Eventide recently announced what is claimed to be the first digital voice logging recorder and archiving system to be based on a Linux software platform. The VR778, Eventide's 4th-generation digital logger, is intended for mission-critical environments including public health, safety, and security applications. (more…)

InterVideo Inc. announced that it has been licensed by Microsoft to supply Windows Media Technology to makers of Linux-based consumer devices. Under the agreement, InterVideo can port various components of Microsoft's Windows Media Technology to Linux, and provide them to manufacturers wanting to run them on Linux-based consumer devices such as set-top boxes, personal video recorders, and other such… (more…)

The “Post-PC” era may be near at hand, according to the findings of a recently completed market study conducted by eTForecasts. The study projects that Windows CE-based devices may outsell Windows-based PCs within 5 years. According to the report, Microsoft has made “tremendous progress” in positioning its Windows CE and derivative operating systems for use in a broad range of handheld and… (more…)

MontaVista Software's carrier grade Linux will be used as a building block for Alcatel's next-generation telecommunications equipment that have embedded or real-time constraints, according to an announcement made by the two companies today. The companies have signed “a major multi-year corporate contract” for MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE), a Linux-based software platform for… (more…)

LynuxWorks announced today that its LynxOS real-time operating system (RTOS) and BlueCat Linux OS now support Transmeta's new Crusoe Special Embedded (SE) processor. Additionally, Transmeta has joined the LynuxWorks “SynergyWorks” third-party alliance program, the company said. (more…)

(PR excerpt) — IBM and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that IBM is joining the CERN openlab for DataGrid applications to collaborate in creating a massive data-management system built on Grid computing. IBM will supply CERN with the system's initial 20 terabytes of high-performance disk storage, a cluster of six IBM eServer xSeries systems running Linux, and on-site… (more…)

Sharp announced plans to launch location-based services for its Zaurus SL-series Linux PDAs (SL-A300, B500, C700) in Japan, later this month. Users will be able to download a map of the entire country of Japan via the Internet (generally not done while mobile, due to bandwidth limitations!). (more…)

With proper precautions, Java server applications running on Linux can provide a very high degree of security — even higher than native applications — because Java technology eliminates many of the common sources of vulnerabilities in server applications, according to this article on IBM's developerWorks website. (more…)

SnapGear announced that it has developed the first open source support for the M-Systems “Millennium Plus” DiskOnChip flash memory devices and INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) flash management technology. The new Linux MTD (Memory Technology Device) subsystem driver support allows using M-Systems' latest flash storage… (more…)

This article from Linux Journal magazine reports on a recently concluded conference of Linux audio developers held March 14-16 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Topics that were covered at the conference included the rapidly evolving Linux sound system, details of professional audio standards, and audio-centric Linux distributions, according to the article. (more…)

This article at LinuxWorld.com seeks to answer the question, “Does an organization have anything to gain from .NET?”. As one might guess from the website's name, the author is not particularly inclined to simply accept .NET as the next great technology just because it's Microsoft's latest highly-hyped offspring. (more…)

The Asahi Shimbun reports that the Japanese government and consumer device manufacturers are collaborating to develop standards for software and protocols used in tomorrow's Internet-savvy smart appliances. According to the article, a study group operating under the auspices of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (MITI) has recently completed its initial report on strategies, which suggests 28… (more…)

Reactive Network Solutions announced that it will offer the first free software for detecting cyber attacks caused by terrorists and malicious hackers. According to the company, its FloodGuard Alert software can detect a variety of attacks, including distributed denial of service (DDoS), distributed reflective denial of service (DRDoS), Worm propagation, and other flooding attacks that can overwhelm… (more…)

Jaluna announced the release of a “compatibility kit” that is said to allow the use of previously developed VxWorks code and third-party libraries on the company's open source, royalty free Jaluna real-time operating system. (more…)

CNET Asia reports that Sony is strongly considering using embedded Linux as the operating system inside the next major version of its popular game console, the PlayStation 3, due out in 2005. Also, BMW is reportedly looking at switching to embedded Linux for the OS running the iDrive computer in its 745i sedan. (more…)