March 2010 Archives

Just a quick post to flag the march of Ubuntu.

"Canonical has released the first beta of Ubuntu Linux 10.04, code-named 'Lucid Lynx', which adds consumer-friendly features such as integrated social networking and a new look," writes ZDNet.

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We're happy to promote this one - a SHARE SIG on-line event. The organisation's slogan is 'Improving European Embedded System Industry through Open Source SW Sharing'.

On the 22nd of March 2010, at 11 (GMT +1) it will be hosting the 'Open Source Software and enterprises: the Bellagio story'. The main speaker is Giulio Urlini from STMicroelectronics, and the abstract is:

The MathWorks has announced the latest release of its MATLAB and Simulink product families, writes Richard Wilson, which include new streaming capabilities for signal processing and video processing in MATLAB and nonlinear solvers for standard and large-scale optimisation.

Release 2010a also introduces Simulink PLC Coder, which helps industrial control system engineers generate IEC 61131 structured text.

This release updates 83 other products, including PolySpace code verification products.

Codeplay's Offload programming tool suite is available for the development of software for Cell Broadband Engine powered devices running under Linux, writes Electronincs Weekly editor Richard Wilson.

The Offload tool suite provides a Windows-based GCC SDK so that code can be offloaded to the SPUs on the Cell Broadband Engine.