Feb 14

CUPP crams ARM inside of a MacBook Pro, makes it run Android with a button press (video)

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CUPP’s original prototype wasn’t exactly gorgeous, but the premise was sound — couple an ARM platform with an x86 CPU in order to give consumers the ability to run a desktop OS and a low-power OS such as Chrome OS or Android. It’s a tactic that has far-reaching potential. Imagine this: you’re on a flight attempting to finish up a document, but you only have ten percent of your battery remaining. On a standard desktop OS (like Window 7 or OS X), that’ll get you around 15 to 20 minutes of life; if you were instantly able to sleep that OS after saving your most recent copy on the hard drive, boot up Chrome OS and finish it there, you’d magically have at least an hour of usage time remaining. The fact is that ARM platforms require a fraction of the power that standard x86 systems do, with a demo unit here at MWC proving that a sleeping Windows 7 machine actually consumed more power than a typical ARM system that’s running. The company has shown off a beast of a machine before in order to prove that it’s concept was legit, but here at Barcelona’s mobile extravaganza, it brought something special: a modified MacBook Pro with a TI OMAP-based daughter-board module sitting in place of the optical drive. In theory, a battery similar to that found in the machine above could power an instance of Chrome OS or Android for 20 to 30 hours, just to give you some numbers to nibble on. Care to see how it all panned out? Hop on past the break for a few impressions along with a video.

Gallery: CUPP’s modified MacBook Pro does Android, Ubuntu at MWC 2011

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Feb 09

Flash Player 10.2 sheds beta label, improves efficiency with Stage Video playback

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Should you be one of those (sensible) people who don’t use software until all the Greek letters are removed from its name, we’ve got some happy news for you. Adobe’s Flash Player 10.2 has just exited beta testing and is now available for download to Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Its biggest new feature is the Stage Video API, which promises to drastically reduce the processor load of playing back high-res video. It’ll need to be enabled by content-providing sites like YouTube, Vimeo and Brightcove — all of whom are already on the job — but once that’s done, Adobe says 1080p playback will cost you no more than 15 percent of your CPU cycles. Other new additions include a single-monitor full screen option for multi-display rigs, allowing you to max out a Flash video on one panel while keeping the others free, IE9 hardware acceleration support, and some nifty sub-pixel text rendering enhancements to make our web lives marginally nicer to look at. Hit the source to get your download on.

Update: Flash Player 10.2 also marks Adobe’s discontinuation of support for PowerPC-based Macs and Microsoft’s Windows 2000 OS. So if you’re still rocking some finely aged gear, you’ll have to just content yourself with the awesomeness of 10.1.

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Feb 08

Browser & OS Stats for June 2008

Posted in: Linux, Mac, Opera, Software, Today's Chili, Web Sites, Windows

This article was written on July 02, 2008 by CyberNet.

Now that the month of June has wrapped up we can see what browsers and operating systems have emerged as victorious. In both segments Microsoft is still dominating the market according to Net Applications, but there are some competitors that continue to crawl up behind them. In fact both Windows and Internet Explorer dropped in market share for June 2008.

I’ve got all of the detailed stats below including how each browser and operating system changed from May to June, but if you want a quick summary here are two pie graphs that I put together. The top one shows the operating system market share for June 2008, and the bottom one shows the top browsers.

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–Web Browsers–

Both Opera and Firefox had big releases during the month of June, but neither one was made available until halfway through the month. So we might not be seeing the full results from the new releases. They both still climbed in the overall market share usage for June, and I suspect that July will be an even better month for them.

May 2008June 2008Change
Internet Explorer73.75%73.01%-0.74%
Firefox18.41%19.03%+0.62%
Safari6.25%6.31%+0.06%
Opera0.71%0.73%+0.02%
Netscape0.62%0.67%+0.06%
Mozilla0.08%0.09%+0.01%
Opera Mini0.05%0.05%0.00%
Playstation0.03%0.03%0.00%
Konqueror0.02%0.03%+0.01%

–Operating Systems–

I was going to breakdown the stats for the operating systems on a general basis (Windows, Linux, and Mac), but I thought it would be fun to see what the stats are for each of the individual versions. Overall Windows dropped 0.24% in market share and currently sits at 90.89%, while the Mac is approaching 8% of the total market. Here’s the breakdown for the top 10 operating systems:

May 2008June 2008Change
Windows XP72.12%71.20%-0.92%
Windows Vista15.26%16.14%+0.88%
Mac – Intel5.02%5.25%+0.23%
Mac OS2.81%2.69%-0.12%
Windows 20002.25%2.11%-0.14%
Linux0.68%0.80%+0.12%
Windows NT0.68%0.69%+0.01%
Windows 980.48%0.43%-0.05%
Windows ME0.27%0.25%-0.02%
iPhone0.16%0.16%0.00%

I would have to say that the craziest thing about those stats is the fact that 0.25% are still running Windows ME. Yikes! My condolences go out to those people.

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Feb 04

Tiny $150 PC Fits in a Power-Plug

Posted in: Linux, Miscellaneous, Today's Chili

Globalscale’s DreamPlug looks to have the build-quality of a $5 card-reader from your local dime-store, complete with ill-fitting plastic panels and 1980s utility-chic color-scheme. But who cares? This is a tiny PC that is smaller than the average wall-wart, and sups just 5 watts of power – the same as a USB port supplies.

The DreamPlug packs a 1.2GHz Marvell Sheeva CPU, 512MB RAM (and 2MB storage, upgradeable through a microSD slot). You also get a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports, two USB-ports, an eSATA port, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and even Wi-Fi (b and g).

Wait, there’s more: 48K/44.1 KHz audio (in and out), a 16-bit DAC, a headphone jack and an S/PDIF optical port.

Not bad, right? And here’s the price: $150. The DreamPlug comes with Ubuntu or Debian Linux, but you could probably do whatever you like with it. Like build a plug-in RSS-enabled BitTorrent box, or a surveillance system, or a media-server. At his price, you could get one just to tinker with.

One more thing: It’s tiny, but it gets even tinier. The part you see with the two power-plug prongs protruding? That’s removable, so you can squeeze this inside another box and run a cable to the mains.

The DreamPlug is available now. All your cheap, plasticky nerd-dreams can come true.

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Feb 03

Aava Mobile reportedly set to reveal Medfield-based Android / MeeGo phone at MWC

Posted in: Android, intel, Linux, meego, mwc, mwc 2011, Mwc2011, prototype, rumor, rumors, smartphone, Today's Chili

Eager for a way to forget about Moorestown? We wouldn’t be shocked if Intel was in the same camp, and if this here rumor pans out, it could be Medfield acting as the amnesia at Mobile World Congress. If you’ll recall, Intel briefly showed off a Medfield-based phone late last month, and now we’re hearing that Aava Mobile — the same company responsible for a WoW-crunching Moorestown demonstration at Computex — is poised to release a real stunner in Barcelona. Slashgear has it on good authority that Aava’s second-generation Core design will be officially rolled out in a matter of days, complete with Intel Inside, an 8.9mm-thick chassis, Android and MeeGo. You read correctly — both mobile operating systems will be supported. It’s said that Aava doesn’t actually plan on hawking these to consumers; instead, they’ll be shuttled off to developers in order to promote its integrated ACPU and modem platform. Hard to say if the shell we’ll (hopefully) see at MWC will remain final, but you can bet we’ll be digging for more once the show floor opens.

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Jan 22

AirPlay video support comes to Linux courtesy of Totem media player plug-in

Posted in: airplay, Apple, Linux, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, video

This one’s about as unofficial as it gets, but Linux users do now have a relatively easy way to receive and play video streamed to their PC via Apple’s AirPlay. To get things going, all you have to do is download a plug-in for the Totem media player (which ships with most popular Linux distributions), install it in the usual Linux fashion, and then start streaming video to your Linux PC with AirPlay just as if it were an Apple TV. That’s it. Hit up the link below to find the plug-in, along with some more detailed installation instructions if you need them.

AirPlay video support comes to Linux courtesy of Totem media player plug-in originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 21

PALRO robot masters English, will never shut up again (video)

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PALRO robot masters English, will never shut up again (video)

When first we saw Fujisoft’s PALRO robot doing its thing we were charmed but, as it didn’t speak English, we had to adore it from afar. No longer. The little critter has obviously mastered our language quite quickly and can be seen below chatting with an even more robotic humanoid about such idle things as the weather, career aspirations, and just how great PALRO is. How great is PALRO? PALRO is really great — but humble. Inside that barrel chest is a full-fledged PC with an Atom Z530 processor, 4GB of flash storage, and an Ubuntu kernel keeping everything in check. It’s available as ever for educational and research institutions for about $3,600, but we’re trying to get one ourselves. If we can get it to type prepare yourselves for many more posts about software based on real Japanese cutting-edge technology.

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Jan 20

New Ubuntu 8.10 Theme Has Even More Brown

Posted in: Freeware, Linux, Pre-Release, Screenshots, Software, Today's Chili, ubuntu

This article was written on June 30, 2008 by CyberNet.

One of the the most frequent comments I hear from new Ubuntu users is that the default theme for the operating system is a tad too brown. I kind of like the current Ubuntu theme, but it was supposed to get an overhaul with the last release. The new default theme has got pushed back to Ubuntu 8.10, and we’re getting our first glimpse of the new theme now that Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1 has shipped. The verdict: it’s even more brown!

To show you what I mean here’s a screenshot that PhoroLinux provided showcasing OpenOffice.org fully skinned by the new theme:

ubuntu 810 alpha.jpg
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What do you think? There is always the option to go back to the lighter Ubuntu theme, but I find it interesting that they might be shipping Ubuntu 8.10 with an overall dark theme. Personally the dark theme is not at all something I would use, and I was hoping for a theme more along the lines of this mockup.

We’ll keep an eye on the progress of the new theme, and we should have a better idea what will ship with Ubuntu 8.10 as we get closer to the October 2008 launch.

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Jan 18

Recover Stolen Laptops with Open Source Adeona

Posted in: Freeware, Linux, Mac, Software, Today's Chili, Windows

This article was written on August 20, 2008 by CyberNet.

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A few months ago we wrote about a free application that was able to track stolen computers, and today we’ve got an open source alternative for you. It’s called Adeona, and it’s interesting how it works. After setting it up you’ll be given a file that is used to identify your computer in the event it gets stolen or lost. It’s recommended that you put that file in a secure location, or email it to yourself.

Once you lose your computer you’ll be able to call up the Adeona Recovery application, give it the file you stashed away in a safe place, and it will try to remotely fetch pertinent information from your stolen computer. The information you’ll be able to retrieve includes:

  • Internal IP address – This is your Internet location as reported by the operating system.
  • External IP address – This is your Internet location obtained by asking a web server like checkip.dyndns.org.
  • Nearby routers – These are network routers obtained by doing a traceroute to randomly selected PlanetLab computers. Usually, the names of network routers you are using can give a clue about your geographical location.
  • Access point – This is the name of the wireless hotspot you are connected to, can also give a clue about your location. Note that the Windows version simply reads a registry key that might contain stale information or no information on the current access point (for example, if one is not using the Windows-provided wireless management tools.)
  • Photos (Macs only) – The location-finding component takes a picture using isightcapture before sending an update to OpenDHT. If a thief was using the laptop, you could get a photo of them.

There’s no saying as to whether this would actually help in the retrieval of your computer, but it certainly couldn’t hurt. Here’s a guide that will help you when setting up Adeona, and another guide that explains the retrieval process.

Get Adeona for Windows, Mac, or Linux

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Jan 17

The Linux Penguin Qualifies for the Indy 500

Posted in: Freeware, Linux, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on May 24, 2007 by CyberNet.

Tux 500The Linux community has always been known to be very dedicated to the open source cause, and this is just more proof of that. Instead of just donating money to a Linux project, Tux500.com decided to take a different route (no pun intended) by promoting the operating system.

There will be a blue car bearing number 77 in the Indy 500 on Sunday with the Linux Penguin blessing its journey. The site’s initial goal was an ambitious $350,000 which would have gained them a primary sponsorship. That would have gotten the Linux logo plastered all over the car and the team name would contain “Team Linux” in it. However, they were only able to get about $16,000 raised which is considered a minor sponsorship, and so the Linux logo was placed on the front hood of the car.

For the next day and a half the Tux 500 site will still be taking donations, so if you have some money to spare I’m sure they’d love your help in covering more of the costs.

CNet also has a nice image gallery available if you want to see more pictures of the car in action. Otherwise you can tune into the Indy 500 on Sunday starting at 2PM Central Time.

Thanks to CoryC for the tip!

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