SD Times editor Alan Zeichick examines the current state of Red Hat's eCos operating system now that Red Hat has backed away from promoting it, and discusses the implications of eCos version 2 now being licensed under a modified version of the GPL. Zeichick writes . . . (more…)

In this online EE Times article, John Mehaffey (of MontaVista Software) details the use of Linux in telecom equipment designs. Mehaffey examines Open Source Development Lab's (OSDL) efforts to set standards to bring Linux into compliance for 'Carrier Grade' applications . . . (more…)

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Increasingly, software is going 'open source,' with increasingly good results. Linux, the most visible of open-source software, is rapidly gaining ground in both embedded and server software markets, and even begins to make inroads on the desktop. (more…)

NewsForge editor Robin “Roblimo” Miller reports that the second IBM Linux Scholar Challenge is accepting registrations through October 31. Complete contest rules are available here (pdf file) . (more…)

Writing at Linux Journal, Daniel Solin provides an informative tutorial focused on installing and testing JDK and Resin to set up a Java application server. Solin writes . . . (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Lexra announces today the industry's highest performance processor based on the MIPS32 architecture for use in its SOCs for High-Touch packet processing applications. (more…)

An update from IBM on its Linux wrist watch . . .

At the recent LinuxWorld Expo & Conference in San Francisco, IBM demonstrated IP layer mobility using IP version 6 and Intelligent notification on the next generation of its Linux wrist watch prototype. IBM is the first to demonstrate Mobile IP version 6 on such small platforms as a wrist watch. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA and Rochester, NY — (press release excerpt)– MontaVista Software Inc. today announced an agreement with Vanteon Corporation to provide customized technical services for subscribers of MontaVista Linux. Vanteon is the first company to join the MontaVista Professional Services Partnering Program, a select group of geographically distributed companies that provide custom engineering services… (more…)

Matthew R. Harris, CEO of Embedix, Inc. (Lineo), has written a suggested revision of the GNU General Public License. Note that it is not an official version of the GNU General Public License, and is published at this time for informational purposes only. Harris, a stong proponent of the GPL, believes that in its current form it is difficult to understand and contains a number of ambiguities. (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — Royal Philips Electronics today announced the first Linux-based Gateway-on-a-Chip system solution, which includes processors, software, and boards for manufacturers of small office/home office (SOHO) broadband routers. Philips' Linux Software Release 3.0, in combination with its new, highly integrated processors, provides a cost-effective solution for secure… (more…)

Daniel Sieberg of CNN reports on a new technology that uses optical movement to provide hands-free typing. The 'Dasher' project is scheduled to be hosted on Sourceforge and made available under the GPL later this month. A Linux version will be available in September according to Dasher Project's website . (more…)

Writing at CNET, Matthew Broersma reports on a study released by the International Institute of Infonomics that 'exposes' open source developers — the motives, habits and personal data. The study also looks at the role of open source software in government and business. Broersma writes . . . (more…)

Bloomfield Hills, MI — (press release excerpt) — The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMI-C) is seeking contributors to its Phase 3 development and testing of mobile information and entertainment system specifications for the global automotive industry. (more…)

OSNews editor Eugenia Loli-Queru interviews Shawn Gordon, president of theKompany. Shawn talks about version 1.0 of Aethera and Kapital coming out in September, the embedded Linux market, and the future of Linux on the desktop . . . (more…)

The 'Journaled File System' Technology for Linux was included in Marcelo Tosatti's Linux 2.4.20-pre4 release of the kernel. A full changelog is available here. (more…)