Henry Kingman

Yoggie Security Systems has squeezed a complete hardware firewall for Windows systems into a USB key sized form-factor. The “Yoggie Pico” runs Linux 2.6 along with 13 security applications on a 520MHz PXA270, a powerful Intel processor popular in smartphones and other high-end consumer devices. The Yoggie Pico is a spectacularly miniaturized version of the […]

A U.S. government- and industry-led coalition aiming to equip every car and roadside in America with wirelessly connected computers has tapped Linux for a prototype design. The Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Consortium (VII-C) hopes to lower driver death rates, reduce traffic jams, and media-enable cars before 2017. The VII-C is funded by the U.S. Department of […]

Sun will ship a “pre-integrated,” GPL-licensable, Linux- and Java-based operating system software reference design for mobile phones, it announced May 8 at its JavaOne conference in San Francisco. “JavaFX Mobile” targets multimedia-enabled phones, and is the first of several planned media-oriented JavaFX-branded stacks, the company said. Unlike most Java-enabled phones, which typically rely on the […]

Intel has created an ultra-low-cost laptop for schoolchildren in emerging markets. The ClassMatePC is available with Linux or Windows XP, comes with an “educational feature set,” and is part of a program in which Intel plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years. Intel describes the ClassMatePC as a rugged device with features […]

Six of the worlds largest telecommunications companies have officially launched a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a common mobile Linux software platform. Founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone, the LiMo Foundation is inviting membership and participation from application and middleware developers. The collaboration of giants now known as […]

Via is shipping a Linux-friendly x86-compatible desktop processor, accompanied by a “Clean Computing Initiative” aimed at offsetting the chips environmental cost. The C7-D clocks at 1.5GHz or 1.8GHz, and is shipping in an RoHS-compliant 21mm-square package. Via calls the C7-D the first “carbon-free” desktop processor, promising that atmospheric carbon released during generation of the power […]

Startup Trinity Audio Group is using Linux and open-source audio applications in a small, portable, inexpensive DAW (digital audio workstation) claimed capable of professional-quality recording and mixing. The Trinity DAW is based on an Intel PXA270 processor, and targets field recordists, podcasters and producers. The Trinity DAW uses lots of neat embedded and open-source technologies, […]

Nokia says it will ship a firmware upgrade for existing and new 770 Internet tablet owners. The OS 2006 upgrade, expected this quarter, will bring better memory performance and a “refreshed look.” It will also feature VOIP capabilities and a pre-installed Google Talk client with a full-screen “finger” keyboard. Additionally, the OS 2006 firmware release […]