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GUI toolkit adds OpenGL support
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| Wind River has rev'd its GUI development
| suite for embedded devices, adding support
| for OpenGL 3D graphics. Wind River Tilcon
| Graphics Suite 5.8 also broadens its
| embedded target operating system support
| from Linux and VxWorks to Windows CE and
| Windows XP, and adds support for more
| hardware platforms, including the Intel
| Atom, says the company.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Wind-River-Tilcon-Graphics-Suite-58/
Next Generation Virtual Platform Simulator Released by Imperas and OVP Initiative Extends Simulation Speed Advantage By 50 Percent
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| Highlights of this June 2010 release are the
| virtual platform simulator OVPsim, which has
| improved its industry leading performance by
| 50 percent; fast models of PowerPC
| processors, and a MIPS-based reference
| platform under SystemC/TLM-2.0 which boots
| both Linux and Mentor Graphicâs Nucleus
| RTOS.
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http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/10/06/b344101/next-generation-virtual-platform-simulator-released-by-imperas-and-ovp-
Better Readability Today won't save E-Readers Tomorrow
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| Here's the problem I have with this
| electrophoretic technology: it's only black
| and white. While that doesn't matter with
| novels, having color sure does make a
| difference for many technical books. As my
| friend Carla Schroder, writer and editor of
| Linux Planet, put it, "Books in color is
| where it's at, especially technical and how-
| to books. Why would I want to put my
| Audacity [an excellent, open-source audio
| editor] book on the Kindle, for one example,
| when being able to show blue waveforms and
| green level meters and red clipping bars
| adds tons of useful information."
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http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/111941/better-readability-today-wont-save-e-readers-tomorrow
Recent:
Six Ways of Looking at the Nook
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| Firefox was of course an open-source
| software development project, versus
| Microsoft's proprietary IE. The Nook is
| meant to break two closed systems. One is
| Amazon's proprietary Kindle format for e-
| reading books, versus the Nook's open ePub
| format.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/06/six-ways-of-looking-at-the-nook/57450/
Amazon and Barnes & Noble slash e-reader prices
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| The Android-based Nook is currently 3G
| only, while Amazon's Linux platform is
| based around Wi-Fi. However, Barnes & Noble
| is to introduce a Wi-Fi Nook priced at $149
| (Â101), putting more pressure on Amazon.
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http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2265149/price-war-amazon-b-n-slash-book
Kindle vs. Nook: The price war is on; E-reader shipments to surge?
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| The price war in e-readers is on and the
| scrum between Amazonâs Kindle and Barnes &
| Nobleâs Nook may be enough to change the
| buying calculus for dedicated reading
| devices.
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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/kindle-vs-nook-the-price-war-is-on-e-reader-shipments-to-surge/36066
Dedicated E-Readers: They're History
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| Barnes & Noble just launched a new Wi-Fi
| only version of the Nook for $149 and cut
| the price of the original, with both Wi-Fi
| and 3G from $259 to $199. Whoops! And,
| what's this? I no sooner finish this blog
| and Amazon drops the bottom-line Kindle's
| price to $189. That's great, right? Wrong.
| It's actually just postponing the end of
| all dedicated e-readers.
|
| [...]
|
| Besides, in the next few months you're
| going to see a flood of Linux-powered iPad
| clones and other tablet devices. I expect
| these tablets to have prices ranging from
| $150 to $250 and, thanks to most of them
| running Google Android, they'll be able to
| run many of the same applications that now
| live on Apple iPads. Besides, when it comes
| to e-readers, the Nook is an Android Linux
| device and there's already a Kindle for
| Android application.
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http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/111655/dedicated-e-readers-theyre-history
Edge the first foldable dual screen ebook reader/netbook
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| If you are looking for a dual screen ebook
| reader/netbook which is available now, the
| enTourage eDge may be exactly what you need.
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http://www.handlewithlinux.com/linux-dual-screen-e-reader-tablet-eDge
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