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Notebook designs evolve at CES 2010
News This year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has seen the unveiling of several interesting new designs for portable computers. However, when used as a tablet, it runs Lenovo's custom Skylight Linux distribution on an ARM processor.
[January 6, 2010, 14:52]
Google unveils Nexus One Android 'superphone'
News The Nexus One can be ordered online directly from the company in the US, the first consumer hardware so available. This iteration of the Linux-based operating system offers graphical enhancements over its predecessors, such as animated wallpapers...
[January 5, 2010, 18:33]
Freescale unveils 'sub-£125' tablet design
News The design will be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas later this week, running both Google's Android mobile operating system and another, unspecified form of Linux. Chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a new...
[January 4, 2010, 15:19]
Looking forward to 2010. Part 1 - Killing Windows Mobile to save it.
Blog Clouds will tend to support the consumer world (Picnik, Amazon), enterprises will continue to build out their own data centers, and Netbook sector growth rates continue to post very large numbers.will be The year of Operating System Wars: Windows...
[December 28, 2009, 12:10]
Can I have fries with that? (Consumer rights)
Blog Also take Apple, Hardware AND Software Vendors, .okayyy, Did you know that Darwin, a OS X transition platform, is Linux based. It's the same with Windows NT is Linux based.wait a minute .you mean these companies used FREE open source for there...
[December 4, 2009, 8:44]
Holding on to the Past...
Blog Comment Hi JW my attitude was 'what the consumer sees only' most consumers dont even know there is a Kubuntu, never mind Distros. Ubuntu is the first Distro to hit a major OEM (Dell) so thats what the general public first experiance a linux Distro,( I...
[November 18, 2009, 16:26]
Nokia could drop Symbian for Maemo on N-series
Blog This may suggest that Symbian will be relegated to Nokia's enterprise-focused E-series range, with Maemo powering the Finnish manufacturer's consumer-oriented handsets. Nokia could drop Symbian for the Maemo Linux operating system on its flagship N...
[November 18, 2009, 11:53]
Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share
News The analyst said Microsoft would have to come up with something "more competitive and consumer-oriented in 2010 when they announce Windows Mobile 7", but the new operating system would have to be "something pretty drastic" in order to reverse...
[November 13, 2009, 15:24]
At what point should Microsoft get scared?
Blog From enterprise to consumer, from cloud to mobile, everything was included. I digested that prediction while reflecting on the fact that I was watching Schmidt in high resolution via YouTube within Chrome under Linux, on a machine that was...
[October 29, 2009, 18:53]
Ubuntu 9.10 brings karma to the market
Leader The consumer world is more interesting. Ubuntu 9.10 is the best desktop Linux yet. As a source of innovation, of community involvement and as a focal point in keeping Linux relevant to real people, it is unmatched.
[October 29, 2009, 13:52]
HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault review
Reviews The X510 is neatly styled, but very obviously a consumer design. Each user gets a private folder, plus configurable access to the preconfigured shared media folders, once more emphasising the consumer roots of the X510.
[October 19, 2009, 13:16]
Netgear router not open source, says coder
News I need to get back to my team to look into this," said Vivek Pathela, Netgear's general manager of home consumer products. Networking company Netgear has been accused of breaking open-source licensing conditions, by shipping a Linux-based router...
[October 7, 2009, 16:48]
Japanese researchers harness parallel chips
News We are developing software de facto standard or API for multicore processors for consumer electronics and real-time embedded systems, [such as those used in] automobiles," he explained. Our targets are for consumer electronics and real-time...
[September 30, 2009, 15:22]
Intel invites developers to write apps for Atom
News The netbook has become one of the most popular consumer devices in the market today, but its true potential has been limited by applications that are not optimised for its mobility and smaller screen size.
[September 23, 2009, 13:21]
Microsoft: Vista Stunk, but we PROMISE not to do it again with Win7
Blog Comment Another negative effect is that at the consumer level there is little or now perception of difference, advantage or disadvantage, which means there is little or no incentive for distributors to offer alternatives; conversely, there is obviously an...
[September 21, 2009, 10:03]
Voda avoiding Linux netbooks due to user confusion
Blog Comment Linux is not Windows, and it never will be, so if that is the criteria for acceptance, the consumer is going to be disappointed. The consumer needs to be willing and able to accept that the procedure for connecting printers, viewing video or...
[September 17, 2009, 9:13]
ARM targets Intel with 2GHz multicore chips
News To date, ARM has mostly partnered with companies making components for wireless, consumer and automotive equipment. ARM also intends the multicore Cortex-A9 design to be used in consumer equipment. The design is applicable to all sorts of servers...
[September 16, 2009, 10:00]
Voda avoiding Linux netbooks due to user confusion
Blog David Pollington, the operator's head of consumer and internet technical research, said on Wednesday that netbooks — which originally came with Linux rather than Windows as their operating systems — had originally been intended as always-on web...
[September 16, 2009, 9:23]
Stanford scientists create open source camera
Blog The device, which team has nicknamed Frankencamera, is aimed primarily at other researchers rather than the average consumer, but it's hoped that it will cost less than $1000 to buy. The hardware specification for Frankencamera is modest: A Texas...
[September 4, 2009, 16:41]
Linux kernel team grows, Torvalds drops off chart
Blog Sony, Nokia and Samsung are all mentioned as adding code that supports consumer electronic equipment, with other code coming from Volkswagen for automobile networking and Quantum Controls BV, which makes navigational devices for yachts.
[August 21, 2009, 15:09]
