Henry Kingman

Just in time for Christmas, there’s a new version of perl, the first in over five years. The first update since 2002 to the “practical extraction and report language,” perl 5.10 adds both new language features and an improved perl interpreter, according to community site Perl Buzz. Perl is a dynamic scripting language widely used […]

Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus’ EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device-codenamed “Cloudbook”-will ship with the Google Apps-oriented “gOS” Linux distribution early next year. According to our anonymous source, the initial Cloudbook model will be powered by […]

Some 30,000 applications originally written for the Palm Pilot PDA (personal digital assistant) will soon run on Nokias Linux-based Web tablets. The applications will run on top of a virtual machine (VM) currently being beta tested by Access for Nokias 770, N800 and N810 Internet tablets. The Garnet VM beta is available now for download […]

Google’s open-source, Linux-based Android software stack may do for mobile phones what DOS did for the PC: create a de facto standard riveting developers together in singular purpose. Or, the Open Handset Alliance backing Android could become just another “knitting circle,” say industry pundits observing the matter. It’s sometimes tough to tell with open-source projects. […]

This article describes how to build your own silent, fast, eco-friendly Linux-based PC for use in a digital music listening system. The PC is based on a high-end Via mini-ITX board, passively cooled case with heatpipe technology, Debian Linux, and a little creative embedded elbow grease. This system is the fourth dedicated Linux-based music server […]

Hewlett-Packard on July 23 announced plans to acquire Linux thin client specialist Neoware, in a deal valued at $214 million. HP said the deal will boost its thin client Linux software, and help the company compete in the emergent market for virtualized client computing systems. Neoware is the third-largest thin client vendor, after Wyse and […]

Intel has unveiled an ambitious project aimed at developing open-source software for mobile devices. The Moblin project comprises a Linux kernel, user interface framework, browser, multimedia framework and embedded Linux image creation tools, along with developer resources such as documentation, mailing lists and an IRC channel. /zimages/4/28571.gifIntel aims a low-cost laptop at emerging markets. Click […]

New U.S. regulations went into effect July 6 that could change how vendors of devices with software-defined radios use open-source software. The new rules could impact manufacturers of mobile phones, Wi-Fi cards and other devices that use SDR technologies. SDR technologies are commonly used in todays mobile phones and Wi-Fi equipment. The U.S. Federal Communications […]

Linux-powered robots are flocking to Atlanta this week to compete in the Robocup scientific competition. The eleventh annual event has attracted at least two Linux-based designs aiming to replace Sonys AIBO as the de facto hardware platform for standard Robocup league play. Robocup organizers say that in more than a decade, robotic soccer has evolved […]

Yoggies innovative Yoggie Pico may well be the first hardware firewall that is truly practical for mobile workers running Windows-based computers. The device appears to work well, except for a simplistic Web-based user interface that may not satisfy technical users. Hardware firewalls spare processor cycles on the main CPU, and offer better security, since they […]