Monday, February 28, 2011

LBK Post Mark Stuttleworth's Ubuntu on the QT

Back to Linux Stuff:

From the News at:  http://www.desktoplinux.com



Ubuntu Network Edition 10.10 with Unity UI

Another Interface for the Windows Phone???



"As part of our planning for Natty+1, we’ll need to find some space on the CD for Qt libraries," Shuttleworth starts off a Jan. 18 blog entry, referring to Ubuntu 11.04, "and we will evaluate applications developed with Qt for inclusion on the CD and default install of Ubuntu."

All of these moves have been controversial, but the adoption of Qt may top them all, awakening a long-running feud between Linux developers who live and die by Gtk+, and others who have been swayed by the cross-platform allure and mobile reach offered by Nokia's Qt.

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Will this turn "Natty Narwhal" into another "turkey" ?


Pump up the Steve Miller song: 
"Fly Like an Eagle" 
Real Loud Please.


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 Freescale spins Cortex-A8 SoCs, tablet design, and $149 dev board

Freescale Semiconductor announced two new members of its i.MX53 family of Cortex-A8 system-on-chips: an industrial-focused, 800MHz i.MX37 and the consumer-oriented, 1GHz i.MX538. Also unveiled were a $149 "Quick Start" development board for the original i.MX535 SoC, as well as a 10.1-inch, $1,499 "SABRE" tablet reference design, both compatible with Android, Linux, and Windows Embedded Compact 7.


Link:  http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Freescale-iMX537-and-iMX538-plus-Quick-Start-and-SABRE-kits/



TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/49vzeeq

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Toradex announced a Linux-based single board computer (SBC) with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom E6xx, and also debuted a PC based on it that's claimed to be "the world's smallest." The "Topaz" SBC underlies the fanless, aluminum-housed "Xiilun," which measures 3.50 x 2.36 x 0.63 inches, features up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and offers a bootable microSD slot, DVI-D, and four USB 2.0 ports.

 The Topaz SBC


The E6xx supplies the Topaz and Xiilun with full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution, dual independent display capability, and support for OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenVG, and DirectX 9.0, says Toradex. In addition, the processor's Intel hyper-threading and virtualization technology is supported. Video support for the SBC and PC is said to include MPEG4 and H.264 encoding and decoding, as well as MPEG2, VC1, and WMV9 decoding.


Link:  http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Toradex-Xiilun-PC-and-Topaz-SBC/


TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6fqzuu7


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Friday, February 25, 2011

LBK Post The Hidden Technology in Thunderbolt (LightPeak)







Thunderbolt = Light Peak + PCI Express

PCI Express At Heart



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The PDF Thunderbolt Technology Brief from Intel is Here:

http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/325136-001US_secured.pdf

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The Apple Picture of Thunderbolt I/O (LightPeak)



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Thursday, February 24, 2011

LBK Post Intel-Apple Smokin Fast Thunderbolt






Smokes USB, Firewire with 10Gbps Throughput


Intel has finally launched its new peripheral interconnect technology—formerly codenamed "Light Peak"—now branded "Thunderbolt." Developed in cooperation with Apple, which introduced Thunderbolt on its newest MacBook Pro laptops this Thursday morning.






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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

LBK Post 081 NYC Building Permits Are Getting QR Codes






Permit with QR Code PIX:

 
 

 
 

 
 
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About the Apple Rumors: Here's Another Batch, 
Fresh From The Oven

 
 
 
 Apple MASH

 
 

 
 

 
 
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Monday, February 21, 2011

LBK Post XYZ The Crash of Flight 447 on NOVA

 
 
 NOVA:  Crash of Flight 447
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Air France Flight 447 on Wikipedia

 
 

 
 
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A Good Companion Read on this subject
Is Michael Crichton's Airframe
 
( some of Wingman's iTune Audible Books )
 
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Friday, February 18, 2011

LBK Post 079 Do You Need A TonidoPlug Plug?


Your Files and Media From Anywhere?



Access Your Own Cloud Server



A Software and Hardware
Open Source Solution


That's the Promise from TONIDOPLUG


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Tonidoplug was

Featured on TWiT's FLOSS Weekly Last Wednesday.






Tonidoplug on Floss Weekly 153


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Wingman: "And Speaking of TWiT..."

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Leo's TWiT Brickhouse remodel

is "live" on


http://Dropcam.com/demo

(needs Flash)

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

LBK Post 078 Top 10 C Language Resources that Will Turn You Into a Better Programmer

From:  http://www.mycplus.com



The Original C Programming Bible 

by Kernighan and Ritchie

Available at Amazon for $48.44
 


 Top 10 C Language Resources that Will Turn You 

Into a Better Programmer


Link:  http://www.mycplus.com/featured-articles/top-ten-c-language-resources/




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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

LBK Post 077 Following the Continuing Saga of Stuxnet

From:  http://www.net-security.org


Israeli General Claims Stuxnet Attacks 

as One of his Successes




The latest results of a Symnatec study concentrating on the Stuxnet worm revealed that its developers knew what they were doing - once finished, it took only 12 hours to infect the first target.





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iPhone 5 rumors: bigger, smaller, cloudy, keyboard-equipped 

Will Apple ape Google?





Size Comparisons:

If DigiTimes's sources are correct, upping the iPhone's display size will simply put it in line with many of the more-popular smartphones available today, as well as other recently announced but not-yet-shipping handsets such as the Acer Iconia Smart and Motorola Atrix:

    * Apple iPhone 4: 3.5 inches, 960-by-640 pixels, 326 ppi, TFT
    * Acer Iconia Smart: 4.8 inches, 1024-by-480 pixels, 236 ppi, TFT
    * BlackBerry Storm:3.25 inches, 480-by-360 pixels, 185 ppi, TFT
    * BlackBerry Torch 9800: 3.18 inches, 480-by-360 pixels, 189 ppi, TFT
    * Google Nexus S: 4 inches, 800-by-480 pixels, 235 ppi, Super AMOLED
    * HTC Evo 4G: 4.3 inches, 800-by-400 pixels, 208 ppi, TFT
    * HTC Incredible S: 4 inches, 800-by-480 pixels, 235 ppi, Sony Super LCD
    * Motorola Atrix: 4 inches, 960-by-540 pixels, 275 ppi, TFT
    * Motorola Droid X: 4.3 inches, 854-by-480 pixels, 228 ppi, TFT
    * Palm Pre3: 3.58 inches, 800-by-480 pixels, 260 ppi, TFT
    * Samsung Galaxy S 4 inches, 800-by-480 pixels, 235 ppi, Super AMOLED



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Open Office Dilemma: OpenOffice.org vs. LibreOffice
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

LBK Post 075 What Could a Real Smart PHone Do Next?

How About 3D?





LG Unveils World's First 3-D Smartphone


That's the potential of a smartphone from LG, which has a large 4.3-inch touchscreen capable of displaying three-dimensional images without the need for special glasses. A pair of cameras on the back allows users to take 3-D photographs and videos.

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Friday, February 11, 2011

LBK Post 073 When Windows Come in the Door







Open Source Goes Out The Window

"Maybe he said innuendo." Wingman.

From:  http://gigaom.com


Are Nokia & Microsoft Hoping Two Wrongs 
Make A Right?



As soon as Stephen Elop quit Microsoft to become Nokia’s first ever chief executive from outside Finland, people were predicting that the two companies would start working together in some way.





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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

LBK Post 071 Myriad 'Alien Dalvik' runs Android Apps on Any Phone...



Where's My Nokia n900?




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Myriad 'Alien Dalvik' runs Android apps on any phone... starting with MeeGo (video)






TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/6kqpfwc


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From my Tweet and MC2 Post:
"Do You See A Super Smart-Phone Cluster
in Your Future?" 

" I do... "
See MC2 Post 938 @http://tinyurl.com/4sdz36w
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At Best Buy: Whoa! Tegra 2 Xoom Tab 
Priced at $800

The Specs:
The Honeycomb-based Xoom boasts Nvidia’s Tegra 2 chipset, a 10.1-inch widescreen 1280x800 HD display, HDMI out, 1080p video playback, two cameras (2-megapixels up front and 5-megapixels + LED Flash in the back), a built-in gyroscope, barometer, compass, accelerometer and adaptive lighting for new types of applications.



Link:  http://www.tomsguide.com/us/tegra-motorola-xoom-android-tablet,news-10014.html


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Monday, February 7, 2011

LBK Post XYZ Verizon’s Day One Sales May Have Exceeded 500K

From:   http://gigaom.com



First Projection was 100,000 sold on Day One


Header:  JPMorgan analyst Phil Cusick (via The Street) thinks the real figure could be more than five times larger, with over 500,000 sold. Verizon broke its previous record in only two hours, which was held by the Motorola Droid which saw 
100,000 total sales in a single day on Nov. 6, 2009.






Wingman: "I Can Hear You Now, wall street."


184 to 26. Nuff Said.




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