OLinuXino booting Android

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We can't say the name rolls off the tongue, but it is beginning to look like the OlinuXino is going to happen. Here you can see the prototype hardware booting Android. If this is the first time you're seeing the hardware you can think of it in the same category as the Raspberry Pi. It's a butt-kicking ARM platform that comes as a bare-board with which you can do what you please. Olimex Ltd. … [Read more...]

Say hello to our little friend, the BeagleBone

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Small and more powerful... what more can you want? This is the newest BeagleBoard offering, called the BeagleBone. It's packed with some pretty intriguing features, but let's take a tour of the hardware first. Like its predecessors, the BeagleBone sports an ARM processor. This time around it's a TI AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8. It will ship with a 2 GB microSD card and has an Ethernet port and USB … [Read more...]

The new Apple TV

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You've probably already heard about the Apple TV 2. It retails for $99 and packs a punch with HD video, optical audio, and WiFi in that tiny package. But as always, we like it for its hackability. Even though it's just starting to ship, the hacks are already rolling in. The firmware is available from Apple's servers and has already been unlocked with the yet-to-be-release SHAtter exploit. … [Read more...]