The Wakefield 2008 show is out of the way and we've managed to record some of it on digital film for posterity's sake. Being wordsmiths and web nerds, we're not as proficient behind the lens as we'd like, so thanks to Daniel for doing his very best to tidy them up. Below is a selection of images captured from the Yorkshire RISC OS event on April 26 - click on a thumbnail for a larger image and click here for a full report of the show. :: :: The little ARM9-powered board with touchscreen t...

We're reporting live from the Wakefield 2008 show floor and you can catch up with the latest news, theatre talks and gossip from the link below. A preview of the show is here and a full report will follow later. Photos may well also appear below too, if you're lucky. :: :: Click here to see news filed from the show floor :: :: We'll be filing copy via mobile phone and taking notes in show presentations. Feel free to say hello if you recognise any of us. Many thanks to readers who donated cas...

RISC OS in the palm of your hand with a touchscreen and half-decent embedded processor. Sounds great? Pictured below is, essentially, a Samsung ARM9 processor card, as used in the A9home, attached to a baseboard and a 5.7" LCD touchscreen. :: :: The touchscreen side. :: The electronics underneath.Images from Simtec. Click for larger originals. :: :: Built by the same talented electronic engineers behind the RISC OS-powered AdvantageSix A9home, the kit includes two USB ports, a standard serial ...

As revealed here two days ago and again this morning, RISCOS Ltd have put the finishing touches to RISC OS 6.10 and released it as part of the Select subscription scheme. Existing subscribers will be able to walk away with a Select 4i4 installation CD at Saturday's Wakefield 2008 show or download it from the riscos.com website after the event. RISC OS 6 is available for A7000, A7000+, RiscPC, Kinetic and VirtualRiscPC-class computers. :: :: Wading through all the press release stuff this...

As reported in our coverage this month of R-Comp taking over old Iota software, Complete Animator and Touch Type will be on sale from this weekend. The two applications have been resurrected, dusted down, given a lick of paint and put back on the market in time for the Wakefield 2008 show this Saturday. :: :: The two programs were initially developed for the RISC OS platform before Iota jumped ship to the Microsoft Windows world. The firm ceased trading in January this year and R-Comp hav...

The Wakefield 2008 show takes place this Saturday in West Yorkshire and exhibitors are itching to announce their latest products ahead of the weekend. Both RISCOS Ltd and RISC OS Open are, as we type, preparing their own operating system releases in time for the event. :: :: ROOL, which oversees the development of a shared-source RISC OS 5, intends to pump out another load of OS source code for third-party programmers to study and contribute to. The team also hopes to unveil a more user-f...

A new program that can create PDFs on RISC OS hit the platform today in the form of PDFmaker by R-Comp. The application is part of the new PDFsuite, which was released this week and also includes a PDF document viewer that can print out documents. The collection costs just under 20 quid and will be on sale at the Wakefield 2008 show. :: :: PDF documents have swelled in popularity as more and more computer platforms support them. They are usually produced by DTP and graphics applications, ...