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ODROID Boards Offer High-End Raspberry Pi Alternatives

The Raspberry Pi might be cheap and efficient, but it's pretty slow. These new ODROID boards will bring serious firepower to the embedded ARM world.

F-Droid Free Software Repository: Interview with Ciaran Gultnieks

Interview with Ciaran Gultnieks, founder of F-Droid: the free and open source software repository for Android.

Android Community Demands MIUI ROM Comply With FOSS Licenses

Xiaomi, developer of the popular MIUI Android ROM, has been accused of violating the GPL. A new petition aims to get the Chinese developer to comply.

An Unlikely Union: Microsoft SmartGlass for Android Review

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 28, 2012 12:50 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
Microsoft has finally released their SmartGlass app for Android, allowing their Xbox console to be directly controlled by an Android device.

Getting Kids Into Electronics With Hummingbird

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 25, 2012 2:42 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Community
Getting kids interested in electronics can be difficult, but the open source Hummingbird Robotics Kit aims to make it much more approachable.

32-Bit Arduino Due Released

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 23, 2012 3:44 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Community
The newest addition to the Arduino family, the Due, makes a giant leap in raw power and capability.

Open Source R10 Quadcopter Zooms Past Kickstarter Goal

For years, quadcopters have been a largely unobtainable toy for techies, but the R10 by Universal Air promises to deliver a hackable UAV for under $400.

New GUI for IRAF, MYRaf, Releasing Next Week

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 16, 2012 4:37 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF) is a tool used by pro and amateur astronomers alike. Soon, those users will have a new GUI to try out.

Pwnie Express Announces Enterprise Pentesting Appliance

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 6, 2012 9:39 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Pwnie Express has announced yet another high-end security auditing platform based on Linux and open source software.

The (Not) Open Garden: Using Open As a Buzzword

The "Open Garden" project uses words like "open" and "crowdsource" on their site, and yet are in fact distributing proprietary, closed source software. Is "open" in danger of becoming an advertising buzzword?

Copenhagen Suborbitals Release Snowmix, an Open Source Video Mixer

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 3, 2012 5:52 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
The Copenhagen Suborbitals, an open source effort to launch a human into space, have released a tool they've been using internally to create their video streams: Snowmix.

HexBright, the Programmable Open Source Flashlight

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Oct 2, 2012 4:52 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Preorders have opened for the HexBright, an open source high performance LED flashlight with onboard Arduino-compatible microcontroller.

Five Games to Show off Your Android Tablet

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Sep 30, 2012 11:54 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews, Roundups
Five of the best games to show off what your new Nexus 7 is really capable of.

A Closed Netflix Hurts Everyone

Netflix has a long history of keeping their customers under thumb, is it time the community fight back?

Creating the OsciPrime: Interview with Manuel Di Cerbo

Interview with Manuel Di Cerbo, creator of OsciPrime: the open source hardware and software oscilloscope for Android. Manuel talks about designing the hardware, distributing free software, and why he chose Android over Apple.

Linux on Clover Trail: Much Ado About Nothing

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Sep 16, 2012 9:09 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: Intel
Everyone's talking about Linux on Clover Trail, but is there really a story here, or is it all just business as usual for Linux developers?

Amazon Blocks Arch Linux Handbook from Kindle Store

We've all heard the horror stories of Amazon swindling the user out of their content on the Kindle, but this time they've managed to do it preemptively: by blocking the GFDL licensed Arch Linux Handbook from the Kindle Store.

Google Donates $20,000 to Eclipse Foundation

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Sep 8, 2012 8:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Google's Open Source Programs Office has recently green lit a donation of $20,000 to the Eclipse Foundation to setup a performance testing lab.

The State of Open Source Spectrometry

We're entering the age of open source spectrometry, where the very chemical makeup of substances can be analyzed, compared, and improved. Is this the truest form of open source?

Open Source’s Final Frontier: Interview with Alexandru Csete

  • The Powerbase; By Tom Nardi (Posted by MS3FGX on Aug 31, 2012 6:43 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Interview
Interview with Alexandru Csete, former ESA physicist and current member of the "Copenhagen Suborbitals". Alexandru talks about his professional contributions to the space industry, as well as his open source projects.

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