Eurotech is readying a 5.25-inch single board computer based on Intel Core i5 or i7 processors up to 2.53GHz. The Antares — also available inside an industrial rackmount PC called the Antares Ice — supports up to four independent displays, and offers dual gigabit Ethernet ports, extensive USB and serial connectivity, PCIe and SATA expansion, plus extended temperature support.

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Lantronix is shipping a new member of its MatchPort family of embedded device servers that supports Ethernet networking. The MatchPort NR is a dedicated co-processor serial device server module based on a Lantronix DSTni x86 processor that manages network activity, thereby offloading the device's host microprocessor.

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The Fedora project's community-driven Fedora 13 Linux distribution has been reviewed by eWEEK, which was impressed with its cutting-edge enterprise features. The review praises Fedora's new security and permissions features such as the AccountsDialog user management utility, and author Jason Brooks also likes the new command line interface for NetworkManager.

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Quantcast reported a 4.6 percent jump in Android-driven mobile web traffic in North America over the last three months, while Apple's iPhone dropped 4.7 percent. Meanwhile, Chitika, using similar measurements, found that the Motorola Droid still dominates Android handsets with 33.75 percent traffic share, while Verizon owns 48 percent share of Android traffic by carrier.

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Toshiba has announced NAND flash memory devices said to offer the highest densities ever. The new 128GB and 64GB devices use chips built on 32 nanometer process technology, integrate controllers for standard interfaces, and target smartphones, tablet PCs, and digital video cameras, the company says.

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Acrosser announced a PC that can run Linux inside arcade gaming consoles or slot machines. The ACE-S8700 includes golden finger and ccTalk interfaces, a VGA output, four serial ports, plus an intrusion logger and up to 512KB of battery-backed static RAM, the company says.

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NEC is preparing an Android 2.1 tablet for the Japanese market based on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor. The LifeTouch offers a seven-inch, WVGA touchscreen, a SDHC slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, sensors, and a three-megapixel camera, says NEC.

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Eurotech and Freescale Semiconductor announced a partnership to develop COM Express boards based on Freescale's multicore, PowerPC-based QorIQ system-on-chips (SoCs). Eurotech also recently announced a $1.5 million medical device win for its Linux-ready, ARM9-based Sphere II single board computer.

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First quarter notebook PC revenues grew to $31.1 billion — a six percent quarter-to-quarter increase, a 31 percent year-to-year boost, and the best quarter since Q3 2008, says DisplaySearch. Leading the way were mini-note PCs (netbooks), and slates (tablets), which together grew 56.4 percent year-over-year, says the research firm, but tablets are expected to start cutting into netbook sales.

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Opengear announced three new UCLinux-based remote management device servers, focusing on industrial applications. In addition to the general-purpose, $475 ACM5004-2-I server, there's a telecom-oriented ACM5004-2-I-SDC version with a 48V DC power supply, plus an extended-temperature ACM5004-2-T aimed at utility networks, the company says.

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Google's Android team will focus on user interface issues in the upcoming “Gingerbread” release of Android in an attempt to dissuade handset vendors from adding their own UI layers, writes Michael Arrington in TechCrunch. Meanwhile, Google is preparing an Android-linked iTunes competitor called Google Music, says CNET.

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Avnet announced a product bundle for those wanting to experiment with Xilinx's Spartan-6 FPGA (field programmable gate array). The “Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA PCIe I/O Reference Design” includes an Intel Atom-powered module and baseboard from Kontron, a PCI Express-based Spartan-6 board, and a video output adapter, the company says.

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Open source electronics firm Liquidware has released a kit for attaching a 4.4-inch Liquidware BeagleTouch OLED touchscreen to a BeagleBoard to construct a Linux-based, tablet device. The Beagle Embedded Starter Kit also incorporates a BeagleJuice battery module and a 4GB SD card.

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Motorola is prepping two high-end Android phones for summer release on Verizon — the 4.3-inch Droid X and a keyboard-enabled Droid 2 — say reports. Meanwhile, LG will ship 20 Android phones this year, and Sony Ericsson is readying a mid-range Xperia X8 Android model, say other reports.

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Samsung announced two low-end Android handsets — the 3.2-inch Galaxy 3 (I5800) and the 2.8-inch Galaxy 5 (I5500) — as well as two Bada OS phones called the Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. Meanwhile, Samsung is prepping a keyboard version of its Galaxy S Android phone called the Galaxy S Pro, says AndroidCommunity.

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