LinuxDevices' publisher, Ziff Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company -- as yet undisclosed, but rumored to be Foster City-based QuinStreet.
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Android fragmentation not so serious, says study
Android is regularly blasted for fragmentation, but most Android smartphones and tablets use similar builds, screen sizes, and resolutions, according to a study by app analytics firm Localytics.
Read more »Sprint's seven-inch tablet is just $100 on contract
Sprint says it will offer a seven-inch tablet featuring a dual-core Snapdragon processor, 3G, and Wi-Fi for just $100 -- with a two-year service agreement priced at $20 to $80 per month.
Read more »SODIMM-sized Cortex-A8 module sports CAN bus, onboard flash
EMAC announced a SODIMM-sized computer-on-module (COM) that runs Linux 2.6 or Windows CE 6.0 on a 600MHz TI ARM Cortex-A8 processor and can be purchased with a carrier board.
Read more »COM Express module has power-saving, soldered-on Cores
Congatec announced a COM Express module that offers a Type 6 pinout -- for VGA, LVDS, and DDI (digital display interface) display support -- and a choice of six soldered-on Intel & Sandy Bridge& proc
Read more »Defunct email service offers handhelds to hackers
Peek has discontinued its low-cost, email-and-texting service but is challenging hackers to & build something great& with the leftover handhelds, according to The Verge.
Read more »HTC announces fix for Android Wi-Fi security flaw
HTC announced a fix for a vulnerability that lets hackers view and access Wi-Fi security information on nine of its Android phones.
Read more »Openmoko smartphone reborn as hackable GTA04
German manufacturer Golden Delicious has begun shipping a hackable open source smartphone that runs a variety of Linux software, including a newly optimized Openmoko distro.
Read more »Eurotech module adopts 32nm Atom
Eurotech announced a new member of its Catalyst computer-on-module (COM) family, this time based on Intel's 32nm & Cedar Trail& Atom processors.
Read more »Ruggedized Atom E600 module ships in EMC-proof enclosure
MEN Micro announced a ruggedized, EMC- computer-on-module (COM) that uses the rugged ESMini form-factor and supports Intel Atom E600 processors at up to 1.6GHz.
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