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LinuxDevices acquired ...

03.02.2012 19:27 LinuxDevices' publisher, Ziff Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company -- as yet undisclosed, but rumored to be Foster City-based QuinStreet. Future plans for the site have not yet been announced ......

Android fragmentation not so serious, says study

03.02.2012 17:47 Android is regularly blasted for fragmentation, but most Android smartphones and tablets use similar builds, screen sizes, and resolutions, according to a study by app analytics firm Localytics. Currently, 73 percent of Android smartphone app sessions use Android 2.3, with 23 percent at Android 2.2, while 41 percent originated from 4.3 inch screens and 22 percent from four-inch screens, says the study....

SODIMM-sized Cortex-A8 module sports CAN bus, onboard flash

03.02.2012 00:13 EMAC announced a SODIMM-sized computer-on-module that runs Linux 2.6 or Windows CE 6.0 on a 600MHz TI ARM Cortex-A8 processor and can be purchased with a carrier board. The SoM-3517M offers up to 512MB of RAM, 1GB of NAND flash and 4GB of onboard eMMC flash, and I/O including Ethernet, four serial ports, three USB 2.0 ports, and CAN bus....

Sprint's seven-inch tablet is just $100 on contract

02.02.2012 23:51 Sprint says it will offer a seven-inch tablet featuring a dual-core Snapdragon processor, 3G, and Wi-Fi for just $100 -- with a two-year service agreement priced at $20 to $80 per month. The ZTE Optik includes Android Market support, GPS receiver, Bluetooth, a microSD slot, and a bundled headset, according to the carrier....

COM Express module has power-saving, soldered-on Cores

02.02.2012 22:21 Congatec announced a COM Express module that offers a Type 6 pinout -- for VGA, LVDS, and DDI display support -- and a choice of six soldered-on Intel Sandy Bridgeprocessors. The Conga-TS67 offers up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, has eight USB 2.0 ports and four SATA ports, and has multiple PCI Express expansion lanes, according to the company....

HTC announces fix for Android Wi-Fi security flaw

02.02.2012 21:15 HTC announced a fix for a vulnerability that lets hackers view and access Wi-Fi security information on nine of its Android phones. The fix is available via an automatic software upgrade, though some users will have to update manually....

Defunct email service offers handhelds to hackers

02.02.2012 20:48 Peek has discontinued its low-cost, email-and-texting service but is challenging hackers to build something greatwith the leftover handhelds, according to The Verge. The Peek devices include a 2.5-inch screen, a QWERTY keyboard, an ARM7-based processor, and a GSM cellular modem, according to the company....

Openmoko smartphone reborn as hackable GTA04

02.02.2012 19:22 German manufacturer Golden Delicious has begun shipping a hackable open source smartphone that runs a variety of Linux software, including a newly optimized Openmoko distro. The Openmoko GTA04 is available as a finished phone or as a board that slips into earlier Openmoko Neo Freerunner GTA01 and GTA02 cases, providing an 800MHz Texas Instruments DM3730 processor and a full range of sensors and wireless features....

Ruggedized Atom E600 module ships in EMC-proof enclosure

02.02.2012 00:57 MEN Micro announced a ruggedized, EMC- computer-on-module that uses the rugged ESMini form-factor and supports Intel Atom E600 processors at up to 1.6GHz. The MM2 offers up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, provides expansion options including PCI Express, CAN, and I2C, and supplies I/O including gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, and SATA....

Eurotech module adopts 32nm Atom

02.02.2012 00:52 Eurotech announced a new member of its Catalyst computer-on-module family, this time based on Intel's 32nm Cedar TrailAtom processors. The Catalyst CV supports clock speeds up to 1.6GHz, DDR3 memory up to 4GB, 10/100 Ethernet, eight USB 2.0 ports, and four PCI Express x1 interfaces, according to the company....

Radisys unveils 'first' ruggedized Core i7 COM Express module

01.02.2012 23:09 RadiSys announced a ruggedized Type 6 COM Express module, featuring industrial temperature support and embedded-specific versions of Intel's Sandy BridgeCore i7 processors. The CEQM67HD offers up to 16GB of RAM, multiple video interfaces, four SATA ports, seven PCI Express x1 ports, and a PCI Express x16 interface, the company says....

NTT Docomo's Android phones have Mickey Mouse user interface

01.02.2012 19:57 NTT Docomo announced a pair of 4.3-inch Android 2.3 smartphones whose styling, user interface, and content all have a Disney theme. Both have dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP4430 processors, but the Disney Mobile on docomo F-08Dis clocked to 1.2GHz, offers HD resolution, and has a 13-megapixel camera, while the Disney Mobile on docomo P-05Doffers 1GHz performance and a 960 x 540-pixel OLED screen....

Red Hat unveils 10-year support plan

01.02.2012 17:29 Red Hat has extended the life cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 from seven to 10 years. Meanwhile Linux kernel insider Greg Kroah-Hartman has left Red Hat rival SUSE to join the Linux Foundation as a new fellow, where he joins a select group that includes Linux creator Linus Torvalds....

'Low power' server packs 64 Xeon processors

01.02.2012 01:01 SeaMicro says it has packed 64 Intel Xeon processors into a device it says uses half the power, takes one-third the space, and delivers twelve times the bandwidth of today's best-in-class servers.The SM10000-XE has up to 2 terabytes of DDR3 memory, up to 64 SATA hard disks or solid state drives , and up to 16 10 gigabit Ethernet or 64 1GbE ports, the company says....

Linux multiseat solution advances to Ethernet with HP thin client

01.02.2012 00:32 Userful Corp. announced a new version of its multiseat Linux PC sharing software, now Ethernet-ready and bundled with a $99 HP t200 thin client. The Userful MultiSeat with HP t200 thin clientsolution turns one Edubuntu-based Linux PC into up to 15 computer stations, enabling faster networking than the previous USB-only release, says the company....