Once upon a time a group of developers with the KDE team decided to release a tablet based on open source software. It was announced in 2012 as the Spark, renamed a few months later as theVivaldi, got a major hardware overhaul a year later, and still hasn’t made it to market.

Now it looks like the Vivaldi in its latest form may never actually ship… nor will its sibling, the Improv modular ARM-based computer which was announced in November.

  Are you a skilled software developer that wants to develop with Tizen, in a state of the art new facility in Portland, Oregon? Working on delivering the Next Generation In-Vehicle Technologies? Well read on. Jaguar Land Rover R&D are to opening a state of the art new ‘Open Software Technology Centre’ in Portland Oregon, with an expected 2014 launch date. They are now looking for experienced software engineers to help in its research and product development efforts, on future vehicle infotainment technologies.

Dr Wolfgang Ziebart, Jaguar Land Rover Engineering Director, said: “Our aim is to innovate and develop the ultimate user experience for our customers and by taking a collaborative approach with both technology start-ups and large organisations such as Intel, we will push the boundaries of future infotainment technology†“Our goal is to accelerate opportunities for new types of in-vehicle services and applications in the Internet of Things.†