Look out Apple iPhone 4S, the Raspberry Pi will kick it out of the hot seat
Let’s face it – Apple sometimes likes to boast about it’s products hardware being the fastest in the class. While it might seem true to some extent depending on what you use the iDevices for, the founding member of Raspberry Pi, Eben Upton, has stated that the Raspberry Pi should provide at least twice the performance of an iPhone 4S in a wide range of activities. Eben also throws nVidia’s Tegra mobile chip out the window.
Raspberry Pi Update: Almost ready for launch; Kernel sources posted
As the Raspberry Pi nears it’s final stages before becoming available for sale to the public, we thought we’d give you a quick update on their progress. As stated in this post on the Raspberry Pi blog, the linux kernel that the Raspberry Pi team is deploying version 3.1.9 with Raspberry Pi-specific patches applied. Linux developers may be interested to check out the Raspberry Pi kernel github, however if you don’t know what a kernel is or know how to compile a kernel, then it’s not for the faint-hearted.
Move over Raspberry Pi: CuBox enters the fray with 1GB DDR3 RAM, dualcore CPU, HDMI, GBit LAN… all inside a cubed box
Previously, we’ve talked about the Raspberry Pi and it’s glory. Sure, for a $25/$35 device, it’s not a bad gadget. However, if you’re craving some extra power, then the CuBox will satisfy.
The CuBox is from a Israel startup company called SolidRun Ltd. The device provides a cube form factor miniture PC, which provides the following features:
- 800Mhz DualCore Marvell ARMADA CPU with VFPv3, wMMX SIMD and 512KB L2 Cache
- 1GB DDR3 RAM clocked at 800Mhz
GlaDOS isn’t dead, she’s Still Alive… On a Floppy Drive Quartet
Anyone remember the credits for the original Portal valve game? How GlaDOS was still alive? No? Well, the iconic song has been geekily remixed, floppy disk drive-style. As this PCWorld article shows you the proof that the song plays rather nicely on a quartet of Floppy Disk drives. Maybe minus the vocals.
It’s stuff like this that makes people wonder how awesome yester-year’s technology was back in the day. We’ve seen scanners do Beethoven songs, but this? We don’t know what to say.
Apple eMac turned into a kitteh bed, complete with signature boot sound
Photo Credit: Sam Cox
We’ll admit that the Coburn’s Domain Labs does have a old 700Mhz G4 Apple eMac, but when this floated past our inbox, we couldn’t help but say “Cute”.
Powered by a hidden Arduino inside the basket and a infrared beam, when the cat breaks the beam, the Arduino realises it’s got a cat inside the cosy eMac shell, and supposedly “boots” up the eMac. Partner this with an LED light that cycles colors, and it provides the best sleeping experience your cat can thank you for. When kitteh exits the eMac, it’ll power itself off.
Review: HUAWEI’s SONIC Android-powered smartphone
No, we’re not talking about the famous SEGA blue mascot here.
This is the Huawei SONIC. Simply put, it’s a bargain 3.5″ Capactive touchscreen smartphone that runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) on a 600Mhz CPU coupled happily together with powerful GPU.
Let’s cut to the chase.
3DS Homebrew Update: Homebrew runs via Serial I/O, apparently.
According to a hacker under the nickname of “MSaki” on our IRC channel, who chimed in to say that unauthorised (aka homebrew) binaries have been successfully running on the Nintendo 3DS, homebrew has seen the light on the supposedly locked-down console.
We cannot confirm if the guide is genuine, as we don’t have a test Nintendo 3DS to try it on.
Coburn’s Domain acquires a DreamPlug; “It’s a plug computer on steroids!”
Spinifex Computing is the australian reseller of the DreamPlug. What’s a DreamPlug you ask? Well, basically it’s a SheevaPlug on steroids, manufactured by GlobalScale. It has dual gigabit LAN Ports, WiFi, BlueTooth 2.1 (plus EDR), Twin USB 2.0 Ports, Optical Audio Out, the standard 3.5″ audio jacks, a SD Card slot and eSATA.
Meet the iPad: The most dangerous airplane device
EDIT: Image removed due to some viewers complaints – Sorry.
Our friends over at TechCrunch have recently published an article about the Apple iPad (the 2010 model known as the iPad 1 and the iPad 2 (2011 model)) causing unwanted interference with certain airplanes, potentially putting your life and others at risk. The iPad has also been labeled as the “Most dangerous airplane device”.
Coburn’s Domain launches Nintendo 3DS Hacking Wiki; let’s hack that Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS Hacking Wiki is a wiki deciated to portable freedom on the recently released Nintendo 3DS. By portable freedom, we mean, custom software (also known as homebrew) running on the 3DS, such as console emulation, movie players, system software mods and 3DS Linux, just to name a few.
The 3DS Hacking Wiki can be found here, at http://3ds.coburndomain.net. Of course, it’ll be a slow start, but if we all pitch in and help out, before we know it, we’ll have homebrew running on our 3DS consoles. See you there!