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Amplicon announced two fanless embedded systems that offer an operating range from 23 to 122 deg. F and include dual expansion slots. The Impact-E 72 has two PCI slots, while the Impact-E 73 has PCI and PCI Express, and both are available with Celeron, Core i5, or Core i7 CPUs, according to the company.
Winamp announced its Winamp for Android 1.0 app, offering a redesigned interface, wireless sync over Wi-Fi, iTunes import, and Shoutcast radio streaming. Meanwhile, Hulu tipped the upcoming availability of its media player on selected Android phones, starting with the Samsung Nexus S.
Apple's share of the media tablet market fell to 73 percent in 4Q 2010, due to the arrival of Android tablets led by the Samsung Galaxy Tab, says IDC. Still, the iPad will maintain a 70-80 percent share in 2011, the research firm adds, while Forrester puts the figure at 80 percent, and projects that only Amazon.com could mount significant competition via a color Kindle.
iVeia announced what appears to be the first computer-on-module (COM) based on Xilinx' FPGA-enabled Cortex-A9 system-on-chip. Featuring a Zynq-7020 with dual cores clocked to 800MHz, the Atlas-I-Z7e offers 512MB of LPDDR2 memory, microSD and USB 2.0 expansion, Linux and Android support, “extremely low power” sleep modes, and measures just 3.37 x 1.25 x 0.25 inches, says the company.
While Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his retinue of media followers are claiming we live in a “post-PC world,” that's far from the case, according to IHS iSuppli. In fact, global PC shipments were up 14 percent last year, hitting a record level of 345.4 million units, the research firm says.
Attachmate's bid to acquire enterprise software and Linux distribution firm Novell for $2.2 billion has been delayed, due to questions about the sale of 882 patents to a Microsoft-led consortium of vendors. The U.S. Department of Justice is taking longer than expected on due diligence regarding the patents, leading to investor frustration.
IEI announced a 5.25-inch single board computer (SBC) equipped with Intel Atom D425 or D525 processors. The Nova-PV-D4251/D5251 offers up to 4GB of DDR3 memory and CompactFlash storage, expansion via PCI, PCI-104 and PCIe expansion, plus I/O including two or four Ethernet ports and eight USB 2.0 ports, says the company.
OK Labs announced a partnership with security IT firm Galois to develop and commercialize ultra-secure communications, data processing, and control systems based on the OKL4 hypervisor. Initially designed for virtual cohabitation with Linux, Android, and embedded RTOSes on secure mobile and other embedded devices, the solutions will meet standards including EAL5-EAL7, says OK Labs.
OpenLogic announced the results of a license-compliance assessment of 635 Android, iPhone, and iPad apps, finding that of the 66 apps with open source GPL/LPGL or Apache licenses, 71 percent failed to comply with license requirements. Apple iOS actually scored higher at compliance, with 32 percent compared to 29 percent compliance for Android apps, says the study.
Win Enterprises announced a 1U rackmount network appliance with a single- or dual-core Atom processor plus both PCI and Mini PCI expansion slots. The PL-80300 includes a CompactFlash slot and 3.5-inch drive bay, six gigabit Ethernet ports, three USB ports, and a serial console port, according to the company.
Many analysts are applauding HP's decision to place its Linux-based WebOS on all of its Windows-based PCs in 2012 as an alternative fast-boot distro, but some caution it could alienate Microsoft. The deployment will represent a huge leap forward for Linux on the desktop, albeit in a limited capacity — and HP may be grooming WebOS for a bigger desktop role.
The mail server hosting the members-only security mailing list “Vendor-Sec” for open source Linux vendors has been severely damaged, shutting down the list for the time being. Much of the information on the list was under embargo, offering a direct source of exploits for unpatched vulnerabilities in Linux and BSD.
Avalue announced a 15-inch panel PC that's suitable for use in marine or industrial applications, thanks to IP65 sealing all around. The SPC-1505 includes a 1.8GHz, dual-core Atom D525 processor, up to 3GB of RAM, hard disk or CompactFlash storage, plus waterproof I/O ports, the company says.
Canonical has announced Ubuntu 11.10 (“Oneiric Ocelot”) featuring an alternative 2D UI and more Qt integration. Meanwhile, controversy's looming over the company's alleged anti-open source behavior in recent changes to Ubuntu, new tablet-focused features have been tipped, and the Linux distro has been ported to Motorola's Xoom tablet.
The Fedora project released an alpha version of Fedora Linux 15 (“Lovelock”), debuting GNOME 3.0 and its new GNOME Shell UI layer. Fedora 15 also features KDE 4.6, LibreOffice, a cloud-oriented BoxGrinder appliance builder, and the availability of SystemD as the default configuration system.