KwikByte is shipping its smallest, lowest-cost single-board computer (SBC) yet. Designed for general purpose computing, embedded controls, machine vision, remote monitoring, and database/web servers, the Debian-based KB9260 measures a wee 3.1 x 3.1 inches and costs only $80 in volume.

With the LiMo Foundation and the Open Handset Alliance forging ahead with Linux, and Motorola signing up new Windows Mobile licencees, as well as acquiring Danger, the battle for control of mobilephone OS is far from over, says Keith Dyer.

Everex is refreshing its Cloudbook line of ultraportable, Linux-based laptops with redesigned models that may eventually include low-power Intel Diamondville processors, bigger screens and more storage.

Here in CeBIT 2008, crowds descended on Hannover Germany to see the latest technologies. Germany is certainly a lovely country but there’s nothing lovable about the 5.60 Euro per gallon gas prices.

LaCie has shipped a dual-disk, 2TB version of its Linux-based network attached storage (NAS) appliance. The latest "2big Network" device runs an in-house version of Linux called LaCix, and can act as a small business server for FTP, backup, and file-sharing.

Asus announced an upgraded version of its "Eee" mini-laptop with a larger 8.9-inch screen. The Eee PC 900 also doubles memory to 1GB, boosts the screen resolution, increases solid-state storage to 12GB -- and raises the price from $400 to $600.

Caroline is a 2006 Volkswagen Passat, converted by a team from the Braunschweig University of Technology to be an autonomous vehicle.

Portwell has announced an "embedded industrial" motherboard that uses the micro-ATX form factor and supports Core Duo or Core Solo CPUs. The RUBY-9713VG2A features dual gigabit Ethernet ports, PCI and PCI Express expansion, RAID support, and up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM.

OpenMoko, developer of open-source Linux mobile phones, has open-sourced the casing of its handset, releasing the CAD files so anyone with a computer-aided manufacturing technology can create their own versions to fit the OpenMoko electronics.

Delock has announced a compact industrial PC built around a Via pico-ITX motherboard. Designed for DIN-rail mounting, the DL-18HD runs Linux on a 1GHz Via C7 processor, supports hard disks up to 300MB, and has an optional quad-band cellular modem, according to the company.

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