ASUS EeeBox EB1501U – Nettop chipset nVidia ION (3 photos)
This mini-computer is the embodiment of technical idea of the future on the basis of the first generation of ION. Nettop has the Atom processor 330 with a frequency of 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM, 250/320Gb hard drive, built-in graphic system GeForce 9400 and slotny DVD drive. EeeBox EB1501U also has a gigabit network, 802.11 b / g / n WiFi, eSATA, D-Sub and HDMI outputs plus two outputs USB 3.0. Price unfortunately is not known, but the manufacturer claims - in the sale of the device falls in April this year.
LG X300 – ultra-thin netbook (3 photos)
LG has announced that by the end of March will start selling its ultra-thin (17.5 mm) 11.6-inch Netbook LG X300, which was first presented at this year's CES. On board the buyer will find the processor model Atom Menlow Z550 (2 GHz), 2 GB RAM, 128-gigabyte SSD and Windows 7. Price new items has not been disclosed - according to company representatives, it will vary widely from country to country, however, know that in Korea, LG X300 it will cost $ 1420.
Ubuntu successfully ported to the HTC Touch Pro2
Just a couple of weeks ago we wrote about the successful experiment of porting Ubuntu operating system on Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. At this time managed to achieve modders with nickname sebbo90, in experimental device - HTC Touch Pro2, presented at last year's Mobile World Congress. He also managed to port to the specified mobile device operating system Ubuntu, along with relevant applications. To do this, you want to download a ZIP archive volume of 200 MB, extract its contents to your device and run the executable file. Moreover, installed on HTC Touch Pro2 open-source platform looks quite workable.
Recall, HTC Touch Pro2 is a communicator with a QWERTY keyboard processor-based Qualcomm MSM7200A with a frequency of 528 MHz, equipped with a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen display.
What is BADA???
Samsung bada is a new open platform that enables a richer user experience in applications on Samsung mobile devices.
Samsung’s expertise in the mobile field
Samsung has about 20 years of experience in delivering the best-in-class mobile technology and devices to consumers across the globe.
Throughout its history, Samsung has focused on delivering a truly unique and innovative mobile experience, while upholding the highest standards of quality to consumers. Samsung bada is a culmination of Samsung’s deep expertise and experience in the mobile industry.
Purpose of bada
More and more people want rich and connected application-experiences that are currently available only for smartphone consumers. Samsung has developed bada to make these exclusive smartphone experiences available to everyone.
Key features of bada
Samsung design principles aim to deliver simple, intuitive, and innovative user experiences through innovative visual design. Samsung bada includes a next generation UI framework with feature sets and design elements that facilitate leading-edge user interfaces for every bada application.
Consumer demand for service-based applications is growing. Samsung bada includes integrated support for service-oriented features to enable the development of connected applications. Samsung bada developers can implement various service features in applications without the high learning curve required by previous platforms.
Samsung bada encourages the integration of common experiences and functions across application. Extensible core functions include a dialer, messaging, and address book, which applications can freely use.
Ecosystem of bada
Samsung is deeply committed to the developer community and the application store. With a series of developer days, the developer challenge, and the opening of the application store, Samsung is establishing an environment to encourage innovation and creativity among bada developers.
How to install Java on Linux computer – Linux RPM package
This guide will provide you with advise and instructions on how to install Java for the Linux computer for Linux RPM package. In order to install the Linux RPM (self-extracting) file, please follow the instructions as provided below:
- Please type following command at the terminal:
su
- Now please enter the root password.
- You can change to the directory in which you want to install and for that please type following:
cd
- If you would like to install the software in the /usr/java/ directory, then please type:
cd /usr/java
- If you would like to change the permission of the file you downloaded to be executable, then please type following command:
chmod a+x jre-6u-linux-i586-rpm.bin
- you can commence thethe installation process by typing following:
./jre-6u-linux-i586-rpm.bin
This command will displas the binary license agreement. After reading the agreement, please. press the spacebar to display the next page. At the end, please enter yes to proceed with the installation.
Please note that the installation file creates jre-6u-linux-i586.rpm file in the current directory.
- In order to install the package, please run the RPM command at the terminal to install the packages and for that please type:
rpm -iv jre-6u-linux-i586.rpm
- Now Java is installed in jre1.6.0_ sub-directory under the current directory which is /usr/java/jre1.6.0_.
- If you want to verify that the jre1.6.0_ sub-directory is listed under the current directory, then please type:
ls
The installation is now complete. If you followed all the instructions as provided in this tutorial guide the Linux RPM is successfully installed on the Linux computer.
New Mac OS X Snow Leopard Beta Released, Run to the Torrents
A new version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard—labeled 10A335—has hit developers. Apple hasn't mentioned any new features or bug fixes, however. The Server version—which was released alongside—does come with an easier to use version of Podcast Producer, new spam mail filters in Mail Server, and other niceties.
KDE 4.3 released with interesting innovations
KDE 4.3 has officially been released. Code named Caizen, this release builds up on the previous release of KDE (4.2) bringing with it new innovations mainly on the desktop, applications and development platform.
Watch the following video to learn more about the fabulous new features in KDE 4.3.
- Plasma has a new theme called Air.
- Now you can have different set of widgets in each workspace.
- Introduced new widgets which connect to many prominent online web services such as Flickr, blogging platforms and social networks (Twitter ...).
- Widgets can now live on the taskbar and many other places other than the desktop.
- Instant file and folder preview feature introduced in Dolphin file manager.
- A more helpful KRunner - The ubiquitous run dialog in KDE 4.
Read the details at the official KDE web site.
SSH Clients – OpenSSH and Putty
OpenSSH and Putty are free SSH clients to connect to a unix or linux server from a computer running windows operating system. Though Microsoft Windows has a built-in client to FTP and Telnet remote systems, it does not have a SSH client to connect to a remote server. OpenSSH and Putty are useful client if you need to SSH and Telnet to a remote computer.
OpenSSH for Windows:
OpenSSH for Windows is a free package that installs a minimal OpenSSH server and client utilities in the Cygwin package without needing the full Cygwin installation.The OpenSSH for Windows package provides full SSH/SCP/SFTP support. SSH terminal support provides a familiar Windows Command prompt, while retaining Unix/Cygwin-style paths for SCP and SFTP. the following are the general features of OpenSSH:
- Windows NT Service Support
- Windows Command Prompt support for SSH Terminal
- SCP/SFTP server support
- Includes Command-line clients
Free download OpenSSH installer from here. The full install of OpenSSH is about 5mb, while installer is under 3mb.
Putty Client:
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. Free download Putty from here.
We will see how to use OpenSSH and Putty in our future articles.
Nokia E55 short review
We sniffed out Nokia's new E55 not-a-QWERTY QWERTY candybar phone, which uses a SureType-esque predictive text mechanism with two letters per key, and looks pretty good doing it. Nokia's calling this the "world's thinnest smartphone," quite the feat if it's true, and it might just give Nokia's ultrapopular E71 a run for its money in the "fashionably smart" category. We played with the phone for a brief moment, and though it's running an alpha software build, we didn't have much trouble typing out a quick message.
Unfortunately, while the keys are naturally larger, they aren't very "clicky" or distinct -- not horrible, but certainly not best-in-class. The prediction works well enough, learning new words after one entry, and letting you d-pad up and down through other options if it doesn't get it right the first try. Overall the phone feels on par with quality of the E71, though lighter and smaller, and is insanely pocketable.
All article via engadget.com
Chrome 2.0 beta but no Linux version, yet
Google released a pre-beta version of its Chrome 2.0 browser late last week but has still not made a Linux or Mac version of the browser available.
The 2.0 version of the browser was released to developers and includes a number of new features including the begins of an extension strategy for the browser.
Senior Google staffers said, however, that Linux and Mac versions of the browser would only be made available later this year. CNet quotes Brian Rakowski, Chrome’s product manager, who said that the Mac and Linux versions of the browser were now at the “test shell” stage which meant that they could show web pages but are still in a very raw format.
Rakowski said that versions of Chrome for Linux and Mac would likely be made available by the middle of 2009.
Extensions
Chrome 2.0 pre-beta does include support for some extension scripts, which will pave the way for fully-fledged extensions in the near future. Extensions are among the most requested features from users and is a key part of the success of rival browser Firefox.
Other new features in version 2.0 of Chrome include autocomplete for web forms, full-page zoom, multiple browser profiles each with their own bookmarks and cookies, autoscroll using the mouse centre button and the ability to import bookmarks from the Google Bookmarks site.
Less obvious to users but key to Chrome 2.0 is the inclusion of a new version of the WebKit rendering engine. The new Chrome release uses WebKit 528.8, which is faster and supports features such as CSS canvas drawing for 2D shapes such as lines on maps or custom-generated charts.
Source: http://www.tectonic.co.za
