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5 Special Devices from CES 2010 that Run on Linux
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| Lots of fascinating new devices were
| showcased during past week's Consumer
| Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In
| addition to marketing new products events
| like the CES serve as an opportunity to
| demonstrate what technology can do.
| Naturally, some of those feats may not prove
| particularly useful, but they are fun to
| watch anyway.
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http://www.linux-netbook.com/5-special-devices-from-ces-2010-that-run-on-linux
ARM9 industrial SoC gains video chops
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| Atmel announced a version of its ARM926EJ-
| based "SAM9" line of industrial-focused
| system-on-chips, this time integrating a
| video decoder and graphics acceleration. The
| SAM9M10 ships with a Linux evaluation board
| and BSP, and supports video at up to 720 x
| 576 pixels and 30 frames per second, says
| the company.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/SAM9M10/?kc=rss
Android-ready PMP sports AMOLED display
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| One of these Windows-oriented devices -- the
| Viliv P3 PMP (portable media player) -- also
| runs Android, and offers an 800MHz ARM Cortex-
| A8 processor, WiFi, and a 3.7-inch AMOLED
| display.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Yukyung-extends-Viliv-brand-at-CES/?kc=rss
Recent:
Big Software has duped us for decades â Part I
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| Big Software Goliaths like Oracle (ORCL),
| Microsoft (MSFT), Sybase (SY) and SAP (SAP) use
| multi-year enterprise license agreements that
| lock you into annual fees that go up, but can
| almost never be reduced. They encourage you to
| make large upfront purchases of software
| licenses by providing significant volume
| discounts. Volume discounts are common in the
| software industry and help you achieve a lower
| price-point on your software licenses and
| annual support fees. However, encouraging you
| to purchase larger quantities than you need
| often leads to âshelfwareâ, i.e., owning a
| whole lot of software you donât use.
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http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/10/23/big-software-has-duped-us-for-decades-part-i/
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