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Linux.com: "In the swarming Indian metropolis Mumbai, it can be a gymnastic exercise just to fish in your pocket on the packed city buses and stretch out your paying hand to the conductor..."
PRWeb: "DeviceVM... today announced the proliferation of their innovative software across four new models of ASUS motherboards..."
LinuxDevices: "Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone 'platform of choice,' it said..."
LinuxDevices: "In an opinion piece for Embedded.com, Green Hills Software CEO Dan O'Dowd has resumed his crusade against embedded Linux--with a new twist..."
LinuxDevices: "Mercury Computer Systems announced a Linux-based engineering development kit for a 7-10 pound computer that targets small ground, naval, and air vehicles..."
Embedded.com: "'Embedded Linux is the most hyped embedded operating system ever. It is promoted as inexpensive, high quality, high productivity, reliable, widely available, and well supported. It is none of these things…'"
BetaNews: "A pint-sized, multi-functional Linux server small enough to hold in the palm of your hand, was released this week into the North American market by Japan-based Plat'Home..."
#open.ended: "The open source Maemo platform, which is used on Nokia's Internet Tablet devices, will soon support Trolltech's Qt development toolkit..."
LinuxDevices:"Linux was used by 18 percent of embedded engineers responding to a survey, making it tops overall among both free and commercial OSes..."
InformationWeek: "It's not a forecast that will leave Symbian and Windows Mobile supporters quaking in their boots, but ABI Research is predicting that about 20% of middle and high-end mobile handsets will be running some form of the Linux operating system by 2013..."
LinuxDevices: "A British Columbia-based startup called InkMedia announced an under-$300 notebook that runs embedded Linux..."
Computerworld: "Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to rejigger and expand its Windows Embedded family of operating systems in an attempt to enlist developers of handhelds and other devices to help the software vendor combat increasing competition from Linux..."
LinuxDevices: "Ampro will begin distributing a Ubuntu Linux derivative with its x86-compatible single-board computers this month, it said..."
Why am I still typing?'s Weblog: "In fact it is my considered belief that the best hardware to run Linux on is infact (almost) any machine that is at least 12 months old..."
internetnews.com: "For more than a few reasons, open source mobile operating systems based on the Linux kernel may have a significant impact on future product development..."
Negative Approach: "Plat'Home, a very early Linux provider in Japan, is bringing its OpenBlock server, a small, easy-to-use, easy-to-configure solution for growing companies, to North America..."
LinuxDevices: "Dozens of network-attached storage (NAS) servers and other consumer appliances are about to gain mainline kernel and Debian GNU/Linux support..."
DeviceGuru: "Developers thinking of using Linux as an embedded operating system won't want to miss the annual Embedded Linux Conference coming to Silicon Valley next month..."
LinuxDevices: "Newly available open source software could significantly increase Linux's utility in industrial computing applications..."
Roundup: Efforts to get Linux onto the iPhone platform have met serious resistance. So much so, that one Linux developer says the Microsoft mobile platform tools are more open than Apple's.
Ars Technica:"An electronics company called Kysoh aims to bring the Linux mascot to life with a unique programmable toy..."
LinuxDevices: "KwikByte is shipping its smallest, lowest-cost single-board computer yet..."
LinuxInsider: "In the 1980s, auto manufacturers began using simple computers called the 'engine control unit,' or ECU, to monitor and regulate such things as fuel mixture and spark plug timing..."
LinuxDevices: "Firmware company General Software announced that it is selling customized, quick-booting versions of its Linux-compatible BIOS firmware to the medical device industry..."
LinuxDevices: "Wind River's 4Q 2008 earnings results showed expected revenue growth to $84.3 million and a net loss of $2 million. However, Linux bookings were up 66 percent..."
The VAR Guy: "Cha-ching. That's the noise open source companies hope to hear as they launch new point-of-sale solutions for VARs and retail customers..."
Kapica's Cyberia: "While Canadian telcos are still dragging their feet in following the U.S. example of making cellphone data fees more competitive, the U.S. telcos are about to scratch each other's eyes out after the arrival of Linux-based handsets..."
LinuxInsider: "To long-time promoters of mobile Linux, Google's announcement of Android marked a critical market inflection point..."
LinuxDevices: "A Seattle-based nonprofit organization called Literacy Bridge hopes to create a low-cost audio player for the developing world..."
The VAR Guy: "Digium, one of Asterisk’s strongest proponents, plans to announce a global distribution partnership within two weeks, The VAR Guy has learned..."
Computerworld: "Mozilla says it is working hard to convince cellular operators to allow 3G subscribers use mobile Firefox, which, in a nutshell, demonstrates how the operators are resisting open Internet access..."
Linux.com: "Its ability to play Internet radio is nice--but is it worth its price...?"
LinuxDevices: "Emerson Network Power announced a microTCA system said to cost half what existing microTCA products go for..."
Computerworld: "Point-of-sale leader embraces Microsoft's WEPOS software as alternative to Linux..."
electronista: "Its first Linux variant aimed at handhelds, the software is tailored for the Mobile Internet Devices expected to launch in spring based on Intel's Silverthorne technology..."
IT Week: "Mobile Linux is gaining attention but handset capabilities are more important than the software platform..."
LinuxDevices: "In the North American market for POS (point of sales/service) terminals, Linux grew 32 percent year-over-year, according to figures released by IHL Group..."
LinuxDevices: "In an interview with LinuxDevices, MontaVista's new president and CEO Russell 'Rusty' Harris said the company expects growth in a diverse array of markets, not only carrier-grade and mobile segments..."
LinuxDevices: "Bologna, Italy-based TBE has announced a Linux-based panel PC aimed at HMI (human-machine interface) applications..."
LinuxWorld: "Google released an update to the SDK (software development kit) for Android, its mobile-phone operating system..." -= Click here to change filter settings =- | ![]()
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Linux Rides Pillion on Mumbai City Buses Become A System Rescue Guru With Linux, Part 1 One of Carla Schroder's favorite Linux features is its endless adaptability as a cross-platform rescue tool, and her favorite rescue Linux of all is the excellent Gentoo-based SystemRescueCD. In this series, you'll learn how to set things right when things on your PC go awry. Reflections on Open Source Commerce, Part 1 It has been more than two years since the Yin and Yang article was published on LinuxPlanet. Now, open source expert and author John Terpstra revisits the state of the Linux desktop and server in today's market and highlights the challenges Linux faces to succeed. Connecting With ISPhone With open source and proprietary parts, an industry veteran has built a competitive product that offers advantages to even the smallest ISP. GNU/Linux: Source Code and Human Rights By using Free and Open Source software, you are supporting one of the few initiatives that give developing nations and the poor any hope of participating as equals in the modern world. GRUB vs. the Inodes: Who Needs a Bootable System, Anyway? Users of GRUB legacy, which is version 0.97, are getting bitten by an e2fsprogs incompatibility that renders their systems unbootable. e2fsprogs is the utilities package for the Ext3 filesystem, so it doesn't affect other filesystems. Resident expert Carla Schroder explains the problem and details some fixes to get affected systems back up. The Top 75 Open Source Security Apps Without much fanfare, the open source security area is growing rapidly. Here are top contenders from anti-virus, firewalls, forensics, intrusion detection, and more. Benchmarking Linux With the Phoronix Test Suite The Phoronix Test Suite is for testing hardware performance under Linux. It's still very young and incomplete, but it's worth getting acquainted with--it is based on the the scripts developed by the fine folks at Phoronix for hardware testing. TUXACO EXTENDS TRAINING PORTFOLIO (Mar 14th) RUFFDOGS, INC. launches Restore PE (Personal Edition) backup software with TECHNALIGN, INC. TaFusion MEPIS Linux (Mar 14th) LumenVox and Digium Partner to Offer Speech-enabled Asterisk Open Source and Business Edition PBXs (Mar 13th) KoanLogic announces KLone-DevKit release (Mar 13th) LinuxIT Europe and Red Hat on a mission to make Linux even easier (Mar 13th) Linux Today
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