Alternatives to Pocket PC are being looked at to run Hewlett-Packard's handheld, according to this article by Paul Grant of ZDNet UK . . . (more…)

This LinuxDevices.com device profile previews Ericsson's “blip” — a new uClinux-based gadget that brings localized wireless services to your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone or PDA. Shopping and travel may soon be a lot more fun! (more…)

In this article entitled The GNU GPL and the American Way, Richard M. Stallman, founder of the GNU project, responds to recent claims by a Microsoft executive that open source software is somehow “un-American”. Stallman draws a distinction between “open source software” and “free software” and clarifies the intention of the word “free” in that phrase. (more…)

Erik shows how to set up an embedded system so you can gain wireless control of your home. (more…)

ELJ continues to grow.

This is the second issue of ELJ to hit the newsstand on its own. The excitement started when we did an ELJ supplement attached to our sister publication Linux Journal last year, and it continues to grow. (more…)

Linux is becoming commodity infrastructure.

In his keynote speech at Macworld Expo in January 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs declared that the PC was not dead, just boring — and that Apple would cease to make their PCs boring by making them “hubs” for people's “digital lifestyles”. (more…)

Love letters… PDF format?… even the toaster?… “lightweight” browsers… all that and a shoehorn. (more…)

At LinuxWorld New York in January 2001, Lineo announced the SecureEdge hardware brand, a OEM development platform for fully brandable Linux-based applications and devices. SecureEdge replaces the NETtel product line. The first SecureEdge product available is a VPN Internet router that secures office-wide Internet connections. (more…)

Stead and Brinks guide us through a quick tour of the hardware included in the Hack Embedded Linux prize kits. (more…)

Technical editor Don Marti shows how the “Hack Embedded Linux” contest provides insight into human needs. (more…)

A hardware and device driver project for Linux.

Bar codes printed on machine-readable labels simplify automatic identification of various things. The Linux kernel device driver module developed by Hewlett-Packard provides serial port access to an HP handheld wand-style bar code reader. (more…)

A conversation with Stephen DeWitt of Sun Microsystems. (more…)

Axis network cameras have no built-in MPEG support, but with a little effort it is still possible to create MPEG movies using them. (more…)

The idea of a new phone system server project on embedded hardware, David created a free common embedded library. (more…)

The rapidly growing and diverging single-board computer market can be hard to keep up with. Here's some history and some help. (more…)