In an interview with MSNBC, the researchers stated that they found a security vulnerability in the embedded systems of HP Laserjet printers that would allow new commands to be issued to the printer by posing as a firmware update.
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On Tuesday, Cooper used his keynote address at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston to run down a list of complaints against the wireless industry that ranged from closed carrier networks to inefficient cellular antenna systems to the design of smart phones like the iPhone, which he argues are overly complex.
The embedded-systems industry internet site, www.embedded.com, lists more than 30 commercially available embedded operating systems.
And these capabilities will not only be available for apps running on devices, but for the embedded operating systems of those devices as well.
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The amount of domain knowledge about the business and the legacy systems that is embedded in the software developers is what the customer pays for and not really the technology fixes that get delivered through the year.
Despite the quick fix, one thing that this does highlight is the increasing vulnerability of embedded systems.
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Microsoft has a long history of delivering platforms and services to the automotive market, including in-car infotainment systems built on the Windows Embedded Automotive platform, in-car mapping services with Bing and the Microsoft Tellme voice application, and many other consumer solutions.
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The operating system will not use the new Blackberry OS 6 but has instead opted for QNX software, which was recently acquired by RIM and has extensive expertise in embedded systems for the car.
Windows CE, on the other hand, is targeted at the hand-held and embedded-systems market.
In HIS secret keys are extracted from the properties of chips like an 'electronic fingerprint' and used to offer a total protection of sensitive private and corporate data on mobile devices, embedded systems and in the cloud.
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As an example, he cites the opening up of geographic positioning systems data in the mid 1980s, which now is embedded in a range of commercial applications.
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Mr Kim noted that sustainable economic growth is embedded in the quality of our education systems.
Is Sun working on a slimmed-down version of the Java Virtual Machine for use in embedded systems?
Embedded systems, such as the proposed Venus box, are self-contained, which again means consumers do not require third-party software.
They are using the unique advancements of the AMD Embedded G-Series APU to develop a brand new generation of highly differentiated, energy-efficient, small form-factor embedded systems that can deliver the vivid visual experience expected in our always-connected world.
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The non-embedded computing world has put years of effort into partitioning systems between computing that happens at the client and computing that happens at the server.
As a software and hardware designer specializing in embedded control systems I found that the classic USA cubicle office arrangement generated intense stress due to the almost continual hubbub, noise and other interruptive mechanisms.
Russell Dietz is vice president and chief technology officer at SafeNet, a global leader in information security, and has more than 25 years of technology experience in the data management, security, embedded and distributed systems industries.
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From embedded Java on devices, up to Oracle engineered systems in the data center and Big Data analytical tools, Oracle provides a practical device-to-data center platform that makes it easy for organizations to collect, store, manage, and efficiently analyze data collected via connected devices.
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Bunell led the audience through a mind-boggling array of slides illustrating numerous techniques for improving availability in embedded systems independent of hardware redundancy.
Think along the lines of a special forces unit going deep into enemy territory with embedded geeks in the team, to dig up fibre-optic cable to be able to reach the systems that were supposed to be unreachable.
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