Tag Archive for 'open-source'


Wednesday, Sep 17th 2008 by Chris Davies

Neuros has begun shipping their high definition Neuros OSD 2.0 developer kits, an open-source DVR based on Texas Instruments’ DaVinci DM 6446 chipset.  Comprising all the basic hardware a developer might need to begin coding for the multiformat set-top box, the OSD 2.0 HD includes two composite and one component inputs, together with composite, component and HDMI [...]

Tuesday, Jul 22nd 2008 by Chris Davies

Over at CrunchGear they’ve got fed up waiting for Apple or another manufacturer to decide to build a low-cost, super-thin web tablet, and so they’ve decided to put together something themselves.  Aiming for an eventual $200 price point, the spec would be straightforward: a reasonably-sized touchscreen, the bare minimum in terms of grunt (since all [...]

Wednesday, Jul 2nd 2008 by Ewdison Then

After being in development for quite sometime, OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner is now available for end users to buy. On July 4th, OpenMoko will be taking orders for the handset and expected to be shipping on July 7th.
The Linux powered handset will be available in two version, 850MHz or 900 MHz Tri-band GSM. It weighing 6.5 [...]

Monday, May 5th 2008 by Chris Davies

Eyebeam are looking to bring DIY multitouch to the masses with their open-source Cubit project.  Promising a touchscreen table in the style of Microsoft’s Surface, only with a far smaller $500-1,000 build cost, Eyebeam have made the hardware schematics and software source code available for anyone to download.  They also sell a kit that includes the [...]

Monday, Apr 14th 2008 by James Allan Brady

Android phones are starting to slowly come out of the woodwork with no official production ready models being announced yet. However there is an event in London involving HTC on May 6th, a company that vowed to release the first Android phone. They are also known for making some of the best Windows Mobile [...]


Tuesday, Apr 1st 2008 by James Allan Brady

Qualcomm is at CTIA these year showing off the incredible functionality of some of their chips. One way they decided to show off this functionality was throwing together an Android phone. Then they put Quake on it.
Quake, a Doom-Like FPS from the good old days of PC gaming, is a fairly demanding game, especially considering [...]

Friday, Mar 28th 2008 by Ewdison Then

Nowadays, Linux has been used for so many gadgets and computing appliances - some of those who use them does not even know Linux powers it. While Linux is not the bona-fide desktop OS in term of market share, it is a very powerful operating system that many average Joe still afraid of giving [...]

Thursday, Mar 27th 2008 by James Allan Brady

If you don’t remember the Dash, it’s the new GPS unit that was co-developed with OpenMoko, and actually utilizes the OpenMoko Platform. It has WiFi and GPRS built in that allow it to do all sorts of cool things including search Yahoo on the fly for points of interest or upload, wirelessly, addresses, POIs, or [...]

Monday, Mar 24th 2008 by James Allan Brady

So some guy (Read: Eric Burke) decided to build a case/computer in dedication to the Open Handset Alliances’ new development platform known as Android. The logo for the platform is some Clip Art quality green robot and this PC essentially looks like the head of said robot.

Monday, Mar 24th 2008 by Ewdison Then

Four Fujitsu LifeBook laptops is now Novell YES Certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. The LifeBook U810, T2010, P1620 and S6510 have been heavily tested with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop distribution to ensure the compatibility.


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