Socorro, NM –(press release excerpt) — FSMLabs Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the BSD version of its RTCore operating system, the technology that powers the hard real-time RTLinux/Pro system. RTCore/BSD provides a POSIX API for components needing precise timing and runs NetBSD as the fully preemptible 'application platform' thread. (more…)

Santa Rosa, CA — (press release excerpt) — The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) is launching a new membership structure designed to propel the organization forward in its missions of evangelization, promotion and standardization. Members are receiving telephone calls from various ELC Board members who are helping explain the structure. (more…)

hippo inc. (New Haven, CT) has introduced a line of voice-over-IP (VoIP) based “Internet Phones”, which use Embedded Linux as their internal software platform. (more…)

In his response to Kevin Dankwardt's Embedded Linux Journal article entitled Real Time and Linux, Part 3: Sub-Kernels and Benchmarks MontaVista's Kevin Morgan writes that RTLinux is “not appropriate for the placement of… (more…)

Boston, MA — (press release excerpt) — The Real-Time Linux Workshop 2002 will be held on December 6-7, 2002 at the Computer Science Department at Boston University. The event is organized by the Real Time Linux Foundation and the Thinking Nerds. (more…)

In this interesting technical article at ELJonline, Steve Roberts and Ned Konz describe their project to develop a portable data-collection system based on Linux. “WANDER” represents a commercialization of technology derived derived from Roberts' earlier “Microship” project, which Roberts and Konz describe as “a geeked-out, canoe-scale, Linux-based, amphibian pedal/solar/sail trimaran”. (more…)

Boise, ID — (press release excerpt) — Micron Technology, Inc. today announced samples of CIF-size CMOS image sensor camera system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices and stand-alone CIF-size CMOS image sensors. These ultra low-power, low-cost CMOS image sensors are designed specifically to meet the demands of low-power mobile devices such as cell phones, smart phones, and PDAs. (more…)

Las Vegas, NV; NetWorld+Interop — (press release excerpt) — Kontron announced today that it will combine support for Carrier Grade Linux with its Intel-based, CompactPCI products to extend its lead in delivering high-availability, modular platform solutions to the telecommunication industry. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA; Paris and Tokyo — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. today announced that MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 2.1 is available immediately. The feature-rich product — which was awarded 'Best Embedded Linux Solution' at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, January 2002 in New York — is the next generation of the company's classic cross-development platform and set of tool… (more…)

Santa Clara, CA — (press release excerpt) — Intel Corp. today introduced new versions of the Intel Pentium 4 processor. All three new processors — Intel Pentium 4 processors at 2.53, 2.40, and 2.26 GHz — include a 533 MHz system bus. Previous Pentium 4 processors interact with the rest of the system using a 400 MHz system bus. (more…)

In this contributed article at Electronic Engineering Times online, MontaVista Software's Bill Weinberg highlights key security considerations for developers of Internet appliances . . . (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. announced today that MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 2.1 would support a range of IBM next-generation network processors including the powerful NP4GS3 and the NPe405H and NPe405L family. Jointly, the network processing solution from IBM and MontaVista Software targets applications in communications, networking, storage, digital… (more…)

Raleigh, NC — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat, Inc. today released Red Hat Linux version 7.3, a highly configurable operating system (OS) designed for deployments ranging from games and personal productivity to file, print and Web serving. Red Hat Linux 7.3 adds new productivity tools, personal firewall configuration at installation, and video conferencing software to deliver everything individual… (more…)

Mark Ward of BBC News Online reports that Microsoft researchers in the UK are developing an innovative new way to allow handhelds to display large and three dimensional images and documents on their limited size screens, based on motion sensing technology . . . (more…)

Once again, a wide cross-section of the Linux development community will gather at the start of July for the UK Unix User Group's summer technical conference.

The conference moves about the UK from year to year: in 2002 we're visiting Bristol which has Brunel's magnificent Suspension Bridge. (more…)