Continue reading Microsoft’s Windows 8 hardware requirements: some good, some not-so-good

Microsoft’s Windows 8 hardware requirements: some good, some not-so-good originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading OLPC outs XO 3.0 tablet at last, will make its debut at CES

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For a media software package to survive these days, it has to be able to run pretty much anywhere and just recently Plex added the Kindle Fire to its list of supported platforms, uploading its Android client onto Amazon’s Appstore. The team hasn’t stopped there either, delivering updates across a slew of products starting with its Media Server v0.9.5.2 which added autoupdate and start on login features, while the Media Center package has reached 9.5.2, with support for refresh rate switching as well as a number of other tweaks and fixes. The various clients haven’t been forgotten either, with a brand new alpha available for Linux users, individual apps for Android and Google TV, and a new v2.1 for iOS that supports myPlex cloud streaming without the need for users to run the Plex server software locally. Hit the source links for changelogs and more details or just check an app store near you where updated software is no doubt residing for your picture, music, and video streaming pleasure.

Plex app available on Kindle Fire, media servers and other clients get new updates too originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, you can run Linux on robots and on desktops and, apparently, on small cats, and we’ve also seen it on plenty of tablets before, but this one is a little different. Max Lee over at Galaxy Tab Hacks created the video below to demonstrate a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Ubunbu, but doing it on top of Android such that the tablet’s native OS is running Linux in the background and then using a VM client to launch the UI. In other words: it’s running both operating systems at once, and despite that we think the results are quite usable, even loading up this very website with aplomb. It’s demonstrated after the break and if after watching you just gotta get a piece of that the full instructions are on the other end of the source link below.

Continue reading Ubuntu demonstrated running on Galaxy Tab 10.1, summarily dubbed ‘Tabuntu’ (video)

Ubuntu demonstrated running on Galaxy Tab 10.1, summarily dubbed ‘Tabuntu’ (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s a new era for personal robotics. Meet Luna, the fully-programmable robot companion platform that will ship this year. As a platform, RoboDynamics — a Santa Monica-based company previously grounded in telepresence — is trying to position Luna as the 5-foot tall “beige box” of modern robotics. She comes with her own one-click Luna App Store, eight “Luna Expansion Ports” (think 12/5 volt USB for robots), and Luna CloudNet where third-parties can sell additional functionality like face recognition to app developers. The robot ships with a number of personality packs and features an 8-inch touchscreen, two cameras, wireless connectivity, a three-mic array, and a variety of sensors. Oh, and she’s portable. Remember, Luna’s not a prototype, but a real working robot that you can actually take home for the price of an entry-level fully-loaded laptop.

Update: While $1,000 is the ultimate target price, the initial batch of limited edition Luna robots will ship in Q4 for $3,000. General availability will begin in the second half of 2012 with final pricing coming later this year.

Continue reading RoboDynamics Luna: the 5-foot tall personal robotic platform (update: video)

RoboDynamics Luna: the 5-foot tall personal robotic platform (update: video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 May 2011 02:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s perhaps a little too early to be feeling all retro-nostalgic for the netbook, with much of the industry moving on up to your notbooks and your tablets and such, so we’ll just say that Hercules is still kickin’ it old school by launching its eCAFE netbooks. There are two models, the Slim HD and EX HD, the former tipping the scales at 1.9lbs and measuring only .8-inches thick, while the EX model is a bit heftier at 2.5lbs and 1.1-inches, managing 13 hours of “real use” battery life. Both are said to smoothly play 720p video on their 10-inch, 1024 x 600 displays or export it over HDMI, running a custom flavor of Linux and powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 processor. Hercules says this “sets a new standard” in netbooks, but 8 or 16GB of flash storage and 512MB of RAM sounds all too familiar to us, and if that cramped, recessed keyboard is the future we’re quite happy to stick in the present, thanks.

Hercules re-invents the netbook again, launches 10-inch Linux- and A8-powered eCAFE originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Plugable DC-125 dock turns your solitary PC into a multiple workstation powerhouse (video)

Plugable DC-125 dock turns your solitary PC into a multiple workstation powerhouse (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So it all begins with me finally imaging up my Windows 7 SOE image will all my bells and whistles, in KACE repository ready to go.

I PXE boot into the KACE menu, select my image and start the process, however I get “Image Failed: Internal Error 8″ and just before home time on a Friday; dammit!

So long story short this is what we did.

What we were using:

• KACE
• Dell Optiplex 960
• Windows 7 Professional
• Partitions: “C” (100Gb) & “D” (0.10GB) System Reserve

Deploy a Windows 7 Image Containing the 100 MB System Partition Link

Here is how to capture and deploy a Windows 7 image with the 100 MB system partition in tact. There are a few things you should know about Windows 7 first.

When you install Windows 7 from from DVD on a clean drive with no format or partition information, Windows automatically install the system partition and marks the volume as “System Reserved”. This partition is not viewable to the user in Explorer but is visible in Disk Manager.

If, on the other hand, the hard drive already has a single partition then this partition is not created.

Below instruction assume that the Windows 7 image is configured, includes the system partition, is prepared using sysprep if desired, and is ready for capture.

Capture the Image:

• Boot the computer to the KACE boot environment. Once booted to the Main Menu, enter the Recovery page, and the Command Prompt.

• At the command prompt enter “diskpart”. A diskart prompt should appear. Enter the following commands to change the drive letter of C and D.

select volume C
assign letter=”W”
select volume D
assign letter=”C”
select volume W
assign letter=”D”
exit

Once complete, go Back to the main menu, and select Imaging, then Capture this image to the KBOX. Name the image, select both drives from the windows, and start the capture.

A friend Rip from The Mesh mentioned similar findings but found this link for me.

http://andrewbevitt.com/tutorials/linux-multiwan-router/

I have put it forward to mates at The mesh forums to see if we would like to start a project, link just below:

http://the-mesh.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?topics_offset=1&forumId=9&comments_parentId=3072

This project would help me along with a work project currently on the way and possibly a home solutions using ADSL and a 3G connection.

Outcomes I would like to achieve is to see if we could make a virtual and physical multiWAN router setups, personally I think this project could go far and be benificial in many ways.

I still need to look around the net for other projects but this is to start the ball rolling for my findings so far.

By all means if anyone has ideas, know or are doing current projects or point me to links that would be great!

See how we go eh – Cheers

http://etherboot.org/wiki/start

Also a youtube video I stumbled across.