Archive for July, 2008

Linux tablets gain slick remote desktop tech

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

LogMeIn announced a beta plugin for Nokia's Linux-based N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. The LogMeIn Nokia N800/810 Browser Plugin enables Internet Tablet users to access and control their Windows PCs ... Read more..

PC/104 SBC bridges factory networks

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

SSV Embedded Systems announced a PC/104-format single-board computer (SBC) designed for gateways, routers, and proxy servers in industrial networking settings. Based on a 32-bit ARM/XScale network processor, the CP/465 ... Read more..

Phone farm offers testing service

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

Mobile Complete has announced new capabilities for its remote testing service for smartphones. DeviceAnywhere's new "T-Mobile Virtual Developer Lab" adds access to more than 70 of the carrier's handsets, including ... Read more..

Robot software shootout — the sequel!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

Today's nascent robotics market has engendered nearly two dozen general-purpose software development frameworks, nearly all of which run on Linux. This article reviews ten, and briefly describes a few others, ... Read more..

Nano smashes Atom, reviewers say

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

Via's new Nano processor outperforms Intel's Atom by about 20 percent, according to articles published this week by three hardware enthusiast websites. But, while both CPUs draw approximately the same ... Read more..