Embedded systems frequently incorporate highly customized microcomputers, but our company's goal was to build a robot from commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded components. We felt that this approach would maximize the R&D capabilities of our own team and minimize the cost of our product. (more…)

Ed Scannell, at InfoWorld.com, interviews Michael Tiemann about his role as chief technical officer (CTO) of Red Hat, and regarding his thoughts on the new and growing trend of using open source software in development projects . . . (more…)

Research Triangle Park, NC and Seattle, WA — (Linux PR Release) — In conjunction with the release of Red Hat, Inc.'s Linux Enterprise Edition operating system product line, Red Hat, a market leader in Linux and open source solutions, and RealNetworks, Inc., a recognized leader in media delivery on the Internet, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver an integrated media delivery solution based on… (more…)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Silicon Motion, Inc. announced that Transmeta has selected its Lynx EM+ graphics solution for its Crusoe reference design that offers all day computing for the emerging class of Mobile Internet Computers. The reference design, which is available to customers immediately, is the first of its kind that is capable of running Microsoft's Windows Operating System for… (more…)

Pankaj Chowdhry, of PC Week Online, writes . . .

“The Linux Router Project, or LRP, distills the contents of Linux so that any code not used specifically for routing is removed from the software. The result is a version of Linux that can fit on a floppy disk. Stick the floppy in a PC, and the system becomes a router. (more…)

DATE: February 21, 2000
TO: All those interested in forming an Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC)
FROM: Rick Lehrbaum
RE: Draft Agenda for Organizational meeting of ELC at ESC (more…)

Rex Crum writes in Investor's Business Daily . . .

“TiVo Inc. makes TV set-top boxes that can digitally record and store several hours of programming on a hard disk drive. With the TiVo box, you can delay a show, leave the room for a minute and the machine will continue making a digital recording of the program you were watching.” (more…)

LinuxLinks.com is proud to announce the launch of a free web based email service targeted specifically for the Linux community. This service allows users to send and receive email on any computer that offers a web browser. Now you can deal with email anywhere in the world in a discreet and secure manner whilst at the same time promoting the Linux cause. (more…)

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. — (company press release) — Inprise/Borland has announced that it is releasing its latest ANSI C/C++ compiler technology, the Borland® C++ 5.5 Compiler and associated command line tools, for free download on its Web site at community.borland.com. (more…)

“Intelligent dedicated systems and appliances used in interface, monitoring, communications, and control applications increasingly demand the services of a sophisticated, state-of-the-art operating system. Many such systems require advanced capabilities like: high resolution and user-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs); TCP/IP connectivity; substitution of reliable (and low power) flash memory solid… (more…)

Why Linux?

Intelligent dedicated systems and appliances used in interface, monitoring, communications, and control applications increasingly demand the services of a sophisticated, state-of-the-art operating system. Many such systems require advanced capabilities like: high resolution and user-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs); TCP/IP connectivity; substitution of reliable (and low… (more…)

OTTAWA, Ontario — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Espial, a leading provider of embedded Java technology, today announced the availability of Escape 4.0 Professional edition, the first embedded device browser to deliver an Internet browsing experience equivalent to the PC desktop in less than an 800 kilobyte footprint. (more…)

Doc Searls interviews Intel's Jon Bork about Intel's new Internet appliance product plans, in Linux Journal . . . (more…)

R. Colin Johnson writes in EE Times . . .

“Wearable computers need a nanosize operating system. That's the philosophy of MIT spin-off InfoCharms Inc., which will describe Nanix, its forthcoming wearable-computer OS, later this month at the Everywhere Internet show in San Francisco.” (more…)

Intel Developer Forum; Palm Springs, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Red Hat, Inc. announced today the immediate public availability of GNUPro tools for IA-64. The de facto standard compiler and debugger tools for native and embedded software development for IA-64 offers a pre-production development environment for creating applications on Intel's forthcoming Itanium processor. (more…)