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Interact TV, makers of numerous Linux-based home media servers has just announced the latest in their line-up, the MyTellyHD (what sort of silly name is that?)

It features a complete home media server including PVR, DVD, music and photo library capabilities…

Between the iTunes DRM, a 2-year AT&T/Cingular contract commitment and a slim chance you’ll be able to write custom applications for the device, Apple’s iPhone is beginning to sound like one highly restrictive device. On the flip side, there’s the OpenMoko open source phone platform…

At the Binary 2.0 Conference in Japan, a presentation was given using the Nintendo Wii remote controller to operate a Sony Playstation 3.

The catch? The controller was installed as a device using a custom Python driver under Linux on the PS3. The entire presentation was actually done on the PS3, with the Wii-mote being used as the controller for the slide show…

If you think that smaller is better, you might want to check out this wee (not wii) PC for your desktop.

The Linutop is a compact, disk-less workstation which runs an embedded Linux OS on its AMD Geode CPU. The system features 512MB of ROM, 256MB of RAM, USB and Ethernet ports as well as VGA and audio in/out ports…

The oh so small netstix series of computers from gumstix are full-fledged Linux systems in the form-factor of a pack of gum. Now the maker has announced a significant speed bump from the earilier 200MHz processor to a new Intel XScale 400MHz processor.
The tiny computers have 64MB of RAM and 16MB of Flash memory on board…

For some time there have been rumors circulating around the web about Sony’s upcoming Playstation 3 and possible support for Linux.

According to this press release from Terra Soft Solutions, the rumors appear to be true. Yellow Dog Linux v5.0, Terra Soft’s implementation of Fedora Core 5 Linux, will run on the Playstation 3…