[Updated 4:00 pm PDT] Seattle, WA — (press release excerpt) — SSC Publications today announced the May/June 2002 issue will be the final stand-alone print edition of Embedded Linux Journal. The content will now be “embedded” in Linux Journal, as a monthly feature section. (more…)

Beaverton, OR — (press release excerpt) — Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) today announced that telecommunications industry leader Ericsson has been added to its roster of members aligned to guide Linux development for the telecommunications market segment. Ericsson will participate in the OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Working Group established earlier this year. (more…)

In part three of an Embedded Linux Journal series of articles by Kevin Dankwardt on Real-time Linux, Dankwardt reviewed the sub-kernel approach as used in RTLinux and RTAI and provided some benchmark numbers. Following publication of Dankwardt's article . (more…)

Pittsburgh, PA — (press release excerpt) — TimeSys Corporation today released complete embedded Linux solutions for NEC Electronics Inc.'s 'Rockhopper' development systems for embedded engineers utilizing NEC's VR5432 and VR5500 64-bit MIPS RISC microprocessors. The VR5432 and VR5500 MIPS-based RISC microprocessors target for low-power, high performance devices such as digital consumer products, network… (more…)

Seoul, Korea — (press release excerpt) — Responding to user demand, Hancom Linux today announced the availability of a German edition of Hancom Mobile Office, the productivity suite for Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500G. Today's announcement means that the users of the German Zaurus version will now be able to fully experience the real power of the Linux-based handheld device created by Sharp. (more…)

Foreword: In part three of an Embedded Linux Journal series of articles by Kevin Dankwardt on Real-time Linux, Dankwardt reviewed the sub-kernel approach as used in RTLinux and RTAI and provided some benchmark numbers. Following publication of Dankwardt's article . (more…)

IBM Programmer Jay Allen offers a tip on how to debug system problems and make quick fixes in this article on IBM developerWorks . . . (more…)

Ashlee Vance reports on the unveiling of Green Destiny — a compact Beowolf supercomputer powered by Crusoe processors and Linux — at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Friday. Vance writes at InfoWorld . . . (more…)

Salt Lake City, Utah — (press release excerpt) — SnapGear announced that the company is collaborating with Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. to develop [Embedded Linux based] gateway appliances that will enable network security and services for anyone connecting to the Internet, from home users to Fortune 500 companies. (more…)

AP Technology Writer Jim Krane expresses mixed feelings in this syndicated review of the Sharp Zaurus published at The Arizona Republic's azcentral.com website . . . (more…)

Charles J. Murray discusses mixed analyst opinions about the future of embedded Linux. Some critics cite the shaky financial stability of one company, Lineo, as a signal that Linux is not viable in the embedded market. Industry watchers such as Venture Development Corp. (VDC) point to a 'groundswell movement' toward open source embedded solutions and real-time strategies that complement Linux, combined… (more…)

In this article at ZDNet (UK), Matthew Broersma examines the state of Embedded Linux and the possibility of fragmentation in some areas of this emerging industry. . . (more…)

Red Hat has announced three new free webcasts during May and June. Topics include Stronghold Enterprise, High Availability Clustering, and Understanding the GNU General Public License. (more…)

In March 2002 at the Embedded Systems Conference held in San Francisco, CA, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) rolled out the requisite organizational infrastructure to allow it to begin developing embedded Linux standards. The ELC's primary effort will be to create what is being called the “ELC Platform Specification”, which will formally define a standardized core embedded Linux platform. (more…)

Soccoro, NM — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs is pleased to announce a number of “quick start” training seminars to be offered this summer. These 2 Day “hands-on” seminars are designed to put you on your feet and running with RTLinux for embedded environments. Phil Wilshire, an early adopter of RTLinux and an experienced professional trainer will be presenting these seminars. (more…)