A group called the Traffic Squeezer project released an open source application that accelerates WAN network traffic. The Traffic Squeezer software uses lossless compression and other procedures to accelerate traffic on Linux-based network devices, and it's said a port to an embedded hardware version is… (more…)

UMID is readying a MID-like ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) for the Korean market that runs Linux. The UMID Mbook is equipped with an Intel Atom processor, a 4.8-inch, 1024 x 600 touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth, 1.3-megapixel camera, and a HSDPA 3G cellular modem, says the company. (more…)

Motorola announced a 28 percent drop in revenues year over year, with handset sales falling sharply as the company waits for its fourth-quarter Android smartphone launch, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, other industry reports confirm Android smartphone plans from Acer and Taiwanese carrier Far EasTone. (more…)

A Chinese wireless device manufacturer has announced three tracking devices that use both GPS and GSM cellular triangulation location services. Xexun's TK102 (pictured), TK103, and TK201 (“Mini”) GPS Tracker devices run embedded Linux and claim to offer up to five-meter location accuracy, says Xexun. (more…)

IBM DeveloperWorks has published a tutorial on “Cloud computing with Linux thin clients.” The introductory tutorial by Jeffrey M. Osier-Mixon looks at Linux thin clients from netbooks to e-books, explores applications for accessing “cloud” resources, and notes the “green” benefits of using… (more…)

IEI Technology announced a rugged, Linux-ready, IP67-waterproof panel PC aimed at marine, avionics, military, mining, engineering, and industrial applications. The Sailor-12A and sunlight readable Sailor-12ASR run on 1.6GHz Intel Atom processors, and offer 12.1-inch, 1024 x 768 touchscreens and 802.11b/g/n WiFi, says the… (more…)

Supercomputing Systems (SCS) is shipping a $300 programmable video camera with open source hardware and software. The LeanXcam is based on a 500MHz Analog Devices Blackfin processor, captures 752 x 480, 60fps video, and runs a uClinux-based OSCar (Open-Source Camera) Software Framework, supporting machine-vision application… (more…)

Igel has released an add-in card that enables old desktop PCs to be turned into Linux thin clients on the cheap. The “Igel TC Card” costs $100 and requires a computer to have an available PCI slot and an IDE interface, the company says. (more…)

Socket Mobile has joined the trend of offering Linux support for WiFi cards by announcing Linux drivers for its Go Wi-Fi SDIO WLAN cards and modules. The drivers will be offered via a partnership with Embwise, which is porting its SDIOWorx stack to the devices. (more…)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Apple to defend the First Amendment rights of a noncommercial online forum. The suit comes in response to pressure from Apple lawyers that forced “BluWiki” to remove discussions of how to make third-party media management software work with the iPhone and iPod. (more…)

Beijing, China-based IVT Corp. announced the availability of what it claims is the world's first Bluetooth 3.0+HS commercial stack for the Linux-based Moblin and Android mobile device platforms. (more…)

Developers at the University of San Diego say they will demonstrate massive power savings for desktop PCs from embedding an ARM- and Linux-based Gumstix CPU into a network interface. (more…)

Open Invention Network (OIN) announced that three of the eight patents cited in Microsoft's lawsuit against TomTom have been posted for prior art review by the Linux community. (more…)

Samsung Electronics announced its first Android phone, which will be offered by Telefonica's O2 network in Germany, starting as early as June. The Samsung I7500 offers a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a five megapixel camera, says the Korean consumer electronics giant. (more…)

China-based Routon Electronic Co. is readying two ARM11-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that can run Linux or Android, according to an industry report. Routon's P760 MID and the touchscreen-only P730 MID (pictured) are both equipped with a Samsung S3C6410 processor clocked to 677MHz, says the story. (more…)