Recently Nokia has released an excellent device – Internet Tablet 770. It’s based on Debian Linux and it seems attractive for open source developers (see a bunch of already created applications). My interest for Nokia 770 conditions on possibility to use it as Plutohome Orbiter – graphical console to controle Smarthome system. It’s compact, has touch-screen and supports SDL – Simple DirectMedia Layer which is […]
Enjoy Linux under Vmware
Vmware is commercial product and you have to pay to use it. But VMWare Player – the application which allows to run new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, is completely free! Also, there are available a collection of pre-built virtual appliances for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Linux Desktop, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, rPath and Ubuntu Linux. So, you have absolutely legal […]
Yet another Skype phone
Panasonic has announced KX-TG9000 which connects through regular DECT base-stations into the public phone service and via a broadband internet link to Skype’s P2P network. It also support SkypeIn, SkypeOut and Voicemail services. [via Engadget]
Migrate from Mysql to Postgress
Once decided to move your working database from Mysql to Postgress everybody thinks about automation this procedure by maximum. Have a look an article about aome important aspects of migration, My2pg – pure Perl MySQL to PostgreSQL dump convertor and gborg project which is also a Perl script to convert Mysql dump to Postgres dump. Hope it’ll be useful for lucky people who have to […]
Volkswagen + Microsoft = Eos
I don’t like Microsoft products (Linux forever!). But this concept car showed at the CeBIT exhibition in Hanover is a really cool! There is an integrated mini computer with a 650Mhz processor, 20GB hard drive, 7-inch touchscreen, WLAN and external keyboard behind each headrest. It’s gonna be available this year with price about $30000. Personally, I want to drive Audi A4 or Ford Focus 2 […]
Sharp Zaurus SL-C3200
Sharp is going to release the compact Linux-powered PDA Zaurus SL-C3200. Inside Zaurus you can find: 416MHz Intel PXA270 CPU 64MB RAM 128MB ROM 3.7-inch LCD display 6GB hard drive CF/SD memory card slot USB port IRDA connectivity The SL-C3200 measures 124 x 87 x 25mm and weighs 298g. It goes on sale March 17th at the price of $640 USD. [via techeblog]
Handheld Video Games: 1977 – 2006
An article “A Brief History of Handheld Video Games” shows a progress of handheld video games: from Mattel’s LED-based Handhelds (1977) to PlayStation Portable (2005) and GamePark GP32/GP2X (2006). When I was child I had a super game “Ðлектроника-ИМ-02” aka “Ðу, погоди!” (analog of Nintendo EG-26 (Egg)) where a wolf would catch eggs.
The next generation of home PC
It seems that home PCs won’t be just a computers. They are going to replace DVDs, satellite receivers, media centers etc. The picture can give a conception of new generation of home PCs from VoodooPC. It’s a really cool isn’t it?