While Transmeta's Crusoe processor was busy capturing the headlines and fancy of developer and financial communities alike, a relatively unknown company (Axis Communications) quietly began delivering a new one-chip Linux thin server to developers of a broad range of networked and embedded devices. (more…)

PALO ALTO, CA. — the third poll in the LinuxDevices.com “Embedded Linux Polls” series is now in process. The poll asks: “Which Linux distribution(s) will you use?” Users and prospective users of Linux in embedded applications are encouraged to participate in the poll, which is found at www.linuxdevices.com/polls/. (more…)

New Haven, Connecticut – (Company press releas) — Cyclone Microsystems, Inc. today announced the CPCI-945 Ultra2 SCSI RAID Controller, a 6U CompactPCI RAID Controller that provides fault-tolerant storage and maximum data availability for high-performance embedded systems. Designed for a wide range of reliable storage systems where RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is required, the CPCI-945… (more…)

Want to run MP3 under Linux? Bjoern Ganslandt ([email protected]) writes . . . (more…)

BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 14, 2000–MoJo Designs today announced that the company has ported Eyelet GUI to Linux, making it the smallest embedded GUI available for Linux today. The royal-free product is available immediately. (more…)

TOWCESTER, U.K.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 14, 2000–Radstone Technology and Lynx Real-Time Systems of San Jose, Calif., have partnered to provide Lynx milestone BlueCat Linux Operating System on Radstone's popular PPCx family of rugged PowerPC based Single Board Computers (SBC). The PPC4/4A, latest in the high performance, harsh environment, SBC family will become a BlueCat reference platform by Q2 2000. (more…)

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA — (company press release) — Neoware Systems, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Michael Kantrowitz (39) President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kantrowitz, who had been Neoware's Executive Vice President, replaces Edward Callahan, who will stay with the Company through April 30 to assist with the transition. (more…)

Washington, D.C. — (company press release) — PenguinRadio, Inc. and Ineva.com today announced that they will work together on a Linux-based Internet car radio that will receive thousands of radio stations using Ellipso's satellite Internet service. Ineva is the Internet interface for the Ellipso and Virtual Geo global satellite systems. (more…)

The M-Systems' DiskOnChip chip-level Flash “drive” has essentially become the de facto standard “solid state disk” used in many kinds of embedded systems. The trouble is, M-Systems does not make their highly sophisticated Flash management firmware for the DiskOnChip available in source form. The result: you can't use the DiskOnChip to boot Linux. Right? (more…)

Compaq Computer Corporation's Western Research Lab and Systems Research Center are currently developing an open platform for pocket computing, called “Itsy”. The Itsy pocket computer is a flexible research platform whose primary objective is to enable hardware and software research in pocket computing, including low-power hardware, power management, operating systems, wireless networking, user interfaces,… (more…)

Seen on the “Ask the Experts” Forum at LinuxDevices.com . . .

Larry B. asks: Each embedded vendor seems to be adapting Linux in different ways to differentiate themselves with added value. Don't you think this will this lead to a splintering of Linux in the embedded world just like the old Unix story? (more…)

In this IBM white paper, author Jim McQuillan of the Linux Terminal Server Project takes a look at the potent combination of Linux and thin client computing. Thin clients have the potential to save money in terms of both hardware and software, while users take advantage of a “write once, run anywhere” technology. (more…)

Justin Pearse, of ZDNet-UK, writes . . .

“Nokia announced its home networking product strategy Thursday, with its prototype digital Media Terminal — much like a set top box — running Linux and the
Mozilla browser. The prototype is being developed by the newly formed Nokia Home Communications division set up to develop products and services for home appliances connected to wireless… (more…)

Kevin Reichard, of LinuxPlanet.com, writes . . .

“Who could have predicted two years ago that as we reached the millennium it would be IBM — and not Sun Microsystems — that was most strongly pushing Java on Linux? But it's true. Between the release of a popular Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the Jikes Project, which brings an industrial-strength Java compiler to Linux, IBM has strongly advanced… (more…)

In this IBM white paper, author Jim McQuillan of the Linux Terminal Server Project takes a look at the potent combination of Linux and thin client computing. Thin clients have the potential to save money in terms of both hardware and software, while users take advantage of a “write once, run anywhere” technology. (more…)