Akron, Ohio — Accelent Systems Inc., a leading enabler of intelligent appliances and embedded devices, today announced its Internet Appliance Reference Platform (IARP) for Linux based Internet appliance applications. The IARP is a portable wireless Internet appliance used to browse the Internet and to send and retrieve e-mail. (more…)

The newly formed Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) is accepting applications from companies and individuals interested in participating in the organization. A press release on the launch will be issued on Thursday March 9th, with further details on the purpose and plans of the organization. For now, a preliminary membership application is available here: (more…)

The Microwindows Project now has it's own domain: http://microwindows.org. (more…)

LinuxLinks.com is proud to announce a metacrawler service to complement its existing search facilities. (more…)

News Advisory: A press release will be issued on Thursday, March 9th regarding the results of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) organizational meeting held at the Embedded Systems Conference in Chicago, IL on March 1, 2000. If you wish to be on distribution for this release, please send an email request to:

Murry Shohat (interim ELC manager); (more…)

Brian Fuller writes in Electronic Times . . .

“Five months after embedded software powerhouse Wind River Systems announced it is merging with Integrated Systems, the other shoe dropped — squarely on ISI's operating system.” (more…)

IT-Director.com writes . . .

“It was probably predictable and only a matter of time, but someone has finally decided to do a real-time version of Linux. The company is TimeSys Corporation,an established provider of products and solutions for real-time systems and the new Linux version is called, rather unimaginatively, TimeSys Linux/RT. (more…)

Axis has developed a Bluetooth driver for Linux that can be used both in our eLinux environment as well as on an ordinary Linux PC. The code is developed for a Linux 2.0.33 kernel, but should not prove difficult to fit in the latest kernels. It is still under development though so don't expect fully functional software — especially the integration of the stack within the kernel is fluctuating. (more…)

SANTA ANA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Procom Technology a leading manufacturer of server appliances and pioneer in the development of network attached storage (NAS) technology, today announced that it intends to distribute its implementation of the NetBEUI (Network Basic Extended User Interface) stack to the Linux community. (more…)

London, Ontario — (company press release) — Microtronix has formed a new group drawing from its many years as an embedded engineering firm. This new initiative focuses on the use of Linux in embedded applications. (more…)

Sam Williams of UpsideToday writes . . .

“With wireless radio technology more than a century old, the concept of picking up an audio broadcast via an Internet-connected device seems about as cutting edge as, well, the steam turbine.” (more…)

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — (company press release) — MontaVista Software Inc., developer of the Hard Hat Linux operating system for embedded applications, today announces the completion of the company's first round of funding, securing $9 million from leading venture investment firms US Venture Partners (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Alloy Ventures (Palo Alto, Calif.). (more…)

Wylie Wong, editor of CNET News.com, writes . . .

“Microsoft took a swipe at the growing Linux movement today as it joined forces with Intel to tackle the emerging market for 'server appliances,' a new category of special-purpose computers.” (more…)

Florence, ITALY — Architek announces Felis Server, the first High Availability Cluster software solution, available for Linux, BSDI & FreeBSD in addition to Solaris and others. (more…)