firmware

Surprisingly, Apple has released the iPhone 2.2 firmware in the middle of the night. The latest update is available in iTunes for existing iPhone owners.

The update contains:

Enhancements to Maps
- Google Street View
-...

Softpedia: "A new version of the SystemRescueCD is out and it brings important updates for various packages, new network drivers, the most awaited rt73 firmware for Wireless USB adaptors powered by the Ralink chipset, and a handful of bug fixes."

Linux applications do not yet support the newest 2.x Apple firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch. But if you want to copy images from the Pictures folder, all you need is SSH installed on the device

German blog Schimanke.com publishes new screenshots from the iPhone 2.2 firmware that reveal that Apple has activated App Store features that will make their debut in the next iPhone update.

Prior to this past week, these new App Store featu...

"The Bullet ships with Ubiquiti's AirOS firmware and a Linux SDK to encourage open source development.

It is getting toward the end of the Debian "Lenny" development cycle, so tradition requires a discussion on shipping firmware with the kernel.

This discussion has duly been set in motion. Meanwhile, the project is also considering new ways of recognizing contributors in the hope of encouraging more people (not just developers) to help with the project.

In both discussions, votes on general resolutions would appear to be in the future. Click below (subscribers only) for a look at the decisions the project is likely to face.

iPhoneHellas.gr has published a screenshot from the latest iPhone 2.2 Beta 2 which reveals that Apple may be seeking to increase customer participation in reviewing iPhone and iPod Touch Apps.

Specifically, the latest firmware ...

Apple has seeded iPhone 2.2 Firmware Beta 2 and has fully enabled Google Street View. We had previously reported that Beta 1 of iPhone 2.2 had hidden APIs related to the Street View for Google Maps, but was not enabled.

Apple ...

Shantanu's Technophilic Musings: "He goes on to say that the action the firmware takes, on finding out if the OS is linux, was probably inaccurate and it was good that linux kernel DOES NOT identify itself as "Linux" and returns false for the _OSI("Linux") and instead returns true when probed for Windows."

Germany-based GPL-Violations.org has published a guide describing how to identify GPL- or LGPL-licensed open source software in embedded devices.

Written by Armijn Hemel, the "GPL compliance engineering guide" offers tips and tricks for tracking down GPL code in firmware ranging from bootloaders to executables.