasting a hefty list of improvements. There are new features, such as tethered shooting and automatic distortion correction, almost every tool in the toolbox has seen an improvement — including some you might not think needed improving. If you shoot with a raw-capable digital camera, it's time to update.

  • Working Sessions at Collaboration Summit 2011 Focus on Operationalizing Compliance

    Updated: 2011-04-20 00:57:09
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  • Atom-based Qseven module ships with optional SSD

    Updated: 2011-04-20 00:49:32
    Aaeon announced a Qseven-format CPU module with an Intel Atom N450 processor as well as PCI Express, LPC, and SMBus expansion. The AQ7-LN module ships with up to 1GB of DDR2 memory and up to 4GB SSD storage, and offers dual display capability, plus SATA, gigabit Ethernet, and USB connectivity, says the company....

  • Sourcefire IPS Hits 40 Gbps

    Updated: 2011-04-20 00:07:30
    IPS vendor adds FirePOWER to its' network security appliances.

  • Cisco Opens New Data Center in Texas

    Updated: 2011-04-20 00:07:30
    New facility in Allen, Texas boasts new 5 megawatts and 30,000 square feet of green data center capabilities...

  • Cortex-A8 evaluation module gets five megapixel camera

    Updated: 2011-04-19 23:10:29
    E-con Systems has announced a five megapixel camera add-on designed to work with the Texas Instruments (TI) DM3730 evaluation module (EVM). The e-CAM50_DM37x snaps onto the EVM board and connects to the high-speed CMOS sensor interface on TI's DM37xx or Sitara AM37xx processors, providing 720p video capture as well as stills, the company says....

  • Win a Free Pass to LinuxCon: Just Tweet

    Updated: 2011-04-19 23:03:28
    LinuxCon this year is taking place in Vancouver, B.C. and will mark the official celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Linux.

  • Fedora 15 beta released as GNOME 3 backlash grows

    Updated: 2011-04-19 21:16:02
    The Fedora Project announced the beta release of its Fedora 15 & Lovelock& Linux distribution, featuring the new GNOME 3 desktop, the Systemd initialization system, and a new dynamic firewall feature. Meanwhile, though, GNOME 3 has received mixed reviews from the GNOME faithful, many claiming the project went too far in simplifying the interface....

  • Open Your World Forum: Making Music with FOSS Webcast

    Updated: 2011-04-19 18:05:47
    On Wednesday, April 20, 2011, Adam Drew of Red Hat will host the Making Music with FOSS webcast as part of the Open Your World Forum Series sponsored by opensource.com.

  • Apple sues Samsung over Android Galaxy devices

    Updated: 2011-04-19 16:42:44
    [Updated: 11 a.m] -- Apple sued Samsung Electronics, claiming its Android-based Galaxy smartphones and tablets illegally copied Apple's iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, a preliminary finding by the ITC favored HTC and Nokia in two similar Apple lawsuits, and South Korean search-engine firms have lodged complaints with their government, claiming Google has illegally required Google search on Korean Android devices....

  • Home surveillance camera offers night vision

    Updated: 2011-04-18 22:40:55
    D-Link announced a Linux-based surveillance camera for homes and small offices that offers VGA-quality video streaming at 20fps plus infrared video for night vision. The $150 Wireless N Day/Night Network Camera (DCS-932L) offers Ethernet and 802.11n connections, and enables video streaming to LAN or web-connected PCs as well as Android and Apple iOS mobile devices, says the company....

  • Railway server has CompactPCI modules on board

    Updated: 2011-04-18 20:48:42
    Kontron announced a 19-inch rackmountable server designed to provide Internet access and infotainment to railway passengers. The & Interparlo& is a 3U device that is available with up to three CompactPCI CPU boards, a RAID storage kit, and a 16-bit managed Ethernet switch, the company says....

  • Linux-based sensor gateway gets database support

    Updated: 2011-04-18 20:37:53
    Libelium announced an updated version of its Debian Linux-based multi-protocol mesh router and sensor network gateway, now including dual database servers. The Meshlium Xtreme includes Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and GPRS, offers local or external database options, and enables the transmission of SMS alarms to GSM-enabled mobile phones, says the company....

  • LinuxCon Lineup Reflects Reach of Linux

    Updated: 2011-04-14 21:59:46
    Today we announced our keynote speaker line up for this year's LinuxCon North America set in beautiful Vancouver, BC in August. I am especially proud of this year's slate as I believe it captures the current Linux zeitgeist. Enterprise Linux? We have the CEO of the largest and most successful Linux and open source company, Red [...]

  • Celebrate 20 Years of Linux With Us

    Updated: 2011-04-06 17:10:26
    Twenty years ago this summer, Linus Torvalds made a bold decision to share his operating system with the world. Not long after that, he chose to license it under the General Public License. Nothing in computing has been the same since. In fact, today Linux is the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing, [...]

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