In a major milestone toward their plan to fabricate a complete “system on a panel,” Sharp and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) report they've successfully integrated an 8-bit Z80 microcontroller onto a liquid-crystal-display glass substrate. (more…)

NVMAX reports that Dynamism Inc. is teaming up with the Open Source community to bring the Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 to America and elsewhere outside of the Japanese market. This is the 400MHz XScale-based clam-shell PDA with a 640×480 screen and mini-notebook-style keyboard that Sharp recently introduced in Japan. (more…)

CNET editor Stephen Shankland interviews Red Hat Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Michael Tiemann (photo at left), in this episode of CNET's “Vision Series” (which includes interviews with other open source “visionaries”). Shankland writes . . . (more…)

LinuxQuestions has started a weekly support contest using Affero's platform for patronage. Each week, experts who inspire the most donations, as well as their top patrons, can choose from a list of prizes, including boxed Red Hat 8.0, boxed Mandrake 9.0/8.2, and signed copies of Richard Stallman's latest book Free Software, Free Society. (more…)

Leesburg, VA — (press release excerpt) — Erwin Authried, Phil Wilshire, and Arcturus Networks are teaming up to offer a 4-day uClinux workshop in Munich, Germany on Jan. 28-31, 2003. (more…)

What's a Terapin mine and what can I do with it?

The Terapin “mine” is a hand-held, Internet-enabled, personal data storage and record/playback device intended to meet a variety of professional or personal digital data needs. The simple-to-use Linux-powered device provides enough storage capacity in its built-in 10 gigabyte hard drive to hold thousands of digital photographs and audio… (more…)

Chennai, India — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs Inc. announced that Altosys Software Technologies will be reselling and offering support for FSMLabs hard real-time products in India. Altosys plans to open centers offering training and seminars in all major Indian high technology centers and has built up a team of developers to provide local technical support and to develop value added products. (more…)

Intel has updated its C++ and Fortran compilers, with new version 7.0 releases for both Windows and Linux, reports WindowsForDevices.com executive editor Alex Wolfe . . . (more…)

Albuquerque, NM — (press release excerpt) — SBS Technologies announced Linux support for the Palomar 1000 line of advanced ProcessorPMC (PrPMC) computer modules. The Palomar 1000 DFX, which features two IBM PowerPC 750FX processors, uses the Linux multiprocessing software to load balance the two processors while using a single operating system image, common memory and disk I/O resources. (more…)

Cambridge, MA — (press release excerpt) — Bitstream Inc. today announced the beta release of btX2, Bitstream's font rendering solution for Linux-based digital TV and embedded systems. (more…)

Hong Kong — (press release excerpt) — Eforce Holdings Ltd., Culturecom Holdings Ltd., and Mobile Telecom Network Holdings Ltd. have announced the introduction of the Chinese 2000 Mobile Linux Operating System for mobile devices. The mobile industry's first Chinese language Linux operating system is a joint development effort by Eforce, Culturecom, and Mobile Telecom. (more…)

This technical article describes the architecture and design philosophy behind the Elphel Model 313, an intelligent 1.3 megapixel network camera that delivers full-sized images at up to 15 frames per second. The design of the Model 313, which has an embedded Linux computer based on an Axis ETRAX 100LX RISC processor, makes use of a… (more…)

Ingo Molnar has been contributing to Linux kernel development since 1995 with an impressive list of accomplishments. Most recently his O(1) scheduler was merged into the 2.5 development kernel, as well as much work to enhance the handling of threads. Other highly visible contributions include software-RAID support and the in-kernel Tux web and FTP servers. (more…)

Boston, MA — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat today announced plans to extend support for carrier grade Linux applications on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, an operating system platform designed for mission critical workloads. These enhancements, targeted for use on Intel-based hardware platforms, will improve Advanced Server's ability to address the needs of telecommunications providers to develop and… (more…)

Control Solutions magazine editor Wayne Labs examines the use of Linux in embedded system applications and concludes that “It's worth a look-see”. Labs writes . . . (more…)