Avoid last-minute changes and none-too-perfect product launches with this cooperative method of design. (more…)

An announcement from IBM developerWorks. . .

The initial release of the IBM WebSphere SDK for Web Services on Linux is now available. Developers can easily create Java-based applications for Web service providers and consumers. This offering contains everything developers need in a single convenient package, including a IBM SDK for Java technology, a runtime environment, a private UDDI… (more…)

An article in the Idaho Statesman reports that RidgeRun, a firm which specialized in providing an Embedded Linux based software platform specific to Texas Instruments' dual-core (DSP/RISC) system-on-chip processors, has gone out of business. (more…)

Writing at CNET, Richard Shim reports that the Sharp Zaurus may have some security vulnerabilites. The article cites wireless connectivity as the biggest potential risk for the Zaurus . . . (more…)

Electronic Design editor William Wong points out that embedded Linux is doing well despite a difficult economy, and contrary to comments from a number of editors, analysts, and critics that suggest otherwise. Some vendors are even reportedly in the black — and growing . . . (more…)

Paris — (press release excerpt) — Yopy, The multimedia Linux Color PDA developed by Korean company G.Mate is now being distributed in France by start-up Tuxmedia. The Yopy PDA uses the Linux OS developed by G.Mate, Linupy, and boasts a built-in keyboard. (more…)

TCP/IP breaks into industrial automation, but not without some problems.

The industrial automation sector is rapidly advancing into the use of TCP/IP over Ethernet as a replacement for traditional data connectivity. Many of these devices implement application protocols that mirror their older cousins. (more…)

Writing for ZDNet UK, Matthew Broersma interviews the new Linux kernel maintainer about opportunities for Linux in applications big and small, and explains why UnitedLinux is a good idea . . . (more…)

Socorro, NM — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs Inc. announced today that it has begun a research collaboration with the Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS) at Georgia Institute of Technology. CERCS is formed by faculty members from the College of Computing and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (more…)

This whitepaper from REDSonic explains why product designers are increasingly making use of Linux as the embedded software platform in Residential Gateway products of many sizes and variations, lists some of the requirements, and identifies sources of software useful to this effort. John Drabik and Kevin Tobin write . . . (more…)

Lineo India has announced a two-day embedded Linux workshop to be held in Bangalore, India on July 22 – 23, 2002 at The Leela Palace. The workshop will feature both the theory and the practice of embedded Linux software development. (more…)

In this technical whitepaper, RTLinux originator Victor Yodaiken details what he perceives to be the disadvantages of dealing with the issue of priority inversion in real-time systems by means of a commonly used software technique known as priority inheritance. Priority inversion refers to the situation when a scheduled task must wait for a lower priority task to complete. (more…)

IBM's developerWorks website has published an introductory level tutorial that gives you a guide to the basics of using Emacs, a popular modeless text editor with powerful features. This tutorial, entitled “Living in Emacs”, covers fundamental concepts and common activities, and then builds on those foundations to familiarize you with the editor. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software Inc. and Embedded Performance Inc. (EPI) announced today the availability of an embedded Linux-based solution for hardware debugging of Intel XScale microarchitecture processors. (more…)

There are many reasons for the accelerating trend to move Residential Gateway (RG) products to Linux-based platforms. These RG products include traditional router/gateway, firewall, and low-end functions that were handled by a proprietary RTOS, as well as new devices needing Virtual Private Network (VPN) support, Voice-Over-'X', and other value-add features. (more…)