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Plair is now shipping its 'Plair' media-streaming device to U.S. customers. Unveiled earlier this year at CES, the $99 embedded Linux-powered gadget is said to provide AirPlay-like beaming of multimedia content from Apple, Windows, and Android devices to “any HDTV” with an available HDMI port.

Wind River has announced an enhanced version of the National Security Agency’s Security Enhanced (SE) Android, along with two other tools designed to improve the security of Android devices. “Wind River Solution Accelerators for Android, Security” includes modules for SE Android, Lightweight Partitioning, and Secure Boot.

Z3 Technology has introduced a board-level video transcoding subsystem based on a new Texas Instruments TMS320DM8269 DaVinci system-on-chip (SOC). The Linux-enabled subsystem targets 1080p/H.264 video processing in applications such as broadcast video encoding and decoding, real-time transcoding at 60fps, security and surveillance, video conferencing, industrial video processing equipment.

Toradex has released an updated embedded Linux BSP for its tiny, SODIMM-style COM (computer on module) based on Nvidia’s 1.4GHz, quad-core Tegra 3 processor. The Colibri T30 COM is equipped with 1GB of DDR3 RAM and 2GB of flash, and integrates controllers for HDMI, Ethernet, USB, analog input, and various other I/O functions.

Intel marketing engineers Chris Norman and Horace gave a presentation on “Developing Tizen Operating System Based Solutions” at IDF2013 in Bejing last week. The talk provided an overview and update on Tizen and briefly discussed Tizen platform and app development.

The Linux Foundation is offering live video streaming of all of the Linux Collaboration Summit’s day 1 keynote sessions to be held Monday, April 15. Day 1 keynotes feature presentations by Jaguar Land Rover, Samsung, Intel, Netflix, Yocto, OpenMAMA, Adapteva, and LWN’s Jon Corbet.

VersaLogic has announced a rugged, credit card-sized computer module based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom E6x0T processor. The Linux-ready VL-COMm-26 is also available as part of a "Falcon" subsystem that sandwiches the module with an I/O board of the same size.

PathPartner Technology has joined the GENIVI Alliance with an eye toward marketing its embedded multimedia software and design services to developers of next-generation automotive in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices.

David Laing, a senior analyst at VDC Research, examines the emergence of ARM's "big.LITTLE" processor architecture, whereby a single chip integrates multiple high-performance CPU cores along with a power-efficient core, enabling it to deliver greater performance at lower power-points than before.

Videos from keynotes and presentation sessions at the Android Builders Summit 2013 held last month in San Francisco are now available for free viewing, courtesy of the Linux Foundation, which held the event. The videos cover a wide range of embedded Linux development, deployment, and marketing topics.

Videos from five keynote talks and two-dozen sessions at the Embedded Linux Conference 2013 in San Francisco last month are now available for free viewing, courtesy of the Linux Foundation, which held the event. The videos cover a wide range of embedded Linux development, deployment, and marketing topics.

Developers plan to use Linux in half their upcoming embedded projects, according to preliminary data from an annual EE Times embedded market survey. And Android leads the Linux pack.

Wind River has introduced "patent-pending" packet acceleration method, said to offer up to 300% faster UDP throughput relative to Linux's standard networking stack. Basically, the technology works by automatically steering traffic to a faster path.

When Boxee announced its new Boxee TV product last October, it also stated that the original Boxee Box, which had already ceased being manufactured, would soon transition into “maintenance mode.” Additionally, the company promised one last firmware update, which would “update the Flash player and fix some key bugs." This post summarizes Boxee's plans and strategy to phase out the Boxee Box.

Google has promised a world of entertainment with its Google TV platform, claiming it can bring most any multimedia content to users' TVs, through thousands of user-installable Android apps plus a full-featured Web browser. How close Vizio’s Co-Star Google TV adapter box comes to meeting those high expectations?

Google recently introduced its first 10-inch Nexus branded tablet, the Nexus 10, which boasts a stunning 2560×1600 (300ppi) IPS display and a slim/light/comfortable design. This in-depth review examines the Nexus 10?s hardware and user interface, and compares the Nexus 10 both to its smaller sibling, the Nexus 7, and to its 10-inch Android tablet competition.

I recently spent a month using Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, running Android 4.0. Let’s find out what the tablet’s “Note” rather than “Tab” designation means, and how it compares to its less-expensive sibling, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and to Google’s Nexus 10.

This DeviceGuru post compares features, specs, and performance of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Galaxy Note 10.1, Lenovo IdeaTab S2110, and Google Nexus 10. Which one is best? Find out!

This continually updated screenshot tour demonstrates more than 50 of DeviceGuru’s favorite Android tablet apps for device customization, productivity, communications, multimedia streaming, e-books, games, and more.

Although Samsung's thin and lightweight Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets have dominated the 10-inch Android tablet market for the past 18 months, that's about to change with new entrants from both Lenovo and Google. DeviceGuru reviewed Lenovo's IdeaTab S2110, which optionally morphs into a laptop-like hybrid. How did it compare?