DIY Appliances on the Web? (O'Reilly Media)

Or, My Enterprise is Appliancized, Why Isn't Your Web? I wrote a couple of posts a while back that covered task-optimized hardware. This one was about a system that combined Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA's) with a commodity CPU platform to provide the sheer number crunching performance needed to break GSM encryption. This one looked at using task-appropriate efficient processors...

Tiny hardware firewall opened to Linux hackers (Linux Devices)

— Nov. 11, 2008 — [Updated Nov. 13] -- Linux hobbyists and hackers have gained access to two of the most highly miniaturized hardware platforms shipped to date. Yoggie has started shipping ope-source based, user-modifiable versions of its inline and USB key-shaped security appliances. ...

Free Linux browser libraries boost widgets (Linux Devices)

— Nov. 10, 2008 — Movial has released Webkit and Gecko extensions that give local Javascript/HTML widgets more power over the systems they run on.

Single-chip GPS receiver shrinks (Linux Devices)

— Nov. 11, 2008 — Taiwanese vendor SkyTraq has announced a lower-power, higher-performance version of its single-chip GPS receiver for Linux, Windows Mobile, and CE devices.

An Easy Way to Reduce the Price at the Pump (Tribune & Georgian)

(ARA) - Want to save up to 12 cents a gallon off your gasoline bill? Invest in a tire gauge and make sure your tires are properly inflated.