17 Oct 09 ARM takeover talk, CEO exits, upbeat Intel lead weekly story ranking

Here are the top five online stories for the week beginning Sunday, Oct. 11, as ranked by EE Times readers, up to and including Friday, Oct. 16. The ranking is based on the number of reader "views" or "hits" on a particular article.



Sponsored Topics: Intel Corporation - ARM architecture - EE Times - Linux - Microsoft Windows
Tagi: arm architecture, times readers, ee times, oct 11, microsoft windows, takeover, intel, ceo, linux, microsoft

21 Oct 09 World of Goo Creators Try Pick-Your-Price Experiment

2D Boy, the independent game studio behind World of Goo, recently celebrated the game's one-year anniversary by offering it at whatever price buyers cared to pay. They've now released some sales statistics about how people responded to the opportunity. The average price during the sale was $2.03; the game normally retails for $20. According to a survey of why people paid what they did, 22.4% said it was all they could afford at the time, and 12.4% said they already owned World of Goo and were buying it for a different platform. (Yes, there is a Linux version.) Over 57,000 people took advantage of the offer, which was enough for 2D Boy to term it "a huge success." Interestingly, they also saw a significant increase in sales through Steam, and a smaller increase through Wiiware. They've decided to extend the experiment until October 25th.

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Tagi: world of goo, independent game, game studio, wiiware, creators, steam, year anniversary, peoe, linux

21 Oct 09 IBM pitches Ubuntu Linux in place of Windows 7

IBM is trying to hit Microsoft where it hurts, with a new offering designed to lure customers away from Windows 7.

Tagi: pitches, linux, microsoft

30 Oct 09 Canonical updates Linux-based netbook OS with new interface, apps

Canonical on Thursday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use Web content.

The Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix is designed to run basic Web and office applications typically used on netbooks. Netbooks are cheap, lightweight laptops characterized by limited computing resources and small screen sizes.

Tagi: netbooks, netbook, computing resources, basic web, apps, laptops, interface, linux

05 Nov 09 On-Demand Video + CMS + Interactive Input For Museum?

remolacha writes "I've been given the task of tech chief for a biggish art museum (1300 m2, or about 13,000 sq ft) in Spain. The museum's designers want 20 'terminals' that will offer on-demand video and interactive content. the terminals' content will change with the exhibits; many will have touchscreens. More interesting forms of input are planned as well (floor sensors, big buttons). It's all on one floor, and the floors are raised, so I can run cabling and set up floor ethernet jacks. Max cable run is 60m / 190ft. The museum may expand to 4 times its projected size once open, by comandeering other floors in the building. To give an idea of where the designers heads are, they were talking about a massive dvd changer in a closet somewhere. I am thinking an intranet running a webserver with a CMS and flash media server, terminals running firefox in kiosk mode. I'd love to do everything on Linux. Does anyone have experience with a setup like this, better ideas, or advice?"

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Tagi: big butts, interactive input, cable run, slashdot, flash media, media server, art museum, sq ft, kiosk, sensors, firefox, exhibits, cms, m2, designers, spain, linux