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Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in Japan

Embedded Linux devices have always fascinated me, because besides on the server, it's where I think the Open Source OS is going to make the most impact. From 2002 to 2004, I worked for SHARP as a developer liaison consultant on the very much before its time ZAURUS Linux/Java PDA,...

Tags: Developer, Device, Storage, Debian, OpenBlockS, OpenBlockS266, CF, Plat'Home Linux, TheOpenBlockS, Linux, Embedded Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-03

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Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Computer Science, Broadband, Computer, Intel Corp., Robots, Corporate Governance, Digital Cameras, Federal Government, Monitors & Displays, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in Japan

Plat'Home OpenBlockS: Made in JapanInterestingInteresting, but why so expensive? 500.00 for a really simple piece of hardware seems to be overpriced by a factor of 4 or 5 at least. You could easily build a single board computer for a fraction of the cost with much more processing...

Tags: Processors, Network technology, Plat'Home OpenBlockS, Linksys WRT54GL

Discussion threads 2008-08-03

Plat'Home OpenBlockS Linux Microserver

The Plat'Home OpenBlockS Microserver, manufactured in Japan, is a low-power PowerPC-based embedded Linux device that can be customized for a variety of applications. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, Embedded Linux, Linux, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Embedded, Open Source

Image galleries 2008-08-03

Diminutive green server for those with Linux leaning

Considering how crowded many Japanese cities are, it’s not surprising that local vendors like Plat’Home are increasingly eco-conscious. Smaller systems just make business sense. Last quarter, Plat’Home began shipping one of those lines in the United States. The OpenBlockS server series support Power over Ethernet and has...

Tags: Linux, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-28

From Interop, video of Plat' Home's Linux Server that fits in the palm of your hand

Within minutes of arriving on the Interop show floor this morning and beginning my search for something cool to videotape for publication here on ZDNet, we found Plat' Home's booth in the back of the exhibitor's area with two very cool products -- both of them tiny Linux servers, one...

Tags: Card, Linux Server, Server, Video, OpenBlockS 266, OpenMicroServer, Linux, Open Source, Corporate Communications, Servers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-25