Topic: COMPUTER - on August 19, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM CEST
Beagle Board - ultra tiny, 2-Watt Linux system
The beagleboard is low cost fanless development board with Linux support. And it is low cost, you can get one for $149 from digikey. And it is low power, it uses less than 2 Watts and can run via USB power (although it does have a secondary power input).
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 15, 2008 at 1:02:00 PM CEST
Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software
A legal dispute involving model railroad hobbyists has resulted in a major courtroom victory for the free software movement also known as open-source software. Skip to next paragraph
In a ruling Wednesday, the federal appeals court in Washington said that just because a software programmer gave his work away did not mean it could not be protected.
The decision legitimizes the use of commercial contracts for the distribution of computer software and digital artistic works for the public good. The court ruling also bolsters the open-source movement by easing the concerns of large organizations about relying on free software from hobbyists and hackers who have freely contributed time and energy without pay.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 14, 2008 at 11:00:00 AM CEST
Picotux 100 Desktop Computer
* 32-bit ARM 7 Netsilicon NS7520 processor (55MHz) * 2MB flash storage * 8 MB SDRAM * uClinux 2.4.27 Big Endian (native) operating system
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 12, 2008 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting
Well this is just perfect. At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled amongst the Nest's steel twigs. Perhaps an Opening Cermonies IT dude spit out his coffee on the machines in the server room when Li took to the sky?
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 10, 2008 at 6:33:00 PM CEST
Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop
Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world’s poorest children. And then the fat-cat multinationals got scared and broke it...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2005, Nicholas Negroponte, supreme prophet of digital connectivity, revealed a strange tent-like object. It was designed to change the world and to cost $100. It was a solar-powered laptop. Millions would be distributed to children in the developing world, bringing them connection, education, enlightenment and freedom of information. The great, the good, the rich and the technocrats nodded in solemn approval.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 24, 2008 at 12:59:43 PM CEST
HP packaging madness continues apace
As you can see, it had been shipped on a wooden pallet, no doubt to support the immense weight involved. We tore back the black plastic so that the awesome size of the package on the pallet could be seen.
"When we finally finished taking pictures and falling around laughing we found the package contained one vanilla flavour PS2 mouse. We could only think that it was a much fatter mouse when it was shipped but had lost a lot of weight due to the amount of time it took to arrive."
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 15, 2008 at 11:40:56 AM CEST
Researcher to demonstrate attack code for Intel chips
Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running.
Kaspersky will demonstrate how such an attack can be made in a presentation at the upcoming Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during October. The proof-of-concept attacks will show how processor bugs, called errata, can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and a knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the compiler.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 10, 2008 at 2:29:41 PM CEST
Linux For Housewives. XP For Geeks.
ZDNet has an article sure to raise the hackles of any self-respecting geek. They report that housewives buying small laptops like the Asus EE are causing Linux usage for that demographic to spike. A reporter for Tech-On states that 'Retailers and contract manufacturers in Taiwan say that novice PC users there, like students and housewives, tend to buy the Linux version of the Eee PC701, while geeks go for Windows XP.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 20, 2008 at 2:09:48 PM CEST
One tonne 'Baby' marks its birth
Sixty years ago the "modern computer" was born in a lab in Manchester.
The Small Scale Experimental Machine, or "Baby", was the first to contain memory which could store a program.
The room-sized computer's ability to carry out different tasks - without having to be rebuilt - has led some to describe it as the "first modern PC".
Using just 128 bytes of memory, it successfully ran its first set of instructions - to determine the highest factor of a number - on 21 June 1948.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 18, 2008 at 2:03:08 PM CEST
Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years
After 15 years of development, Wine version 1.0 has been released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on June 6, 2008 at 2:25:16 PM CEST
How to Turn Your PlayStation 3 Into a Linux PC (and Win Our Mod)
The Cell processor inside Sony's PlayStation 3 is a powerhouse that lets the gaming console render highly detailed graphics at blistering speed. That same chip gives the PS3 all the processing muscle it needs to become a fully functional computer. When we first heard this was possible, we were sure the procedure had to be illegal, or that it would at least void the warranty. But as it turns out, this is that rarest of finds in consumer electronics: a perfectly legal, manufacturer-supported hack that adds significant functionality. With a little bit of effort and expense, we turned a PS3 into a Linux computer—without losing any of the machine's native gaming goodness. And we'd like one of our readers to win it.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on May 29, 2008 at 12:29:15 PM CEST
Sightline Monitor Wall System: A Monitor Wall for Every Environment
For the multiple-screen lover, Sightline Monitor Wall System is a functional and elegant workspace solution! The dynamic system allows for easy expansion and future reconfigurations with minimal down-time.
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