Canonical has announced the release of uTouch 1.0, a multitouch/gesture stack which will be shipped with the upcoming 10.10 release. "With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will have an end-to-end touch-screen framework — from the kernel all the way through to applications. Our multi-touch team has worked...

Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone seeks to use the power thriftiness of ARM processors to reduce the energy consumption at large data centers.

Kontron announced a fanless industrial box computer that runs on an Intel Atom N270 and can withstand temperatures of between five and 140 deg. F (-15 to 60 deg. C). The Kontron Embedded Box PC CB 752 is equipped with dual gigabit Ethernet ports and six USB 2.0 ports, plus...

On his blog, Arjan van de Ven reflects on the changes in how the PowerTOP utility is being used, with an eye toward restructuring it. "So it's now time to rethink some of the code and make things much more scalable for adding new checks and features. In addition, the...