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Linux-ready COM Express module uses QorIQ SoCs

09.07.2010 22:49 Emerson Network Power is shipping what it claims are the first COM Express modules based on Freescale Semiconductor's multicore, PowerPC-based QorIQ processors. The COMX-P2020 and COMX-P4080 employ dual-core QorIQ P2020 and eight-core QorIQ P4080 system-on-chips, respectively, offering both a wide variety of interfaces and Linux BSPs, says the company....

Fanless PC offers 16 serial ports

09.07.2010 20:35 Habey announced a fanless, Intel Atom-based industrial computer that sports sixteen serial ports. The BIS-6640 accepts up to 2GB of RAM, has room for a 2.5-inch hard disk drive and a CompactFlash slot, and includes six USB 2.0 ports as well as a parallel port, the company says....

Mandriva fights through money woes, releases 2010 Spring distro

09.07.2010 17:59 Reprieved from its financial troubles with fresh investments, Mandriva released the final version of Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring. The latest stable release is touted for offering faster boot times, enhanced Smart Desktopfile-organization technology, easier printer and wireless configuration, new scientific apps, plus updates including GNOME 2.30.1, KDE 4.4.3, and the new Go-OO branch of OpenOffice....

Android -- and mobile web -- usage keeps growing, say reports

09.07.2010 01:14 Android has continued to gain smartphone OS market share this spring, gaining four percentage points from February through May to take 13 percent of the market, says ComScore. Meanwhile, a recent Pew report shows that 40 percent of Americans are now using mobile phone Internet services, up from 32 percent in 2009....

Droid X reviews praise battery life, multimedia

08.07.2010 23:12 eWEEK has run two favorable reviews of the Motorola Droid X, praising the phone's multimedia performance, call quality, battery life, and camera, but criticizing its Wi-Fi performance and MotoBlur interface. A Wired review, meanwhile, calls the Droid X one of the finest Android devices available-- if one can handle the size....

Samsung spins $100 Android 2.1 phone for Sprint

08.07.2010 19:03 Sprint announced a Samsung handset running Android 2.1 that sells for $100 with a two-year contract. The Samsung Intercept is equipped with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and an optical joystick, says the company....

MIPS64-based module supports 40Gbps network processing

08.07.2010 18:01 NetLogic Microsystems announced a Linux-based hardware/software development kit it says is the first fully deterministic networking solution that concurrently processes Layers 2-7 at 40Gbps wire-speed. The NLX321103A solution combines the MIPS-based XLP832 eight-core, 32-threaded system-on-chip with the NL11k and NETL7 Layer 7 knowledge-basedprocessors, the company says....

Fennec 1.1 ships on Maemo as MeeGo heats up

08.07.2010 01:33 Mozilla announced version 1.1 of Firefox Mobile Fennec,debuting on Maemo Linux, while also releasing a beta of the Firefox 4.0 desktop browser. Meanwhile, Intel and Aava Mobile released images of the Aava phone reference design running an early version of MeeGo 1.1 for Handsets, and Movial announced Flash 10.1 integration services for MeeGo and Android....

Motorala aims low with Android-based Charm

07.07.2010 22:30 Motorola announced a low-end Android 2.1 phone for T-Mobile equipped with a new version of its MotoBlur UI layer. The Motorola Charm is equipped with a 2.8-inch, 320 x 240 touchscreen, 802.11b/g/n, a three-megapixel camera, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and a Backtracktouchpanel on the back of the device....

Android 2.2 clobbers iPhone in JavaScript performance, review says

07.07.2010 19:47 A Nexus One smartphone running Android 2.2 offers JavaScript performance that's two to three times faster than that of Apple's iPhone 4, says an ArsTechnica review. Android 2.2's Javascript performance is also almost three times faster than Android 2.1, beating Google's own estimates, but Flash performance is choppy, says the review....

Tiny embedded PC offers 1080p video

07.07.2010 01:29 Norco announced a fanless, Linux-ready mini PC with support for 1080p video. The 4.7 x 4.7 x 1.6-inch BIS-6620III incorporates the Intel Atom Z510 CPU and Intel SCH US15W chipset, and offers an HDMI port, SD and CF slots, a gigabit Ethernet port, five USB 2.0 ports, and extended temperature support, says the company....

Low-energy Bluetooth is formally adopted

06.07.2010 22:42 The Bluetooth SIG announced formal adoptionof Bluetooth 4.0, which includes a new LE mode. Allowing devices to operate for more than a year on button batteries, the spec will let controllers wake host devices within three milliseconds and transfer data at 1Mbps, the organization says....

HP cuts Palm staff, offers discounts on Pre phones

06.07.2010 22:16 Having completed its acquisition of Palm late last week, Hewlett-Packard is now laying off Palm staff in the double digits,says All Things Digital. Meanwhile, HP is giving away free Palm Pre and Palm Pixi phones with a two-year contract on AT T and Verizon, says eWEEK....

Pixel Qi ships low-power displays for DIYers

06.07.2010 20:38 Pixel Qi has begun shipping its power-saving, transflective LCDs to do-it-yourselfers, who can install them in 10.1-inch netbooks. The displays work in both color and monochrome e-paper modes, and are said to require up to 80 percent less power of an ordinary display....

LG spins two Android phones and promises tablet

06.07.2010 19:19 LG announced an LG Optimus Series of mobile devices, including two Android 2.2 smartphones -- the Optimus One and Optumus Chic -- and promised an Android-based Optimus tablet. Meanwhile, a rumor about an Android 3.0 Gingerbreadplatform split-up has been squelched, and a photo of the Android-based HTC Visionemerged as the device's manufacturer announced robust 2Q financials....