• COM Express module offers 16GB of RAM, seven different Sandy Bridge CPUs

    Updated: 2011-11-08 00:24:11
    MSC Vertriebs announced a COM Express module with Intel & 6 Series& chipset and a choice of seven different & Sandy Bridge& processors. The CXB-6S offers up to 16GB of RAM, an optional 8GB SSD (solid state disk), six PCI Express x1 lanes, dual display support, and four SATA ports, among other features....

  • Motorola 'doesn't even have Ice Cream Sandwich source'

    Updated: 2011-11-07 20:59:46
    It will be four to six months before Android 4.0 (& Ice Cream Sandwich& ) is widely available on handsets, a Motorola Mobility executive has warned. Motorola does not even have the operating system's source code yet, Ruth Hennigar, the company's vice president of software product management, reportedly added....

  • Getting Started With Embedded Programming in Linux, the Cheap and Easy Way

    Updated: 2011-11-07 20:33:03
    The embedded space is growing like crazy as microcontrollers invade everything we use every day. If you're looking for new fields to conquer consider the embedded space — it's cheap and easy to get started, and it's fun. Here are two great starting points for the wannabe embedded coder.

  • HTC promises more tablets, Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades

    Updated: 2011-11-07 19:14:27
    HTC announced that at least seven of its smartphones will receive upgrades to Android 4.0 (& Ice Cream Sandwich& ). They're the internationally available EVO 3D Sensation, Sensation XL, and Sensation XE, as well as the U.S.-only Rezound, Design 4G, and Amaze 4G, according to the company -- whose CEO also told Reuters it will release one or more additional tablets next year....

  • Community News: EngineYard Hosts "Future of PHP" Live Panel - "PEAR & Pyrus"

    Updated: 2011-11-07 19:09:35
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  • PHPMaster.com: Code Templates, AutoHotKey, and Ditto: Speeding Up Development

    Updated: 2011-11-07 17:13:20
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  • Ed Finkler's Blog: Building a Tumblelog with Gimme Bar and PHP

    Updated: 2011-11-07 16:47:50
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  • MongoDB: FUD or Hoax Controversy Spreads Online

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:55:00
    A posting allegedly by an ex-user of the NoSQL database MongoDB has created a curious controversy of its own...

  • Distribution Release: Fuduntu 14.12

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:53:11
    Andrew Wyatt has announced the release of Fuduntu 14.12, an updated version of the project's desktop Linux distribution recently forked from Fedora: "Today I would like to announce that we are officially forked. This means that we are now a self-contained, self-hosted distribution. Fuduntu is now built from....

  • Google Web Toolkit and Web Services: The JSON/JSONP Way

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:53:11
    In the first part of this series, we studied how to implement and use a server-side proxy to contact a remote service, and how to use the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) to process the XML results from the Google Geocoding API.

  • Live Migration Vs. Scale Out Storage

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:35:00
    Live volume migration and scale out storage both improve performance. Which technique is best for your data center?

  • man make: a Primer on the Make Utility

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:27:31
    In a compiled language, the makefile is arguably the most important part of any programming project. To compile your project, you first have to compile each source file into an object file, which in turn needs to be linked with system libraries into the final executable file. Each command can...

  • Ignition, Accel, Greylock Put $40M In Apache Hadoop Distribution Platform Cloudera

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:27:09
    Cloudera, the startup that commercially distributes and services Apache Hadoop based data management software and services, has raised $40 million in new funding led by Ignition Partners, Greylock, Accel, Meritech Capital Partners, and In-Q-Tel.

  • Google's Legal Boss is Fed Up with Patent Warfare

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:24:03
    Legal tangles over patents are stifling innovation and will lead to stagnation in the tech industry, said Google's chief patent lawyer in a newspaper interview in the San Francisco Chronicle.…...

  • 10 years of Eclipse: Consolidating the Java IDE Market

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:10:00
    In November 2001, IBM released the Eclipse open source development environment - and provided the defining Java development influence of the past ten years...

  • Firefox Version 8 Available Ahead of Official Release

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:08:16
    While many Firefox users are still working with version 7, Mozilla has now made version 8 available, and this version is definitely the next major iteration of the browser. Although Mozilla's official release date is November 8, you can get Windows, Mac and Linux versions here.

  • 10 Linux Distros Every IT Manager Should Know

    Updated: 2011-11-07 15:04:54
    The ability to customize Linux to run on various types of hardware and to suit specific user needs means there are more flavors of Linux-based operating systems available than Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream.

  • Google's Patent Counsel On the Broken Patent System

    Updated: 2011-11-07 14:57:40
    Recently, we took note of the fact that two of Microsoft's lawyers, Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez, have a post up regarding Microsoft's announcement of its tenth license agreement providing coverage under its patent portfolio for Android mobile phones and tablets.

  • Community News: Latest PEAR Releases for 11.07.2011

    Updated: 2011-11-07 13:06:32
    Latest PEAR Releases: Services_ProjectHoneyPot 0.6.0 PHP_CodeSniffer 1.3.1

  • PEAR Blog: PEAR Development on Github

    Updated: 2011-11-07 06:36:57
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  • Capacitive screen improves hospital PC's bedside manner

    Updated: 2011-11-04 20:54:36
    Advantech announced an & infotainment terminal& for hospital patients that includes a capacitive multitouch screen and a dual-core Intel Atom processor. The PIT-1503W offers a 15.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, CompactFlash or hard disk storage, plus a wealth of options that includes a TV tuner, a two megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, RFID, and a smart card reader, according to the company....

  • Lanner unveils its most powerful 'LEC' industrial PC

    Updated: 2011-11-04 20:46:46
    Lanner announced its fastest LEC-branded industrial computer to date, featuring an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor and up to 8GB of DDR3 memory. The LEC-2220 has a 2.5-inch SATA bay, dual-screen support via DVI-I and DVI-D ports, I/O including gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and serial, plus a choice of mini-PCI-Express, PCI Express, and PCI expansion, says the company....

  • Set-top SoC integrates dual RISC cores with analog and Ethernet interfaces

    Updated: 2011-11-04 19:24:12
    STMicroelectronics (ST) announced an SoC (system on chip) for HD-ready PVRs (personal video recorder) and cable set-top boxes (STBs) system on chip (SoCs). Available with a reference design, the Linux-ready STiH225 combines the earlier 32-bit RISC based STiH225 processor with an STV0130 analog front-end and Ethernet interface, and supports DOCSIS and EuroDOCSIS cable standards, the chipmaker says....

  • Review: Samsung Stratosphere nicely melds 4G LTE and hardware QWERTY

    Updated: 2011-11-04 17:28:19
    Verizon Wireless' Samsung Stratosphere offers 4G LTE support, a four-inch Super AMOLED display, and a QWERTY sliding keyboard for just $150. It's a great deal for business users, if they can tolerate its heft and modest cameras, according to this eWEEK review....

  • LinuxCon Europe Pics Available Now

    Updated: 2011-11-04 17:02:39
    LinuxCon Europe surpassed all of our expectations. It was an amazing event with an amazing turnout. Here is a special slideshow of some of the best pictures we've assembled...

  • Ulf Wendel's Blog: Using MySQL stored procedures with PHP mysqli

    Updated: 2011-11-04 16:39:18
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  • HTC smartphone offers 720p resolution, free Beats headphones

    Updated: 2011-11-04 15:50:13
    HTC and Verizon Wireless announced a high-end Android 2.3 phone due Nov. 14 that's said to be the first U.S. smartphone with & Beats Audio& integration. The HTC Rezound is equipped with a 1.5GHz, dual-core Qualcomm MDM9600 processor, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 4G LTE, and a 4.3-inch 1280 x 720 display, and features lightweight Beats headphones....

  • DZone.com: Using a virtual machine to play with multiple versions of PHP

    Updated: 2011-11-04 15:15:04
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  • In the Open Source Cloud Race, Support Will Differentiate the Players

    Updated: 2011-11-04 14:00:48
    Open source cloud computing solutions are proliferating, as businesses and organizations demand flexible solutions for deploying public and private cloud applications...

  • Google Web Toolkit and Web Services: The XML Way

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:52:41
    This article, Google Web Toolkit and Web Services: The XML Way, originally appeared on Wazi, a free source for news, information, and articles on open source software. Modern web applications that make heavy use of Ajax benefit from mashing up data from different services...

  • 21 Free Apps to Keep Your PC Healthy [PC Apps]

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:40:00
    An ounce of prevention is worth, what, a working version of your operating system? A few hours of a Windows reinstallation? All of your system's data? When it comes to dealing with issues with your PC, apps that help you prevent problems before they occur are worth their file size...

  • Android devices act as touchscreens for Windows PCs

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:33:51
    Celio Corporation announced & ScreenSlider,& software that allows Android devices to act as external touchscreen displays for Windows PCs. The company's technology is also being used in & Prodigy One Pro& automotive head units from Directus, designed to mirror output from a connected Android phone....

  • The Internet of Things comes to Eclipse

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:27:00
    Together with IBM, Sierra Wireless and Eurotech, the Eclipse Foundation wants to improve communication between machines and is basing their pans around the MQTT protocol...

  • The end of (Apache) Harmony

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:24:00
    The Apache Harmony open source clean room implementation is heading to the Apache Software Foundation's Attic as the project's committee votes to put the codebase into storage.

  • GParted Live Update Supports Btrfs Resizing

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:11:00
    The new release of the Live Linux distribution updates its underlying OS and includes an new version of the GNOME Partition Editor; this adds support for resizing partitions that use the Btrfs file system...

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS To Target 750MB Image

    Updated: 2011-11-04 12:49:57
    The default ISO size target for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is now 750MB, which rules out burning this Linux distribution to a traditional 700MB CD, but allows for 1GB+ USB flash drives and DVDs. Plus there's some other news from the Orlando development summit happening this week...

  • EC Opens Samsung Patent Investigation

    Updated: 2011-11-04 12:47:39
    European competition regulators have requested information from Samsung in a case involving Apple, its rival in multiple patent-infringement lawsuits.

  • The Past, Present And Future Of Connectivity: A Must-See Mini Film

    Updated: 2011-11-04 09:51:42
    Just landed in our inbox: a link to this excellent documentary on connectivity, sponsored by Ericsson and entitled ‘n The Brink’ Picked up earlier by GigaOm, the 21-minute documentary features folks like David Weinberger, Caterina Fake, Ola Ahlvarsson, SoundCloud co-founder Erik Wahlforss and Wired’ David Rowan, among others. It’ a great documentary to watch if you have some...

  • Four Ways Open Source Principles Can Improve Your Business

    Updated: 2011-11-04 09:00:00
    More than ever, companies are embracing the principles of open source to make major improvements, both internally and externally. Openness, transparency, democratization, and collaboration can be used to make your business a better place to work and create a better culture. Read more... read more...

  • Kevin Schroeder's Blog: fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

    Updated: 2011-11-04 05:55:28
    Kevin Schroeder has a quick tip for anyone using phpcloud.com and having trouble with git and "remote end hung up" error messages. If you are using phpcloud.com and are experiencing errors with git [...] and you are trying to push large files (not sure what is defined as "large") you may need to change some git settings. He points out two settings - one for Windows and the other for Linux - that increase the buffer size to handle larger files that might be included in your repository.

  • Member Spotlight: KeyPoint CTO Explains Bridge Between Text Input and Open Source

    Updated: 2011-11-03 22:16:06
    The Linux Foundation recently has welcomed a variety of new members. I had the opportunity this week to talk to one of our newest members, KeyPoint Technologies. In this Q&A, the company's CTO Sunil Motaparti explains what is OpenAdaptxt and how Linux and open source software figure into the KeyPoint Technologies' strategy.

  • Commodore C64 gets Core i7 engine transplant

    Updated: 2011-11-03 19:23:19
    A 21st century revamp of the classic Commodore 64 computer is now offered with Linux Mint 11 running on a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and 2TB of hard disk storage. Equipped with a classically styled case and & color-matched& keys, the device has modern innards that also include 8GB of RAM, S/PDIF, HDMI, and DVI video outputs, an eSATA port, and wireless networking....

  • Compact embedded PC offers expansion modules via serial pass-through

    Updated: 2011-11-03 19:18:40
    Sealevel announced a fanless, rugged embedded computer with an RS-422/485 pass-through port that supports the company's N-series SeaI/O expansion modules. The Relio R1420 is equipped with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a CompactFlash slot and an optional SSD (solid state disk), dual gigabit Ethernet ports, four serial ports, six USB 2.0 ports, and 8-bit GPIO....

  • Kid-friendly Android tablet features drop-resistant cover

    Updated: 2011-11-03 15:44:01
    Karuma announced a seven-inch Android 2.3 tablet designed for kids. The PlayBase is equipped with a 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, 8GB of storage, and an 800 x 600-pixel capacitive screen protected by a shock-absorbent silicone cover that can be folded back to use as a stand, says the company....

  • Scientific Linux, openSUSE, Ubuntu Tests

    Updated: 2011-11-03 15:36:01
    Up for viewing today are benchmarks of Scientific Linux 6.1, openSUSE 11.4, Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, and Ubuntu 11.10. This is the latest in the series of Ubuntu 11.10 benchmarks after looking at the power consumption, boot speed, performance relative to Sabayon 7, and virtualization performance.

  • Linux Heavyweights Develop Secure Boot Strategy

    Updated: 2011-11-03 15:33:49
    Canonical and Red Hat have issued a joint statement regarding Microsoft’ plan to make UEFI Secure Boot a requirement of Windows 8. Simultaneously, The Linux Foundation has issued a similar statement. 

  • Leadership Summit Part Two Today

    Updated: 2011-11-03 15:30:18
    Today part two of the leadership summit will be happening at UDS. This morning we fleshed out the topics we are going to discuss (each broken into 20 minute lightning discussions) and they include: Growing Motivation Leadership Futures Leadership Self Assessments The Role of the Community Council How do we...

  • Logback Reaches 1.0.0

    Updated: 2011-11-03 15:29:00
    After six years of development, the Logback project, designed to supercede log4j's Java logging capabilities, has reached version 1.0...

  • Kid-Friendly Android Tablet Features Drop-Resistant Cover

    Updated: 2011-11-03 14:44:01
    Karuma announced a seven-inch Android 2.3 tablet designed for kids. The PlayBase is equipped with a 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of DDR3 RAM, 8GB of storage, and an 800 x 600-pixel capacitive screen protected by a shock-absorbent silicone cover that can be folded back to use as a stand, says the...

  • Yet Another Misinformed Swipe At Open Source and Linux

    Updated: 2011-11-03 14:14:17
    Wow, get a load of Forrester's Mike Gualtieri's rant against Linux: "Poor Linux...it struggled so hard to dominate the world...It never even came close to Microsoft Windows on the desktop, with less than 2% share of desktops." Gualtieri goes on to say that no true Linux distribution is a contender on smartphones (although he does recognize that Android is Linux-based). Gualtieri's rant is obviously link bait, and perhaps it's right to say nothing about it, but this statement he makes is truly over the top and calls for reaction: "Open source never seems to be the innovator. Instead it seems to disrupt pricing power for established technologies." Geez. 

  • OpenMDTK - Host Based Provisioning

    Updated: 2011-11-03 13:56:38
    For the last week, I have been working on adding Intel AMT Host Based Provisioning (HBP) to the Open Manageability Developer Tool Kit (MDTK) and this afternoon, I posted version v0.077 with that feature added in. For people who don't know, Host Based Provisioning is a quick and easy way to setup Intel AMT 6.1 and higher. You need to be administrator on the local machine and have Intel AMT 6.1 or higher. With the new 0.77 version...

  • Motorola Xoom 2: Second Time's the Charm?

    Updated: 2011-11-03 13:26:16
    The new Motorola Xoom and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets are now available to consumers in both the U.K. and Ireland.

  • IPFire Open Source Firewall Improves OpenVPN Support

    Updated: 2011-11-03 13:11:00
    Version 2.11 of the open source firewall is a "major release" that includes a new option for creating net-to-net virtual private networks using OpenVPN and adds support for the IKEv2 protocol...

  • Rugged in-vehicle panel PC bristles with wireless options

    Updated: 2011-11-02 22:45:02
    IEI announced a ruggedized, fanless panel PC with extensive wireless options. The vehicle-oriented UPC-V312-D525 offers an Intel Atom D525 processor, a 12.1-inch 1024 x 768 display, CompactFlash, a 1.3 megapixel camera, plus redundant DC power supplies, according to the company....

  • Rear-seat touchscreen computer runs Android 2.3

    Updated: 2011-11-02 20:03:36
    VizuaLogic announced a rear seat entertainment (RSE) touchscreen computer that runs Android 2.3. Integrated into a car's front headrest, the & SmartLogic Android Rear Seat Entertainment Package& is equipped with a 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, a seven-inch capacitive touchscreen, plus Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IR, USB, microSD, and HDMI connections....

  • libabc: a Demonstration Library for Kernel Developers

    Updated: 2011-11-02 18:14:00
    At the 2011 Kernel Summit, Lennart Poettering and Kay Sievers talked about how kernel developers could write better low-level shared libraries. They have now released a sample library called libabc that is intended to demonstrate their recommended practices. "Please have a look, and even if you are not a kernel...

  • KDE 4.7.3 Is Here WIth More Fixes

    Updated: 2011-11-02 16:21:52
    The KDE developers have put out KDE 4.7.3 today...

  • 'World's Smallest' SDR Radio Runs Linux

    Updated: 2011-11-02 15:19:24
    Epiq Solutions announced what it claims is the world's smallest commercially available software defined radio (SDR). The 4.6 x 2.2 x 0.9-inch, four-ounce Matchstiq incorporates a broadband (28MHz) RF transceiver supporting 300MHz to 3.8GHz frequencies, an onboard GPS receiver, and an Iveia Atlas-I-LPe module integrating a Texas Instruments DM3730 processor...

  • Fujitsu Cracks the 10 Petaflop Barrier

    Updated: 2011-11-02 14:28:50
    Today Fujitsu today announced that the number one-ranked K computer has achieved a LINPACK benchmark performance of 10.51 petaflops (10.51 quadrillion floating point operations per second). According to the latest LINPACK performance measurements, not only did the K computer excel on performance benchmarks, achieving its goal of 10 petaflops and exceeding...

  • Chrome's Market Share: Moving In On Firefox's

    Updated: 2011-11-02 14:09:43
    It's official: Google's Chrome browser is very directly challenging Mozilla Firefox's market share. NetApplications is out with its latest data on browser market share, and Chrome has climbed to 17.62 percent share, while Firefox--despite the introduction of rapid release cycles this year--is still stalled at 22.51 percent share. 

  • The Power Shift Effect of Open Government

    Updated: 2011-11-02 14:00:00
    The second CityCamp Colorado started off with Tom Downey and Stephanie O'Malley from the City of Denver setting the stage for the day’ theme: enhancing access to government. Held at the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility on October 28, 2011, more than 70 people gathered to participate, learn, and...

  • @openoffice.org Email Forwards May be Shut Down Soon

    Updated: 2011-11-02 13:58:46
    If you are one of the (apparently tens of thousands of) people who have an @openoffice.org email address, you might want to start transitioning to an alternative. There is a long email thread on the incubator list about turning those forwards off before the end of November. It's not clear...

  • Guest Post: Apache in Space

    Updated: 2011-11-02 13:45:01
    OODT (Object-Oriented Data Technology) is an open source middleware suite for managing, unifying, and archiving data used in data-intensive scientific applications at various organizations, including the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the U.S. National Cancer Institute, and the Whittier Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

  • ATI X.Org Driver Sees Significant Update

    Updated: 2011-11-02 12:29:46
    The last time there was an official release of the xf86-video-ati DDX driver was back in May, but this morning Michel Dänzer has announced a new version...

  • Doom 3 Source Code Is About Ready To Go

    Updated: 2011-11-02 05:00:00
    It looks like id Software will soon be releasing the source code to their very well known Doom 3 game...

  • 'World's smallest' SDR radio runs Linux

    Updated: 2011-11-02 04:19:24
    Epiq Solutions announced what it claims is the world's smallest commercially available software defined radio (SDR). The 4.6 x 2.2 x 0.9-inch, four-ounce Matchstiq incorporates a broadband (28MHz) RF transceiver supporting 300MHz to 3.8GHz frequencies, an onboard GPS receiver, and an Iveia Atlas-I-LPe module integrating a Texas Instruments DM3730 processor and a Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA....

  • Modular open source kit offers Arduino compatibility

    Updated: 2011-11-02 00:47:58
    A startup called Upgrade Industries has developed a modular motherboard kit with an open source design that aims to improve upon the Arduino concept. The BoardX kit lacks a processor or any required operating system, but provides a breadboard system for stacking circuit boards, including an available, Arduino-compatible Atmel Atmega AVR module....

  • Calxeda's ARM server chip has four Cortex-A9s, fabric switch -- and support from HP

    Updated: 2011-11-02 00:38:11
    Calxeda announced an ARM-based & server-on-a-chip& that includes up to four ARM Cortex-A9 cores, a fifth & management controller& core, a fabric switch, and multiple controllers supporting peripherals such as SATA drives, PCI Express, Ethernet, and SD cards. HP says it will build these ECX-1000 processors into & Redstone& servers -- initially Unbuntu Linux-based -- later versions of which may alternatively employ Intel Atom CPUs....

  • CSR promises 'indoor' GPS, launches nav-enabled Cortex-A9 SoC

    Updated: 2011-11-01 21:28:32
    CSR says its new & SiRFusion& technology will combine information from satellite, Wi-Fi, cellular, and various sensors, providing reliable navigation even indoors. It will be offered next year on & SiRF starV& receiver chips, according to the company, which also announced availability of a & SiRFprimaII& SoC (system on chip) that includes both a navigation engine and an ARM Cortex A9-based application processor....

  • Open source Eclipse group aims to standardize M2M communications

    Updated: 2011-11-01 20:00:52
    Sierra Wireless and the Eclipse Foundation announced an Eclipse working group to define an open development standard for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Together with founding members IBM and Eurotech, the M2M Industry Working Group will establish an integrated development environment for M2M networks, as well as a Linux-based, lightweight communications protocol, based in part on Sierra Wireless' Koneki project and the Lua scripting language....

  • Calxeda Hurls EnergyCore ARM at Server Chip Goliaths

    Updated: 2011-11-01 15:45:07
    Calxeda, formerly known as Smooth-Stone in reference to the river rock that the mythical David used in his sling to slay Goliath, doesn't think the server racket can wait for the 64-bit ARMv8 architecture (announced late last week) to be designed and tested...

  • Running SugarCRM Community Edition On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04

    Updated: 2011-11-01 15:38:48
    SugarCRM is a webbased CRM solution written in PHP. SugarCRM is available in different flavours called "Editions" ("Community" (free), "Professional", and "Enterprise"). In this tutorial I will describe the installation of the free Community Edition on a Debian Squeeze...

  • Canonical preps Ubuntu for smartphone debut in 2014

    Updated: 2011-11-01 15:32:24
    Ubuntu will eventually run on mobile devices including smartphones, tablets, TVs, vehicle smart screens, and kitchen appliances, promised Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. Canonical's Linux distro has already made a start with its touch-friendly Unity interface, but Ubuntu will not go fully mobile until Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in April 2014, said Shuttleworth....

  • OpenBSD 5.0 Released

    Updated: 2011-11-01 15:29:00
    Version 5.0 of the free, security-focused BSD UNIX-like operating system has been released, and includes a number new and updated drivers, performance improvements and new features...

  • BeagleBone: A Hacker Oriented Version of the Beagleboard

    Updated: 2011-11-01 14:45:00
    Using the newly released TI AM335x ARM processor, the new BeagleBone is an expandable, network connected board that runs Ångström Linux and Node.js...

  • Why Ubuntu Smartphones Could Make Lots of Sense

    Updated: 2011-11-01 14:20:56
    Yesterday, I covered the news that Canonical is very focused on bringing Ubuntu to new platforms, including smartphones, tablets and devices. Since then, many writers have served up analysis on the topic, especially when it comes to Ubuntu arriving on smartphones.

  • BSD Release: OpenBSD 5.0

    Updated: 2011-11-01 14:07:18
    Theo de Raadt has announced the release of OpenBSD 5.0, a new version of a BSD-based operating system renown for its high security thanks to meticulous code review. Some of the new features and systems in the new release include: "Improved hardware support, including: MSI interrupts for many....

  • Hortonworks Delivers Preview of its Hadoop-based Big Data Platform

    Updated: 2011-11-01 14:06:14
    In enterprises and increasingly in small businesses, the Big Data trend--sorting and sifting large data sets with new tools in pursuit of surfacing meaningful angles on stored information--is here to stay.

  • Leadership @ UDS

    Updated: 2011-11-01 13:45:42
    Today we start our Ubuntu Leadership Mini Summit here at the Ubuntu Developer Summit. Be sure to add your leadership topics to the ideas wiki page and join us. If you are not here in Orlando, you can remotely participate (find out more by clicking here). The session will be...

  • Fedora Considers Moving all Binaries to /usr/bin/

    Updated: 2011-11-01 13:31:00
    All binaries could be moved from /bin/, /sbin/ and /usr/sbin/ to /usr/bin/. The aim is to make the traditional Unix file system structure simpler and more flexible...

  • Low-end 'nanoRISC' module has 400MHz ARM9 processor

    Updated: 2011-11-01 13:27:47
    MSC Vertriebs announced a 2.75 x 2-inch SOM (system on module) packing a 400MHz Samsung S3C2416 processor, up to 128MB of RAM, and up to 1GB of flash storage. The nanoRISC-S3C2146 offers 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0 host and client ports, multiple serial ports, plus VGA video output, according to the company....

  • Sisyphus: Add Gmail-like Saving to Your Site's Forms

    Updated: 2011-11-01 13:00:00
    Modern browsers are, generally speaking, so much better about stability than they used to be. Still – who hasn't had a browser crash in the middle of filling out a form at some point? Maybe the odds are 1 in 100, maybe they're 1 in 1,000 – but it will happen. Now, consider the odds for all the people visiting your sites. If your site has forms of any kind, you should consider using Sisyphus to add Gmail-like saving to your site. Sisyphus...

  • A Guide To Hacking With EGL & KMS

    Updated: 2011-11-01 12:29:46
    There's long been a desire to have a KMS-based console program that can tie in with OpenGL, but none of the active DRM developers have yet to get around to writing such a "kmscon" program. However, Jesse Barnes has written a fairly in-depth guide for anyone wishing to write a...

  • Low-End 'nanoRISC' Module has 400MHz ARM9 Processor

    Updated: 2011-11-01 12:27:47
    MSC Vertriebs announced a 2.75 x 2-inch SOM (system on module) packing a 400MHz Samsung S3C2416 processor, up to 128MB of RAM, and up to 1GB of flash storage. The nanoRISC-S3C2146 offers 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0 host and client ports, multiple serial ports, plus VGA video output, according to the...

  • ATandT unveils two 4.5-inch, dual-core Android phones for 4G LTE network

    Updated: 2011-11-01 04:24:56
    AT T will launch its first two smartphones supporting its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) service on Nov. 6. The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket is a larger (4.5 inches) and faster (1.5GHz) version of AT T's earlier Galaxy S II offering, and the HTC Vivid features a 1.2GHz processor, 4.5-inch screen, and dual cameras, one of which is an eight-megapixel model....

  • New OpenMAMA project releases open source middleware messaging spec

    Updated: 2011-10-31 22:24:42
    NYSE Technologies and several financial services firms have launched the OpenMAMA project to deliver an open-source messaging API for financial services and telecommunivations. OpenMAMA 1.1 for x86-based Linux platforms has been released, and additional messaging middleware for high-volume, high-speed transactions on Linux and other platforms will follow, according to the Linux Foundation....

  • $89 dev board includes Cortex-A8 CPU, Ethernet, JTAG

    Updated: 2011-10-31 19:32:20
    BeagleBoard.org announced a new open-platform, hobbyist-focused development board -- priced at just $89 and equipped with a Linux distro that boots in ten seconds. The BeagleBone offers an ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at 720MHz, 256MB of RAM, two 46-pin expansion connectors, a USB host port and multipurpose device port, on-chip Ethernet, and a microSD slot....

  • LinuxCon Europe Wrap-Up

    Updated: 2011-10-31 19:02:04
    The first-ever LinuxCon Europe wrapped up on Friday October 28 in Prague. The LinuxCon portion of the week was just one part of a combined schedule that also incorporated Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE) 2011, the Linux Kernel Summit (LKS), and the GStreamer Conference.

  • Gloves off in NYSE: Red Hat trading tech face-off

    Updated: 2011-10-31 16:01:41
    It was a bit perplexing when two weeks ago, apropos of nothing, commercial Linux distributor Red Hat affirmed its commitment to the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) messaging integration software that is at the heart of its Enterprise MRG-Messaging variant of the...

  • AMD Catalyst 11.10 Linux Driver Released

    Updated: 2011-10-31 15:16:17
    On the last day of the month, AMD has released Catalyst 11.10 as their October 2011 proprietary Linux driver update...

  • openSUSE Medical Project Searches for New Leadership and Other Participation

    Updated: 2011-10-31 14:57:21
    Hello Mates! openSUSE Medical here! Well i would to announce that “openSUSE Medical Calling and also needs you” a) Due to lack of time (i’e began my Master Studies abroad) i’e to give up from the project. I think that there are people who are able to lead the project and have more time available.

  • Interview: From Frogger to Fluid Dynamics – SC11 Exhibits Run the Gamut

    Updated: 2011-10-31 14:49:17
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  • Installing Windows Software With Wine (Linux Mint 11)

    Updated: 2011-10-31 14:36:27
    This tutorial is supposed to show you how to install .exe files on your Linux system. I am using Linux Mint 11 as an operating system, however the steps should not differ greatly from other distributions. The software I am going to...

  • Xubuntu 11.10 and My Netbook

    Updated: 2011-10-31 14:32:47
    October saw the release of the latest version of the Ubuntu family, and that includes Xubuntu, the Xfce edition. I’e just installed it on my netbook and the experience was rather good. 

  • LibreOffice Extensions and Templates Site Now Live

    Updated: 2011-10-31 14:31:00
    Following a six-week public beta, The Document Foundation has announced that the project's new extensions and templates repositories for LibreOffice are now online...

  • Canonical: Biting Off More Than it Can Chew with Ubuntu?

    Updated: 2011-10-31 14:07:45
    Is Canonical staying focused with its Ubuntu strategy? As we've noted, Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth has made clear that he is extremely focused on business users, and specifically cloud computing.

  • Ubuntu Coming to Tablets, Phones, Cars and Smart TVs by 2014

    Updated: 2011-10-31 13:56:00
    We've already seen Ubuntu running on tablets and smartphones, but not in any official capacity. Rumors had it that Canonical would be making a serious push into the tablet space in early 2011, but that effort never materialized, or at least was never acknowledged. 

  • Microsoft Attorney Expands On the Company's Android Position

    Updated: 2011-10-31 13:53:30
    Last week, we took note of the fact that two of Microsoft's lawyers, Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez, have a post up regarding Microsoft's announcement of its tenth license agreement providing coverage under its patent portfolio for Android mobile phones and tablets. 

  • Ubuntu Linux Eyes Tablet Territory

    Updated: 2011-10-31 13:34:20
    Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth tells ZDNet that his OS is ready to "embrace the challenge" of life on smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs.

  • Droid Razr goes on sale as Mot unveils Fire XT smartphone

    Updated: 2011-10-28 23:59:11
    Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless began selling the Droid Razr Android smartphone on pre-order for $300, with shipments promised by Nov. 10. Meanwhile, a 3.5-inch Motorola Fire XT Android smartphone was announced in Italy; Motorola Mobility announced strong third-quarter earnings of $3.3 billion; and more evidence piled up regarding an imminent release of two Motorola Xoom 2 tablets....

  • Google TV 2.0 gains Honeycomb, Android Market

    Updated: 2011-10-28 20:19:56
    Google unveiled Google TV 2.0, which will roll out on Sony TVs and Logitech Revue boxes Oct. 30. Featuring Android 3.1 (& Honeycomb& ), the upgrade includes a revamped interface featuring a new customizable home screen and app shortcuts, provides hundreds of Android Market apps, and offers improved search for TV and YouTube, says the company....

  • Red Hat certifies RHEL for Facebook's Open Compute Project

    Updated: 2011-10-28 16:58:29
    Red Hat joined Facebook's Open Compute Project, intended to open source the design and development of second-generation data centers for powering web and cloud services. Red Hat has certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the Open Compute specs, and will test RHEL and other software on Open Compute servers -- whose hardware specs have been contributed by AMD, Asus, Dell, and Intel....

  • Intel's Dirk Hohndel on 20 Years of Linux

    Updated: 2011-10-28 16:23:19
    Intel's Dirk Hohndel presented a retrospective on the history of the Linux kernel Thursday at LinuxCon Europe in Prague. Although the 20-year anniversary of Linux has been addressed many times over the course of 2011, Hohndel took his own approach, a personal perspective from a developer present at the beginning of the process and has stayed involved, in one way or other, since.

  • Red Hat Certifies RHEL for Facebook's Open Compute Project

    Updated: 2011-10-28 15:58:29
    Red Hat joined Facebook's Open Compute Project, intended to open source the design and development of second-generation data centers for powering web and cloud services. Red Hat has certified Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the Open Compute specs, and will test RHEL and other software on Open Compute servers --...

  • Canonical and Dell Push Ubuntu PCs Into China

    Updated: 2011-10-28 15:13:20
    Ubuntu has found some new horizons in China. In a post on Canonical's blog, it was announced that Canonical and Dell will bring PCs loaded with Ubuntu to the Chinese market. 

  • First Commercial OpenStack-Based Cloud Compute Service Announced

    Updated: 2011-10-28 15:09:00
    IT infrastructure provider Internap, one of the first companies to join up to the OpenStack project, has become the first to produce a commercially available cloud compute service based on the open source platform...

  • Russian Supercomputer Vendor RSC Group Joins PROSPECT

    Updated: 2011-10-28 15:06:00
    This week Russian supercomputer vendor RSC Group announced that it has joined PROSPECT (Promotion of Supercomputing Partnerships for European Competitiveness and Technology). 

  • Demand for Ruby, Hadoop and HTML5 Rockets, C Devs Still Best Paid

    Updated: 2011-10-28 15:01:26
    Demand for Ruby, Hadoop and HTML5 developers jumped this year, with jobs requiring those skills increasing 70 per cent compared to the same period in 2010, according to a survey of the tech jobs in London by recruiters Azuna. Azuna collated every tech job advertised for...

  • To the Surface: Great Open Source Projects That Don't Make the Headlines

    Updated: 2011-10-28 14:59:47
    If you're looking to expand your open source arsenal with some tools you've never heard of, here are some good resources. To begin with, here are a few OStatic posts rounding up highly interesting open source projects that you may not be familiar with: Maxima: Open Source Algebra on Steroids  ria2: ..

  • How To Make Your Own (Almost) Chromebook

    Updated: 2011-10-28 14:35:25
    This HowTo lays out how to convert a regular netbook/laptop/desktop into an almost Google Chromebook using Hexxeh's Chromium OS build. All you need is a 2GB USB stick and a bit of time. It also makes a nice portable operating system as well.

  • Red Hat Certifies RHEL for Facebook's Open Compute Systems

    Updated: 2011-10-28 14:30:00
    Red Hat has joined Facebook's Open Compute Project, which develops specifications for efficient data centres. The company's first step has been to have its Enterprise Linux version certified for the new systems...

  • PRACE Awards 721 Million CPU-Hours to Advance Science

    Updated: 2011-10-28 14:18:12
    Today the PRACE supercomputing consortium announced a grant of 721 million compute hours on Tier-0 systems to twenty-four European research projects. As an international non-profit, PRACE’ mission is enable high impact European scientific discovery and engineering research and development for the benefit of...

  • Two UEFI Secure Boot White Papers

    Updated: 2011-10-28 13:47:56
    Two white papers have been published on the subject of how the UEFI secure boot specification can be made to work with free operating systems. The first is Making UEFI Secure Boot Work With Open Platforms by James Bottomley and Jonathan Corbet; it is published by the Linux Foundation. "Linux and other open operating systems will be...

  • 10 Ways to Craft a Career That Will Stand the Test of Time

    Updated: 2011-10-28 13:38:49
    What does it take to craft a career that is likely to stand the test of time? In my new book The Shift: the future of work is already here, I talk a great deal about the five forces that will shape work and careers: 

  • Linux-based payment device features NFC, color touchscreen

    Updated: 2011-10-28 05:25:59
    VeriFone Systems announced an Linux-based Point of Sale (POS) payment device that integrates a near field communication (NFC) contactless reader. The H5000 runs Linux on an ARM11 processor, offers a 3.5-inch color touchscreen, and supports multiple payment types-- including legacy magnetic stripe, EMV smartcards, and contactless cards -- with a single hybrid card slot, says the company....

  • All-in-one POS system has plenty of ports

    Updated: 2011-10-28 00:05:05
    Partner announced a POS (point of sale) system that incorporates a 15-inch resistive touchscreen and an Intel Atom D525 processor. The SP-800 offers an aluminum body, 4GB of RAM and a 2.5-inch drive bay, a bevy of ports, plus optional peripherals that include an MSR (magnetic stripe reader), 2 x 20 customer display, smart card reader, and more....

  • 64-bit ARMv8 architecture to debut in Applied Micro X Gene SoC

    Updated: 2011-10-27 23:48:11
    ARM has announced its ARMv8 architecture, featuring 64-bit instruction set support, extended virtual addressing, and backwards-compatible 32-bit support. Meanwhile, Applied Micro used the ARM TechCon event to demonstrate core functionality of its & world's first& ARMv8 implementation, the server-targeted X-Gene -- touted as featuring 28nm fabrication, up to 128 cores, 3GHz clock rates, 300mW standby consumption, and 64-bit Linux support....

  • Cortex-A9/FPGA combo SoC gains open source Linux platform

    Updated: 2011-10-27 20:49:19
    Xilinx launched an open source Linux platform and developer community for its Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP), which combines a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and a 28nm FPGA. The Zynq-7000 EPP Linux Solution offers GNU toolchain, runtime libraries, and debuggers, plus options including a Virtual Platform hardware emulator based on Cadence VSP....

  • Long Term Kernel Support for Consumer Devices

    Updated: 2011-10-27 18:01:29
    Different devices have different needs. Development moves fast in the Linux kernel, but that rate of change isn't appropriate for shipping products. Enterprise distributions have solved the problem with stable kernels supported for a longer lifespan, but what about companies shipping consumer devices with Linux kernels? The Linux Foundation Consumer Electronics Workgroup now has those covered.

  • Intel SNB RC6 On Linux 3.1 Is Both Good & Bad

    Updated: 2011-10-27 17:29:10
    As a follow-up to this morning's Linux 3.1 Enhances Sandy Bridge, Preps For Ivy Bridge article that looked at the Intel SNB graphics performance with the new Linux 3.1 kernel, here's a look at the power consumption when enabling RC6...

  • 'Bare Metal' Linux gains data plane chops

    Updated: 2011-10-27 16:39:27
    MontaVista Software has updated the MontaVista Linux & Bare Metal Engine& distribution with dynamically configurable data plane features. Bare Metal Engine (BME) offers a single development environment that can scale from high embedded Linux services down to the & near zero overhead& bare metal environments used in network packet processing, the company says....

  • Google Open Sources JavaScript Coverage Analysis Tool

    Updated: 2011-10-27 14:14:00
    Google has released ScriptCover, its JavaScript coverage analysis tool for Chrome, as open source under Apache Licence 2.0. The Chrome extension provides real-time line-by-line code coverage statistics for web pages...

  • Killing DRM Graphics Cruft With Fire

    Updated: 2011-10-27 11:40:29
    It seems to be a good time to clean-up the Linux graphics driver stack. After old hardware support was dropped in Mesa in August, more Mesa code was dropped, and most recently the classic ATI R300/R600 drivers are to be killed (this is set to happen this Friday). Now Intel's...

  • Mozilla Delivers Binged-up Firefox Browser

    Updated: 2011-10-27 11:29:04
    Mozilla has released a customised version of Firefox that defaults to Microsoft's Bing.…...

  • New on the Site: User-Influenced Home Page

    Updated: 2011-10-27 11:00:00
    We spend a lot of time seeking the open source stories that you enjoy—which doesn't leave much time for site enhancements. But we're always looking for ways to improve our communities' experience. And we're happy to provide a brief update on a few things recently implemented.

  • Video: Archaeologists Leveraging HPC to Preserve the Past

    Updated: 2011-10-27 10:53:09
    In this video, Adam Rabinowitz and his team work with supercomputer experts at TACC to develop high-tech, digital solutions to preserve ancient sites. Today, archaeologists are more likely to take hundreds of digital photos, notate the information in a spreadsheet on a laptop, and record careful geographically referenced information...

  • LinuxCon Europe: Live Video Streaming

    Updated: 2011-10-27 10:18:00
    For those not able to attend this year's LinuxCon Europe conference, currently taking place in Prague, the Linux Foundation is offering live video streaming of all the keynote sessions...

  • Linux 3.1 Enhances Sandy Bridge, Preps For Ivy Bridge

    Updated: 2011-10-27 08:00:01
    The Linux 3.1 kernel was released earlier this week and it further enhances the Intel Sandy Bridge graphics support while also prepping the open-source kernel driver for Intel's next-generation Ivy Bridge processors.

  • HP will announce ARM-based servers next month, reports claim

    Updated: 2011-10-27 05:44:55
    HP plans to use ARM-based processors in some of its data center servers, according to a pair of Oct. 26 reports. The CPUs in question will apparently be quad-core Cortex-A9 SoCs (systems on chip), expected to be introduced by Calxeda on Nov. 1....

  • eWEEK goes 'all in' with digital

    Updated: 2011-10-27 02:10:27
    eWEEK magazine announced that its content will soon be available via apps written for Windows Phone 7, Android, and iOS phones, plus other devices including iPad and Android tablets. The move by our sister publication will coincide with the discontinuation of a print version as of January 2012, according to parent company Ziff Davis Enterprise (ZDE)....

  • The State Of OpenGL 3.0 Support In Mesa

    Updated: 2011-10-27 00:22:32
    Last month during XDC2011 Chicago it was publicly talked about how Intel wants OpenGL 3.0 support in Mesa and ideally before year's end. But how's that goal coming?..

  • Oracle-Google Trial Postponed Until 2012

    Updated: 2011-10-27 00:05:00
    The responsible federal judge has divided the proposed trial into three phases: to deal first with the copyright claims, then with the patent claims and finally with all remaining aspects such as damages and wilfulness...

  • How Sweet Is Ice Cream Sandwich?

    Updated: 2011-10-27 00:00:00
    It's no secret that Linux fans tend to be fiercely proud of Android, representing as it does Linux's biggest consumer-focused success so far. Excitement over the newly unveiled version 4.0 of Google's wildly popular mobile platform, however, just may be setting a new record. Buzz over the latest iteration is...

  • Walmart sells Samsung 4G phone for $30 plus contract, $200 without

    Updated: 2011-10-26 23:08:25
    T-Mobile announced the Samsung Exhibit II 4G, a 3.7-inch Android 2.3 smartphone selling for just $30 with a two-year contract or $200 without, making it the first no-contract 4G smartphone to be sold at most Walmart stores. Meanwhile, eWEEK reviewed T-Mobile's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, finding it to be on par with the Sprint and AT T versions but priced $30 higher....

  • Oracle Debuts NoSQL Database

    Updated: 2011-10-26 22:40:54
    Developers can now download Oracle's first NoSQL offering.

  • The Kernel Panel at LinuxCon Europe

    Updated: 2011-10-26 22:31:03
    Linux users got a rare opportunity to hear directly from the hackers at the core of the Linux kernel on Wednesday at LinuxCon Europe. Read on for more on the state of ARM in the Linux kernel, the need for new kernel contributors, and the death of the Big Kernel Lock (BKL).

  • $179 Android tablet features full-sized USB port, microSD slot

    Updated: 2011-10-26 21:30:57
    Leader International announced two Android tablets, both with full-sized USB ports and microSD slots. The $179 Impression 7 (I7) runs Android 2.2 on a 1GHz processor, and provides a seven-inch 800 x 480 resistive touchscreen, while the $349 Impression 10 (I10) runs Android 2.3 on a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird, adding a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 capacitive IPS touchscreen, an HDMI port, and a two-megapixel camera....

  • Yocto 1.1 embedded Linux stack adds GUI builder

    Updated: 2011-10-26 18:00:07
    The Linux Foundation announced Yocto Project Release 1.1, adding that it will host the Embedded GNU C Library (EGLIBC) and integrate it with Yocto. Based on Linux 3.0, Yocto 1.1 adds a GUI-based, customized image builder called & Hob,& plus layer tooling features, 3G cellular support, and small footprint, fast-boot layers....

  • Latest Neo4j NoSQL Release Takes Oracle Head-on

    Updated: 2011-10-26 18:00:00
    The open source NoSQL graph database that has perhaps attracted the most attention in recent months has been Neo4j, a Java-based DBMS with a RESTful API that supports multiple languages.  The open source NoSQL graph database that has perhaps attracted the most attention in recent months has been Neo4j, a Java-based DBMS with a RESTful API that supports multiple languages.  Read more at ReadWriteWeb Hack

  • LinuxCon Europe: Yocto Project Release 1.1 Announced

    Updated: 2011-10-26 17:09:00
    The latest version of the Yocto Project brings Hob, a graphical tool to aid the new-to-Linux embedded developer create the Linux platform they need...

  • Consumer electronics manufacturers agree on long-term Linux kernel

    Updated: 2011-10-26 16:36:57
    The Linux Foundation announced a Long Term Support Initiative (LTSI) project created by its Consumer Electronics (CE) workgroup, intended to reduce duplication of effort in maintaining private industry kernel trees. The LTSI project intends to deliver an annual release of a Linux kernel suitable for supporting the lifespan of consumer electronics products and regular updates of those releases for two to three years....

  • Panel PC adds webcam, dual expansion slots

    Updated: 2011-10-25 22:54:57
    IEI announced an Intel Atom-powered panel PC that includes two expansion slots and a & burglar-proof& internal USB 2.0 port. The PPC-5152-D525 has a 15-inch screen, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, a 2.5-inch drive bay and a CompactFlash slot, dual gigabit Ethernet ports, plus five serial ports, according to the company....

  • Android leads iOS in app downloads and ad impressions, say studies

    Updated: 2011-10-25 22:52:37
    Android is beating Apple's iOS in app downloads by 44 percent to 31 percent, according to ABI Research. Meanwhile, Millenial Media's latest figures show Android with 56 percent of total mobile ad impressions compared to 28 percent for iOS, and a trio of tablet studies finds that while the iPad's still dominating, Android's on the rise....

  • Rugged computers feature three or five gigabit ports

    Updated: 2011-10-25 20:48:00
    Logic Supply announced two fanless, barebone & Neousys& industrial computers with extended temperature support, shock/vibration resistance, and support for Intel Core i5/i7 or Celeron processors. The Nuvo-1003B offers three gigabit Ethernet ports while the Nuvo-1005 supplies five, and both provide a variety of I/O, including six USB 2.0 ports, the company says....

  • SoC teams Cortex-A5 app processor with Cortex-M4 MCU

    Updated: 2011-10-25 18:34:11
    Freescale Semiconductor announced a system on chip (SoC) platform, combining a Linux-ready ARM Cortex-A5 application processor with a Cortex-M4 microcontroller intended to run a real-time operating system (RTOS). The company's unnamed & asymmetrical-multiprocessing-architecture& SoC features a wide range of peripherals, and is designed to enable simultaneous real-time control and graphics-rich application processing, primarily in industrial applications....

  • ARM will detail Cortex-A7 at this week's TechCon

    Updated: 2011-10-25 14:58:09
    ARM is set to provide an in-depth look at its recently announced Cortex-A7 processor this week at a Santa Clara, Calif.-based event. Other highlights of ARM TechCon 2011, scheduled for Oct. 25 to 27, will include a keynote by ARM CTO Mike Muller, and a demonstration of a $25 ARM11-based Ubuntu Linux computer from Raspberry Pi....

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