Innominate Security Technologies (Berlin, Germany) will unveil what it calls the “world's smallest security appliance” at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, CA next week. Measuring just 0.8 x 2.4 x 4 inches, the tiny Firewall/VPN module is based on an Intel IXP425 network processor running an embedded Linux operating system, and offers features previously only available on much larger and more… (more…)

[Updated Jul. 08, 2008] — Motorola has embarked upon a strategy to use Linux in future smartphones. This Special Report tracks announcements related to Motorola's embedded Linux smartphones, including product announcements from Motorola and technology announcements from its… (more…)

(PR excerpt) — Arcom released another of its embedded Linux application development kits today — this one supporting an installation of Red Hat Linux 8.0, and based on Arcom's Socket370 Celeron/Pentium III EBX form-factor single-board computer (SBC). (more…)

Viosoft today announced the addition of support for the Intel IXP425 communications processor to the latest release of its Arriba! Embedded Linux software development kit. (more…)

The Gadgeteer has published a review of the new Linux-based clamshell-style Sharp Zaurus C700 PDA. The review is of the English version of the C700, available from Dynamism, and is written from the perspective of an HP200 handheld user . . . (more…)

The Associated Press news service reports on IBM's recent announcement of their decision to include Trolltech's Linux-based Qtopia software suite within future handheld devices, and that Trolltech has “received an undisclosed, upfront payment for the deal,… (more…)

(PR excerpt) — Arcom has added support for IBM's WebSphere communications and high performance J9 JVM to the Arcom Embedded Linux Development Kit for the 133MHz PC/104 Arcom PEGASUS embedded PC. (more…)

Following a series of preannouncements too numerous to count, Intel today formally unveiled its PXA800F cellular processor (code-named “Manitoba”). (more…)

(PR excerpt) — Motorola, Inc. today announced the Motorola A760, the world's first handset combining a Linux Operating System and Java Technology, with full multimedia PDA functionality. (more…)

(PR excerpt) — TimeSys Corporation today announced the release of TimeSys Linux 4.0, a significantly upgraded version of its embedded Linux operating system and development environment. TimeSys Linux 4.0 adds a number of high availability and Carrier Grade Linux capabilities, and updates the TimeSys Linux kernel to the 2.4.18 Linux kernel. (more…)

(PR excerpt) — TimeSys Corporation today announced the full release of its new integrated development environment (IDE) for embedded Linux, TimeStorm 2.0. Powered by Eclipse Technology, the new tool is a standalone Windows- or Linux- hosted graphical IDE for developing C/C++/Java applications for embedded Linux platforms. (more…)

(PR excerpt) — IBM today announced that it will work with the Linux community to enter the Common Criteria certification process for the Linux operating system early this year and proceed with a progressive plan for certifying Linux at increasing security levels through 2003 and 2004. (more…)

Writing at eWEEK, Peter Galli reports on comments made yesterday by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at a meeting the Microsoft “Most Valuable Professionals” (MVPs). The article offers an interesting look at how Microsoft currently perceives the growing Linux threat, and provides some insight into what Microsoft's approach to competing with embedded Linux might be. (more…)

An article at CNET points out that Microsoft is in the process of applying for a wide-ranging patent that covers a variety of functions related to its .Net initiative. (Information on the patent application is available (more…)

In conjunction with the 3GSM Conference in Cannes, France, Sony Ericsson P800 mobile phone owners soon will be able to freely download the “Opera for Symbian OS” mobile browser with “Small-Screen Rendering” (SSR) technology for use in their phones. Opera and Sony Ericsson claim this will make P800 owners the first mobile phone users to be able to access the full Internet from their phones. (more…)