Washington, DC — (press release excerpt) — PenguinRadio, Inc. has just announced that they have commissioned JB Design of Petworth, United Kingdom, the design team behind the highly successful empeg car player, to develop the PenguinRadio for mass production. (more…)

Kansas City, MO — (press release excerpt) — Arcom has announced that Espial has selected the Arcom SBC-Geode-GXM based EBX form-factor single-board computer board as the hardware basis of the Espial TotalIA, a Linux+Java based Internet appliance reference platform. (more…)

King of Prussia, PA — (press release excerpt) — PC World Magazine in Denmark has chosen Neoware's Eon computing appliance for their Innovation of the Year Award for 2000. PC World said of Neoware's Eon computing appliance configured with the NeoLinux operating system: “This Linux based client bears witness to a high level of innovation. (more…)

San Diego, CA — (press release excerpt) — General Micro Systems announced a new VMEbus-to-PCI bridge chip, the OmniVME, which implements the full VME 2eSST/VME320 protocols. Fully compliant with the VITA (VMEbus Interface Trade Association) specifications, OmniVME supports VMEbus transfer rates of over 533 MB/sec. (more…)

Lindon, UT — (press release excerpt) — Lineo announced a partnership with the Tao Group, to enable Lineo to include Tao Group's high-performance, compact embedded Java solutions for multimedia platforms with Lineo's Embedix SDK developer tools. Embedded features include a broad range of capabilities including 2D and 3D graphics, fonts, and streaming video and audio in devices such as smart phones,… (more…)

Subsequent to a recent ZDNet story about a growing interest by SuSE in embedded Linux, LinuxDevices.com contacted SuSE's Chief Technology Officer, Dirk Hohndel, for further clarification of his company's plans with respect to the handheld and embedded Linux markets. (more…)

Redmond, WA — (press release excerpt) — Conversay, a specialist in speech technology solutions for fixed and mobile Internet access devices, will provide the speech interface for the new Linux-based Yopy PDA, making it the first Linux PDA to employ a speech interface. (more…)

Delphi Automotive Systems has selected Red Hat's eCos operating system to be the software platform for a new family of in-vehicle information appliances and embedded telematics systems. The first Delphi product to use eCos will be the Mobile Productivity Center (MPC), an in-car platform that enables hands-free operation of PDAs and cell phones. (more…)

What's up with Linux 2.4?

Most Linux users have heard by now of the release of version 2.4 of the kernel, an event sure to trigger a flood of new versions of all of the major Linux distributions. (more…)

In this article, LinuxDevices.com columnist Jerry Epplin explains the “real” significance of the release of Linux kernel 2.4, provides some perspective on the new features contained in 2.4, and transports us into the not-too-distant future to see where Linux is most likely to be five years from now. Epplin writes . . . (more…)

What's the father of Linux doing to celebrate the release of the gold code? Start with some beer and a long-delayed housewarming party. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley catches up with Linus Torvalds by email, to ask a few questions of “Mr. Linux” (sorry, Linus!) following the long-awaited release of 2.4. Foley writes . . . (more…)

Foreword: Joe Pranevich has written the definitive exposition about what's new in Linux kernel 2.4. This 7,000+ word document contains detailed descriptions and assessments of all substantial changes relative to kernel 2.2. Here is the document's introduction, plus a link to the entire work . . . (more…)

Toronto, CANADA — (press release) — Lineo, Inc. today announced the availability of the uClinux 2.4 kernel. The availability of this operating system for microcontrollers follows immediately on the release of the Linux 2.4 kernel by Linus Torvalds. uClinux is available through GPL and can be downloaded at cvs.uclinux.org and also at (more…)

Las Vegas, NV — (press release excerpt) — Nokia plans to bring its first consumer retail product -- other than a mobile phone — to the United States by the end of 2001. The Media Terminal, a “home infotainment center” that seamlessly combines the Internet and digital TV broadcast, brings a unique product category to the market where consumers can utilize one central device for organizing and storing… (more…)

Joe Pranevich has written the definitive exposition about what's new in Linux kernel 2.4. This 7,000+ word document contains detailed descriptions and assessments of all substantial changes relative to kernel 2.2. Pranevich writes . . . (more…)