Ottawa, Canada and Andover, MA– (press release excerpt) — QNX Software Systems and I-Logix Inc. today announced the availability of a new interface that will enable users of I-Logix' Rhapsody application development platform to develop applications for the QNX real-time operating system (RTOS). (more…)

In this article InformationWeek.com, Jason Levitt suggests that in order to make serious inroads in the handheld computer market, Linux is going to need to provide a standardized platform for applications. Levitt writes . . . (more…)

According to an announcement at kde.org George Russell today released Speaker, a first salvo at making Konqueror (the KDE web browser) synthesize text to speech and hence making Konqueror useable by people with visual impairments and by people who are… (more…)

Research Triangle Park, NC — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat, Inc. announced today the availability of the latest version of Red Hat GNUPro, the leading compiler/debugger in use by software developers worldwide. The new package combines improved GNUPro Toolkit software with expanded subscription support options and development platform ports, enabling developers to focus on the most important aspect… (more…)

In this guest editorial at ZDNet, Jon “maddog” Hall of Linux International gives some advice to the Court with regard to a fair and just punishment for Microsoft. As is his habit, Hall expresses his opinions bluntly . . . and entertainingly. Hall writes . . . (more…)

Augsburg, Germany — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA today announced the release of Version 3.2 of its TSE (TUXIA Synthesis Environment) development toolkit for developing Web terminals and interactive set-top boxes based on the company's embedded Linux software. TSE 3.2 offers a number of new innovations optimized for Web terminals and interactive settop boxes, for thin clients, and for developers. (more…)

In this guest editorial, Jason Briggs paints a picture of a future in which we are surrounded by myriad smart devices, each running the combo of an embedded Linux OS along with a Java application programming environment. Briggs writes . . . (more…)

Predicting the future is a mug's game at the best of times.

The Internet landscape is littered with the carcasses of strange little start-up companies who thought they could predict the future. But then again, the kind of future they foresaw presupposed limitless supplies of cash from angel investors who never really bothered to check whether there was a reasonable business plan behind the ideas. (more…)

Earthlink asked that the following announcement be communicated to the LinuxDevices.com community . . . (more…)

This article by Alex Ivchenko, from the May issue of Embedded Systems Programming magazine, explains how real-time extensions (e.g. RTLinux and RTAI) can be used to add real-time functionality to Linux systems. Ivchenko provides a detailed understanding of how RTLinux and RTAI work, indicates how they differ from each other, and gives a thorough, step-by-step account of how to install, configure,… (more…)

Axis Communications, maker of the ETRAX system-on-chip, has set out to make Linux-based device designs even simpler by integrating over fifty components into a single 27mm x 27mm PBGA IC package. (more…)

Transvirtual Technologies Inc. held an open house today to show off their new offices overlooking the San Francisco Bay, and to tout a recently secured $4M funding round led by H&Q Asia Pacific. They also used the occasion to offer guests a sneak preview of a new Java/XML based information appliance platform, called (more…)

San Clemente, CA — (press release excerpt) — The RTC Group has issued a call for papers for the Embedded Linux Expo & Conference (ELEC) scheduled for October 8-10, 2001 in Boston, MA. (more…)

Santa Ana, CA — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic, Inc. today announced its partnership with Red Flag Software Co., Ltd., a prominent Linux vendor in China. Under the terms of this agreement, REDSonic's real-time Linux technology will be distributed in China by Red Flag. By joining forces, the companies plan to bring sophisticated real-time Linux builder tools to the growing real-time and embedded… (more…)

Peter Clarke of EE Times reports on the growing success of the Linux-supported ETRAX system-on-chip from Axis Communications. Clark takes a look at the ETRAX's architecture, its use of Embedded Linux, and some typical applications. Clarke writes . . . (more…)