Another "micro-PC"

Just learned about this compact, and inexpensive PC: the Utilite.

At this point its just announced, but the company has a prior product line called the "Trim-Slice", so they do have a track record.

For about a $100, you get a small (very small) case with a powerful CPU, 4G Ram, 128G storage, and plenty of connections (USB, Gigabit ethernet, etc).  Can run Linux or Android.

So now yet another power small computer that could be used for some interesting activities.  A possible competition for the Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone.  (tho I don't think so, they are focused on different markets).

Mini Android PC

In a previous entry, I pointed out some of the interesting mini-computers that are now out there.  The most well known of these are the Rasberry Pi and the BeagleBoard.  These mainly run Linux, tho there is work being done to put other OSs on them.

I think from a research perspective, these give some interesting avenues of investigation for security matters.  Especially at such low cost, one could have several devices to test against.  Instead of having a rack of full blown PCs, one could have several such mini PCs.

For those wanting to research Android security, things seem kind of slim.  I don't like the idea of using my own smartphone for such work, tho I could see using a separate pre-paid Android phone for this.  But that could still get costly.