Author: JT Smith
Daily Radar News has the hardware specs for the Indrema L600 Linux game console. The box includes a 600MHz processor, 64MB RAM, built-in Ethernet, DVD player, and special DV Linux distribution.
Infineon opts for Mips chips
Author: JT Smith
Germany’s Infineon Technologies AG is licensing the Mips64 5Kc 64-bit processor core from Mountain View, California’s Mips Technologies Inc. Infineon plans to use these chips in a class of equipment called integrated access devices and LAN switching applications. Full story at EE Times.
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- Unix
Asian domain names accepted
Author: JT Smith
SiliconValley.com reports that VeriSign Global Registry Services is ready to accept domain name registrations that use Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. Arabic and other languages are expected to follow.
New broadband auction begins
Author: JT Smith
Bidding begins Friday as the United Kingdom auctions off a part of its radio spectrum. The lucky winners will most likely use their new frequencies to deliver high-speed wireless services to home and business. A total of 42 licenses will be sold. Full story at BBC News Online.
Slew of Transmeta-based products on tap
Author: JT Smith
TechWeb reports Transmeta is poised to reveal product plans with Microsoft, Compaq, and Gateway. Although Compaq recently nixed plans to offer the Crusoe chip in its next generation of notebook computers, the company still plans to use the technology to power its new Internet appliance product line.
Category:
- Unix
UDI now available for Red Hat, Caldera
Author: JT Smith
An Internet Wire story on NewsAlert reports that Software Technology Group has made available the first public release of the Uniform Driver Interface environment for Red Hat Linux and Caldera OpenLinux. UDI provides a development structure for portable driver code and program plans for deploying the technology.
Category:
- Linux
Survey finds aggressive Linux deployments planned, duplicate
Author: JT Smith
A recent Zona survey reveals that over half of the large companies it surveyed are expecting increases of Linux users within their firms of up to 50%. Smaller companies felt that Linux usage would expand by more than 50%. Full story at eWEEK.
Tribes 2 coming to Linux
Author: JT Smith
Loki is seeking a few good beta testers for its port of the Sierra Studios title Tribes 2. This first-person action game features team-based play where players can fight alongside more than 60 others with all-new weapons and vehicles.
Linux Network Administrator’s Guide
Author: JT Smith
32BitsOnline.com takes a closer look at the second edition of O’Reilly’s Linux Network Administrator’s Guide. The book is available in traditional paper form and a free online version.
Category:
- Linux
Sun tries to cope with server flaw
Author: JT Smith
A Wall Street Journal report on ZDNet covers Sun’s efforts to cope with a server flaw, calling the bug “a mysterious fault that can cause its high end-servers to crash unexpectedly, an embarrassing problem for a computer maker that routinely refers to its servers as “rock solid” reliable.”
Category:
- Unix