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The latest version of the Linux kernel was released on Sunday, offering not just a host of bug fixes but also new features designed for multicore environments. Most notably, tapping technology contributed by Google, Linux version 2.6.35 includes Receive Packet Steering and Receive Flow Steering features that help to spread...

More than 25 percent of all TV sets purchased in January are now connected to the Net, either on their own or via external devices such as games consoles, says iSuppli.

Good news for netbook users - netbooks just got faster and battery life just got better. Intel has released its first dual-core mobile Atom processor.

The Linux 2.6.36-rc2 kernel has been released this Sunday afternoon and this time around there's an announcement of the release by Linus Torvalds (he lacked announcing 2.6.36-rc1; Phoronix was one of the few places reporting on it). The 2.6.36-rc2 kernel release brings mostly bug/regression fixes, but compared to the Linux...

Apple's Magic Trackpad will join the other Apple multi-touch devices supported in Ubuntu 10.10...

Kontron announced a fanless industrial box computer that runs on an Intel Atom N270 and can withstand temperatures of between five and 140 deg. F (-15 to 60 deg. C). The Kontron Embedded Box PC CB 752 is equipped with dual gigabit Ethernet ports and six USB 2.0 ports, plus...

Exacq Technologies is shipping a line of Linux-based hybrid video surveillance appliances with Intel Atom processors...

Taking aim at market segments concerned with efficient power usage,...