WindowsForDevices Newsletter for March 16, 2011

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SPRINT'S FIRST WINDOWS PHONE 7 HANDSET WILL HAVE UPDATED SOFTWARE, REPORT CLAIMS
Microsoft?s first major Windows Phone 7 update will reportedly arrive preinstalled on the HTC Arrive from Sprint. The "NoDo" update includes cut-and-paste functionality, along with faster application loading.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C81:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

RUGGEDIZED SMARTPHONE STICKS WITH WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5
Getac is sticking with Windows Mobile 6.x for a ruggedized mobile phone that includes a GPS receiver and a 3.2 megapixel camera. The MH132 has a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 600MHz processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, plus the ability to shrug off liquids and five-foot drops, according to the company.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C82:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

INTEL COUNTERS ARM WITH MICRO SERVER CPUS
Intel announced four new x86 processors intended for the "micro server" market, with TDPs ranging from 45 Watts down to 20 Watts. Apparently meant to fend off gains by ARM Holdings licensees, they include: the Xeon E3-1260L and E3-1220L; an un-named "Sandy Bridge"-based offering due later this year; and a Atom variant planned for next year.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C83:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

NO NEW ZUNES FROM MICROSOFT, REPORT SAYS
Microsoft will not be producing any new Zune PMPs (portable music players), according to a Bloomberg report. The company will still sell existing Zune HD devices, but will concentrate on putting Zune software onto mobile phones, writes reporter Dina Bass.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C84:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

ARM-BASED SERVER CHIPS WILL SHIP LATER THIS YEAR, SAYS CALXEDA
Early versions of Calxeda?s ARM-based server chips will be reaching OEMs later this year, and systems sporting the quad-core, ARM Cortex-A9 SoCs (systems on chip) could appear on the market soon after, executives add. Meanwhile, Microsoft has told Intel and AMD they need to catch up by cramming more x86 cores onto their CPUs, and one vendor has stuffed 256 Atoms into a single server.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C85:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

MICROSOFT TO UPDATE FREE TOOL FOR FINDING WINDOWS EMBEDDED UPDATES
Microsoft says it will soon refresh a tool designed to give developers an "easy method to discover, download and install updates" for Windows Embedded operating systems. Version 1.1 of the Windows Embedded Developer Update (WEDU) tool will support the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack released earlier this week, according to the company.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C86:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

A POST-PC WORLD? HECK NO, SAYS RESEARCH FIRM
While Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his retinue of media followers are claiming we live in a "post-PC world," that's far from the case, according to IHS iSuppli. In fact, global PC shipments were up 14 percent last year, hitting a record level of 345.4 million units, the research firm says.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C87:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

MICROSOFT DELAYS WINDOWS PHONE 7 UPDATE
Microsoft is delaying a major Windows Phone 7 update until the second half of March, according to the company. That long-awaited tweak, which will add cut-and-paste functionality and faster application loading, was originally slated for the first two weeks of this month.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C88:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

INTEL'S CLASSMATE PLATFORM LANDS A BIG FISH
Lenovo announced a 10.1-inch Windows 7 netbook designed for educational use. The Classmate+ includes a 1.66GHz Atom N455 CPU, up to 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard disk drive, a 1.3-megapixel camera, plus three- and six-cell battery options, according to the company.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C89:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* * * OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK * * *

* Mini-ITX board offers latest Core processors
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C8A:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Rugged in-vehicle PC offers CAN and video connectivity
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C8B:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Low-cost HMI device offers PoE, choices of sizes
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C8C:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Fleet management PC offers Nano, 3G
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C8D:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Big-rig computer gets SSD storage, Rand McNally software
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C8E:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Fanless industrial PCs have dual expansion slots
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C8F:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* EXI compression standard brings XML to mobile devices
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C90:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Atom-based SBC offers four gigabit ports
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C91:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* In-cab computer gets GPS, cellular modem
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C92:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* Atom-powered PCI-104 SBC offers ports aplenty
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C93:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* 1U networking appliance offers PCI slot
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C94:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

* OK Labs tips partner for ultra-secure mobile hypervisor
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C95:78E90A086CDDFA10C841CE2F40F24A2B55D4898BCCC40632&

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LinuxDevices Newsletter for March 16, 2011

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GOOGLE AND VERIFONE SAID TO BE TESTING ANDROID-DRIVEN NFC PAYMENTS
Google is reported to be testing NFC-based mobile payments on payment terminals made by VeriFone in San Francisco and New York this year. Meanwhile, Apple is reportedly backing off of NFC due to the lack of cohesion around a single standard.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C5D:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

INTEL AND MCAFEE CLARIFY EMBEDDED SECURITY PLANS
Two weeks after Intel acquired security software firm McAfee, executives from both companies talked to analysts about how their combined patent portfolio will let them secure embedded and mobile devices from malware at the hardware level. First up will be "McAfee for Wind River" product, expected to be based on Wind River Linux.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C5E:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

INTEL COUNTERS ARM WITH MICRO SERVER CPUS
Intel announced four new x86 processors intended for the "micro server" market, with TDPs ranging from 45 Watts down to 20 Watts. Apparently meant to fend off gains by ARM Holdings licensees, they include: the Xeon E3-1260L and E3-1220L; an un-named "Sandy Bridge"-based offering due later this year; and a Atom variant planned for next year.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C5F:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

LINUX 2.6.38 SPEEDS GROUP SCHEDULING, VFS
Linus Torvalds announced the release of the 2.6.38 Linux kernel, featuring both an overhaul of the Virtual File System and an "automatic process grouping" patch touted as greatly improving performance. Other Linux 2.6.38 changes include support for AMD Fusion processors, AMD and Nvidia GPUs, and additional Wi-Fi chips, plus Btrfs file-system enhancements and "transparent huge-page" support for speeding database and virtualization applications.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C60:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

FIRST 4G LTE PHONE DEBUTS THIS WEEK ON VERIZON
Verizon Wireless will begin selling the HTC ThunderBolt, the first smartphone to exploit its 4G LTE (long-term evolution) network, starting March 17. The ThunderBolt offers a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8GB of internal memory and a 32GB data card, a 4.3-inch touchscreen, eight-megapixel and 1.3-megapixel cameras, and a mobile hotspot, says the carrier.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C61:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

10-INCH TABLETS FROM HTC AND DELL TIPPED AS XOOM STARTS OFF SLOW
A leaked Staples training guide suggests HTC and Dell are each prepping 10-inch tablets, and Samsung is readying an 8.9-inch tablet, all running Android 3.0 "Honeycomb", while HP will offer a seven-inch WebOS tablet. Meanwhile, an analyst says early sales of the Motorola Xoom tablet have been disappointing, in large part due to the bugs and complex UI of Honeycomb.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C62:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

T-MOBILE REVAMPS SIDEKICK AS SAMSUNG-BUILT ANDROID SLIDER
T-Mobile unveiled a new version of its Sidekick messaging phone featuring Android 2.2 instead of the old "Danger" operating system. The Samsung-built T-Mobile Sidekick 4G offers a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, a 3.5-inch touchscreen, HSPA+ support, a front-facing video camera, and the Sidekick-signature pop-tilt hinge for its slide out, five-row QWERTY keyboard.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C63:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

ANDROID MEDIA PLAYERS COMING NOW (WINAMP) AND SOON (HULUPLUS)
Winamp announced its Winamp for Android 1.0 app, offering a redesigned interface, wireless sync over Wi-Fi, iTunes import, and Shoutcast radio streaming. Meanwhile, Hulu tipped the upcoming availability of its media player on selected Android phones, starting with the Samsung Nexus S.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C64:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

ARM-BASED SERVER CHIPS WILL SHIP LATER THIS YEAR, SAYS CALXEDA
Early versions of Calxeda?s ARM-based server chips will be reaching OEMs later this year, and systems sporting the quad-core, ARM Cortex-A9 SoCs (systems on chip) could appear on the market soon after, executives add. Meanwhile, Microsoft has told Intel and AMD they need to catch up by cramming more x86 cores onto their CPUs, and one vendor has stuffed 256 Atoms into a single server
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C65:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

NOVELL ACQUISITION DELAYED BY DOJ PATENT INVESTIGATION
Attachmate's bid to acquire enterprise software and Linux distribution firm Novell for $2.2 billion has been delayed, due to questions about the sale of 882 patents to a Microsoft-led consortium of vendors. The U.S. Department of Justice is taking longer than expected on due diligence regarding the patents, leading to investor frustration.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C66:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

A POST-PC WORLD? HECK NO, SAYS RESEARCH FIRM
While Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his retinue of media followers are claiming we live in a "post-PC world," that's far from the case, according to IHS iSuppli. In fact, global PC shipments were up 14 percent last year, hitting a record level of 345.4 million units, the research firm says.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C67:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

ANDROID MAKES TABLET GAINS, BUT IPAD TO STAY STRONG IN 2011, SAY STUDIES
Apple's share of the media tablet market fell to 73 percent in 4Q 2010, due to the arrival of Android tablets led by the Samsung Galaxy Tab, says IDC. Still, the iPad will maintain a 70-80 percent share in 2011, the research firm adds, while Forrester puts the figure at 80 percent, and projects that only Amazon.com could mount significant competition via a color Kindle.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C68:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

OPENSUSE 11.4 TOUTED FOR PERFORMANCE BOOST, NEW ROLLING RELEASE OPTION
The Novell-backed OpenSUSE project released OpenSUSE 11.4 and launched an optional "Tumbleweed" rolling release repository. OpenSUSE 11.4 is built on Linux 2.6.37, said to make it faster and more scalable, and offers enhanced boot processes, a faster ZYpp package management system, LibreOffice 3.31, Firefox 4.0, plus updated virtualization packages.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C69:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

HP'S DESKTOP PLANS FOR WEBOS COULD FLIP PC MARKET, SAY ANALYSTS
Many analysts are applauding HP's decision to place its Linux-based WebOS on all of its Windows-based PCs in 2012 as an alternative fast-boot distro, but some caution it could alienate Microsoft. The deployment will represent a huge leap forward for Linux on the desktop, albeit in a limited capacity -- and HP may be grooming WebOS for a bigger desktop role.
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C6A:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* * * OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE PAST WEEK * * *

* Mini-ITX board offers latest Core processors
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C6B:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* CAN-ready industrial PC sips under three Watts
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C6C:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Rugged in-vehicle PC offers CAN and video connectivity
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C6D:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Australia gets its own 10.1-inch Honeycomb tablet
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C6E:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Low-cost HMI device offers PoE, choices of sizes
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C6F:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Fleet management PC offers Nano, 3G
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C70:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Ultra-secure version of modular, hackable BugBase on the way
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C71:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Fanless industrial PCs have dual expansion slots
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C72:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* EXI compression standard brings XML to mobile devices
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C73:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Atom-based SBC offers four gigabit ports
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C74:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Android-ready module builds on FPGA-enabled Cortex-A9 SoC
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C75:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* Atom-powered PCI-104 SBC offers ports aplenty
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C76:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* 1U networking appliance offers PCI slot
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C77:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* OK Labs tips partner for ultra-secure mobile hypervisor
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C78:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* iOS beats Android at open source app compliance, says study
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C79:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

* ARM Cortex-A9 SoC will drive dashboards of the future
http://web.eweek.com/t?ctl=116C7A:78E90A086CDDFA1072751657AF1B40AA55D4898BCCC40632&

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Today in Slate: Japan Has Shifted 13 Feet! Plus, the Future of Mobile Gadgets

Today: March 16, 2011 Man vs. Meltdown Will Japan's nuclear crisis end in catastrophe? By William Saletan READ FULL STORY | More Science Japan Has Shifted 13 Feet! Does that mean GPS doesn't work anymore? By Brian Palmer READ FULL STORY | More Briefing The Future of Mobile Gadgets How many will we carry? What will they look like? What will they do? By Farhad Manjoo READ FULL STORY | More Business and Tech Why Didn't the Senate Ask Gen. Petraeus a Single Hard Question? What the Leaked Bank of America Documents Reveal Shafer: In Defense of Gilbert Gottfried and His Tasteless Jokes It's Perfectly Legal for Michigan To Take Over Local Governments Advertisement Shedding for the Wedding: Bridezillas Who Haven't Had Enough To Eat   Briefing New York bus crash: Why don't coach buses have seat belts? Japanese Tsunami: How do you know if you've absorbed too much radiation?  News & Politics Wisconsin politics: Is there any state with more partisanship or acrimony? New Palin Facebook note on Obama and drilling: Does this mean she's running? Arts "Catapult" Separated at birth, Spy magazine: Do celebrity lookalikes still look alike? (PHOTOS) Life Preschool lessons: New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire. St. Patrick's Day: No snakes, no shamrocks. Just the facts. Business & Tech Skype voicemail: Pay to play. Infrastructure privatization: Can banks be trusted? Science Japan's nuclear disaster: How will we warn posterity about radioactive waste? St. Patrick's Day: The eco-guide to responsible drinking. Podcasts & Video Farhad Manjoo reviews apps for public speaking (VIDEO). The Political Gabfest for March 16, 2011.

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By John Cook What Is This Thing That Charlie Sheen Invented? Did you know Charlie Sheen is an inventor and holds a genuine U.S. patent? It's true. It's not a sex toy (although it sure looks like one). But if his $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Two and a Half Men producer Chuck Lorre doesn't work out, he can always fall back on the crazy business schemes he hatched in the 1990s. Here's a survey. Sheen has already launched a line of "Duh? Winning!" t-shirts to capitalize on his ongoing physical and emotional implosion. But even before he began spouting electric 9/11-denying poetry from his fingers, Sheen was something of a reluctant entrepreneur. A search through patent and trademark databases shows that Sheen—through a now-defunct company called Masheen, Inc.—laid the groundwork for a host of business schemes that for some strange reason never seem to have gotten very far. One of them was a line of anti-drug paraphernalia. Really. Here's what we found: "Chapstick Dispensing Apparatus" Sheen's patent. Click to view the document (PDF). In 1999, Sheen and Roger D. Thomason jointly filed to patent a design for a chapstick dispenser with a "slidably, pivotably, or hingeably attached" cap, thereby solving the vexing problem of lost and wayward chapstick caps. This thing should have been huge! Except for one thing: It didn't help you do cocaine. Anyway, the patent was granted in 2001, so he's always got that baby in his back pocket. "Drugs Are Loser Friendly" Click to view the trademark application In 1998, Masheen Inc. trademarked the phrase "drugs are loser friendly" for use on "printed materials, such as flyers, stickers, circulars, and bumper stickers, tee shirts, hats, mugs, beverage cups, educational services for the education and dissemination of information concerning the detrimental effects of recreational drugs." This is highly ironic. It doesn't look like the phrase ever got off the ground, but if anyone out there has a "Drugs Are Loser Friendly" coffee mug out there, I'd throw it on EBay post haste. It's unclear going forward whether a Charlie Sheen-endorsed line of anti-drug bumper stickers and clothing is a wise avenue for investment. Sheen Kidz This one is more recent. In 2005, a company Sheen owns called Three Dog Par filed a trademark application for Sheen Kidz, a "couture children's sportswear line" of onesies, baby shoes and the like that now seems like a ready-made Saturday Night Live commercial. Who knew? It's unclear how active the company is right now, but according to the LinkedIn profile of Michael Berens, the company's former CEO, it did $15.5 million in wholesale in its first season of operation and moved $10 million of product in Japan. Because who doesn't want their three-year-old daughter dolled up by Charlie Sheen's mind? It's unclear what relationship the line currently has to Sheen, though. The trademark has been transferred to a company called Hit One Out; Berens is the president, and it was suspended in January for failure to pay franchise taxes. Share this:

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1. Japan's New Survivalist Instinct

Five days after the quake, millions of people are waiting in long lines
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from Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures on survivors' hardships - and their
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Four of The New York Times's reporters in Libya are missing, including
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kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 and rescued by British commandos.
Editors last made contact with the reporters on Tuesday morning, and
secondhand reports say they were picked up by pro-government forces in
Ajdabiya. "We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in
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our journalists were captured, they would be released promptly and
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