Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general-purpose software development frameworks, including nine supporting Linux. This article surveys seven aimed at service robots, and three at industrial robots, concluding with an analysis of market trends likely to shape tomorrow's robotics software landscape.
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Robot software platform shootout!
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How Linux became a mobile phone OS
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Linux started out on desktops and servers, but has now shipped on about 20 million mobile phones. Ever wonder how it made the jump? In a new whitepaper, embedded industry pioneer Jim Ready offers a concise technical retrospective on Linux's transition into a mobile phone OS.
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3Com banks on open-source strategy
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Networking giant 3Com is banking on an open-source strategy to differentiate itself from the competition.
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Researchers Warn of Ajax Attacks
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Companies that have used Asynchronous JavaScript and XML to jazz up corporate Web sites may be dangerously vulnerable to a variety of Web-based threats, warned researchers at the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas this month. Billy Hoffman of SPI Dynamics said at the conference that many corporate Web developers are not paying attention to fundamental Ajax security issues.
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High-speed military networking device runs Linux
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A U.K.-based embedded software consultancy says it recently implemented a Linux driver and other software for a marine-based military application involving high-speed, fiber-optic networking.
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Another update on ODF vs. OOXML file counts
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I guess a dedicated Microsoftie could spin this in a positive way (rah! rah! 100% growth in DOCX format in three months), but it is getting harder. In eight months since Office 2007 was released to th general public (10 months since release to enterprise customers), there are under 2000 of these office documents posted on the web.
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Motorola Unveils MOTOMAGX Mobile Linux Platform
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Motorola, Inc. today announced a significant step in its commitment to mobile Linux and rich experience creation by introducing MOTOMAGX, its next generation mobile Linux platform.
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Historic Opportunity for Electronic Medical Record Unification in Texas
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Three major healthcare groups: Harris (Houston) and Tarrant (Dallas) County Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority (MHMRA) and Gateway to Care are either near Request for Proposal (RFP) or already have proposals for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.
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Ubuntu Certified Professional
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Ubuntu has added another partner to its UCP program.
Lets check out what UCP is all about
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Deconstructing the Latest Netcraft Survey
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According to Netcraft, their latest Aug 2007 survey shows more very large gains for Microsoft technologies on the web:
"What does this mean for Apache? Is Apache dying? Is Microsoft set to take top spot as the web platform of choice?
Mozilla: 10 day patch guarantee 'not our policy'
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Mozilla does not set security policy at late-night pyjama parties.
The open source browser maker was forced to issue a statement Monday retracting a pledge attributed to the company's director of ecosystem development, Mike Schaver, to fix any critical security bugs in the browser within "Ten ****ing Days."
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Google Using OpenMoko For gPhone?
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There has been a new batch of rumors swirling about Google producing a "gPhone" mobile telephone after a Reuters reporter stated High Tech Computer Corp would be designing the Linux phone for Google. A friendly penguin has told us at Phoronix that Google is looking to team up with OpenMoko for their "gPhone".
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Linux for Consumers in the U.K. France, and Germany; Dell/Red Hat Solutions & More
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I hinted at this before, but today, it's official: Dell announced that consumers in the United Kingdom, France and Germany can order an Inspiron 6400 notebook or an Inspiron 530N desktop with Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed.
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Google Becomes OIN's First End User Licensee "To Help Linux Thrive"
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Google has become an Open Invention Network licensee. Here's the press release about it.
Read more »Red Hat to offer whitebox Linux desktops globally
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The world's largest Linux vendor Red Hat will release a pre-installed desktop version of Linux globally in September. The new Red Hat desktop targeting primarily small business users will be available on cheap whitebox Intel PCs and, according to Red Hat, will not try to be a Windows clone.
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