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Genevieve Bell

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'''Genevieve Bell''' is an [[Australian]] anthropologist best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice and technology development. Bell is currently a Professor at the [[Australian National University]]<ref name="ANU">{{Cite web|url=https://cecs.anu.edu.au/news/world-leading-technologist-dr-genevieve-bell-join-anu|title=Leading technologist joins ANU, CSIRO's Data61 collaboration|publisher=The Australian National University|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref> and a Senior Fellow at Intel, where she was formerly a Vice President directing the company's Corporate Sensing & Insights group. She is widely published, and holds 13 patents.

==Early life==
Daughter of renowned Australian anthropologist, [[Diane Bell]], Genevieve Bell was born in Sydney and raised in a range of Australian communities, including [[Melbourne]], [[Canberra]], and in several indigenous communities in the [[Northern Territory]].<ref name="intel fellow">{{cite web|url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/bios/gbell.htm|title=Genevieve Bell|work=Intel Fellow|publisher=Intel|accessdate=31 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="fast">{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2009/genevieve-bell |title=45 Genevieve Bell |last=McGirt |first=Ellen |work=100 Most Creative People in Business |publisher=Fast Company |accessdate=31 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529062406/http://www.fastcompany.com:80/100/2009/genevieve-bell |archivedate=29 May 2010 |df= }}</ref> Bell attended university in the United States, where she graduated from [[Bryn Mawr College]]<ref name="intel fellow"/> in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Bell went on to attend [[Stanford University]] in [[Palo Alto, California]], for graduate studies.<ref name="intel fellow"/><ref name="fast"/> In 1993, she earned her master's degree from Stanford, followed by a Doctorate in 1998, both in Anthropology.<ref name="intel fellow"/> Her doctoral research focused on the [[Carlisle Indian Industrial School]] which operated in rural Pennsylvania in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

==Career==
From 1996-1998, Bell taught anthropology and Native American Studies at Stanford University, in both the Department of Anthropology and Department of Anthropological Sciences, as well as in the Continuing Studies program.

She was recruited from her faculty position by [[Intel Corporation]] in 1998 to help build out their nascent social-science research competency in the advanced research and development labs.<ref name="new research">{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2010/06/intel_makes_anthropologist_gen.html|title=Intel makes anthropologist Genevieve Bell head of new research group|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=June 30, 2010|work=[[The Oregonian]]|accessdate=31 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="usn">{{cite journal|last=Barnett |first=Megan |date=June 12, 2005 |title=Keeping An Eye On You |journal=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/050620/20eespotlight.htm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621003248/http://www.usnews.com:80/usnews/biztech/articles/050620/20eespotlight.htm |archivedate=2009-06-21 |df= }}</ref> She was based at one of the company's campuses in [[Hillsboro, Oregon]], where she worked as a cultural anthropologist studying how different cultures around the globe used technology.<ref name="new research"/><ref name="usn"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/07/13/go.geekness.day/?hpt=Sbin|title=Geeks: Smart, harmless, authentic, exploited?|last=Hoevel|first=Ann|date=July 13, 2010|publisher=CNN|accessdate=31 July 2010}}</ref> She and her colleagues helped re-orient Intel to a more market-inspired and experience-driven approach and she is widely credited with establishing User Experience as a recognized competency at Intel.<ref name="Sharp Eyed">{{cite news|last1=Singer|first1=Natasha|title=Intel's Sharp Eyed Social Scientist|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/technology/intels-sharp-eyed-social-scientist.html|accessdate=December 27, 2014|publisher=New York Times.|date=Feb 15, 2014}}</ref>

She started Intel’s first User Experience Group in 2005, as part of Intel’s Digital Home Group. The company named her an Intel Fellow, their highest technical rank, in November 2008 for her work in the Digital Home Group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2008/11/intel_honors_oregon_researcher.html|title=Intel honors Oregon researchers|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=November 10, 2008|work=The Oregonian|publisher=OregonLive.com|accessdate=31 July 2010}}</ref> She rejoined the advanced research and development labs in 2010, when Intel made her the director of their newly forming User Experience Research group.<ref name="new research"/> This group was Intel’s first fully integrated user experience research and development group; they worked on questions of big data, smart transportation, next generation image technology and ideas about fear and wonder.<ref name="Sharp Eyed"/> After steering that group to a range of successes inside and outside the company, she was made a Vice President in 2014 and Senior Fellow in 2016.

Bell’s impact has been recognized repeatedly outside Intel. In 2010, she was named one of the top 25 women in technology to watch by [[AlwaysOn]] and as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company.<ref name="fast"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/2010-Top-25-Women-Tech-Watch |title=The 2010 Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch |last=Perkins |first=Tony |date=July 29, 2010 |publisher=AlwaysOn |accessdate=31 July 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707151937/http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/2010-Top-25-Women-Tech-Watch |archivedate=7 July 2011 |df= }}</ref> In 2012, Bell was inducted to the [[Women In Technology International]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="witi">{{cite news|url=http://www.witi.com/center/aboutwiti/press/2012/05-15.php|title=WITI Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Award Honorees: Dr. Genevieve Bell; Dr. Jane Lubchenco; Dr. Joanne Martin; Ms. Gwynne Shotwell|date=May 15, 2012}}</ref> and in 2013, she was named [http://anitaborg.org/profiles/abie-award-winners/genevieve-bell/ Anita Borg’s Women of Vision in Leadership]. In 2014, she was included in Elle Magazine’s first list of influential women in technology <ref name=Elle>{{cite web|title=Genevieve Bell, Vice President User Experience Research, Intel Corporation|url=http://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/most-influential-women-in-technology-4#slide-4|publisher=Elle Magazine|accessdate=December 27, 2014}}</ref> and also included in a new exhibit at London’s Design Museum profiling 25 women from around the world.<ref name="Design Museum">{{cite web|title=Women, Fashion & Power|url=https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/women-fashion-power|publisher=Design Museum|accessdate=28 December 2014|date=October 2014}}</ref>

Her first book, ''Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing'', written in collaboration with [[Paul Dourish]], is an exploration of the social and cultural aspects of [[ubiquitous computing]], with a particular focus on the disciplinary and methodological issues that have shaped the ubiquitous computing research agenda. The book was published by [[MIT Press]] in 2011.<ref>[http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12569 MIT Press page for "Divining a Digital Future."]</ref>

Bell was also a [[Thinker in Residence]] for [[South Australia]] from 2008-2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/thinkers/bell/default.aspx |title=Adelaide Thinkers In Residence - Genevieve Bell |accessdate=17 Dec 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113224127/http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/thinkers/bell/default.aspx |archivedate=2013-11-13 |df= }}</ref> She had a visiting appointment to help guide government policy surrounding new national broadband initiative. Bell conducted ethnographic research and developed new innovative research methods to identify barriers to adoption and drivers around broadband uptake. Her final report, “[http://www.statedevelopment.sa.gov.au/upload/digital-technology/Genevieve%20Bell%20Thinker%20in%20Residence%20-%20getting%20connected.pdf Getting Connected, staying connected: exploring the role of new technology in Australian society]” is available online.

In 2017, Bell was appointed as a Professor at the Australian National University College of Engineering and Computer Science, where she is focusing on "exploring how to bring together data science, design thinking and ethnography to drive new approaches in engineering; and ... exploring the questions of what it means to be human in a data-driven economy and world".<ref name="ANU"></ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-opinion/50438-genevieve-bell-intel%E2%80%99s-secret-weapon Genevieve Bell: Intel’s Secret Weapon] - ''TG Daily''
*[http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/bios?n=Genevieve%20Bell&f=searchAll Genevieve Bell, Intel Corporate Biography]

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Taree

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| name = Taree
| state = nsw
| image =
| caption =
| lga = [[City of Greater Taree]]
| postcode = 2430
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{{Location Map|New South Wales|lat_deg=-31|lat_min=-54|lon_deg=152|lon_min=27|caption=Location in [[New South Wales]]}}

'''Taree''' is a city on the [[Mid North Coast]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Taree and nearby [[Cundletown, New South Wales|Cundletown]] were settled in 1831 by [[William Wynter]]. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant [[agricultural]] district. It is about 15 km from the sea coast, and about 300 km north of [[Sydney]]. Taree can be reached by train via the [[North Coast railway line, New South Wales|North Coast Railway]], and by the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]].

Taree is within the [[Local Government Areas in Australia|Local Government Area]] of the [[City of Greater Taree]], the state electorate of [[Electoral district of Myall Lakes|Myall Lakes]] and the Federal electorate of [[Division of Lyne|Lyne]].

== Name ==
{{for|the personal name|Taree}}
The name Taree is derived for the local native [[Biripi]] word meaning ''tree by the river'', or more specifically, the Sandpaper Fig (''[[Ficus coronata]]''). Many successful people have come out of Taree including [[Troy Bayliss]] (motorbike rider), [[Danny Buderus]] (rugby league player), [[Onene Wood]] (cyclist) [[Milo Nusav]] (Liverpool player) and [[Jade North]] (Socceroos, Newcastle Jets captain).

== Education ==
There are several public schools in the Taree area including Taree Public School, [[Taree High School]], Taree West Public School, Manning Gardens Public School, Chatham Public School, [[Chatham High School (Taree, New South Wales)|Chatham High School]], and Cundletown Public School.

Private schools in and around Taree include Manning District Adventist School, [[Tinonee, New South Wales|Tinonee]], Manning River Steiner School, Manning Valley Anglican College, Cundletown, Taree Christian Community School, [[Kolodong, New South Wales|Kolodong]], Taree [[Steiner School]], St Joseph's Primary School, and St Clare's High School.

Several post tertiary training facilities have a presence in Taree: the North Coast Institute of TAFE, Taree Community College, the Australian Technical College - Manning Valley Campus.

== TAREE HIGH SCHOOL ==

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== Media ==
[http://taree.yourguide.com.au/home.asp The Manning River Times] is based in Taree.

[[Prime Television]], [[NBN Television]] and [[Southern Cross Ten]] all maintain sales departments in the city.

There are four local radio stations, commercial stations [[2RE]] and [[Max FM]] and community stations [[2BOB]] and [[2TLP]].

The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] broadcasts [[Triple J]], [[ABC Classic FM]], [[Radio National]] and [http://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast ABC Mid North Coast] into Taree, and [[Rhema FM Manning Great Lakes]] broadcasts from studios in nearby [[Wingham, New South Wales|Wingham]]. [[Racing Radio]] is also broadcast to Taree.

== Tourism ==
[[Image:Big Oyster Taree.jpg|thumb|Taree's Big Oyster]]
Nearby towns include historic [[Wingham, New South Wales|Wingham]], [[Tinonee, New South Wales|Tinonee]], and the beachside town of [[Old Bar]].

A local tourist attraction is a building called "The World's Largest Oyster", also called "The Big Oyster". [[Australia's Big Things|Big Things]] are a common form of tourist attraction in Australia. Like the [[Big Merino]] and [[Big Banana]], the 'Oyster' is an artifact based on local produce; the [[Manning River]] produces some 3 and a half million oysters a year.<ref>[http://www.oysterfarmers.asn.au/faqs/rivers/mann.htm Oyster Farmers Association]</ref> The Big Oyster was an unsuccessful business venture, known to the locals as a 'Big Mistake', and is now home to a motor dealership.

The Manning Entertainment Centre was built in the 1980s as the cultural centre of the district. Although it seats 500 people it is too small to accommodate large acts; for example the orchestra pit is not large enough for a full symphony orchestra. However a great variety of acts, including the District Eisteddfod and local amateur dramatic societies, utilise it to provide cultural outings for the local community.

Located next to the Entertainment Centre and the Visitor Information Centre at the northern entrance to Taree is the Manning Aquatic and Leisure Centre. This facility includes a 25 metre indoor heated pool with slippery dip and a 50 metre outdoor pool and soon after the time of opening had the second most expensive pool entrance fee in Australia, the most expensive being a pool in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. The Aquatic Centre was built in the late 1990s – early 2000s to replace the Taree Pool, which could no longer be used for swimming. Located next to the Manning River in the centre of town, the Taree Pool had fallen into disrepair and is now condemned.

The Manning Regional Art Gallery is located in a cottage style building next to Taree Public School. The art gallery hosts a changing selection of works by local artists and visiting exhibitions.

== Annual events ==
===January===

Events in the '''[http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au NSW Rowing Association] Annual Pointscore Rowing Regatta''' are held at Endeavour Place in Taree during the third week of January. This Regatta consists of 50 races with competitors travelling from many parts of New South Wales to compete.

===March===

The '''Easter Powerboat Classic''' is held on the [[Manning River]] near Queen Elizabeth Park during the Easter Long Weekend. Events start on Friday morning and feature the Stuart Doyle Cup on Saturday and the Ken Warby time trials midday Saturday and Sunday.

===August===

The '''Taree Gold Cup''' is a prestigious horse racing event held at the Bushland Drive Racecourse.

===October===

The '''Taree Annual Show''' is held the second weekend in October, comprising of sideshow, precision driving team, rodeo events, cattle and livestock judging.

== See also ==
{{Portal|name=New South Wales|image=Flag of New South Wales.svg|size=55}}
* [[List of cities in Australia]]
* [[Taree Airport]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.wlra.us/wl/wloyster.htm "World's Largest Oyster" - picture]
* [http://www.gtcc.nsw.gov.au/ Greater Taree City Council website]
* [http://taree.yourguide.com.au/home.asp ''Manning River Times'']

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Taree

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| est = 1831
| elevation= 5
| maxtemp = 24.3
| mintemp = 12.0
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{{Location Map|New South Wales|lat_deg=-31|lat_min=-54|lon_deg=152|lon_min=27|caption=Location in [[New South Wales]]}}

'''Taree''' is a city on the [[Mid North Coast]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Taree and nearby [[Cundletown, New South Wales|Cundletown]] were settled in 1831 by [[William Wynter]]. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant [[agricultural]] district. It is about 15 km from the sea coast, and about 300 km north of [[Sydney]]. Taree can be reached by train via the [[North Coast railway line, New South Wales|North Coast Railway]], and by the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]].

Taree is within the [[Local Government Areas in Australia|Local Government Area]] of the [[City of Greater Taree]], the state electorate of [[Electoral district of Myall Lakes|Myall Lakes]] and the Federal electorate of [[Division of Lyne|Lyne]].

== Name ==
{{for|the personal name|Taree}}
The name Taree is derived for the local native [[Biripi]] word meaning ''tree by the river'', or more specifically, the Sandpaper Fig (''[[Ficus coronata]]''). Many successful people have come out of Taree including [[Troy Bayliss]] (motorbike rider), [[Danny Buderus]] (rugby league player), [[Onene Wood]] (cyclist) [[Milo Nusav]] (Liverpool player) and [[Jade North]] (Socceroos, Newcastle Jets captain).

== Education ==
There are several public schools in the Taree area including Taree Public School, [[Taree High School]], Taree West Public School, Manning Gardens Public School, Chatham Public School, [[Chatham High School (Taree, New South Wales)|Chatham High School]], and Cundletown Public School.

Private schools in and around Taree include Manning District Adventist School, [[Tinonee, New South Wales|Tinonee]], Manning River Steiner School, Manning Valley Anglican College, Cundletown, Taree Christian Community School, [[Kolodong, New South Wales|Kolodong]], Taree [[Steiner School]], St Joseph's Primary School, and St Clare's High School.

Several post tertiary training facilities have a presence in Taree: the North Coast Institute of TAFE, Taree Community College, the Australian Technical College - Manning Valley Campus.

== Media ==
[http://taree.yourguide.com.au/home.asp The Manning River Times] is based in Taree.

[[Prime Television]], [[NBN Television]] and [[Southern Cross Ten]] all maintain sales departments in the city.

There are four local radio stations, commercial stations [[2RE]] and [[Max FM]] and community stations [[2BOB]] and [[2TLP]].

The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] broadcasts [[Triple J]], [[ABC Classic FM]], [[Radio National]] and [http://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast ABC Mid North Coast] into Taree, and [[Rhema FM Manning Great Lakes]] broadcasts from studios in nearby [[Wingham, New South Wales|Wingham]]. [[Racing Radio]] is also broadcast to Taree.

== Tourism ==
[[Image:Big Oyster Taree.jpg|thumb|Taree's Big Oyster]]
Nearby towns include historic [[Wingham, New South Wales|Wingham]], [[Tinonee, New South Wales|Tinonee]], and the beachside town of [[Old Bar]].

A local tourist attraction is a building called "The World's Largest Oyster", also called "The Big Oyster". [[Australia's Big Things|Big Things]] are a common form of tourist attraction in Australia. Like the [[Big Merino]] and [[Big Banana]], the 'Oyster' is an artifact based on local produce; the [[Manning River]] produces some 3 and a half million oysters a year.<ref>[http://www.oysterfarmers.asn.au/faqs/rivers/mann.htm Oyster Farmers Association]</ref> The Big Oyster was an unsuccessful business venture, known to the locals as a 'Big Mistake', and is now home to a motor dealership.

The Manning Entertainment Centre was built in the 1980s as the cultural centre of the district. Although it seats 500 people it is too small to accommodate large acts; for example the orchestra pit is not large enough for a full symphony orchestra. However a great variety of acts, including the District Eisteddfod and local amateur dramatic societies, utilise it to provide cultural outings for the local community.

Located next to the Entertainment Centre and the Visitor Information Centre at the northern entrance to Taree is the Manning Aquatic and Leisure Centre. This facility includes a 25 metre indoor heated pool with slippery dip and a 50 metre outdoor pool and soon after the time of opening had the second most expensive pool entrance fee in Australia, the most expensive being a pool in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. The Aquatic Centre was built in the late 1990s – early 2000s to replace the Taree Pool, which could no longer be used for swimming. Located next to the Manning River in the centre of town, the Taree Pool had fallen into disrepair and is now condemned.

The Manning Regional Art Gallery is located in a cottage style building next to Taree Public School. The art gallery hosts a changing selection of works by local artists and visiting exhibitions.

== Annual events ==
===January===

Events in the '''[http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au NSW Rowing Association] Annual Pointscore Rowing Regatta''' are held at Endeavour Place in Taree during the third week of January. This Regatta consists of 50 races with competitors travelling from many parts of New South Wales to compete.

===March===

The '''Easter Powerboat Classic''' is held on the [[Manning River]] near Queen Elizabeth Park during the Easter Long Weekend. Events start on Friday morning and feature the Stuart Doyle Cup on Saturday and the Ken Warby time trials midday Saturday and Sunday.

===August===

The '''Taree Gold Cup''' is a prestigious horse racing event held at the Bushland Drive Racecourse.

===October===

The '''Taree Annual Show''' is held the second weekend in October, comprising of sideshow, precision driving team, rodeo events, cattle and livestock judging.

== See also ==
{{Portal|name=New South Wales|image=Flag of New South Wales.svg|size=55}}
* [[List of cities in Australia]]
* [[Taree Airport]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.wlra.us/wl/wloyster.htm "World's Largest Oyster" - picture]
* [http://www.gtcc.nsw.gov.au/ Greater Taree City Council website]
* [http://taree.yourguide.com.au/home.asp ''Manning River Times'']

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Eddie Mabo

2007-09-23T08:18:57Z

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'''Eddie Koiki Mabo''' (''c''.1936–[[21 January]] [[1992]]) was a [[Torres Strait Islanders|Torres Strait Islander]] who became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the [[High Court of Australia]] that overturned the [[legal fiction]] of ''[[terra nullius]]'' which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title. He was born '''Eddie Koiki Sambo''' but he changed his name later in life.

==Higher education==
Over the next decade, Eddie Mabo worked on a number of jobs before becoming a gardener with James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland at the age of thirty one. Being at the campus was a massively significant period in his life.

In 1974, this culminated in a discussion he had with Professor Noel Loos and [[Henry Reynolds (historian)|Henry Reynolds]], who recalled Eddie Mabo's reaction as follows,

<blockquote>
...we were having lunch one day in Reynold's office when Koiki was just speaking about his land back on Mer, or Murray Island. Henry and I realised that in his mind he thought he owned that land, so we sort of glanced at each other, and then had the difficult responsibility of telling him that he didn't own that land, and that it was Crown land. Koiki was surprised, shocked and even...he said and I remember him saying 'No way, it's not theirs, it's ours'.
</blockquote>

==Land rights advocate==
In 1981 a Land Rights Conference was held at [[James Cook University]] and to that audience, Eddie Mabo made a speech where he spelt out clearly land ownership and land inheritance in Murray Island. The significance of this in terms of Australian [[common law]] doctrine was not missed by one of the attendees, a lawyer, who suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights through the court system.

On the outcome of that decision, [[Henry A. Reynolds|Henry Reynolds]] said that "...it was a ten year battle and it was a remarkable saga really."

==Death and legacy==
However, while he would take time out to relax by working on his boat or painting watercolours of his island home, after ten years the strain began to affect his health.

In January 1992, Koiki Mabo died of cancer. He was fifty-six years of age.

Five months later on [[June 3]] the High Court announced its historic decision, namely overturning the legal fiction of ''terra nullius'' - ('no-mans land') which is a modern term applied to the attitude of the British towards land ownership on the continent of Australia.

:"...so Justice Moynihan's decision that Mabo wasn't the rightful heir was irrelevant because the decision that came out was that native title existed and it was up to the Aboriginal or Islander people to determine who owned what land." [[Henry A. Reynolds|Henry Reynolds]].

That decision is now commonly called "[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992)|Mabo]]" in Australia, and recognised for its landmark status. Three years after Eddie Koiki Mabo died, that being the traditional mourning period for the people of Murray Island, a gathering was held in [[Townsville, Queensland|Townsville]] for a memorial service.

Overnight Koiki's grave site was vandalised by white racists who spray painted eight red swastikas and the racist word "[[Abo]]" on his tombstone, and removed a bronze bas-relief portrait of him. Koiki's body was reburied on Murray Island, the land he loved and fought for so hard. That night, the Islanders performed their traditional ceremony for the burial of a king, a ritual not seen on the island for eighty years.

In 1992 Eddie Mabo was postumously awarded the Human Rights Medal in the [[Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]] Awards, together with Rev Dave Passi, Sam Passi (deceased), James Rice, Celuia Mapo Salee (deceased) and Barbara Hocking. The award was in recognition "of their long and determined battle to gain justice for their people" and the "work over many years to gain legal recognition for indigenous people's rights".<ref name = "human">{{cite web|title= 1992 Human Rights Medal and Awards |publisher= [[Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]] |url= http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/1992.html |accessdate= 2007-08-11}}</ref>

In 1993 ''The Australian'' commemorated his work by voting him the 1992 Australian of the Year, not to be confused with the official [[Australian of the Year]] awards issued by the Australian Government. <ref name="naa">{{cite web|title= Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo - MS 8822|publisher= [[National Library of Australia]] |url= http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html|accessdate= 2007-09-23}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Native Title]]
*[[Mabo v Queensland (1988)]]
*[[Mabo v Queensland]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==

* [http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/mabo.html Mabo Papers]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html Biographical Note] - timeline of Mabo's Life
* [http://hsc.csu.edu.au/ab_studies/rights/global/social_justice_global/sjwelcome.response.front.htm#Indigenous%20Australian%20Case%20Study Biography by Gail Mabo, his daughter]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/emabo.htm Eddie Mabo Biography]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html Papers of Eddie Mabo] - held by the National Library of Australia
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24171246 Collection of art works by Edward Koiki Mabo] - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn803047 Apek kebile: Eddie Koiki Mabo : the boy from the other side of the island] (videorecording) - "about Eddie Mabo, his love for his people and his homeland ..." / Office for Torres Strait Islander Affairs
* ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1426877 Mabo: life of an island man]'' / original screenplay by Trevor Graham (1999, ISBN 0-86819-580-4)

[[Category:1936 births|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:1992 deaths|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:Torres Strait Island culture|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:Australian indigenous rights activists|Mabo]]

[[de:Eddie Mabo]]
[[fr:Eddie Mabo]]

Eddie Mabo

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'''Eddie Koiki Mabo''' (''c''.1936–[[21 January]] [[1992]]) was a [[Torres Strait Islanders|Torres Strait Islander]] who became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the [[High Court of Australia]] that overturned the [[legal fiction]] of ''[[terra nullius]]'' which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title. He was born '''Eddie Koiki Sambo''' but he changed his name later in life.

==Higher education==
Over the next decade, Eddie Mabo worked on a number of jobs before becoming a gardener with James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland at the age of thirty one. Being at the campus was a massively significant period in his life.

In 1974, this culminated in a discussion he had with Professor Noel Loos and [[Henry Reynolds (historian)|Henry Reynolds]], who recalled Eddie Mabo's reaction as follows,

<blockquote>
...we were having lunch one day in Reynold's office when Koiki was just speaking about his land back on Mer, or Murray Island. Henry and I realised that in his mind he thought he owned that land, so we sort of glanced at each other, and then had the difficult responsibility of telling him that he didn't own that land, and that it was Crown land. Koiki was surprised, shocked and even...he said and I remember him saying 'No way, it's not theirs, it's ours.
</blockquote>

==Land rights advocate==
In 1981 a Land Rights Conference was held at [[James Cook University]] and to that audience, Eddie Mabo made a speech where he spelt out clearly land ownership and land inheritance in Murray Island. The significance of this in terms of Australian [[common law]] doctrine was not missed by one of the attendees, a lawyer, who suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights through the court system.

On the outcome of that decision, [[Henry A. Reynolds|Henry Reynolds]] said that "...it was a ten year battle and it was a remarkable saga really."

==Death and legacy==
However, while he would take time out to relax by working on his boat or painting watercolours of his island home, after ten years the strain began to affect his health.

In January 1992, Koiki Mabo died of cancer. He was fifty-six years of age.

Five months later on [[June 3]] the High Court announced its historic decision, namely overturning the legal fiction of ''terra nullius'' - ('no-mans land') which is a modern term applied to the attitude of the British towards land ownership on the continent of Australia.

:"...so Justice Moynihan's decision that Mabo wasn't the rightful heir was irrelevant because the decision that came out was that native title existed and it was up to the Aboriginal or Islander people to determine who owned what land." [[Henry A. Reynolds|Henry Reynolds]].

That decision is now commonly called "[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992)|Mabo]]" in Australia, and recognised for its landmark status. Three years after Eddie Koiki Mabo died, that being the traditional mourning period for the people of Murray Island, a gathering was held in [[Townsville, Queensland|Townsville]] for a memorial service.

Overnight Koiki's grave site was vandalised by white racists who spray painted eight red swastikas and the racist word "[[Abo]]" on his tombstone, and removed a bronze bas-relief portrait of him. Koiki's body was reburied on Murray Island, the land he loved and fought for so hard. That night, the Islanders performed their traditional ceremony for the burial of a king, a ritual not seen on the island for eighty years.

In 1992 Eddie Mabo was postumously awarded the Human Rights Medal in the [[Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]] Awards, together with Rev Dave Passi, Sam Passi (deceased), James Rice, Celuia Mapo Salee (deceased) and Barbara Hocking. The award was in recognition "of their long and determined battle to gain justice for their people" and the "work over many years to gain legal recognition for indigenous people's rights".<ref name = "human">{{cite web|title= 1992 Human Rights Medal and Awards |publisher= [[Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]] |url= http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/1992.html |accessedate= 2007-08-11}}</ref>

In 1993 ''The Australian'' commemorated his work by voting him the 1992 Australian of the Year, not to be confused with the official [[Australian of the Year]] awards issued by the Australian Government.

==See also==
*[[Native Title]]
*[[Mabo v Queensland (1988)]]
*[[Mabo v Queensland]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==

* [http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/mabo.html Mabo Papers]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html Biographical Note] - timeline of Mabo's Life
* [http://hsc.csu.edu.au/ab_studies/rights/global/social_justice_global/sjwelcome.response.front.htm#Indigenous%20Australian%20Case%20Study Biography by Gail Mabo, his daughter]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/emabo.htm Eddie Mabo Biography]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html Papers of Eddie Mabo] - held by the National Library of Australia
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24171246 Collection of art works by Edward Koiki Mabo] - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn803047 Apek kebile: Eddie Koiki Mabo : the boy from the other side of the island] (videorecording) - "about Eddie Mabo, his love for his people and his homeland ..." / Office for Torres Strait Islander Affairs
* ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1426877 Mabo: life of an island man]'' / original screenplay by Trevor Graham (1999, ISBN 0-86819-580-4)

[[Category:1936 births|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:1992 deaths|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:Torres Strait Island culture|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:Australian indigenous rights activists|Mabo]]

[[de:Eddie Mabo]]
[[fr:Eddie Mabo]]

Eddie Mabo

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'''Eddie Koiki Mabo''' (''c''.1936–[[21 January]] [[1992]]) was a [[Torres Strait Islanders|Torres Strait Islander]] who became famous in Australian history for his role in campaigning for indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision of the [[High Court of Australia]] that overturned the [[legal fiction]] of ''[[terra nullius]]'' which characterised Australian law with regards to land and title. He was born '''Eddie Koiki Sambo''' but he changed his name later in life.

==Higher education==
Over the next decade, Eddie Mabo worked on a number of jobs before becoming a gardener with James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland at the age of thirty one. Being at the campus was a massively significant period in his life.

In 1974, this culminated in a discussion he had with Professor Noel Loos and [[Henry Reynolds (historian)|Henry Reynolds]], who recalled Eddie Mabo's reaction as follows,

<blockquote>
...we were having lunch one day in Reynold's office when Koiki was just speaking about his land back on Mer, or Murray Island. Henry and I realised that in his mind he thought he owned that land, so we sort of glanced at each other, and then had the difficult responsibility of telling him that he didn't own that land, and that it was Crown land. Koiki was surprised, shocked and even...he said and I remember him saying 'No way, it's not theirs, it's ours.
</blockquote>

==Land rights advocate==
In 1981 a Land Rights Conference was held at [[James Cook University]] and to that audience, Eddie Mabo made a speech where he spelt out clearly land ownership and land inheritance in Murray Island. The significance of this in terms of Australian [[common law]] doctrine was not missed by one of the attendees, a lawyer, who suggested there should be a test case to claim land rights through the court system.

On the outcome of that decision, [[Henry A. Reynolds|Henry Reynolds]] said that "...it was a ten year battle and it was a remarkable saga really."

==Death and legacy==
However, while he would take time out to relax by working on his boat or painting watercolours of his island home, after ten years the strain began to affect his health.

In January 1992, Koiki Mabo died of cancer. He was fifty-six years of age.

Five months later on [[June 3]] the High Court announced its historic decision, namely overturning the legal fiction of ''terra nullius'' - ('no-mans land') which is a modern term applied to the attitude of the British towards land ownership on the continent of Australia.

:"...so Justice Moynihan's decision that Mabo wasn't the rightful heir was irrelevant because the decision that came out was that native title existed and it was up to the Aboriginal or Islander people to determine who owned what land." [[Henry A. Reynolds|Henry Reynolds]].

That decision is now commonly called "[[Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992)|Mabo]]" in Australia, and recognised for its landmark status. Three years after Eddie Koiki Mabo died, that being the traditional mourning period for the people of Murray Island, a gathering was held in [[Townsville, Queensland|Townsville]] for a memorial service.

Overnight Koiki's grave site was vandalised by white racists who spray painted eight red swastikas and the racist word "[[Abo]]" on his tombstone, and removed a bronze bas-relief portrait of him. Koiki's body was reburied on Murray Island, the land he loved and fought for so hard. That night, the Islanders performed their traditional ceremony for the burial of a king, a ritual not seen on the island for eighty years.

In 1992 Eddie Mabo was postumously awarded the Human Rights Medal in the [[Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]] Awards, together with Rev Dave Passi, Sam Passi (deceased), James Rice, Celuia Mapo Salee (deceased) and Barbara Hocking. The award was in recognition "of their long and determined battle to gain justice for their people" and the "work over many years to gain legal recognition for indigenous people's rights".<ref name = "human">{{cite web|title= 1992 Human Rights Medal and Awards |publisher= [[Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission]] |url= http://www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards/1992.html |accessedate= 2007-08-11}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Native Title]]
*[[Mabo v Queensland (1988)]]
*[[Mabo v Queensland]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==

* [http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/staffpaper/mabo.html Mabo Papers]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html Biographical Note] - timeline of Mabo's Life
* [http://hsc.csu.edu.au/ab_studies/rights/global/social_justice_global/sjwelcome.response.front.htm#Indigenous%20Australian%20Case%20Study Biography by Gail Mabo, his daughter]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/btn/australians/emabo.htm Eddie Mabo Biography]
* [http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8822.html Papers of Eddie Mabo] - held by the National Library of Australia
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24171246 Collection of art works by Edward Koiki Mabo] - held and digitised by the National Library of Australia
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn803047 Apek kebile: Eddie Koiki Mabo : the boy from the other side of the island] (videorecording) - "about Eddie Mabo, his love for his people and his homeland ..." / Office for Torres Strait Islander Affairs
* ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1426877 Mabo: life of an island man]'' / original screenplay by Trevor Graham (1999, ISBN 0-86819-580-4)

[[Category:1936 births|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:1992 deaths|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:Torres Strait Island culture|Mabo, Eddie]]
[[Category:Australian indigenous rights activists|Mabo]]

[[de:Eddie Mabo]]
[[fr:Eddie Mabo]]

GP2X

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{{CVG system| title = GP2X
|logo = [[Image:Gp2xlogo.gif]]
|image = [[Image:Gp2x_wiki.jpg|220px]]
|manufacturer = [[GamePark Holdings]]
|type = [[Handheld game console]]
|generation = [[History of video games (Seventh generation era)|Seventh generation era]]
|lifespan = [[November 10]], [[2005]]
|unitssold = 30,000<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gp2x.co.uk/aboutgp2x.html | title=All about the GP2X Linux console | publisher=Gamepark Holdings | accessdate=2006-05-23}}</ref>
|CPU = [[Dual-core]]: 240 MHz<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/09/gp2x_linux_console_launch | title=Dual-CPU Linux games console to ship this month | publisher=The Register | work=Reg Hardware | date=May 9, 2006 | author=Tony Smith}}</ref> Host ARM920T + 240 MHz ARM940T; Overclockable by software to up to 300+ MHz<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM920T.html | title=ARM920T : High performance and low power platform OS | publisher=ARM | accessdate=2006-05-23}}</ref>
|media = [[Secure Digital card]]
|topgame =
}}

The '''GP2X''' is an open-source, Linux-based [[handheld game console]] and media player created and sold by GamePark Holdings of [[South Korea]].

==Overview==
Released on [[November 10]], [[2005]] in [[South Korea]], the GP2X is an [[alternative]] handheld [[game console]] that uses a [[Linux]]-based operating system. It is designed to support video, music, photos, and games in an open architecture, allowing any user to develop software for the device. Room for expansion with future upgrades (new media formats, features, [[operating system]], etc) has been made possible by upgradable [[flash memory]] [[firmware]].

The GP2X is able to [[emulator|emulate]] many different game systems, such as the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Sega Master System]], [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis|Megadrive/Genesis]], [[Game Boy]], [[PC Engine]], [[Neo-Geo]], and [[Neo Geo CD]] consoles, as well as various [[arcade cabinet|arcade systems]] via [[MAME]]. The very finite processing power of the machine will naturally cap the complexity of emulable machines. There are even [[PlayStation]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] emulators on the system, though the GP2X has fewer buttons than a standard Playstation controller. However, emulation of 3D systems operates slowly due to lack of a hardware 3D rendering device, and GBA emulation will likely not run at full speed until GBA games' ARM7 code is made to run natively on the GP2x's ARM9 processor (a project that is underway in some capacity.)

The GP2X natively supports [[codec]]s and formats such as [[DivX]], [[XviD]], [[MP3]], and [[Ogg]] [[Vorbis]], but because the player is [[open source|open-source]] there is also already support for various other formats, such as [[SPC700 sound format|SPC]], [[NES Sound Format|NSF]], [[Game Boy Sound System|GBS]], [[GYM]], and [[VGM]]. The GP2X also supports a variety of picture formats, such as [[PNG]], [[JPG]], [[GIF]], etc.

==History==
Several years after the release of the [[GP32]], its maker [[GamePark]] began to design their next handheld. A disagreement within the company about the general direction of this system prompted many of the staff (including the majority of engineers) to leave and create their own company (GPH, [[GamePark Holdings]]) to create, produce and market a [[2D computer graphics|2D]] handheld system that they saw as the evolution of the GP32. In contrast, GamePark developed the [[XGP]], a [[3D computer graphics|3D]] system similar to the [[PlayStation Portable]].

The name of the 2D console was conceived ''GPX2''. Eventually, GPH would run into difficulty with it due to a possible trademark violation with the name of a Japanese printer, the GPX, being considered too similar. Potential confusion with a "second generation printer" needed to be avoided, so a contest for a new name was announced on August 3rd, 2005. Around 1500 names were submitted by the deadline of the 15th day, but trademark issues hindered the registration of the fifteen selected names. Eventually, GamePark Holdings simply decided to swap some letters and name their handheld ''GP2X'', finding it an available trademark.

The GP2X has seen several fixes and changes within its life, most notably the changes from the First to Normal Edition and the Normal Edition to the MK2. The differences between editions can be found on the GP2X wiki.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/FirstEditionChanges | title=FirstEditionChanges | publisher=GP2X Wiki | accessdate=2006-05-23}}</ref>

==Software==
The GP2X unit's primary storage is the [[Secure Digital card]] slot, which can currently take SDs up to 4 [[gigabyte|GB]]. It also has a 64 [[megabyte|MB]] [[Nand_memory|flash memory]] storage, where files and software can be stored. It is planned that future units will ship with larger capacity NAND storage memory due to decreasing cost-effectiveness of purchasing smaller NAND chips to larger ones. This NAND memory is recommended to be used for storing programs and files added by the user ONLY in Firmware 2.0.0 at this point in time, as it has a separate partition that is user-writable separate from the NAND area used by the [[Linux]] operating system. (Older firmwares, e.g. v1.4.0 and down share one common NAND area for user and OS use, so storing files there is not recommended.)

===Games===
*[[:Category:GP2X games]]
*[http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Software_Directory external list of games.]

===Open source development===
A [[software development kit]] is available and users are free to develop their own programs. The main component of the [[SDK]] is its implementation of the [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] library, allowing for excellent cross-compatibility with a variety of platforms including [[X86]] PCs, [[PowerPC]] and [[X86]]-based [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computers, the [[Sega Dreamcast]], etc.) and easy access to the GP2X's blitter for 2D graphics acceleration. Also, because of the system's Linux base, it can be easier to port programs to the GP2X than it was to the original [[GP32]] — for example, on September 1st 2005, Gamepark Holdings was able to port a Gameboy Color emulator to the GP2X in less than 30 minutes.{{fact}}

Additionally, a second development kit with a less steep learning curve than SDL is available, called [[Allegro_library|Allegro]]. Allegro allows for rapid development of games for beginners. The port can be downloaded from GFoot<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.glost.eclipse.co.uk/gfoot/gp2x/allegro.html | title=GP2X Allegro | publisher=George Foot | accessdate=2006-05-23}}</ref>

=== Emulators the GP2X runs ===
The GP2X is able to [[emulator|emulate]] many different game systems, computers and operating systems, such as:

*[[arcade cabinet|arcade systems]] via [[MAME]]
*[[Game Boy]]
*[[Game Boy Color]]
*[[Game Gear]]
*[[Neo-Geo]]
*[[Neo Geo CD]]
*[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
*[[PC Engine]]
*[[Sega Master System]]
*[[Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis|Megadrive/Genesis]]
*[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
*[[MS-DOS]]
*[[x86]]

==Firmware & hardware updates==
Firmware v2.0 was released on [[April 26]] [[2006]] and is developed by a different company than the authors of Firmwares v1.4 and lower. It is a much more solid and clean release, and fixes numerous issues (as well as adding many useful new features). Among these the most notable are as follows:

* Decreasing average boot time from approximately 30 seconds to 14 (from sliding the power switch to appearance of the main menu, at which point the machine is fully usable).

* Fixing a problem with mounting the GP2X as a Mass Storage Device via USB, and allowing the NAND memory to be mounted as a writable disk in a similar fashion.

* Changing the Flash filesystem to 2 partitions, the integrated software (e.g. menu and video/audio/photo/ebook software) on a read-only YafFS filesystem, the remainder of the empty space on a user-writable partition.

* Adding USB Host support for use of USB devices attached to the machine via breakout box or custom cable, such as mice, keyboards, gamepads and external hard drives / USB Flash sticks.

* Support for mounting external hard disks and other USB storage devices and reading/writing data from them on the GP2X itself in the same manner as an SD card or the system's NAND memory.

* Correction of a glitch that could cause accidental flashing of the firmware with an empty SD card.

* Power-saving measures including altered clockrates for the main CPU in the menu and video player application.

* An integrated LCD tweaker feature in the main menu allowing adjustment of the screen to remove 'scanline' effects; user selections saved after system shutdown unlike third-party programs for the same function.

* USB Networking support allowing internet access via wired or wireless network interface adapters (e.g. USB 802.11x Wireless sticks and USB Wired Ethernet adapters).

* [[Samba]], [[Web Server]], [[Telnet]] and [[FTP Server]] Support to allow the GP2X to be read from and written to over a USB network connection as a Windows Networking shared resource, FTP server and/or Web Server, or connected to via Telnet for terminal access.

The latest [[firmware]] (v2.0) upgrades has fixed most issues with the device, such as [[USB]] not working on 1.1 connections. A second release of the GP2X hardware has fixed the joypad and screen (both of which have been altered from the original design). When purchasing a GP2X, be sure to get the GP2X MK2 (7th Edition) — these have the altered screen and joypad and the most recent [[firmware]]. In the MK2, the joystick assembly is rotated 45 degrees to turn the diagonal bias into an ordinal bias for better control of emulated games, menus and suchlike. The screen has been switched to a new supplier - the new screen is brighter and there are no longer scanlines, but it is, according to the UK distributor, worse to look at.

Early GP2X models ("First Edition" machines) have a spotty build quality record- some people have had to swap their faulty GP2X for a new one, as their machine has proven to be somehow [[Dead on arrival|DOA]], others had loose headphone jacks or jacks that fell off into the unit, flickering LCDs, or slightly misaligned PCBs causing slight issues with operation of the stick or attachment of a TV-Out cable. Non-First Edition units, and all machines now produced, are built at a different factory and are free from these issues.

===GPL===
There is a controversy among developers concerning the GP2X's use of [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] licenses, which doesn't directly affect end users. The GP2x is based off of a lot of [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] code, including [[MPlayer]] for its media functions and [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] as its OS. There was a lot of controversy as to whether Gamepark Holdings would comply with the GPL licence, and it caused a disturbance both within the GP2x community and the GPL/Linux community as a whole. However, on the 18th of February, the kernel source for [http://svn.gp2x.com/gp2x/tag/kernel/1.4.0/ Firmware 1.4.0] was released to the public. The community is still waiting for the source for MPlayer, which is believed to have proprietary [[DivX]] code interwoven in it. The kernel source to firmware 2.0 has also been released in the same SVN repository.

===DRM===
There has been discussion [http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/20/linuxbased_handheld_.html] of the inclusion of [[Digital rights management|DRM]] in the GP2X. Gamepark Holdings has confirmed [http://www.gpx2.com/support/support_sugest_view.asp?indexNo=1722&page=1&bunho=17&part=00] that DRM will be used to restrict what users can do with commercial games made for the system, and will not be used to restrict user-loaded content (video, music, or software development), since most if not all GP2X built-in software is open-source. Two available protection schemes are locking software to operate only on the [[Secure Digital]] (SD) card that it is shipped on, or locking it to the unique hardware ID# of the GP2X unit of the user who purchased the software.

==Specifications==
* CPUs: [[Dual-core]]: 240 MHz [http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/09/gp2x_linux_console_launch/] host [http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM920T.html ARM920T] + 240 MHz ARM940T integrated into SoC - Overclockable by software (CPU cores rated at 200 MHz, but seem to operate at 240 MHz+ in all systems. Most machines' ARM920T can operate stably at 266 MHz, some at over 300 MHz.)
* Chipset: [http://www.mesdigital.com/english/Products/product_mmsp2.asp MagicEyes MMSP2] SoC (System-on-a-Chip)
* NAND Flash ROM: 64 MB (expected to increase to 512 MB+ in future revisions)
* RAM: [[SDRAM]] 64 MB
* Operating System: Linux-based OS
* Storage: [[SD Card]] ([[SDIO]] support probable in future)
* Connection: [[USB 2.0]] High Speed
* Power: 2 × [[AA battery]] (NiMH or Lithium batteries STRONGLY advised, Alkalines perform very poorly)
* Display: 3.5 inch, color [[TFT LCD]] with 320×240 resolution
* TV out: Supported (with optional cable (which supports [[S-video]] only, not to mention [[RCA_connector|RCA]] audio relay). System supports Composite and Component video outputs, among others internally.
* AC power: 3.3V (supplied as DC current by AC Brick)
* Physical size: 142mm wide, 82mm high, 27mm deep (excl. joystick) approx

==Media support==

===Video===

Info given for the official Video Player by GPH:
* Video file: [[DivX]] 3/4/5, [[XviD]] (GPH promises the eventual support of the [[MPEG]] and [[MPEG4]] codec series. The GP2X contains MPEG4 decoding helper hardware.)
* Audio file: MP3 and OGG
* Container file: AVI and [[Ogm|OGM]] (renamed to AVI)
* Resolution: Max 1920x1024 (hardware scaling for TFT screen)
* Frame Rate: Max 124 [[frames per second]]
* Max. Bit Rate: Video: 2500 [[kbit/s]], Audio: 512 [[kbit/s]]
* Captions: SMI, SRT (some special characters not supported).
* Battery Life: ~4.5 Hours ('''test by user''': 2 × 2850mAh [[AA battery]])

===Audio===
Info given for the official Audio Player by GPH:
* Audio Formats: [[MP3]], [[Ogg Vorbis]] (GPH has promised eventual [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]] support as well)
* Frequency Range: 20 Hz-20 kHz
* Power output: 100mA
* Sample Resolution/Rate: 16bit/8-48 kHz
* Equalizer: includes "Normal", "Classic", "Rock", "Jazz", "Pop" presets
* Battery Life: ~10 hours ('''info given by manufacturer''': 2 x 2850mAh [[AA battery]])

Please note that there are also many other (free) media players by Homebrew Developers.

==See also==
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* [[GP32]] - The predecessor of the GP2X
* [[XGP]] - The "official" successor of the GP32, designed for commercial games.
* [[GamePark Holdings]]
* [[GamePark]] - The creators of the GP32 & XGP (the GP2X was developed by [[GamePark Holdings]], a company founded by ex-Gamepark employees.)
* [[:Category:GP2X games]]

==External links==
* [http://www.gp2x.com/ GamePark Holdings]
* [http://GP2Xdev.org/ www.GP2Xdev.org] - the only dedicated development portal for the GP2X
* [http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,23,933 GP2X User Guide] - A great fan made user guide covering everything needed to get started on the GP2X, from opening the box to installing games, media playing and even developing. A must read for all GP2X owners!
* [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=20717 GP2X FAQ] - an excellent up-to-date FAQ covering everything about the GP2X
* [http://wiki.gp2x.org wiki.GP2X.org] - The GP2X Development Wiki
* [http://newbie.gp32x.de/ Gamepark Newbie] - Another excellent up-to-date FAQ, Also includes info about its predecessor the GP32
* [http://gbax.com GP2X UK distributor]
* [http://gp2x.net.au GP2X Australian distributor]

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===Community and news websites===
* [http://www.gp2xdev.org www.GP2Xdev.org] - GP2X developer's portal
* [http://gp32x.com/ GP32X] - English community news and forums for all Gamepark handhelds
* [http://emuholic.emuboards.com/ Emuholic] - Covers homebrew community news for major handhelds, including the GP2X (English)

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[[Category:Seventh-generation video game consoles]]
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