In the current issue of Scientific American magazine, William W. Hargrove, Forrest M. Hoffman, and Thomas Sterling describe a project in which they built a “Do-It-Yourself Supercomputer”, based on a Linux based Beowulf cluster of many cheap PCs. They write . . . (more…)

DevelopOnline, a website that enables developers to build embedded electronic products via the Internet, is giving away free TiVo Video Recorders. Simply register on their site, www.DevelopOnline.com for FREE, and you'll be entered in a weekly drawing to win a TiVo Video Recorder. (more…)

Would you like to view a short online video about Future Sound Technologies' new Hi-Muse music appliance? (more…)

Los Alamos, NM — (press release excerpt) — ErgoTech Systems, Inc. announced the release of ErgoVU, a new line of Web-enabled hardware/software solutions that bridge the gap between enterprise applications and raw factory floor data. ErgoVU is entirely Java-based, so it can run on any platform. (more…)

Augsburg, Germany — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA today announced it will collaborate with VIA Technologies, a supplier of core logic chipsets, x86 processors and chips for PCs and Internet appliances, to develop an integrated solution for Internet appliances. (more…)

Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — NeoMagic Corporation today announced its MiMagic (pronounced “my-magic”) product family. Members of this product family provide true System-on-Chip (SOC) integration, combining a 32-bit RISC processor, 4MB of embedded DRAM, high-performance graphics, audio, and video capability, USB host controller,… (more…)

This whitepaper by TimeSys director of marketing David Tannenbaum provides a brief introduction and overview to using Java as an application platform in Linux-based embedded systems and smart devices. Tannenbaum writes . . . (more…)

If the shoe fits . . .

The vast array of disparate hardware and software architectures present throughout the embedded market begs for a common language and platform with which to develop applications. It was to address this issue that Sun initially developed the Java technology platform. (more…)

By Stephen Shankland; special to ZDNet News . . .

Open-source fans announced on Monday the first steps in an effort to reproduce Microsoft's .Net's underpinnings so people can use the technology without Microsoft's involvement. (more…)

In a sign of ongoing difficulties for start-up companies worldwide, Galleo, a young Israeli company which has developed a Linux-based Mobile Multimedia Communicator is reportedly on the edge of insolvency. (more…)

Augsburg, Germany — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA today announced an agreement with FOCUS Enhancements whereby TUXIA's TASTE embedded Linux OS for Internet appliances will be integrated into systems along with (more…)

Boston, MA — (press release excerpt) — The Free Software Foundation announced today the launch of two Free Software projects, DotGNU and GNU Mono, that will replace Microsoft's .NET system. The DotGNU and Mono projects will cooperate to build a full Free Software solution. (more…)

Framingham, MA — (press release excerpt) — IDG World Expo announced today that the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, to be held August 26-30, 2001 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center, will feature an Embedded Linux Pavilion to educate attendees on the growing opportunities for Linux in embedded… (more…)

Boston, MA — (press release excerpt) — Ximian, Inc. today announced the formation of the Mono Project, a community initiative to develop an open source, Linux-based version of the Microsoft .NET development platform. (more…)

Matthew Harris' last case as a practicing lawyer was as lead technical litigator in the Caldera antitrust case against Microsoft which ended up with Microsoft making a large payment to Caldera. After reviewing the recent federal appeals court decision in the US vs. (more…)